Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Aug 01, 2014)

Unappreciated Counterparts



The two of us keep a low profile

Without us you would not be mobile



Seldom looked at but frequently used

We're often depressed but not abused



Side by side with functions opposite

Managing the go and stop of it



What are we?





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Today in History for 31st July 2014

Historical Events

1942 - U-boats sank 96 allied ships this month: 476,000 ton

1954 - Mil Braves' Joe Adcock sets record of 18 total bases (4 hrs, 1 double)

1961 - 31st All Star Baseball Game: 1-1 tie ends by rain at Fenway, Boston

1965 - Cigarette advertsing banned on British TV

1983 - B Robinson, J Marichal, G Kell, and W Alston inducted into Hall of Fame

2007 - Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end.

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Famous Birthdays

1598 - Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1654)

1880 - Munshi Premchand, Indian Author (d. 1936)

1918 - Paul D. Boyer, American chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate

1929 - Don Murray, California, actor (Bus Stop, Advise and Consent, Endless Love)

1953 - Hugh McDowell, chelloist (ELO-Telephone Line)

1959 - Stanley Jordan, American jazz guitarist

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Famous Deaths

1726 - Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1695)

1953 - Robert Taft, (Sen-R-Oh) "Mr Republican", dies in NY at 63

1981 - Gen Omar Torrijos, leader of Panama, dies in plane crash

1992 - G Harold Carswell, supreme court justice candidate 1970, dies at 72

1994 - Anne Shelton, British singer (Glenn Miller Band), dies at 66

2004 - Laura Betti, Italian actress (b. 1927)

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The richest woman in Germany met her future husband while she was working…

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Humans actually knew the earth was round as early as 2500 years ago…

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Brain Teaser 7/31/2014

1. The following number is the only one of its kind. Can you figure out what is so special about it? 8,549,176,320



2. Insert the missing letter:

J ? M A M J J A

Solution

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