Today’s Daily Brain Teaser (Jul 25, 2015)

Hidden Time & Again II

Inside each set of the following words, there are a pair of smaller words. By putting & between them, lo & behold, you’ll make a familiar phrase. For example, “Thighbone/Swallowtail” conceals “High & Low.”

1. Gulliver/Clearness

2. Tragicomedy/Pentagon

3. Chinchilla/Magdalene

4. Terrestrial/Ecoterrorist

5. Thundershower/Intellectual

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Today’s Daily Trivia Quiz (Jul 25, 2015)

Tribute to Michael Jackson 3
How well do you know the songs of this legendary and controversial singer/entertainer? His death has had a huge impact on many people who enjoyed his music and dancing. See if you can answer these questions about some of his most famous songs and about him.

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Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Eleemosynary

el-ee-mos-y-nar-y

adjective :: Relating to charity; intended for the distribution of charity

noun :: One who subsists on charity; a dependent.

“An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who keeps a public ordinary, at which all persons are welcome for their money.” –Fielding, Henry

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The city of Cincinnati has a subway system that…

The city of Cincinnati has a subway system that was built and never used.

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Mike Kurtz, an American burglar, found out that eating common soap…

Mike Kurtz, an American burglar, found out that eating common soap could produce the effect of ill health. His sudden and unexplainable weight loss and other symptoms baffled the prison doctors and he was able to fool officials that he was dying and received a pardon.

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Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev was in space when the Soviet Union…

Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev was in space when the Soviet Union was dissolved. He went up a Soviet citizen and returned a Russian citizen.

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Guy Leaning Against a Tree Photo Illusion

Does anyone have any plans for the weekend? I’m thinking about getting in a little hiking again if the weather holds. I haven’t gotten the chance to get out in the woods much this summer, because of the crappy weather and tight schedule.

While I’m out there, maybe I’ll try to take some interesting pictures to share with you. If I can’t find anything that Mother Nature herself created, I could always make my own photo illusion. After all, that’s what this guy did!

At first glance, it looks like this guy is just standing there, leaning against a tree. Look a little closer though, and you’ll see that this is another photo illusion. Once again, the background gives it away. If this was a regular photo and not a photo illusion, one would imagine that the ground would not be vertical and the other trees would not be growing horizontally. Then again, Mother Nature is a tricky chick sometimes…

What did you think of today’s photo illusion? Don’t forget to rate it below, so I can continue to find great illusions that you guys love! If you want to see another great photo illusion similar to this one, make sure you check out the lady sitting in the woods!

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Acme Safe may fall

Also watch out the coyote…

Photo courtesy of Jonathan Grossman.
Found at Hua Shan Cliff, China.

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Historical Events for 24th July 2015

1577 – Spanish army/German mercenaries conquer Namur
1783 – Georgia becomes a protectorate of tsarist Russia
1938 – Instant coffee invented
1944 – Soviet forces liberate concentration camp Majdanek
1953 – KEYT TV channel 3 in Santa Barbara, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1978 – Pete Rose ties NL hitting streak of 37 games
1987 – USSR performs underground nuclear Test
2001 – An Iranian warship in the Caspian Sea threatens a BP oil exploration ship off the coast of Azerbaijan
2002 – On 200th anniversary of his birth French author Alexandre Dumas’ (‘The Three Musketeers’) ashes are interred in the Panthéon in Paris in a televised ceremony.
2012 – John Dramani becomes President of Ghana after the death of President John Atta Mills

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