Tuesday 23 September 2014

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

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What is the longest common word that uses all five vowels only once, and in reverse alphabetical order?





Check Braingle.com for the answer.





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Mexican-American composer, Conlon Nancarrow, made pieces of music for player pianos…

Mexican-American composer, Conlon Nancarrow, made pieces of music for player pianos with abnormal time signatures usually consisting of square root values and pi like 1/√π/√⅔.







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Brain Teaser 9/23/2014

Two trains, each two miles long, enter two one mile long tunnels that are two miles apart from one another on the same track. The trains enter the tunnels at exactly the same time. The first train is going 5 miles/hour, and the second train is going 10 miles/hour. What is the sum of the lengths of the two trains that will protrude from the tunnels at the exact moment that they collide, assuming that neither train changes its speed prior to collision? The trains are on the same track headed in opposite directions (i.e. directly toward one another).

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Watch The Winner Of The 2014 Funny Women Comedy Shorts Award

Congratulations to Sally Cancello, who's the very first recipient of the Funny Women Comedy Shorts Award.



Actor and director Cancello - who set up her own production company earlier this year - won the award for her video 'Time Again', which you can watch above.



SEE ALSO: Jayde Adams Wins 2014 Funny Women Award





The two other videos to make the final of the award were 'Paula Bear' by Letty Butler and Lucy Pearman:







And 'Ashes To Ashes' by Aurora Fearnley and Carolyn Goodyear:







Check out the longlisted comedy shorts in this playlist below (plus 'Stranger Danger' on Vimeo):





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'I Am Gareth': The Funniest Twitter Reactions To Ed Miliband's Labour Conference Speech

It was the moment we'd all been waiting for. Possibly.

















And it was going to be epic:






































Yes, Ed Miliband took to the stage at the Labour party conference in Manchester. And it quickly became clear that there was a theme. And that theme was: real conversations. With real people. In real parks.























































































Chief among these people was Gareth. Gareth, who got more than one mention:


































































But Gareth gave way to Elizabeth - the apprentice who Ed had not only met but also brought to the hall:

















As a result, it was 'Gareth' and 'Elizabeth' that trended on Twitter, rather than Ed's intended buzzword: 'together'.






































Then there was the matter of Ed's list of 'national goals':
























The natives were getting restless:


































































But if you thought the Twitter crowd was being tough on Ed, the audience in Manchester was proving to be hard work, too:













































But the biggest insult? Another speech began halfway through Ed's. And that was that...



































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A Woman and Her Pet Lion Optical Illusion

Good morning everyone, and happy Tuesday to you all! The week is still barely getting going, and one way to make it easier is to indulge in certain activities like reading, cooking, writing, or being with a favorite pet. There is nothing as wonderful as the love of a good pet, and today’s optical illusion is all about a woman and her unique pet. Take a look at this woman walking her pet lion, what do you all think of her very special pet? This pet looks real, but have you all figured out how this was done? Have you all ever seen a 3-D chalk drawing that you could walk?


A Woman and Her Pet Lion Optical Illusion





Speaking of optical illusions, how do you all feel about finding faces? Take a look at this great natural scene, and can you all find the 13 hidden faces? Finding hidden faces can be a lot of fun, and this picture can make it quite challenging. When you all have found all 13 hidden faces, can you please leave us a comment below to let us know where they are, and you can help others too that are not finding the faces. Good luck finding all the faces, and hope you all have a good day!


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A Woman and Her Pet Lion Optical Illusion

Good morning everyone, and happy Tuesday to you all! The week is still barely getting going, and one way to make it easier is to indulge in certain activities like reading, cooking, writing, or being with a favorite pet. There is nothing as wonderful as the love of a good pet, and today’s optical illusion is all about a woman and her unique pet. Take a look at this woman walking her pet lion, what do you all think of her very special pet? This pet looks real, but have you all figured out how this was done? Have you all ever seen a 3-D chalk drawing that you could walk?


