Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Mar 23, 2015)

It Sounds Easy



Can you figure out the logic I used to decide the order of the following words:



gun, shoe, spree, door, hive, kicks, heaven, gate, line, den





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A man sued Pepsi when he found a mouse in his Mountain Dew. Pepsi attorneys stated that Mountain Dew will dissolve….

A man sued Pepsi when he found a mouse in his Mountain Dew. Pepsi attorneys stated that Mountain Dew will dissolve a mouse in 30 days, and showed his can was purchased 74 days after being manufactured.

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Due to time dilation one could travel thousands of light years in a human…

Due to time dilation one could travel thousands of light years in a human lifespan without exceeding the speed of light. A full 40 year trip at 1 g will appear on Earth to last 58,000 years and cover a distance of 55,000 light years.

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An amateur bowler who almost killed himself trying to bowl the perfect match…

An amateur bowler who almost killed himself trying to bowl the perfect match – 36 straight strikes. He grew increasingly dizzy and sweaty but got 35. In the final frame, he left the last pin standing. A doctor said he had bowled through a stroke and required heart surgery.

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Leo Szilard conceived the nuclear chain reaction,the nuclear reactor, and wrote the letter…

Leo Szilard conceived the nuclear chain reaction,the nuclear reactor, and wrote the letter suggesting the Manhattan Project, which Einstein signed. After being diagnosed with bladder cancer, he designed his own radiation therapy which led to a full recovery.

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Brain Teaser 3/22/2015

It's About Money



1. Grandpa was feeling generous, so he gave a total of $100 to his five grandchildren. Starting with the youngest, each got $2.00 more than the next younger one. In other words, the youngest got one sum, the next got $2.00 more, and so on. How much did the youngest grandchild get?



2. If you could have a penny a day for 30 days, doubled every day, or $10,000 right now, which would give you more money?

Solution

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A Potato Chips Lovers Dream

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Today in History for 22nd March 2015

Historical Events

1349 - Townspeople of Fulda, Germany massacre Jews, blaming them for the Black Death

1945 - US 3rd Army crosses Rhine at Nierstein

1972 - "Selling of the President" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 5 perfs

1981 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Desert Inn Pro-Am Golf Tournament

2011 - Lawrence Taylor pleads guilty for misdemeanors of sexual misconduct and is sentenced to six years probation

2014 - 30 people are killed by a mudslide in Oso, Washington

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Famous Birthdays

1599 - Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter (Charles I of England)

1803 - Anthonie Waldrop, Dutch painter/lithographer

1908 - Albrecht Goes, writer

1936 - Philip Ely, president (British Law Society)

1942 - Jon Arthur English, composer

1974 - Marcus Camby, NBA forward (Toronto Raptors)

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Famous Deaths

1975 - Paul Verhoeven, German director dies at 73

1993 - Tim Crews, pitcher (Cleve Indians), drowns at 31

1996 - Claude Mauriac, writer, dies at 81

2001 - William Hanna, American animator and studio founder, dies at 90

2003 - Terry Lloyd, English reporter (b. 1952)

2006 - Pierre Clostermann, French World War II pilot (b. 1921)

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