Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Jan 07, 2015)

Half Truthful



Three Paley brothers and three Thomson brothers operate a company that manufactures lie detectors. Three of these six men always tell the truth, and three always tell lies; neither set of brothers consists exclusively of liars. Some recent statements from the six men are recorded below. Can you find the six men's full names, and tell which men tell the truth and which tell lies?



1. Alan: "Both my brothers tell lies."

2. Boris: "Both my brothers tell the truth."

3: Chuck: "Alan and Boris are both liars."

4. Dalman: "Chuck and I are brothers."

5. Edwin: "Boris and I are brothers."

6. Finney: "Edwin tells the truth."

7. Finney: "Boris is one of the Paleys."





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Virgin Trains Win Social Media For The Year After Saving Adam Greenwood... With Loo Roll

We've all been there - you're on the loo, but you realise there's no toilet paper. It's an age-old problem, but in the 21st century one teen seems to have solved it.



Adam Greenwood tweeted for help - and got it.



The teen vlogger was stuck in a Virgin Trains toilet with no bog roll left, so he decided to tweet and ask the company's social media manager for help.

I've just had a reasonably large poo and there is no toilet roll left on the @virgintrains 19.30 train from Euston to Glasgow pls send help.

— Adam (@AdamPlaysYT) December 2, 2014

He gave details of his location with almost military precision. Presumably expecting nothing to come from it, someone at Virgin's HQ asked for more information.

@AdamPlaysYT Which coach, Adam? ^MW

— Virgin Trains (@VirginTrains) December 2, 2014

In case you were wondering, he was on coach J...

@VirginTrains J thank you

— Adam (@AdamPlaysYT) December 2, 2014

Surely this is a joke? There's no way they'll actually send him some toilet paper through Twitter.

@AdamPlaysYT We'll send someone down to you ^MW

— Virgin Trains (@VirginTrains) December 2, 2014

That's got to be a joke. That's just cruel. They wouldn't possibly do it.

Thanks so much! @VirginTrains ❤️ http://ift.tt/1zRjCoO

— Adam (@AdamPlaysYT) December 2, 2014

Adam told BuzzFeed: "I got a tweet from Virgin Trains asking which carriage I was on, so I responded quickly by peering out the toilet room door and checking the carriage letter - this wasn’t awkward at all I swear.



"I tweeted back with the carriage number and I shortly after I saw a guy looking quite worried in a full black suit carrying toilet roll, after the awkward exchange and smiles I grabbed it off him and finished what I started!"



Having learnt his lesson, the 16-year-old will never travel unprepared again.

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— Adam (@AdamPlaysYT) December 3, 2014

But what goes around comes around, and now Virgin's social media team needs help from Adam...

@AdamPlaysYT Erm... a little help? ^CB http://ift.tt/1zRjENp

— Virgin Trains (@VirginTrains) December 3, 2014

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14 Classic Misheard Lyrics, From The Beatles To Bon Jovi

The original Price Is Right gave a contestant a real elephant…

The original Price Is Right gave a contestant a real elephant as a gag prize, and planned later to give the winner $4,000 instead. The winner complained and demanded an elephant as promised. The show finally conceded and delivered it to the contestant’s home in Texas.

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Reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone changed the entire geography of the park…

Reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone changed the entire geography of the park: as elk were displaced, saplings that would have been eaten by elk were spared, riverbank erosion was brought under control, and streams and rivers shifted their courses.

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Vin Diesel helped produce and finance Riddick (2013) and even put…

Vin Diesel helped produce and finance Riddick (2013) and even put up his house as collateral to get it made. “If we didn’t finish the film, I would be homeless.”

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Seann William Scott, who played Stifler in the American Pie films, was…

Seann William Scott, who played Stifler in the American Pie films, was extremely shy and nervous around women and did not have a girlfriend until he was 30 years old.

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Cytokines, proteins that cause inflammation and tell the body…

Cytokines, proteins that cause inflammation and tell the body to go into “sickness mode” increase in number during depressive episodes. Researchers are beginning to investigate the link between depression and inflammation/allergic reactions in the body.

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A Harvard Researcher found rolling a pair of dice was as predictive…

A Harvard Researcher found rolling a pair of dice was as predictive of your future income as your college GPA is.