A Woman and Her Pet Lion Optical Illusion





Speaking of optical illusions, how do you all feel about finding faces? Take a look at this great natural scene, and can you all find the 13 hidden faces? Finding hidden faces can be a lot of fun, and this picture can make it quite challenging. When you all have found all 13 hidden faces, can you please leave us a comment below to let us know where they are, and you can help others too that are not finding the faces. Good luck finding all the faces, and hope you all have a good day!


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This Woman Stopped A Dog Attacking Her Dog By Sticking Her Finger Up Its Bottom. No, Really.

And guess what? It worked.



When a Staffordshire bull terrier started to viciously attack Ann Bendouli's Jack Russell Lexie, she tried yelling, kicking and pulling the Staffy away - but all to no effect.



So the quick-thinking Melbourne resident had another idea.



"I lifted its tail and luckily I hadn't filed my nails," she explained to Australian news channel 7 News. "And I put it up its anal passage."



"I had to do something," she said. "And that's what came to me."



It did the trick - the Staffy immediately yowled and let go of the pup.



Remind us to try this next time we're faced with a vicious dog. Or, erm, not.



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If Women Were Honest On First Dates, They'd Say Things Like This

From wishing you'd shaved your legs to pretending to know obscure bands, we think every woman will be able to relate to this sketch by BuzzFeed, which reveals some of the things women are really thinking on first dates.



And fellas: all those cute little things women do without realising it? They do realise it. It's all completely calculated. Sorry about that.







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This Danish Father Won Millions On The Lottery - And He Told His Sons The News In Completely Epic Style

Well, if you'd won 15m Krone (£1.5m) on the lottery, we think you'd want to milk it a little - right?



And that's exactly what this dad did when he sat down with his teenage sons to tell them the good news.



To say he strung it out is something of an understatement.



Watch what he did - and his sons' reactions - above. Turns out 'Oh my god!' is a Danish exclamation, too. Who knew?!



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'No, No. You Can Stare As Much As You Want. They Don't Speak English!' - A Trip to Thailand.

In Britain, if you're middle class and between the ages of 19 and 25, you have to complete a compulsory two months back-packing excursion to South East Asia, as part of a new government incentive to help citizens 'find themselves'. With Thailand's impeccable history of human rights, glistening temples and under-age sex trafficking, it's no wonder the country is quickly becoming the tourist hotspot of our era.



Thailand is of course a phenomenal country. A never-ending voyage of jungles, winding roads, fantastic people and constant adventure. It's pretty much the same as Leeds or an acid trip in Kew Gardens.



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It's also a great place to escape the world. If you want to hermit away there are hundreds of isolated beaches and petrol stations to nestle yourself in. However no matter how hard you try, you can never escape one thing. That being the pretentious droning gurgling sounds of a well-off backpacker who's just come back from a village after staying with a family, and is bloating at the eyes to tell you all about it. His name is Benji.



Every time you bump into a Benji he appears to be the same person cloned repeatedly and draped in slightly different clothing. The custom ripped jeans, showing enough knee to be interesting but not enough to be useful in a hot climate, the sleeveless shirt that he spent 2 days kicking around his room to make it look 'worn' before his flight and the bracelet that he bought from Camden Market to keep him safe, which ironically had been hand woven by the kid sitting next to him.



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Why is he photographing me?




Benji has just returned from an organized trip in which he spent three days in a mountain surrounded by locals and enjoying the relaxed village lifestyle. An amazing thing to do and one that will certainly help re-evaluate his life. However, how warped is Benjis view on the reality of his stay?



Benji recalls sitting around a fire, eating with a family, watching the children play and trying hilariously to catch a chicken. Picture you're part of that family. What Benji has essentially done is wandered into your house and then given your dad £5 to be allowed to sit in the living room, eat your dinner and stare at your younger siblings. Because the country is far far away from Benji's hometown it somehow seems normal, however if he popped over to the Isle of White and tried it out I'm pretty sure he'd get his legs caved in.



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"One day, when you're all grown up, you can go and stare at Westerners..."




