Sunday 19 April 2015

Today’s Daily Brain Teaser (Apr 20, 2015)

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Common


What do these three objects have in common?



Corn



Weasel



Balloon


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Brain Teaser 4/19/2015

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One of the most famous puzzles in the math world is “How Old Is Ann?” Here’s another variation. Ann is now exactly two-fifths of her older sister’s age, and two years from now she will be one-half of her older sister’s age. Conversely, two years ago, Ann was only one-fourth the age of her older sister’s age at that time. How old is Ann now?

Solution

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Don’t Just Think Green – Go Green!




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Hard partying may just be “masked depression,” a clinical condition…

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Hard partying may just be “masked depression,” a clinical condition in which all the “fun” is just a way to conceal overall unhappiness and lowered self-esteem.


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John F. Kennedy’s last words were, “No, you certainly can’t” in response…

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John F. Kennedy’s last words were, “No, you certainly can’t” in response to the Governor of Texas’s wife, Nellie Connally saying, “you certainly can’t say that the people of Dallas haven’t given you a nice welcome.” Moments later he was assassinated.


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Carl Sagan has a number named after him. Sagan’s number is approximately…

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Carl Sagan has a number named after him. Sagan’s number is approximately 300 sextellion and refers to the number of stars in the universe.


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The Gingko Biloba species of tree is 270 million years old…

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Ginkgo_biloba_croppedThe Gingko Biloba species of tree is 270 million years old. It rarely suffers disease or insect attack and was one of the only living things to survive the Hiroshima nuclear bombing. The trees healed quickly and are still alive today.


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Today in History for 19th April 2015

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Historical Events


1901 - 5th Boston Marathon won by Jim Caffrey of Canada in 2:29:23.6

1962 - NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 46,900m

1966 - Roberta Bignay becomes 1st woman to run in the Boston Marathon

1970 - 24th Tony Awards: Borstal Boy and Applause win

1972 - Hungary revises constitution

1993 - 22nd Boston Women’s Marathon won by Olga Markova of Russia in 2:25:27


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Famous Birthdays


1605 - Orazio Benevoli, composer

1771 - Giuseppe Cartufo, composer

1914 - Andrew Wilkinson, pediatrician

1930 - Dick Sargent, American actor (d. 1994)

1947 - Wilf Stevenson, director (British Film Institute)

1986 - Candace Parker, American basketball player


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Famous Deaths


1773 - Florian Johann Deller, composer, dies at 43

1799 - Pieter Hellendaal, violinist/organist/composer (Glees), dies at 78

1840 - Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777)

1870 - Andreas Schelfhout, painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 83

1889 - Warren De La Rue, astronomer/chemist, dies

1941 - Johanna Muller-Hermann, composer, dies at 63


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