Friday, 9 January 2015

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Jan 10, 2015)

Anagram Triplets - III



There are two groups of three-letter words used in the sentences below. The first missing words of each sentence are anagrams of each other, and the second missing words are also anagrams of each other. Can you find them ?



1. It is only ____ that we use a trap to catch a ____, instead of having a cat in the house!



2. To staunch the bleeding from a wound suffered by an animal, people used to ____ some hot ____ onto the wound at one time.



3. To ____ into the mysteries held within the human psyche and enjoy these mysteries to the fullest, is the objective of any ____.





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Mary Fields, a 6′, 200-pound former slave became the second woman and the first…

Mary_Fields_cropped Mary Fields, a 6′, 200-pound former slave became the second woman and the first African-American to work for the US Postal Service in Montana. She began to work for the USPS at the age of 60 after hitching a team of six horses faster than any cowboy and never missed work in 10 years.






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In 2011 a study found that individuals with high social anxiety…

In 2011 a study found that individuals with high social anxiety had high empathy. The study found that high empathy may make socially anxious individuals more sensitive and attentive to other people’s states of mind.






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When Anglerfish mate, they melt into each other and share their bodies…

Anglerfish_cropped When Anglerfish mate, they melt into each other and share their bodies forever. If a male finds a female, he latches on and fuses to her, losing his internal organs until they share a bloodstream.






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There are single-celled organisms that can grow up to four inches…

Ventricaria_ventricosa_cropped There are single-celled organisms that can grow up to four inches in diameter at the bottom of the world’s oceans.






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One of the Popes was a 100% accident. In the Middle Ages, cardinals would often vote…

Papa_Benedictus_Duodecimus One of the Popes was a 100% accident. In the Middle Ages, cardinals would often vote for a random candidate on the first papal ballot in order to see how the other cardinals were leaning, but in 1334 this backfired when they all voted for the same person: the very surprised Pope Benedict XII.






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When That 70s Show started, the directors required all actors to be 18 or older…

Mila-Kunis When That 70s Show started, the directors required all actors to be 18 or older. Mila Kunis, 14 at the time, told the casting directors she would be 18 but did not say when. Ashton Kutcher, Kunis’ boyfriend in the show, was 20 years old at that time.






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Brain Teaser 1/9/2015

Which one of the designs is least like the other four?

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Today in History for 9th January 2015

Historical Events


1296 - Earl Floris V signs accord with French King

1317 - Phillips V, the Tall, crowned king of France

1793 - Dutch Prince Willem V establishes 2 brigades Drive Artillery

1894 - New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.

1908 - Muir Woods National Monument, California, established

1991 - Baker and Aziz meet in Geneva; talks fail to defuse gulf crisis


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Famous Birthdays


1624 - Empress Meishō (d. 1696)

1829 - Thomas William Robertson, England, playwright (Caste)

1901 - Chic Young, cartoonist (Blondie)

1941 - Gilles Vaillancourt, Quebec politician

1972 - Angie Martinez, American radio and television personality

1982 - Kate Middleton, Reading, England, Duchess of Cambridge and wife of Prince William


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Famous Deaths


1282 - Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (b. 1204)

1598 - Jasper Heywood, English translator (b. 1553)

1849 - Jan Kops, Dutch agriculturist/vicar, dies at 83

1902 - Gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns, Belgian lawyer/Interior minister, dies at 66

1978 - Eddie Gilbert, cricket (Aboriginal Qld quick got Don for a duck), dies

2009 - T. Llew Jones, Welsh author (b. 1915)


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