Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Jan 27, 2015)

A Stitch in Time is What You'll Reap



I am four words

Though there appear to be three

Two ways of pronouncing

Three spellings there be.

The first is a manner of indicating, a case being such, or therefore, or a measure of degree.

The second is a pig, female you see.

The third is also on a farm, a manner of planting of seed.

The fourth is to stitch, to hold fabric together, indeed.



Can you tell me now, what word could this be?





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Brain Teaser 1/26/2015

The old lady who lived in a shoe was having some real trouble buying Christmas presents for her enormous family. Although she bought the least expensive stocking stuffers she could find, the bill was high. Of course, both a 15 percent sales tax and a 5 percent luxury tax were added to the original price. She paid a total of $100. What was the cost of the stuffers before taxes?

Solution

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Natural & Organic - Good for Nature, Good for You

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Today in History for 26th January 2015

Historical Events

1482 - "Pentateuch" (Jewish Bible) 1st printed as a book in Bologna, Italy

1788 - Captain Arthur Phillip and British colonists hoist the English flag at Sydney Cove, New South Wales, now celebrated as Australia Day

1915 - Rocky Mountain National Park, Colo established

1929 - Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence

1980 - Mary Decker became 1st woman to run a mile in under 4½ minutes

1998 - 25th American Music Award: Spice Girls and Babyface win

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Famous Birthdays

1715 - Claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher

1855 - Arthur Hervey, composer

1935 - Zbigniew Penherski, composer

1976 - Frankie Rayder, American model

1989 - Emily Hughes, American figure skater

1990 - Christopher Massey, American actor

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Famous Deaths

1855 - Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808)

1943 - Nikolai Vavilov, geneticist, Saratovv labour camp, dies

1990 - Bob Gerard, British racing driver (b. 1914)

1997 - Jeane Dixon, American astrologer (b. 1904)

1997 - Sarah Lucas, theatre Administrator, dies at 53

2011 - Gladys Horton, American musician and singer, member of the group The Marvelettes (b. 1944)

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