Sunday 8 March 2015

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Mar 09, 2015)

The Man



A man killed his mother, was born before his father, and married his sister.

How did the man do all three things legally?





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Brain Teaser 3/8/2015

I'm as small as an ant, as big as a whale. I'll

approach like a breeze, but can come like a gale.

By some I get hit, but all have shown fear. I'll

dance to the music, though I can't hear. Of names

I have many, of names I have one. I'm as slow as

a snail, but from me you can't run. What am I?

Solution





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An Australian man in London, desperate not to miss his daughter’s birthday back home…

An Australian man in London, desperate not to miss his daughter’s birthday back home, posted himself to Australia in a crate which he helped design and build. He amazingly survived the three days journey and became a news sensation in 1964.






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A Korean man fell in love and eventually married a pillow with…

pillow A Korean man fell in love and eventually married a pillow with an anime character printed on it.






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Trains in Japan are so punctual, that if they are even 5 minutes late, the passengers…

Trains in Japan are so punctual, that if they are even 5 minutes late, the passengers get a formal apology, and most times they’ll even get a “delay certificate.” Delays that are over an hour will also appear on the news.






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Superb fairy-wrens teach their eggs a ‘secret password’ that the young can…

fairy-wrens Superb fairy-wrens teach their eggs a ‘secret password’ that the young can sing when they hatch. Those that sing the password get food, and the brood parasite eggs (which don’t learn the password) go hungry.






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ABC News interrupted regular scheduled programming to announce…

Coke_Classic ABC News interrupted regular scheduled programming to announce the reintroduction of Coke Classic in 1985.






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Today in History for 8th March 2015

Historical Events


1746 - Duke of Cumberland's troops occupy Aberdeen

1777 - Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.

1943 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill

1983 - IBM releases PC DOS version 2.0

1985 - Ice Dance Championship at Tokyo won by Bestemianova and Bukin (URS)

1987 - David Hookes (306*) Wayne Phillips make 462 stand for S Aust


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Famous Birthdays


1495 - John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550). Founder of the Hospitaller Order of St. John of God.

1931 - Neil Postman, American cultural critic (d. 2003)

1961 - Larry Murphy, Scarborough, NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs)

1972 - Craig Johnson, St Paul Mn, NHL left wing (LA Kings/Oly-1994)

1979 - Andy Ross, American guitarist (OK Go)

1982 - Nicolas Armindo, race car driver


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Famous Deaths


1202 - Sverre of Norway

1403 - Bajezid I Jildirim, 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42

1661 - Jules Mazarin, Italian cardinal/premier of France, dies at 58

1771 - Louis August le Clerc, French-born sculptor (b. 1688)

1917 - Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Dutch count/air pioneer, dies at 78

1975 - George Stevens, US director (Swing Time, Gunga Din), dies at 70


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