During the Depression, women would make clothing out of feed sacks. When the manufacturers found out, they started printing floral and geometric patterns on the inside of the sacks.
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During the Depression, women would make clothing out…
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Picasso made his two mistresses wrestle…
Picasso made his two mistresses wrestle to see who should be his lover.
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“Channel drift” is a term used to describe
“Channel drift” is a term used to describe when a TV channel loses it’s original purpose. (The Learning Channel showing Here Comes Honey Boo Boo)
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In medieval times the Japanese used to dye their teeth…
In medieval times the Japanese used to dye their teeth black. It also acts as a dental sealant to prevent tooth decay. The reason for this was objects that were pitch black, such as glaze-like lacquer, were seen as beautiful.
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A charging elephant broke down the door…
A charging elephant broke down the door and a wall of a home in India, but immediately stopped when it heard a baby crying. It then removed the debris from the child using its trunk and peacefully returned to the forest.
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30 British officers tried to escape POW camp…
30 British officers tried to escape POW camp “Castle Colditz” (Oflag IV-C) by digging a tunnel. Because they read the compass wrong, they landed in the wine cellar of a German colonel. There they drank 137 bottles of wine, filled them with their urine and placed them back.
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A Finnish tax auditor died at his desk at…
A Finnish tax auditor died at his desk at work and no one noticed for two days. “People thought he wanted to work in peace and no one disturbed him”.
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When an elderly hiker was pounced on by a mountain…
When an elderly hiker was pounced on by a mountain lion that began to tear at his arm, a nearby bear rushed over and attacked the lion, driving it away and saving his life.
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Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Nov 05, 2014)
Amusing Undress
Think laterally to replace each word and come up with a better known phrase or saying. For example: "erasure group" would be "rubber band".
Now solve:
strike arid
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Think laterally to replace each word and come up with a better known phrase or saying. For example: "erasure group" would be "rubber band".
Now solve:
strike arid
Check Braingle.com for the answer.
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Taylor Swift's Next Album To Be About Her Break-Up With Spotify
Taylor Swift's next album will focus on her break-up with Spotify, music insiders have told HuffPost UK Comedy.
Swift ended her relationship with the online music service this week - a move which has "broken Spotify's heart", say those in the industry.
Spotify has even penned a heartfelt blog post begging her to return - saying, "We hope she’ll change her mind".
Swift is understood to be writing several songs about the split, with such working titles as 'I Knew You Were Trouble (When You Gave Away My Music For Free)', '22 (Per Cent Is The Minimum Royalties I Expect)' and 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (Unless You Change Your Business Model)'. http://ift.tt/eA8V8J
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Swift ended her relationship with the online music service this week - a move which has "broken Spotify's heart", say those in the industry.
Spotify has even penned a heartfelt blog post begging her to return - saying, "We hope she’ll change her mind".
Swift is understood to be writing several songs about the split, with such working titles as 'I Knew You Were Trouble (When You Gave Away My Music For Free)', '22 (Per Cent Is The Minimum Royalties I Expect)' and 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (Unless You Change Your Business Model)'. http://ift.tt/eA8V8J
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Do You Like Taylor Swift Songs But Don't Want To? You Need 'Swiftamine'
Did you know that the number one cause of vertigo in adults is realising that they like a Taylor Swift song?
And for those people, help is at hand - thanks to 'Saturday Night Live' and Swiftamine.
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And for those people, help is at hand - thanks to 'Saturday Night Live' and Swiftamine.
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Russell Brand the Funny Little Essex Boy
Maybe it's because we come from the same miserable part of Essex that I'm starting to feel for Russell Brand.
I've never seen his act or his films or his TV shows nor read any of his books. I don't think we'd get on much actually. He's a hedonist, I am a nobody who thinks too much about limescale and rides a bicycle badly. Yet I have time for him because he wants change. Not incorporeal, David Cameron-style change. But actual change.
Perhaps he's not going about it the right way. Perhaps there are other people better suited to getting the message across. Nevertheless, he's in the public eye and he's using it to his advantage.
