Friday 6 March 2015

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Mar 07, 2015)

Cupid? Ulysses??



Put 2 of Group B into Group A:



A:

Coelus

Aphrodite

Cronus

Poseidon

Hades

Zeus



B:

Hermes

Persephone

Hercules

Ares

Cupid

Ulysses





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In 1966 and 1967, soldiers testing Agent Orange in Canada were told…

In 1966 and 1967, soldiers testing Agent Orange in Canada were told the chemical was completely safe and sprayed it on each other to cool off.






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Scientist Louis Slotin died while working on the Manhattan Project…

Scientist Louis Slotin died while working on the Manhattan Project. He accidentally dropped a hemisphere of beryllium on a plutonium core; witnesses saw glowing blue light and felt a heat wave. He died nine days later. The plutonium core was later nicknamed the “demon core”.






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Today in History for 6th March 2015

Historical Events


1930 - Clarence Birdseye develops a method for quick freezing food

1950 - Silly Putty invented

1974 - An Italian loses a record $1,920,000 at roulette in Monte Carlo

1985 - Enos Slaughter and Arky Vaughan are elected to baseball Hall of Fame

1988 - Julie Krone becomes winningest female jockey (1205 victories)

2000 - Long-time Boston Bruin defenseman Ray Bourque is traded to the Colorado Avalanche


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Famous Birthdays


1706 - George Pocock, British admiral (d. 1792)

1940 - Willie Stargell, outfielder/1st baseman (Pirates, 1971 NL HR leader)

1947 - Richard "Dick" Fosbury, Portland Oregon, high jumper (Olympics-gold-1968)

1951 - Gerrie Knetemann, Dutch cyclist (d. 2004)

1964 - Reniet Vrieze, rock singer/guitarist (Pilgrims-White Men)

1968 - Moira Kelly, actress (Cutting Edge)


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Famous Deaths


766 - Chrodegang, church reformer/bishop of Mainz, dies at about 50

1941 - John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum, sculptor (Mount Rushmore), dies at 73

1959 - Fred Stone, actor (Hideaway, Westerner), dies at 85

1969 - Nadya Rusheva, Russian painter (b. 1952)

1982 - Jan Lemaire, Dutch actor/writer (Beautiful Juultje), dies at 97

1997 - Cheddi B Jagan, dentist/founder PPP/Guyanese Premier (1953, 1957-64) dies


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