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Today’s Daily Brain Teaser (Jun 22, 2015)

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Technobabble II

The following are colloquialisms/idioms written in their literal form. Try to find all four.

Example: A Panthera Pardus is incapable of altering its texture. (A leopard can’t change its spots)

1. A colorless crystalline carbon existing within a uncouth environment.

2. Descending in the manner of the order of Diptera.

3. A late pop singer has departed from the premises.

4. To be delivered by metallic object that brings forth a great ringing noise.

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Today’s Daily Trivia Quiz (Jun 22, 2015)

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Are You an Auto Animal?
The names of vehicles have been inspired by ideas, adjectives, philosophies and objects, and of course, animals. Let’s test your knowledge. Can you guess the names of vehicles named after animals?

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Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Desultory

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des-ul-to-ry

adjective :: Leaping or skipping about.

adjective :: Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection; without logical sequence; disconnected; immethodical; aimless

“The mayor gave a desultory speech that touched on many topics but failed to really address anything of importance.”

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Memory : Episodic Memory

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Episodic memory is the memory of the time, place and emotional state of events that you experienced. The formation of episodic memories is closely tied to the hippocampus. Without the hippocampus, you would not be able to remember events that you experienced, although you might still be able to use procedural memory to learn new tasks.

It is believed that the hippocampus stores episodic memories for a short time, after which they are consolidated into the cortex. Many researchers believe that episodic memories are transformed into semantic memories over time. This would explain why old memories are often recalled as a kind of pre-written story instead of as a memory of the actual event.

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Creativity : Break It

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We mentioned yesterday that it is very easy to become attached to your first idea and have trouble moving on to find alternative ideas or solutions to problems. One way to move past your first idea is to “break it.” Break your idea by fabricating in your mind an obstacle that will prevent this idea from working. Now, try to find other ideas that work around the obstacle.

Let’s say that you have an unwanted pile of dirt in your yard. Your first idea might be to haul it to the dump and be done with it. To break this solution, pretend that the dump is closed. How will you deal with the dirt now? Perhaps you can ask your neighbors if they want some free dirt. Maybe you could buy some containers and plant something. Maybe you could start a business baking and selling mud-pies!

Use your imagination to come up with as many solutions as you can and then pick your favorite (which may still be your first idea, but at least you gave the other ideas a fighting chance!).

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Made My Favorite

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Graça Machel, after being widowed by her Mozambican consort, would marry…

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Graça Machel, after being widowed by her Mozambican consort, would marry Nelson Mandela during his presidency, thus making her the first woman to become first lady in two countries.

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Making A Backup

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The Han dynasty of China drilled for natural gas, transported…

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The Han dynasty of China drilled for natural gas, transported it in pipelines and gas containers and burned it in stoves… in 200 BC.

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In ’91, 8 people were sealed inside a 3 acre dome. The sealed structure…

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In ’91, 8 people were sealed inside a 3 acre dome. The sealed structure housed 7 ecosystems: ocean, desert, savannah, rainforest, marsh, an area of intensive agriculture and a human habitat. The project was designed to see whether humans could survive and adapt.

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The world’s oldest ever flamingo was badly beaten…

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The world’s oldest ever flamingo was badly beaten by four teenagers, survived, and lived another 5 years to the age of 83.

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Crazy Woven Tube Illusion

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It isn’t every day that you run across an optical illusion that really makes you stop and go…”whoa”!

Hopefully, today’s tube illusion will do just that…

When you look at the image, it looks like the string is weaving a series of pipes, or tubes. Take another look, though. This tube illusion is actually a similar illusion to the blivet illusion. The space between the tubes at the top of this illusion transform into the tubes at the bottom of the illusion and vice versa. So, therefore, the thread that’s being woven in and out of each tube would be impossible. It’s definitely a pretty great illusion and very well executed.

As far as I can tell, this tube illusion is the brainchild of Kaia Nao, a pseudonym for artist Joe Hautman. There are actually lots of great original illusions and stereograms on the Kai Nao website, and it’s definitely worth a look!

If you loved this tube illusion, be sure to check out our blivet illusion collection!

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Boat is gas powered.

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If run out of gas, eat beans…

Photo courtesy of Giles Goldsbro.
Sign found in tanker made in Japan in 1970’s.

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Historical Events for 21st June 2015

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1863 – Battle at Upperville Virginia, 389 casualities
1900 – In the Philippines, General Arthur McArthur, US military governor of the Philippines, issues an amnesty proclamation to those Filipinos who will renounce the insurgent movement and accept US sovereignty
1948 – WNAC (now KNEV) TV channel 7 in Boston, MA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1957 – Ellen Louks Fairclough is sworn in as Canada’s first woman Cabinet Minister.
1967 – Yanks take 5-3 lead in 11th and lose 6-5, in 2nd game Red Sox lead 3-2 in 9th and Yanks beat them 6-3
1977 – Menachem Begin (Likud) becomes Israel’s 6th PM
1983 – Stephanie Kay Ashmore, of Alabama, 18, crowned America’s Junior Miss
1986 – President Reagan gives speech defending his judicial appointments
2001 – A federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, indicts 13 Saudis and a Lebanese in the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 American servicemen.
2002 – Lennox Lewis retains boxing’s WBC world Heavyweight crown with an eight round knockout over Mike Tyson

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