Wednesday 25 February 2015

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Feb 26, 2015)

Growing Down



What grows down while it grows up?





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Two Planes Touching Noses Optical Illusion

Hello everyone and welcome to Wednesday, which is also known as Hump Day. We know that you all are doing well in terms of your work, and you have officially made it to the halfway point of the week. We know you all are getting tired, but you are doing well and we know you can make it to Friday. How many of you have heard a jet going overhead, and you all looked up to see it? Have you ever been to an air show to see more than one jet flying through the air? Take a look at today’s optical illusion, and you will be shocked because it looks like these two planes are about to not only touch noses, but also crash into one another! However, believe it or not, the two planes are not hitting, but it sure does look like it right?


Two Planes Touching Noses Optical Illusion





So, ready to see another cool optical illusion involving a hidden person? Check out this wall covered with flowers wallpaper. Do you all see a lady hidden in the wall? Camouflage can be a lot of fun, and this lady hiding in plain sight really shows just how well someone can blend into their surroundings just like a chameleon! Happy Hump Day everyone and have a nice day!


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Starting in 1988, the Harvard Medical School partnered with film and TV studios to insert…

Starting in 1988, the Harvard Medical School partnered with film and TV studios to insert the concept of the “Designated Driver” into popular consciousness. The project was a huge success.






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There is a water filled cave in Nevada that experiences “miniature tsunamis…

There is a water filled cave in Nevada that experiences “miniature tsunamis” in response to earthquakes as distant as Japan.






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Jerningham Wakefield, a New Zealand politician was such a notorious drunk, his…

Jerningham Wakefield, a New Zealand politician was such a notorious drunk, his friends would lock him in Parliament overnight to keep him sober enough to vote the next day. However, this failed in 1872 when his political enemies began lowering bottles of whiskey down the chimney.






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563 million years from now the Earth will experience its final total solar…

563 million years from now the Earth will experience its final total solar eclipse as the moon slowly drifts away.






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The 442nd Infantry Regiment, a largely Japanese American unit that served…

The 442nd Infantry Regiment, a largely Japanese American unit that served during WWII, did so while their families were held in internment camps. Their motto was “Go for Broke” and they were the most decorated unit in U.S. military history.






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A black, Nigerian couple living in the U.K. gave birth to a white, blonde, blue-eyed…

baby_white_cropped A black, Nigerian couple living in the U.K. gave birth to a white, blonde, blue-eyed baby that they call the “miracle baby.”






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Brain Teaser 2/25/2015

The following addition example uses letters instead of numbers. Each letter must be replaced with a number-the same number each time the letter appears. The puzzle will then be correct mathematically.

OH

OH

OH

OH

____

NO

Solution

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Today in History for 25th February 2015

Historical Events


1803 - 1,800 sovereign German states unite into 60 states

1933 - Major NFL rule changes (hash mark 10 yds in, posts on goal line)

1951 - 1st Pan American Games opens (Buenos Aires Argentina)

1960 - Lillian Hellman's "Toys in the Attic," premieres in NYC

1972 - Attempted assassination of Minister of State for Home Affairs John Taylor who is shot a number of times (the Official Irish Republican Army later claimed responsibility)

1981 - NY Islanders give up their most goals (11) vs Calgary Flames


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Famous Birthdays


1833 - Clement Anselm Evans, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1911)

1906 - Boris Papandopulo, composer

1918 - Henry Norwood Ewell, Harrisburg Pa, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1948)

1934 - Nicholas Edwards, Baron Crickhowell, British Conservative Party politician

1949 - Lord Sempill

1973 - Daryl Gardener, defensive end (Miami Dolphins)


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Famous Deaths


1495 - Djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35

1826 - Piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor of St Petersburg, dies at 60

1851 - Ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer, dies at 53

1899 - Paul Julius von Reuter, founder of the news agency (Reuters), dies

1992 - Guy Deghy, actor (Matter of Who, 1 Eyed Soldiers), dies at 79

1996 - Haing S Ngor, doctor/actor (Killing Fields), dies at 45


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