Thursday, 4 September 2014

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Sep 05, 2014)

Yard By Yard



Blade to blade I always win,

My foe laid low and even.

Yard by yard through thick and thin,

I'm busiest in season.





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This Father Won't Be Walking His Daughter Down The Aisle - Here's Why

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IKEA Hilariously Spoofs Apple Products In New Advert For Its Revolutionary 'BookBook'

At only 8mm thin, and weighing in at less than 400g, the 2015 IKEA Catalogue is really quite revolutionary.



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This Sports Fan Does NOT Like Beach Balls

Two words: Kill. Joy.



You'd think that passing a beach ball around the crowd during a sports match would be harmless fun, right?



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Eww! Is This The Most Gruesome Ice Bucket Challenge Yet?

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Brain Teaser 9/4/2014

A telephone conversation:

"Hello. Is this XYZ8765?"

"Yes. Who's that?"

"What? You don't recognize my voice? Why, my mother is your mother's mother-in-law."

What is the relationship of the speakers?

Solution

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Ultimate IQ Tests: 1000 Practice Test Questions to Boost Your Brain Power





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This Is Still The Best Thing Ever Made About Newport

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Want To Know How It Feels To Bound Towards The Sea Like A Dog? Watch This!

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In 2012, the White House responded to a petition to have a Death Star…

In 2012, the White House responded to a petition to have a Death Star built by stating that “the Administration does not support blowing up planets” and that it would not fund a weapon “with a fundamental flaw that can be exploited by a one-man starship”.






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In the 1970s Intervision Song Contest, the Communist equivalent to Eurovision…

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In 2009, during a bar fight in Dublin, a man had his hand cut off with a samurai sword…

In 2009, during a bar fight in Dublin, a man had his hand cut off with a samurai sword. He proceeded to punch his attacker in the face with the stump.






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In Oslo Norway, there is a free medical clinic for undocumented immigrants…

In Oslo Norway, there is a free medical clinic for undocumented immigrants. They will even provide patients with a translator at no charge.






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The Austin, TX clock tower shooter left a suicide note saying…

The Austin, TX clock tower shooter left a suicide note saying he felt that there was something wrong with his brain as he knew what he was doing was wrong and couldn’t stop it. An autopsy revealed a brain tumor pressing on the amygdala.






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Today in History for 4th September 2014

Historical Events


1882 - 1st large-scale test of Thomas Edison's light bulb - lighting of NY's Pearl Street Station

1933 - 1st airplane to exceed 300 mph (483 kph), JR Wendell, Glenview, Il

1945 - Ruben Fine wins 4 simultaneous rapid chess games blindfolded

1966 - Jim Hogan wins Europe marathon (2:20:04.6)

1984 - Nigerian singer Fela Kuti sentenced to 2 years

1991 - "Most Happy Fella" opens at NY State Theater NYC


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Famous Birthdays


1824 - Anton Bruckner, Ansfelden, Austria, Wagner disciple and "monumental bore"/composer

1892 - Darius Milhaud, Aix-en-Provence France, composer (Maximilien)

1914 - Rudolf Leiding, German auto executive, third postwar chairman of Volkswagen (d. 2003)

1961 - Rizwan-uz-Zaman, Pakistani cricketer

1962 - Kiran More, Indian cricketer

1966 - Debra Lewin, South Burlington Vermont, Miss Vermont-America (1991)


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Famous Deaths


1784 - Cesar F Cassini "the Thury", French astronomer (geodesic labor), dies

1916 - José Echegaray y Eizaguirre, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)

1964 - W Bergengruen, writer, dies at 71

1980 - Wolfgang Gentner, German nuclear physicist, dies at 74

1985 - Isabel Jeans, actress (Suspicion, Easy Virtue, Tovarich), dies at 93

1989 - Georges Simenon, Belgian/French writer/director (Maigret), dies at 86


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