Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Jan 28, 2015)

Free Jeans!



A clothes shop was running a promotion giving away free jeans. In order to get the free jeans you had to try a pair on, then, while still wearing the jeans you had to put your right hand in the left pocket and your left hand in the right pocket and reach right to the bottom of the pockets at the same time. Many people tried but were unable to achieve the feat until one chap walked in and walked out a few minutes later with his free jeans. How did he do it?





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There was a woman who survived a gas chamber, three Nazi concentration camps…

There was a woman who survived a gas chamber, three Nazi concentration camps, testing by the infamous Nazi Doctor Josef Mengele, a death march, and shared a barracks with the dying Dutch teenager Anne Frank.

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Bill Broyles, the writer for the movie Castaway, chose to deliberately…

Bill Broyles, the writer for the movie Castaway, chose to deliberately strand himself for one week on an isolated beach in the Sea of Cortez, to force himself to search for water and food, and obtain his own shelter. During this time, a volleyball washed up on shore.

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During filming of “Super Mario Bros.” Bob Haskins (Mario) and John…

During filming of “Super Mario Bros.” Bob Haskins (Mario) and John Leguizamo (Luigi) were so unhappy working on what they knew to be a bad movie that they would often get drunk to go through with shooting scenes.

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In 1953, a North Korean fighter pilot defected to South Korea with his…

In 1953, a North Korean fighter pilot defected to South Korea with his MiG-15 and was rewarded $100,000 from the United States.

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The Illinois Toll roads were originally intended to collect tolls until…

The Illinois toll roads were originally intended to collect tolls until the bonds to construct them were paid off. The toll roads were constructed in 1953.

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Thomas Jefferson tried for years to send a gigantic stuffed moose…

Thomas Jefferson tried for years to send a gigantic stuffed moose to a French count to counter claims that the North American climate made all animals (including people) weak and feeble.

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The inventor of the office cubicle grew to believe…

The inventor of the office cubicle grew to believe “The cubicle-izing of people in modern corporations is monolithic insanity.”

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Brain Teaser 1/27/2015

A certain day was yesterday when the day before yesterday was yesterday . On that certain day Kim's parents said "we'll go on a picnic the day after tomorrow if it doesn't rain". It rained the day before yesterday but not since.

Did the family go on the picnic?

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Today in History for 27th January 2015

Historical Events

1142 - Wrongful execution of noted Song Dynasty General Yue Fei.

1864 - Civil War skirmish at Kelly's Ford, Va

1934 - VARA refuses to hire after commemoration of Marinus Van de Lubbe

1968 - "Darling of the Day" opens at George Abbott Theater NYC for 31 perfs

1971 - The body of a man who had been shot dead is found in Belfast

1996 - Catherine Roskam becomes the 1st NY female Episcopal bishop

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Famous Birthdays

1805 - Samuel Palmer, painter/etcher (Valley of Vision), born in London, England

1832 - Lewis Carroll, [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], Halton, Cheshire, author (Alice in Wonderland), (d. 1898)

1928 - Jean-Michel Damase, composer

1945 - Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, North Irish peace activist (Nobel 1976)

1951 - Brian Downey, rock drummer (Thin Lizzy-Boys are Back in Town)

1979 - Daniel Vettori, New Zealand cricketer

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Famous Deaths

98 - Marius Cocceius Nerva, emperor of Rome (96-98), dies of a stroke at about 67

1763 - John Theodor of Bavaria, prince-bishop of Liege/cardinal, dies

1860 - János Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1802)

1964 - Lieb Glantz, composer, dies at 65

1982 - Iris Korn, actress (Widder-Palmerstown USA), dies at 60

2000 - Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist (b. 1930)

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