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

Number Trouble



What number, when spelled out, has no repeated letters and has each of the vowels (not including Y) once?





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Brain Teaser 2/24/2015

If all 1-digit numbers are arranged in alphabetical order, they are eight, five, four, nine, one, seven, six, three, two. Here, eight comes first, and two comes last.



If all 3-digit numbers are arranged in alphabetical order, which number comes first, and which number comes last?

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In the United States, more money is stolen by employers from employees…

In the United States, more money is stolen by employers from employees each year than is stolen in robberies, burglaries, larcenies and auto thefts combined. The most common victims of wage theft are low wage workers.

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The professions with the lowest rates of sociopathy are, in…

The professions with the lowest rates of sociopathy are, in order: care aide, nurse, therapist, craftsperson, beautician/stylist, charity worker, teacher, creative artist, doctor (excepting surgeons), accountant.

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The shoe company ‘Atheist Shoes’ conducted an experiment where they sent packages…

The shoe company ‘Atheist Shoes’ conducted an experiment where they sent packages with ‘Atheist’ brand packing tape and neutral packing tape to the U.S. The ‘Atheist’ marked packages took an average of 3 days longer to ship and where 10 times more likely to disappear.

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There is a man in Sweden who received disability benefits for his “addiction”…

There is a man in Sweden who received disability benefits for his “addiction” to heavy metal. He reportedly went to 300 concerts in one year which left him unable to hold down a job.

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Today in History for 24th February 2015

Historical Events

1387 - King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda.

1920 - Peace treaty gives Estonia independence

1965 - East German president Ulbricht visits Egypt

1968 - US troops reconquer Hue Vietnam

1979 - Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500, Stamford, Texas

1982 - Wayne Gretzky scores NHL-record 78th goal of season en route to 92

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Famous Birthdays

1860 - Daniel Berkeley Updike, printer/publisher/writer (Printing Types)

1915 - Charles Henry "Harry" Urwin, trade unionist

1942 - Paul Jones, England, rocker (Manfried Mann-Mighty Quinn)

1961 - Persijn "Dakota" Joling, Dutch rock guitarist/singer (Pilgrims-Red)

1974 - Simeon Rice, defensive end (Arizona Cardinals)

1976 - Marco Campos, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1995)

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Famous Deaths

1666 - Nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77

1806 - John Nieuwenhuijzen, theologist (Society for General Use), dies at 81

1991 - Jean Rogers, actress (Flash Gordon, Hot Cargo), dies at 74

1996 - Gene Mitchell, museum director, dies on 70th birthday

2012 - Benedict Freedman, American novelist and mathematician, dies at 92

2012 - Jan Berenstain, American author dies from a stroke at 88

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