This year however, he has been employed as a circus sideshow act by the BBC and this has had a detrimental effect on the impact he wants to make. People are watching and passing on clips of him on Newsnight, not to listen to what he has to say but to laugh at his chaotic, manic persona. And to laugh. To laugh at him.
"Haha! Funny little working class Essex boy trying to use long words! Get back to shagging and West Ham, you pointless dandy!"
My Twitter feed is full of people who want change but disagree with Brand's methods - he was rightly criticised for suggesting people not vote - yet rather than acknowledging his input and his desire to make those in charge accountable, they ridicule him. They ridicule his appearance and his demeanour and poke fun at the way in which he peppers long, complex sentences with multisyllabic words because - to them - they just don't go with the accent. That seems a bit snobby to me.
The latest manner of undermining him this week is by trolling his Twitter feed and replying 'Parklife!' to his tweets. Trolling is okay if you're trolling Russell Brand. It says so in Twitter's introductory page.
Like every other human being on this planet, Russell Brand has many, many flaws but fuck me, at least he's having a go. Perhaps the problem with Twitter (UK Twitter anyway) is that it's easier to create a buzz with a laugh than with an argument.
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I've never seen his act or his films or his TV shows nor read any of his books. I don't think we'd get on much actually. He's a hedonist, I am a nobody who thinks too much about limescale and rides a bicycle badly. Yet I have time for him because he wants change. Not incorporeal, David Cameron-style change. But actual change.
Perhaps he's not going about it the right way. Perhaps there are other people better suited to getting the message across. Nevertheless, he's in the public eye and he's using it to his advantage.
This year however, he has been employed as a circus sideshow act by the BBC and this has had a detrimental effect on the impact he wants to make. People are watching and passing on clips of him on Newsnight, not to listen to what he has to say but to laugh at his chaotic, manic persona. And to laugh. To laugh at him.
"Haha! Funny little working class Essex boy trying to use long words! Get back to shagging and West Ham, you pointless dandy!"
My Twitter feed is full of people who want change but disagree with Brand's methods - he was rightly criticised for suggesting people not vote - yet rather than acknowledging his input and his desire to make those in charge accountable, they ridicule him. They ridicule his appearance and his demeanour and poke fun at the way in which he peppers long, complex sentences with multisyllabic words because - to them - they just don't go with the accent. That seems a bit snobby to me.
The latest manner of undermining him this week is by trolling his Twitter feed and replying 'Parklife!' to his tweets. Trolling is okay if you're trolling Russell Brand. It says so in Twitter's introductory page.
Like every other human being on this planet, Russell Brand has many, many flaws but fuck me, at least he's having a go. Perhaps the problem with Twitter (UK Twitter anyway) is that it's easier to create a buzz with a laugh than with an argument.
Don't put the revolution in the 2015 calendar just yet, Russell. We still need to iron out a few things. http://ift.tt/eA8V8J
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This Italian Police Motorbike Display Is Incredible
We can't be certain when this video was filmed (the YouTube description says 1953, but it appears to feature Italian Prime Minister Giovanni Leone, who held the post from 1971-1978).
But regardless of when it took place, this display by police motorcyclists in Rome is really quite spectacular, even by modern- day (by which we mean 'OK Go') standards.
Presumably this was a good day to be committing crime on the streets of the Italian capital...
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But regardless of when it took place, this display by police motorcyclists in Rome is really quite spectacular, even by modern- day (by which we mean 'OK Go') standards.
Presumably this was a good day to be committing crime on the streets of the Italian capital...
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Brain Teaser 11/4/2014
Three Quickies
1. What kind of room has no windows or doors?
2. A man gave one son 10 cents and another son was given 15 cents.
What time is it?
3. "My grandson is about as many days as my son is weeks, and my grandson is as many months as I am in years. My grandson, my son and I together are 140 years. Can you tell me my age in years?"
Solution
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1. What kind of room has no windows or doors?
2. A man gave one son 10 cents and another son was given 15 cents.
What time is it?
3. "My grandson is about as many days as my son is weeks, and my grandson is as many months as I am in years. My grandson, my son and I together are 140 years. Can you tell me my age in years?"
