Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Feb 22, 2015)

Triple Homophones



See if you can figure out three words that are homophones of each other in each of the five problems below.



1. Worthless - flat piece moving with the air - blood vessel

2. Path or direction - to measure weight - watery part of milk

3. Having no money - careful study; microscopic hole - to flow freely

4. Warty frog - having toes - pulled ahead

5. A cry - welt; corduroy ridge - large oceanic mammal





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Giant Man Playing With People Optical Illusion

Friday is here at last, and how many of you woke up today in a really great mood? We sure did because we are making plans for being off the next couple of days, which we are so looking forward to and also getting some much needed rest. So, are you all making plans to go someplace else with the people you care about most in the world? Getting together with friends can mean messing around, and having fun, and that brings us to today’s optical illusion. Check out what looks like a giant man and a group of people that it looks like he is playing with. How was this cool optical illusion done because it does look like this is one giant man playing with his friends?

Ready for another cool optical illusion involving sand? Check out this bottle on the beach image. Do you all notice something unusual about this bottle lying on the sand? Believe it or not, this is not a bottle, but it is actually a woman that is tied up. Do you all see the woman? We know today is Friday, and you all are excited that the weekend is just hours away, but whatever you do, have a great time and enjoy yourselves!

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Finland has a 20-year plan for its country brand. The 365-page government report includes…

Finland has a 20-year plan for its country brand. The 365-page government report includes plans to become a silicon valley of social innovations, a land where the lakes are drinkable, and a country that has managed to export its unbeatable education.

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Bacteria that eats and survives on electricity alone…

Bacteria that eats and survives on electricity alone, was found in the ocean floor.

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A New York ad agency tried marketing laundry detergent to Arab consumers through the use…

A New York ad agency tried marketing laundry detergent to Arab consumers through the use of sequential pictures showing laundry being cleaned. However, the advertisers didn’t realize Arabic was read from right to left and their ad actually depicted the detergent soiling the clothing after wash.

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Disney successfully lobbied Congress to extend the length of copyright protection….

Disney successfully lobbied Congress to extend the length of copyright protection in order to prevent Mickey Mouse from entering the public domain. The law was later referred to as the Mickey Mouse Protection Act.

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In 1999, a Slovak linguist created language “Slovio”, simplified Slavic language…

In 1999, a Slovak linguist created language “Slovio”, simplified Slavic language, as simple as Esperanto but understood by some 400 million Slavs around the world.

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Today in History for 21st February 2015

Historical Events

1564 - Philip II routes cardinal Granvelle to Franche-Comte

1673 - Michiel A de Ruyter appointed lt-admiral-general of Dutch fleet

1852 - George Bancroft becomes the American Geographical Society's first president

1857 - Congress outlaws foreign currency as legal tender in US

1985 - Tim Raines is awarded a $12 million salary for 1985 by arbitrator

2007 - Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi resigns from office. His resignation is rejected by the President of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano.

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Famous Birthdays

1744 - Eise J Eisinga, Frisia, built planetarium Franeker

1860 - Goscombe John, Welsh sculptor (d. 1952)

1888 - Clemence Dane, British novelist and playwright (d. 1965)

1961 - Christopher Atkins, Rye NY, actor (Peter-Dallas, Blue Lagoon)

1967 - Leroy Russel Burrell, Phila, long jumper (Olympics-96)

1987 - Burgess Abernethy, Australian Actor

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Famous Deaths

1653 - Adriaen Pauw, master of Heemstede/Dutch Grand Pensionary, dies at 71

1846 - Emperor Ninko of Japan (b. 1800)

1968 - Howard Florey, pharmacologist/Pathologist, Nobel Prize Laureate, dies at 69

1989 - Alex Thépot, French footballer (b. 1906)

2002 - John Thaw, English actor (b. 1942)

2008 - Ben Chapman, American actor (b. 1928)

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