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A man loved his goldfish so much he paid almost $500 for a life…

A man loved his goldfish so much he paid almost $500 for a life saving surgery to remove its constipation.

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Even though Google’s self-driving cats have logged over 700,000 miles…

Even though Google’s self-driving cats have logged over 700,000 miles, they have yet to overcome the navigational hurdles of snow, heavy rain, open parking lots, multilevel parking garages, construction zones, and when the sun is directly behind a traffic light.

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Tweeter Pranks Tesco With 'Pink Dog' Picture

Twitter user and serial-prankster Adam Stone had a bit of an issue with a Tesco product recently so decided to contact the store directly.

Hi @Tesco I've got a serious problem with one of your products I've recently purchased.

— Adam (@Adamstone341) January 5, 2015

Tesco's customer service department replied to ask what the problem was, but appear to have deleted their response.

'@Tesco Yes why on earth has your shampoo turned my dog pink? http://ift.tt/1tFLIBp

— Adam (@Adamstone341) January 5, 2015

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Most Irritating/Brilliant Earworms

Ever since Joe Pasquale sang "I know a song that'll get on your nerves, get on your nerves, get on your nerves...", repeatedly, I have loved a good earworm. If you haven't heard of the term, an earworm is a catchy piece of music that repeats in a person's mind, long after they've stopped listening to the actual song.



There's a lot of advice about how to safely dispose of these earworms, from replacing it with a new song to passing it onto someone else. I've always felt uncomfortable about these disposal tips, firstly because it seems so callous and secondly because I'm very fond of my earworms. Also, passing it on to someone else feels way too close to the plot of The Ring to be an action I can endorse, let alone partake in.



So, in the spirit of celebrating the genteel earworm, here are my favourites. Listen at your peril.



I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves and this is how it goes

Who knew that Joe Pasquale performed material that wasn't his?





Nyan Cat

I genuinely really love this song, listen to it for enjoyment and have listened to most of the covers, my favourite being the smooth jazz version





Wizardora

Oh sweet lord this one just goes round and round and round





Weebl - Badgers

I mean MrWeebl has done so many but this was one of the first videos I watched online, before YouTube was but a twinkle in some programmer's fingers





Natterjack Toad

Ok, fine, you caught me. When driving around one day I wrote such a sweet song that I just had to get it recorded and an animated music video made. It's my contribution to the world, I can die proud. I hope you can't stop singing it.





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Revealed: How To Get Gwyneth Paltrow's Beauty Regime For A Fraction Of The Cost

Gwyneth Paltrow reportedly spends £14,000 a month on beauty treatments. But if you don't have that sort of cash, don't despair - you can still get Gwynnie's glowing looks at a fraction of the cost. Simply follow these tips!







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Kim Jong-Un 'Unhappy With Fifty Shades Of Grey Film'

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is unhappy about the forthcoming film version of the book 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' and is convinced that it is a satire on his regime, insiders say.



Hollywood is bracing itself for the possibility of another cyber-attack after Kim Jong-un's feelings were made known.



"Sadism, dominance, the colour grey... Our leader is convinced that this film is both a personal and political attack on him," a North Korean insider told HuffPost UK Comedy.



"In fact, he loves wearing the colour grey so much that his nickname among the staff is 'Mr Grey'. The coincidences are just too great."



In addition, says the insider, "Kim Jong-un was also a huge fan of the book, and is worried that it just can't be adapted for the big screen."





Film buff Kim Jong-un in happier times, arriving at the Sundance Film Festival


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Functioning Alcoholics Taking A Month Off Drinking To Prove They Don't Have A Drink Problem

Functioning alcoholics across Britain have given up drinking in an attempt to prove that they don't have a problem with drinking.



"I absolutely don't have a problem with alcohol, which is why I'm having to take off a month off from it," one told HuffPost UK Comedy.



"Of course I don't have a problem," said another. "I can stop anytime I like. But I only usually stop in January, when it's acceptable to."







Millions of people in Britain are thought to be having a 'Dry January', the month which traditionally follows 'Bender December'.



"Frankly, it's only the thought that I can have a drink again in February that's keeping me going," said one.