Solution
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So This Is What A Sneezing Chicken Sounds Like
Ever wondered what a chicken sounds like when it sneezes? Of course you have. You're only human.
So thank goodness for Squeak, the chicken from Brisbane, who's finally cleared up the mystery for us.
Congratulations, Squeak. We now pronounce you The Internet's Most Famous Sneezing Animal since this one:
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So thank goodness for Squeak, the chicken from Brisbane, who's finally cleared up the mystery for us.
Congratulations, Squeak. We now pronounce you The Internet's Most Famous Sneezing Animal since this one:
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Rap Star Presto Flo's Photo Shoot In Florida Goes Slightly Wrong
The best bit about this video is that you know what's coming...
...yet the manner in which it happens is slightly unexpected.
Poor old Presto Flo. According to the video's YouTube description, he went "straight to the emergency room and once bandaged up he was back in the studio". Presto Pro, more like!
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...yet the manner in which it happens is slightly unexpected.
Poor old Presto Flo. According to the video's YouTube description, he went "straight to the emergency room and once bandaged up he was back in the studio". Presto Pro, more like!
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Rita Ora Cries 'Hack' After Embarrassing Twitter Stunt Backfires
Rita Ora has cried 'hack' after a tweet was sent from her account claiming that if enough people retweeted, she'd release a new song on Monday.
The tweet was sent on 31 October and read: "Dropping my new song Monday if this get 100,000 retweets (sic)."
According to BBC Newsbeat the tweet was then quickly deleted after getting around 2000 retweets (or 0.05% of her 3.4-million followers).
The Standard called the incident an 'embarrassment' for Ora claiming that the tweet was deleted simply because it failed to get enough retweets.
Instead Ora tells a different story as she soon tweeted afterwards that her account had been hacked saying:
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The tweet was sent on 31 October and read: "Dropping my new song Monday if this get 100,000 retweets (sic)."
According to BBC Newsbeat the tweet was then quickly deleted after getting around 2000 retweets (or 0.05% of her 3.4-million followers).
The Standard called the incident an 'embarrassment' for Ora claiming that the tweet was deleted simply because it failed to get enough retweets.
Instead Ora tells a different story as she soon tweeted afterwards that her account had been hacked saying:
By the way my Twitter got hacked somebody is threatening to release new music I've worked really hard on. Nothing comes out until I'm ready.
— Rita Ora (@RitaOra) October 31, 2014
Or the bots insist on it! When it's ready we will drop music! Luckily I caught the hacker really quickly and deleted the post. Thank you!!
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This Video Is Proof That Tahr Goats Are The Masters Of Disguise
Can you spot the goats hiding on this hillside in New Zealand?
You've got 10 seconds...
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You've got 10 seconds...
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Today in History for 4th November 2014
Historical Events
1819 - Māori Chiefs Hongi Hika and Rewa sell 13,000 acres (5260 hectares) at Kerikeri to the Church Missionary Society for 48 felling axes, New Zealand
1846 - Benjamin Palmer patents artificial leg
1933 - Young Park (1) in the Bronx named in honor of James Young
1952 - Earthquake and flood strike Kamshatka-South America
1958 - Belgian government of Eyskens, resigns
2004 - 12 French soldiers, 3 UN personnel and hundreds of civilians die during the Côte d'Ivoire civil war.
Famous Birthdays
1947 - Edward Matt Dougherty, Chester PA, PGA golfer (1995 Deposit Guaranty)
1961 - Daron Hagen, American composer
1963 - Michel Therrien, Canadian ice hockey coach
1965 - Malandra Burrows, English actress and singer
1977 - Tonicha Jeronimo, British actress
1978 - Carmen Cali, American baseball player
Famous Deaths
1898 - Jerome Hopkins, composer, dies at 62
1950 - Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player (b. 1887)
1968 - Paul JM Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author, dies at 78
1974 - Edgar Fernhout, Dutch painter/son of Charley Toorop, dies at 62
1993 - Ely A Landau, producer (Long Day's Journey), dies of stroke at 73
1995 - Gilles Deleuze, philosopher, dies at 70
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