Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Nov 17, 2014)

I Walk But Never Dream



I walk, but have no legs. I sleep, but never dream. You can

rock me in a cradle, but I am not a baby and I can go around

the world faster than you can cross a room. What am I?





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The engineer who designed the Japanese Kamikaze dive-bombing…

The engineer who designed the Japanese Kamikaze dive-bombing planes of WWII felt bad about his role in the war, so at its end, he decided to use his skills for peace by designing the body of the Shinkansen (Bullet Train), which has, to this day, operated with zero accident-caused fatalities.

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German footballer Mesut Özil donated his €300,000 World Cup…

German footballer Mesut Özil donated his €300,000 World Cup victory bonus to pay for surgery of 23 children in Brazil.

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Swedish millionaire Johan Eliasch purchased 400,000 acres of the Amazon…

Swedish millionaire Johan Eliasch purchased 400,000 acres of the Amazon Rainforest from a logging company for $14,000,000 for the sole purpose of its preservation.

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Brain Teaser 11/16/2014

You have 1023 lemons and 10 bags. You have to distribute these lemons in these 10 bags in any way you choose. But when I ask for a certain number of lemons you have to give them in terms of bags without transferring the lemons from other bags. How do you distribute the lemons?

Solution

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Today in History for 16th November 2014

Historical Events

1491 - An auto de fe, held in the Brasero de la Dehesa outside of Ávila, concludes the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia with the public execution of several Jewish and converso suspects.

1864 - Confederate retreat at Lovejoy, Georgia

1955 - Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Yussuph V returns to Morocco

1963 - Touch-tone telephone introduced

1966 - Dr Sam Sheppard freed by a jury after 9 years in jail

1989 - "Gypsy" opens at St James Theater NYC for 477 performances

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Famous Birthdays

1835 - Elliott Warren Rice, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1887

1839 - Louis-Honoré Fréchette, French Canadian poet (d. 1908)

1967 - Lawrence Dawsey, NFL wide receiver (Tampa Bay Bucs)

1968 - Chris Haney, Baltimore MD, pitcher (KC Royals)

1973 - Brendan Laney, Scottish rugby player

1980 - Kayte Christensen, American basketball player

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Famous Deaths

1628 - Paolo Quagliati, Italian composer

1885 - Louis Riel, Canadian rebel leader and "Father of Manitoba", hanged for treason at 41

1922 - Max Abraham, German physicist (b. 1875)

1943 - Marcel Verhamme, Belgian resistance fighter, executed

1974 - Walther Meissner, German physicist (Meissner Effect), dies at 91

1982 - Lenny Murphy, Leader of Belfast's notorious Shankill Butchers (b. 1952)

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