Something mysterious happened to Benji during the course of his flight too. During turbulence his brainbox got a shunting and in his mind the word 'poor' was replaced with 'beautiful'. Benji is now sat opposite a field watching 40 people slave away in a hot sun. They're exhausted, over-worked and trying to survive. Benji thinks they are beautiful.



He recounts his travels over his 8th bucket of vodka and bleach, to tourists who don't speak English:



"Oh man you should have seen them, there was this one guy he was just so amazingly peaceful, he was just raking the land, he was so [poor] beautiful. It was amazing, and I was just looking at him, and he was looking at me, and we felt a connection"



Benji has spent the best part of two months staring at a guy doing his 9-5. The same as peering through a window at Simmons Bakers, or nursing an ale at Wetherspoons all day whilst leering at the waitress.



It's exactly the same as if someone from Thailand came over to Wiltshire, stood next to a farmer and stared at him for hours and hours. Farmer Ted is baffled, but none the less continues milking his cow, whilst the tourist quietly whispers to himself 'Just... beautiful'.



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This Dog's Owners Set Up A Hidden Camera To Find Out How He Was Escaping From The House. This Is What The Footage Showed

We have a message for dogs. And it is this: you can't get away with anything anymore. Oh, no.



Because we humans are on to you. With hidden cameras.



First we had the hidden camera that revealed how this beagle was stealing chicken nuggets from an oven. Then, there was the hidden camera that showed how this German Shepherd was helping his little puppy friend to escape from her kennel.



And now? Now, there's this dog - who was somehow getting out of the house whenever he was left home alone. And so unbeknownst to him, his owners set up a camera. Check out how he was making his great escape, above. http://ift.tt/eA8V8J



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The Plus Points to Living in SE17, Yes

Two years ago, when I told my friends I was moving from Highgate (posh, think Kate Moss and fine furs), to Elephant and Castle (not posh, think Vicky Pollard and faux leather), they struck a look between birthing a surprise bout of piles mixed with a chronic attack of IBS. Yep, raised eyebrows and mass confusion set in. I was always playing the posh friend (even though I was living in Highgate, I was living on air, and eBay), I delivered the line that gave even the snobbiest of old English Londoners a warm smile when I told them where I lived. It was always very impressive; while my friends were roughing it in East London - I was way past that period of my life.



Then I moved to Elephant, and no one was ready for that. For me - it was either stay in Highgate, continue to look posh but not take regular trips to my beloved second home, New York, or half my rent and go to New York often - Elephant won. And let me tell you, I have never felt more in love or alive an area. Sure you have to hurdle your way through a few Strongbow bums on the way to Tesco, and the notorious shopping centre is pretty much the indoor apocalypse, but the raw energy of the South East is hugely creative and endlessly inspiring to me. My neighbourhood feels like a neighbourhood, buzzing, familiar and very real; nestled by the South Bank you feel the heartbeat of the city without the headache.



So here are some of the plus points to living in Elephant and Castle, snobs take note: we're like so not bothered, and our rent is half of yours, deal.



You can walk, everywhere:
 Possibly my favourite thing about living here - the amazing walks. I regularly walk home from town over any chosen bridge and soak up the view, or across to Westminster. Sometimes I do an epic walk along the Thames just because I can; you can get anywhere central for free - unbeatable.



Zero tourists:
 Like none - only the occasional busload of students staying at the uber hip hostel. No elbows in your face, sea of shiny puffa jackets, fighting for pavement or confused wanders, and considering we're zone one - we rule.



It's cheap:
 Elephant's (outdated) dodgy reputation has thankfully kept the rent prices like enthusiasm from the narrow minded - low. I have friends that live a stones throw away in SE1, because it's postcode cool, who pay three times the rent I pay for a tiny place. Been there, done that. I'll take the split level flat with only the occasional high wide boy walked past any day.



The Parks:
 Sure we don't have Regent's Park or Hampstead Heath, but we have the most beautiful selection of small parks scattered around the neighbourhood which each have their own allure. You won't see any celebs though, just me looking Zen or sweaty from a run.



