Wednesday 18 March 2015

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Mar 19, 2015)

From The Sixth Day



On the sixth day, God made me.

Adam then was ordered to name me.



Then after quite some time, a very strong man

With God's help, tore me apart with his own hands.



Then a most unfortunate young man of the dead king

Was put in a hole filled with some brothers and me.



However, an angel of God came down into the hole,

And then our mouths were shut, and we couldn't eat the poor soul.



My next big moment was beside God's throne,

Where I stand guard with six wings of my own.



You'll most often see me in zoos and parks.

Be careful though, 'cause I could tear you apart.



What am I?





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Istanbul has a vending machine that releases food and water for the city’s stray…

Istanbul has a vending machine that releases food and water for the city’s stray dogs in exchange for recycled plastic bottles.







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March 17 is St Gertrude’s Day: the patron saint of cats, travelers, gardeners…

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Since the 1990s, Carmel, Indiana has been replacing all signaled intersections with…

Since the 1990s, Carmel, Indiana has been replacing all signaled intersections with roundabouts. Benefits include gas savings of 24k gallons/year per roundabout; construction costs $125,000 less per intersection; injury accidents dropped by 80 percent and total accidents dropped by 40 percent.






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Monica Lewinsky, as of 2014, had still not held a full-time…

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Passive aggressive Engrish?




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Brain Teaser 3/18/2015

UP and Down



1. What can go up a chimney down, but can’t go down a chimney up? (Hint... chim chimminy)



2. What is it that goes up and goes down but does not move?

Solution







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Today in History for 18th March 2015

Historical Events


1920 - Greece adopts the Gregorian calendar

1945 - Maurice "Rocket" Richard becomes the 1st NHLer to score 50 goals

1949 - WGAL TV channel 8 in Lancaster, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting

1961 - Poppin' Fresh Pillsbury Dough Boy introduced

1979 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic

1997 - Russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey, 50 die


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Famous Birthdays


1837 - Grover Cleveland, [Stephen], NJ, 22nd/24th Pres (1885-89, 93-97)

1899 - Lavrenti Beria, chief of Soviet secret police under Stalin

1922 - Egon Bahr, German journalist/politician

1941 - John W. Derr, American politician

1957 - Melvin Gentry, vocalits/guitarist (Midnight Star-No Parking)

1959 - Irene Cara, Bronx actress/singer (Fame, DC Cab, Certain Fury), born in NYC, New York


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Famous Deaths


1583 - King Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540)

1799 - John Randall, composer, dies at 82

1817 - Johann Jakob Walder, composer, dies at 67

1968 - Manuel Gomez Carillo, composer, dies at 85

1980 - Herman Griffith, cricketer (13 Tests for WI, 44 wickets), dies

1984 - Charlie Lau, White Sox coach/renowned hitting instructor, dies at 50


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