"But giving it up until then clearly proves that I'm in no way craving it."

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Brain Teaser 1/6/2015

1. What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?



2. Not born, but from a Mother's body drawn, I hang until half of me is gone. I sleep in a cave until I grow old, then valued for my hardened gold. What am I?



3. Monique is 24 years old. She is twice the age that Valerie had when Monique was the same age that Valerie is now. How old is Valerie?

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Very Real Sasquatch Family Spotted On Arizona Highway, Official Agency Warns

A government agency has taken to Facebook to warn it may have spotted 'a family of sasquatches' by a highway.



Nearly 2,500 people have shared the Arizona Department For Transportation's Facebook post that shows, in true Sasquatch/Big Foot sighting style, a series of blurry black lines that is clearly something else.

Post by Arizona Department of Transportation.

The department said it was intended as a joke.



Spokesman Tim Tait told ABC News: "We always try to have a little fun with our Facebook and Twitter feeds.



“That way, we don’t just post news about crashes and road conditions but a little something to engage our audience in different ways.



“This posting was one of those efforts – something that caught our attention, and we thought it might make some people chuckle.”



As the eagle-eyed Huffington Post UK previously reported, Sasquatch, or Big Foot, has been spotted in Lincolnshire, Norway and the Canadian mountains in the last 12 months.



This was remarkably given that, in January last year, Big Foot was shot dead and the hunter who killed him planned to take his body on tour of America.

SEE ALSO:

• Does This Map Suggest Bigfoot Could Be Real?

• LOOK: Is This Bigfoot's Foot? Decomposing Limb Found In US Forest

• WATCH: 'Yeti & Baby Footage' Is Real, Says Abominable Snowman Academic

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Absolutely Everyone Is Getting Married Except For You, New Statistics Show

Further evidence emerged today that absolutely everybody in the world is getting married apart from you.



A sample survey from the Mail Online showed that 90% of people have recently got hitched or are expected to walk down the aisle any day now.










"The wonderful thing about this survey is that it proves no matter what your age, gender or sexuality, everyone is blissfully happy and settling down with the love of the life," said the Daily Mail, "apart from you."








The remaining 10% of people are currently on holiday "flaunting their bikini bodies," said the Mail.



Jennifer Aniston remains unmarried.





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His Birthday Party Was Ruined, You Can't Blame This Kid For Flipping Out

This young boy was enjoying his birthday, but as he blew out the candles one of his guests thought it would be funny to push his head into the cake.



Well, it was funny. But not for the birthday boy.



Everyone's hopes for cake were destroyed in his retaliation, and we can't help but laugh.

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Perpetrators standing by…

Photo courtesy of Peter So.

QR code of an exhibitor’s booth in Guangzhou, China.

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Today in History for 6th January 2015

Historical Events

1842 - 4,500 British and Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India

1898 - 1st telephone message from a submerged submarine, by Simon Lake

1912 - Alfred Wegener, geophysicist and meteorologist, presents his controversial theory of continental drift in a lecture at a the Geological Association (Geologischen Vereinigung) at the Senckenberg-Museum, Frankfurt.

1964 - Rolling Stones' 1st tour as headline act (with Ronettes)

1971 - Berkeley chemists announces 1st synthetic growth hormones

1994 - Dow-Jones hits record 3803.88

More Historical Events »

Famous Birthdays

1617 - Kristoffer Gabel, Danish statesman (d. 1673)

1799 - Jedediah Strong Smith, US fur trader/explorer

1906 - Jaap Wagemaker, [Adrian B], Dutch sculptor

1911 - Yannis Andreou Papaioannou, composer

1962 - Michael Houser, Boone North Carolina, American guitarist (Widespread Panic)

1964 - Henry Maske, German boxer

More Famous Birthdays »

Famous Deaths

1884 - Paul Taglioni, "the Great," Ital/Austrian choreographer, dies at 75

1922 - Jakob Rosanes, German mathematician (b. 1842)

1941 - Charley O'Leary, American baseball player (b. 1882)

1945 - Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (b. 1863)

1959 - Jose Enrique Pedreira, composer, dies at 54

1964 - Edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at 67

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