Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Mar 20, 2015)

Do you know Kurt Vonnegut?



Only a small space and a single mark turns a deadly situation into a funny one.



What can that be?





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The Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because…

The Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because “there was no suitable living candidate.” This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.

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In the early 1900s, 6-day long bicycle races were quite popular. The winner would be whoever…

In the early 1900s, 6-day long bicycle races were quite popular. The winner would be whoever rode the greatest distance in the 6days. They would get extremely little sleep and hallucinate on the track.

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Niccolo Paganini, regarded by many people to be the greatest Violin Virtuoso ever, was…

Niccolo Paganini, regarded by many people to be the greatest Violin Virtuoso ever, was so good that he was thought to be the son of the Devil or to have sold his soul for his talent. Therefore he was forced to publish his mother’s letters to him in order to prove that he had human parents.

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Brain Teaser 3/19/2015

Just Plain Stupid....



1. There is a room. The shutters are blowing in. There is broken glass on the floor. There is

water on the floor. You find Flippy dead on the floor. Who is Flippy? How did Flippy die?



2. How much dirt would be in a hole 6 feet deep and 6 feet wide that has been dug with a square

edged shovel?

Solution

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Today in History for 19th March 2015

Historical Events

1914 - Stanley Cup: Tor Blueshirts (NHA) sweep Vict Capitals (PCHA) in 3 game

1927 - Bloody battles between communists and nazis in Berlin

1947 - Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek conquers Jenan

1972 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic

1982 - National Guard jet tanker crashes killing 27

1994 - Largest omelet (1,383sq ft) made with 160,000 eggs in Yokohama, Japan

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Famous Birthdays

1589 - William Bradford, gov of Plymouth colony for 30 years (baptized)

1823 - Cornelis A van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Surinam (1873-82)

1851 - Roque Saenz Pena, pres of Argentina (1910-14)

1892 - James Van Fleet, American general (d. 1992)

1935 - Renee Taylor, actress (Jack Paar Show, Mary Hartman, Nanny), born in NYC, New York

1971 - Taase Faumui, NFL defensive linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers)

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Famous Deaths

1900 - Charles-Louis Hanon, French composer (b. 1819)

1943 - Vicente Ripolles, composer, dies at 75

1974 - Anne Klien, fashion designer, dies at 51

1989 - Alan Civil, English French horn player (b. 1929)

1999 - Tofilau Eti Alesana, former Prime Minister of Samoa (b. 1924)

2007 - Calvert DeForest, American actor (b. 1921)

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