Monday, 11 August 2014
The Academy's Tweet In Memory Of Robin Williams Is Really A Tearjerker
Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Aug 12, 2014)
W+H+E+R+E
ROYGBIV
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Hollywood Remembers Robin Williams
33 "Facts" Everybody Knows That Are Actually Total Lies
Maisie Williams Watched "Saved By The Bell" For The First Time And Couldn't Believe Her Eyes
24 People Rescued From Stuck Roller Coaster At Six Flags America
28 People Who Can't Deal With The Modern World
This Guy Just Wants To Film A PSA About Lions But An Adorable Lion Keeps Interrupting Him
19 Things You’ll Never Admit To Teaching Your Kids
14 Words That Have A Totally Different Meaning In Wolverhampton
Today in History for 11th August 2014
Historical Events
1918 - Battle of Amiens ends in WW I, Allieds beat Germans
1923 - Dutch Premier de Geer resigns
1942 - Lt-gen Montgomery makes landing on Gibraltar
1949 - Gaston Eyskens forms Belgiangovernment
1962 - Bolotnikov runs world record 10km (28:18.2)
1975 - Expos' Jose Mangual struck out 5 times in a game
Famous Birthdays
1870 - Walter Bowman, Canadian soccer player (d. ?)
1909 - Jean Lancaster, director (WRNS)
1929 - Cora de Man-Canne Meyer, mezzo-soprano (Figaro, Carmen)
1950 - Gennidy Nikonov, Russian weapons inventor
1954 - Lina Polito, Naples Italy, actress (Love and Anarchy)
1976 - Bubba Crosby, American baseball player
Famous Deaths
1180 - Guillaume de/Willem van Sens, Fren master builder (Canterbury), dies
1183 - Christian I, archbishop of Mainz, dies
1813 - Henry James Pye, English poet (b. 1745)
1820 - Janos Lavotta, composer, dies at 56
1994 - Gordon Cullen, architect, dies at 80
1995 - Wilbur Stark, tV/film producer, dies at 83
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This Designer Couple Imagined Every Insane Scenario That Could Go Wrong While Babysitting
How Scared Of Spiders Are You Actually?
20 Eye-Opening Maps That Will Make You See The UK Differently
Canada hands out a 1-year free Cultural Access Pass to new citizens…
Canada hands out a 1-year free Cultural Access Pass to new citizens. Free access over a 1,000 museums and cultural centers across Canada.
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In 1907 Joseph Stalin said at the funeral of his first wife…
In 1907 Joseph Stalin said at the funeral of his first wife, “This creature softened my heart of stone. She died and with her died my last warm feelings for humanity.”
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Despite being one of the most famous painters in history, only 15 paintings…
Despite being one of the most famous painters in history, only 15 paintings of Leonardo da Vinci are known to exist. The small number of surviving paintings is due in part to Leonardo’s frequently disastrous experimentation with new techniques and his chronic procrastination. He also had a weird artistic philosophy in which he would destroy any art he felt was not perfect. He thought art should be like magic; that is should be produced flawlessly. He destroyed most of his sketchbooks for this reason.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn’t allowed to dub over his own voice…
Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn’t allowed to dub over his own voice in the German version of Terminator, because his Austrian accent “wasn’t tough enough”.
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After a Florida Highway Patrol Officer ticketed a Miami cop…
After a Florida Highway Patrol Officer ticketed a Miami cop for driving in excess of 120MPH on his way to an off-duty job, she was relentlessly harassed by other officers, including finding out that her driver’s license info had been accessed by 88 officers from 25 agencies over three months.
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Abraham Lincoln’s loyal dog Fido was also needlessly murdered…
Abraham Lincoln’s loyal dog Fido was also needlessly murdered shortly after the President’s assassination.
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