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

Sea Shells

Gretchen just returned from the beach, and told her brother Henry that she found three interesting types of shells. He asked what they were, and she answered with these rebuses:

LL

LL

AA

CC

SS

1. Nice Naughty Nice Naughty

2. Naughty Nice Naughty Nice

*3. Nice Nice Nice Nice

After thinking for a while, Henry says, “I get the first two types of shells, but didn’t you say you found three?”

“Oops! I almost forgot!” replies Gretchen, as she hits her brother on the head.

“Now I know them all!” he laughs.

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

Characters in “Wicked”
“Wicked” is a musical based on the novel “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West”, by Gregory Maguire, which in turn acts as a parallel novel to L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”. Can you answer these questions about the characters in the musical? (Note: The musical version has a slightly different plot than the novel.)

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Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Repine

re-pine

verb :: To be discontented or low in spirits; complain or fret.

verb :: To continue pining; to feel inward discontent which preys on the spirits; to indulge in envy or complaint; to murmur.

“Bennet still continued to wonder and repine at his returning no more, and though a day seldom passed in which Elizabeth did not account for it clearly, there was little chance of her ever considering it with less perplexity.” –Austen, Jane

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Creativity : Opposite Point of View III

People tend to quickly classify a situation, which causes us to think and respond to it in predictable ways. A creative thinker will think about situations from different angles. Try this exercise to think of these situations from a different point of view.

1. Your favorite pair of jeans just got a hole in them. List five reasons why this is good.

2. You forgot your umbrella at home and now it’s raining. List five reasons why you should be happy about this.

3. You just got a raise at work. List five reasons why you should be disappointed.

4. Your best friend just gave you a surprise birthday party. List five reasons why you should be angry with him or her.

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Memory : Short-Term Memory

The average person’s short-term memory can only hold 7 pieces of information for about 30 seconds. If you want to get something into your long-term memory, you’re going to need to remember it for at least 30 seconds.

This is probably why it’s easy to forget someone’s name moments after hearing it. The name only sticks in your brain for 30 seconds, and unless you do something to push it into your long-term memory, you are going to forget it.

To get more than 7 items at a time into your long-term memory, you can try the Chunking Technique we discussed yesterday. Repetition can also help.

But remember, having a limited short-term memory is a good thing! Imagine how cluttered your mind would be if you remembered every single thing that went into it.

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A man kayaked from Germany to Australia between 1932-1939…

A man kayaked from Germany to Australia between 1932-1939 only to arrive and be detained as a POW due to the outbreak of WW2.

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A man saved President Ford from assassination then had his…

A man saved President Ford from assassination then had his life ruined as the media outed him as gay

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Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell gave their entire salaries from…

Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell gave their entire salaries from the movie “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassius” to Heath Ledger’s daughter.

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In 2013, a researcher at UW managed the first human to human brain interface…

In 2013, a researcher at UW managed the first human to human brain interface through the Internet by wearing a cap and playing a video game. When he wanted to shoot a missile, he thought “fire” and another researcher across campus’s finger moved involuntarily and pressed the fire button.

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Fun Tree Man Legs Illusion

I’ve been posting some interesting photo illusions lately, and I have one more for you today. Today’s tree man illusion isn’t artistic or Photoshopped, but it’s just a fun photo with a clever pose.

That tree really looks like a pair of legs on that tree man, doesn’t it? So much so that it could almost pass for a real pair of human legs, albeit slightly deformed ones. I’m sure the tree man has some acceptable legs of his own, but this fallen tree really gives him some sexy gams, doesn’t it? It’s actually a pretty cute illusion when he puts his shirt over the fallen tree. And, this tree man certainly seems happy with his new leg transplant!

What doe you think about today’s tree man illusion? Don’t forget to rate it below to help us keep bringing you the illusions you want to see!

If you want to see something a little more provocative than this tree man and his legs, make sure you check out the sexy gams fishnet stocking illusion!

 

 

 

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I’m por-choice.

Porbably fake.

Photo courtesy of Andrew Askew.
Found in China.

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Historical Events for 21st July 2015

905 – Holy Roman Catholic emperor Louis III captured
1579 – Mechelen surrenders to Duke of Parma
1904 – After 13 years, the 4,607-mile Trans-Siberian railway is completed
1949 – Senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13 (NATO)
1955 – USS Seawolf launched, 1st submarine powered by liquid metal cooled nuclear reactor
1957 – Marilynn Smith/Fay Crocker wins Hot Springs 4-Ball Golf Tournament
1966 – USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1970 – Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for 8 inn, but is lifted for a pinch hitter, Reliever Jack Baldschun gives up 3 hits and Padres lose, 3-0
1974 – US House Judiciary approves two Articles of Impeachment against President Richard Nixon
1994 – Tony Blair is declared the winner of the leadership election of the British Labour Party, paving the way for him to become Prime Minister in 1997.

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