Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Aug 22, 2014)

Why Skid Mark Why? Part 2



When Question Mark unlocked the door, he thought that he would see his wallet straight away. But Skid Mark (Question's brother) decided to put the wallet in a safe. The combination is three 2-digit numbers which can be expressed like this:



xx-xx-xx



You are given the following clues to work out the combination:



The total of the three numbers is 39.

The second number is half of the third number.

The first number is the third number minus 1.



Can you find Question's wallet in time? It's all up to you.





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Sleeping Horse Optical Illusion

Today is Thursday, and people are slowly waking up and reaching for that cup of coffee before they get ready for work. While sipping that delicious hot cup of java, it is time for today’s optical illusion, which is all about seeing something that may or may not be there. While thinking about the weekend, and what your plans may be, you may take a quick look at this picture, and your eyes may catch on an image that your brain is trying to process. Do you or do you not see a sleeping horse when you look at these rocks? The horse may not be there, or it may be a trick of the eyes, but it truly does look like a young horse is fast asleep.

Ready for more mind boggling illusions that may or may not be what they seem? Take a look at these illusions found in nature. Mother Nature is truly a wondrous thing, and these pictures truly do look like people, especially the illusions involving the trees. Whether you can see these natural optical illusions or not, we always welcome all of our faithful readers to please post a comment below about anything you want whether it is any illusion or just small talk, we want to hear from you!

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Today in History for 21st August 2014

Historical Events

1926 - White Sox Ted Lyons no hits Red Sox 6-0 in just 67 minutes at Fenway

1926 - -22] Uprising against Greek president/dictator Pangalos

1927 - 4th Pan-African Congress meets (NYC)

1983 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf

1986 - Lake Nios Volcano in Cameroon kills 1,746

1994 - Ernesto Zedillo wins Mexican presidential election

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Famous Birthdays

1535 - Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)

1806 - Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer

1891 - Emiliano Mercado del Toro, World's oldest living man 2004-2007 (d. 2007)

1913 - Victor Rosow, writer

1933 - Janet Baker, York England, mezzo-soprano (Owen Wingrave)

1966 - John Wetteland, San Mateo CA, pitcher (NY Yanks, Rangers, Expos)

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Famous Deaths

1271 - Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220)

1911 - W R Wister, cricketer (USA v Canada 1859), dies

1943 - Henrik Pontoppidan, writer (Peter Gelukkige, Nobel 1917), dies at 86

1963 - John Gunn, cricketer (England all-rounder in 6 Tests 1901-05), dies

1971 - George Jackson, US prisoner, shot to death at 29

2005 - Robert Moog, American pioneer of electronic music (b. 1934)

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In 2002, 30 British Marines accidentally…

In 2002, 30 British Marines accidentally invaded Spain.

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Sweden pays high school students $187 per month…

Sweden pays high school students $187 per month to attend school.

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More Americans live in Mexico City…

More Americans live in Mexico City than Wyoming.

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The word Saudade, a Portuguese word with no English translation, means…

The word Saudade, a Portuguese word with no English translation, means the empty sadness and longing for that which may never return that accompanies nostalgia.

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The original surveyors of Mount Everest lied and added 2 feet…

The original surveyors of Mount Everest lied and added 2 feet to its height to make it 29,002 feet, because they didn’t think people would believe them if they said it was really 29,000 feet high.

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