Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Aug 24, 2014)

Next Animal...



What is the next animal in this series:



Quail, Weasel, Emu, Racoon, -?-



Choose from:

Yak

Turkey

Bumblebee

Ostrich

Tiger

Eland





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Just after filming Biloxi Blues, Matthew Broderick was vacationing…

Just after filming Biloxi Blues, Matthew Broderick was vacationing in Northern Ireland with Jennifer Grey, his Ferris Buller co-star. He drove on the wrong side of the road, collided with and killed a mother and daughter, and was fined $175.

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For most of history, smiling in a painting or photo was considered radical…

For most of history, smiling in a painting or photo was considered radical, and even Mark Twain once wrote, “A photograph is a most important document, and there is nothing more damning to go down to posterity than a silly, foolish smile caught and fixed forever.”

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I thought it was only a domestic hotel…

Photo courtesy of Christopher Cochran.

A hotel in Chengdu, China.

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As the Titanic sank, someone unlocked the kennels holding…

As the Titanic sank, someone unlocked the kennels holding all the passengers’ pet dogs, “leading to the surreal sight of a pack of excited dogs racing up and down the slanting deck as the ship went down.”

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A Raven named Jimmy has starred in over 1,000 films between the 30s and 50s…

A Raven named Jimmy has starred in over 1,000 films between the 30s and 50s and could understand several hundred words and it took him just 1 week to learn a new word, 2 weeks if it had two syllables. His footprints were enshrined in cement at a large Los Angeles pet store, alongside Lassie.

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Today in History for 23rd August 2014

Historical Events

1595 - Michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Calugareni.

1796 - African Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated

1936 - 17 year old Bob Feller's 1st game, he strikes out 15 St Louis Browns

1953 - USSR performs nuclear test

1958 - China PR resumes fire on Quemoi and Matsoe

1981 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA World Championship of Women's Golf

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Famous Birthdays

1927 - John Hoskyns, director-general (Institute of Directors)

1930 - Andy Ireland, (Rep-R-FL, 1977- )

1932 - Mark Russell, Buffalo NY, political satirist/pianist (Real People)

1933 - Manfred Donike, chemist drug test pioneer

1964 - Yoshikazu Taru, Japanese professional wrestler

1987 - Nikki Gil, Filipina actress, host and singer

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Famous Deaths

1387 - King Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370)

1941 - Jack O'Connor, cricketer (four Tests for Aust 1908-09, 13 wkts), dies

1965 - John Bata, Czech shoe manufacturer, dies at 67

1972 - Balis Dvarionas, composer, dies at 68

1994 - Henri Rousselot, admiral, dies at 82

2005 - Ninjalicious, Canadian author and urban explorer (b. 1973)

More Famous Deaths »

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The Mona Lisa has no clearly visible eyelashes or eyebrows…

The Mona Lisa has no clearly visible eyelashes or eyebrows. In 2007, an engineer used high resolution scans to show the painting was originally painted with clearly visible eyebrows or eyelashes and they gradually disappeared over time, possibly because of over-cleaning.

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