You get high for free on Bank Holidays:
 Just a short walk to a coffee house any post bank holiday weekend means you'll get high from the fumes leaking out of every corner - especially via the main roundabout underpass, oh yes.



Parents visit less:
 Kind of similar to that look of horror on your mother's face when you take her to Camden and she tightens the grip on her handbag when she see a goth, the generation gap means they'll visit less when you move here.



You can look like crap - no one cares:
 It's casual central, mega chilled - everyone is on the same page, and that page is carefree, unlike Highgate where a trip to Tesco meant you could see Kate Moss and feel like utter shit for wearing your 'Sunday look'. Or worse - Shoreditch where you feel like a style pariah if you're not in cutting edge something. Here we live and let live, glamming it up when we go 'out - out'.



The travel connections kick arse:
 Waterloo and London Bridge are a short walk away and I even walk home from Victoria if the mood takes me, so there.



The River/South Bank:
 25 minutes means I'm on the South Bank or at my favourite spot right my Tower Bridge. It is my Zen place to recharge and reflect on my week by the glorious Thames.



There's always a seat on the bus:
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Twin brothers ran a marathon. Halfway through the race they switched places…

Twin brothers ran a marathon. Halfway through the race they switched places in a toilet. The 1st brother drove ahead while his twin ran, rejoining the race ahead finishing 9th winning R6000. A keen eyed journalist noticed the two wore their watches on opposite hands in different pics.






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There is a Castle in the Czech Republic that has had a ‘Bear Moat’…

There is a Castle in the Czech Republic that has had a ‘Bear Moat’ filled with actual bears for the past 300 years.


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Google made a detailed, interactive map of the galaxy…

Google made a detailed, interactive map of the galaxy in HTML5, just to see if they could.






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Until late 1942, it was common for German U-boats to provide torpedoed…

Until late 1942, it was common for German U-boats to provide torpedoed survivors with food, water, and the direction of the nearest landmass. This ended when a U-boat towing lifeboats and flying the Red Cross flag was attacked by a US bomber.






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A young boy once pocketed a few giant African Land Snails…

snail A young boy once pocketed a few giant African Land Snails while on vacation in Hawaii. When he returned home to Florida and got bored of it, his grandmother released them in the backyard, starting an invasion of foot long snails in Florida.






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Mohammed declared in a charter, that Muslims were to protect Christians…

Mohammed declared in a charter, that Muslims were to protect Christians until the end of the world. Christians weren’t to be persecuted in Muslim countries and wouldn’t be drafted into the military.






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Today in History for 23rd September 2014

Historical Events


1459 - Battle of Blore Heath in Staffordshire, the first major battle of the English Wars of the Roses.

1877 - Hurricane strikes Curacao and Bonaire kills 200

1949 - Indian owner Bill Veeck holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant

1968 - WKMA TV channel 35 in Madisonville, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting

1969 - Northern Star and Illinois Univ newspaper start rumors that Paul McCartney is dead

1992 - 1st female to play in a NHL exhibition game (Manon Rheaume, goalie) for Tampa Bay Lightning - gives up 2 goals on 9 attempts in 1 period


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Famous Birthdays


1938 - Clifford Ann Creed, LPGA golfer

1949 - Bruce Springsteen, [Boss], Asbury NJ, rock musician (Born in the USA)

1956 - Peter David, American writer

1974 - Matt Hardy, American professional wrestler

1984 - Louie Stephens, American musician (Rooney)

1984 - Anneliese van der Pol, American actress


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Famous Deaths


918 - Koenraad I, German duke/king (911-18), dies at 42

1844 - Alexander von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman (b. 1783)

1975 - Ian Hunter, actor/writer (Rockets Galore, Ziegfield Girl), dies at 75

1985 - Mickey Simpson, actor (Wagonmaster), dies of a heart attack at 72

1994 - Alec Dickson, founder of VSO, dies at 80

1996 - Jack Newman, cricketer (NZ left-arm pacer 1932-33), dies at 94


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