Today’s Daily Brain Teaser (Aug 10, 2015)

Everybody Loves a Nut!

We’re all nuts .. can you name us?

1. Big country in South America.

2. A pod is my pad.

3. This came down in Germany.

4. Confection ingredient.

5. Sneaking a look-on.

6. Gorillas show dominance by beating this.

7. May be found in the company of a witch.

Scoring:

1-3 right. Sorry, you’re normal.

4-5 right. I’m beginning to worry about you!

6-7 right. Definitely certifiable nut expert!

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Today’s Daily Trivia Quiz (Aug 10, 2015)

Featured Star: Robin Williams
Since 1980, Robin Williams has been acting in many feature films. How many do you know?

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Vocabulary : Dangling Participle

A participle is a verb that is used as an adjective. For example, “The crying baby was hungry.” In this case the participle ‘crying’ is modifying ‘baby’.

A dangling participle is one in which it is ambiguous what is being modified. For example: “Driving home last night, a biker almost smashed into me.” In this sentence it is unclear who was driving home last night. Was it me or the biker? Dangling participles can be fixed by rearranging the sentence to make it clear what is being modified. For example: “As I was diving home last night, a biker almost smashed into me.” Or, “A biker almost smashed into me as I was driving home last night.”

Although they are often used in spoken English, dangling participles are not considered to be proper grammar and should be avoided when writing.

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Stress : Progressive Muscle Relaxation

Stress can cause all sorts of problems for us in our daily lives. Not the least of which is a decreased ability to think productively and creatively. Progressive muscle relaxation is a widely used method of relaxation. It can be used to reduce stress whenever you have a few moments of free time.

This method works in two steps. The first step is to deliberately tense a certain muscle group for about 8 seconds. Notice how it feels for the muscle to be tense. Now, fully relax the muscle and pay attention to the difference in feeling. Keep this muscle relaxed for about 15 seconds before moving on to the next muscle group. With the knowledge of what the two states feel like, you can learn to relax muscles at the first signs of tension. Once you can achieve physical relaxation, mental calmness will follow.

Choose a quite place to practice and wear comfortable clothing. Sit comfortably or lie down. Keep in mind that if you lie down, you may fall asleep. You should tense and relax one muscle group at a time. The most popular sequence is listed below. If you are left-handed you may want to reverse the sides.

1. Right foot

2. Right lower leg and foot

3. Entire right leg

4. Left foot

5. Left lower leg and foot

6. Entire left leg

7. Right hand

8. Right forearm and hand

9. Entire right arm

10. Left hand

11. Left forearm and hand

12. Entire left arm

13. Abdomen

14. Chest

15. Neck and shoulders

16. Face

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Memory : Flashbulb Memory

A flashbulb memory is one that is vividly imprinted on the brain due to an extremely unexpected or emotional event. The September 11 attacks and the JFK assassination are examples of events that can cause people to remember exactly where they were and what they were doing when the events occurred. The heightened emotional significance of these events causes our memories to become hyper-aware, which is why you can remember small details many years after the event has happened. The repetition that comes from the media is another reason that these memories can be so vivid and lasting.

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Emily the cow escaped from a slaughterhouse minutes before her turn..

Emily the cow escaped from a slaughterhouse minutes before her turn at the abattoir, wandered for 40 days eluding capture, went on to live for 8 more years before getting a memorial on her grave.

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One of the reasons your lungs feel refreshed when walking through…

One of the reasons your lungs feel refreshed when walking through a pine forest is because of an anti-inflammatory compound called a-Pinene, found in conifers. It is used as a bronchodilator in the treatment of asthma and abundantly present in marijuana.

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Because the concrete of the Hoover Dam was poured into individual, rectangular…

Because the concrete of the Hoover Dam was poured into individual, rectangular shaped sections–rather than with a single, continuous pour–the physical dam itself will survive up to 10,000 years and be one of the last remaining visible and recognizable monuments of humans on the planet.

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When our brains are tired, they are capable of thinking more creatively…

When our brains are tired, they are capable of thinking more creatively than when they are not tired.

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Rotating Circles Optical Illusion

We haven’t had a moving optical illusion in a while, have we? Who’s up for a fun rotating illusion this morning? I have to warn you though, this rotating circles illusion can make your eyes go really wonky and give you a headache if you stare at it too long…

Doesn’t it look like the rings are rotating in opposite directions in this rotating circles optical illusion? You’d think this image was an animated GIF, but it’s really not. It’s a static image, and the design and colors of this picture only make it look like the rings are rotating!

Please take a moment to rate today’s rotating rings illusion below! If you loved this moving illusion, you might also like this crazy purple nurple illusion!

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Run at full speed

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Historical Events for 9th August 2015

1726 – Netherlands signs Covenant of Hannover
1757 – English Fort William Henry, NY, surrenders to French and Indians troops
1905 – Mistaking her husband for a burglar, Ty Cobb’s mother kills him
1918 – Reds manager Christy Mathewson suspects Hal Chase of taking bribes to fix games, and suspends him “for indifferent play”
1945 – US drops 2nd atomic bomb “Fat Man” on Japan destroys part of Nagasaki
1951 – Dutch Korea volunteers win US Collective Unit Citation
1975 – Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Colgate European Ladies Golf Open
1988 – Edmonton Oilers trade Wayne Gretzky to LA Kings for $15-$20 millions
1990 – 12 Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabia
2013 – 8 people are killed and 24 are injured after gunmen open fire on a Sunni mosque in Quetta, Pakistan

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