Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Jan 25, 2015)

Cork in Bucket



A cork, say from a wine bottle, is held by a robotic clamp at the bottom of a bucket of water and released the moment the bucket is dropped off the side of a tall building. What will happen to the cork during the fall? Will it float to the top of the bucket normally, slower than normal, faster than normal, or not at all?



Assume that there is no air resistance to slow the bucket down.





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Brain Teaser 1/24/2015

A Couple Of Logic Teasers



1. There is a town in Texas where 5% of all the people living there have unlisted phone numbers. If you selected 100 names at random from the town's phone directory, on average, how many of these people would have unlisted phone numbers?



2. One morning a man is leaving on business trip and finds he left some paperwork at his office. He runs into his office to get it and the night watchman stops him and says, "Sir, don't get on the plane. I had a dream last night that the plane would crash and everyone would die!" The man takes his word and cancels his trip. Sure enough the plane crashes and everyone dies. The next morning the man gives the watchman a $1,000 reward for saving his life and then fires him. Why did he fire the watchman that saved his life?

Solution

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Despite popular belief, El Dorado was not a legendary city of gold in South America…

Despite popular belief, El Dorado was not a legendary city of gold in South America, but a person. El Dorado was a tribal chief of the indigenous Muisca people, and the initiation rites to becoming chief included offering immense amounts of gold to their gods by throwing it into a holy lake, Lake Guatavita. The Conquistadores eventually found the lake and reclaimed the gold, meaning that every expedition which has set out to find the city of gold afterwards has been in vain, because the mythical riches of El Dorado have actually already been found.

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Iceland has such a small population that an Icelandic company has released….

Iceland has such a small population that an Icelandic company has released an “Anti-incest app” which prevents Icelanders from accidentally dating their relatives.

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In this insane Russian dashcam video, an unidentified pedestrian…

In this insane Russian dashcam video, an unidentified pedestrian demonstrated incredible survival instinct while avoiding being hit by a car.

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A Starbucks grande coffee has 320 milligrams of caffeine, over four times…

A Starbucks grande coffee has 320 milligrams of caffeine, over four times the amount of caffeine in a Red Bull and the Starbucks cinnamon chip scone has more calories than a McDonald’s quarter pounder with 480 calories.

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A scientist stationed in Antarctica managed to score a date…

A scientist stationed in Antarctica managed to score a date through Tinder with a girl camping just 45 minutes away.

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Today in History for 24th January 2015

Historical Events

1839 - Charles Darwin elected Fellow of the Royal Society

1927 - Director Alfred Hitchcock releases his first film, The Pleasure Garden, in England.

1950 - Jackie Robinson signs highest contract ($35,000) in Dodger history

1951 - Dutch government Drees-van Schaik resigns

1954 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Women's Golf Open

1986 - NY Islander Mike Bossy scores his 1,000th point

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Famous Birthdays

1746 - Gustav III, king during Swedish Enlightenment (1771-92)

1907 - Alfonse Vranckx, Belgian lawyer/politician

1918 - Gottfried von Einem, Bern Switzerland, Austrian composer (Dantons Tod)

1924 - Klaus George Roy, composer

1944 - Klaus Nomi, German singer (d. 1983)

1949 - John Belushi, comedian/actor (SNL, Blues Brothers), born in Chicago, Illinois

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Famous Deaths

1769 - François de Chevert, French general (b. 1695)

1812 - Eligio Celestino, composer, dies at 72

1953 - [Karl R] Gerd von Rundstedt, gen-field marshal (Normandy), dies at 77

1960 - John Miljan, actor (Charlie Chan in Paris, Yankee Clipper), dies at 66

1962 - Tom Shirley, actor/TV announcer (They're Off), dies at 62

1993 - Ugur Mumcu, Turkish journalist (Cumhuriyet Murder), dies

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