Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Jan 17, 2015)

Sum-day Soon



Some people believe that January 1, 2000 is the first day of the 21st century. Other people believe that the honor belongs to January 1, 2001. But everyone should agree that January 1, 2002 is the first "sum-day" of the new century- when you write out that date in standard notation, it becomes 01/01/02, and 1+1=2. More generally, a sum-day is a date in which the day and month add up to the year. With that in mind:



A) What is the last sum-day of the 21st century?



B) How many sum-days are there in the 21st century?





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One reason for a mother’s impulse to kiss her newborn baby: the mother…

One reason for a mother’s impulse to kiss her newborn baby: the mother ingests the bacteria/viruses on baby’s skin, then her immune cells create antibodies that go into her breast milk, thus protecting the baby from imminent infection.

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City birds have learned to line their nests with cigarette butts in order…

City birds have learned to line their nests with cigarette butts in order to ward of parasites, as burnt nicotine works as an insecticide to ward off mites, lice and fleas.

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On average, every person older than 15 in colonial America drank…

On average, every person older than 15 in colonial America drank the equivalent of 7 shots of alcohol per day.

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Roughly 2/3 of the US population lives within 100 miles…

Roughly 2/3 of the US population lives within 100 miles of the border.

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The US Government presumes a business to be “socially and economically disadvantaged…

The US Government presumes a business to be “socially and economically disadvantaged” if it’s owner is Black, Hispanic, Native American, Asian, or a Woman.

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Brain Teaser 1/16/2015

1. A woman gave birth to two boys on the same date, within about twenty minutes of each other, and yet they were not twins. How could this be?



2. If 8-22-5-22-13 equates to seven, and 7-4-12 makes two, how would you write ten?



3. Which one of the following five is least like the other four?

Celery - Lettuce - Onion - Tomato - Asparagus

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Today in History for 16th January 2015

Historical Events

1868 - Refrigerator car patented by William Davis, a fish dealer in Detroit

1953 - 41st Australian Men's Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats Mervyn Rose (6-0 6-3 6-4)

1974 - "Jaws" by Peter Benchley is published

1981 - Ivan Lendl intentionally loses a match in Volvo Masters in order to avoid having to play Bjorn Borg

1984 - 11th American Music Award: Pat Benatar and Michael Jackson win

1989 - USSR announces plan for 2-yr manned mission to Mars

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Famous Birthdays

1885 - Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, president of Poland (1939-40)

1890 - Lloyd Bacon, San Jose CA, actor (Charlie Chaplin)

1893 - Daisy Kennedy, Australian violinist (d. 1981)

1917 - Carl Karcher, founded the Carl's Jr. hamburger chain (d. 2008)

1971 - Jukka-Pekka Nummi, WLAF cornerback (Scottish Claymores)

1985 - Jonathan Richter, Danish professional football midfielder

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Famous Deaths

1711 - Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (b. 1651)

1817 - Antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer, dies at 55

1912 - Georg Heym, writer, dies at 24

1968 - Robert R "Bob" Jones, founder (Bob Jones University), dies at 84

1987 - Earl Wilson, Bdwy columnist (Midnight Earl), dies in Yonkers at 79

2001 - Auberon Waugh, British author and journalist (b. 1939)

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