Tuesday 11 August 2015

Today’s Daily Brain Teaser (Aug 12, 2015)

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Eating White

Eating white is what I mostly do

If quick enough, a fruit and some things blue

When you see pink, sky blue, orange, or red

It would be wise to turn my yellow head

In a dark room with blue walls

I run from the ghosts that roam the halls

What am I?

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Today’s Daily Trivia Quiz (Aug 12, 2015)

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The “Golden Girls” – Sophia Petrillo
Test your knowledge of the character Sophia Petrillo, portrayed by Estelle Getty, on the “Golden Girls”.

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Creativity : Dreamsigns

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One of the most successful ways of achieving lucid dreaming is to keep a dream journal and look for dreamsigns. A dreamsign is something recognizable to the dream world that can trigger you to become aware that you are dreaming.

A dreamsign can be something that occurs frequently in your dreams. By recording and analyzing your dreams, you will be able to identify recurring objects and themes. For example, you may find that your dreams frequently contain a bicycle. With this knowledge, you can begin to question your state whenever you see one of your dreamsigns. Anytime you see a bicycle you should stop and ask yourself, “Am I dreaming?” Asking this question while dreaming is usually enough to make you become lucid. If you develop this habit while awake, then it is likely to carry over into the dream state.

A dreamsign does not need to be something that occurs frequently in your dreams. Dreamsigns can also be things that are highly unusual. For example, having dinner with a celebrity, or having your hair suddenly turn blue. Anything that is unusual should make you stop and think about whether you are dreaming. With practice you will become adept at identifying dreamsigns while dreaming, and using them to question your state and become lucid.

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Memory : Dementia

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Dementia is a general term that refers to an abnormal decline in cognitive function due to disease or damage. Dementia can affect most parts of the brain, but areas that are particularly affected are memory, attention, language, problem solving, and orientation. Dementia is sometimes confused with delirium, which has similar symptoms but is caused in elderly people by a disruption in their lifestyle (surgery, poor sleep, change in environment, etc). Delirium can be reversed, but dementia rarely gets better.

The most common type of dementia is Alzheimer’s Disease, but there are many other conditions that can cause dementia. For example, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, AIDS, hypothyroidism, alcoholism or cancer.

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Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Solvent

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sol-vent

adj :: Able to pay all legal debts.

“After winning the lottery, the Smiths were solvent and they even started saving money.”

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The current CEO of YouTube, Susan Wojcicki, is the woman who rented her garage…

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The current CEO of YouTube, Susan Wojcicki, is the woman who rented her garage to Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998 when they were creating Google.

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In 1849, Henry “Box” Brown, a 33 year-old slave born in slavery, mailed…

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In 1849, Henry “Box” Brown, a 33 year-old slave born in slavery, mailed himself to freedom in a 3’x2’x2’8″ (91x61x81cm) wooden crate. To get a day off, he burned his hand to the bone with sulfuric acid. Brown paid 86$ to be shipped from Richmond, Virginia to Philadelphia in 27 hours.

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Helga Estby walked across America to win a $10,000 prize to save her…

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In 1896, Helga Estby walked across America to win a $10,000 prize to save her home. When she finished, the sponsor refused to pay out. She returned home and found two of her children died in her absence, then she lost her house.

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Fake Swimming Pool Illusion

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Today’s optical illusion is one of the most amazing pieces I’ve seen in quit a while! This swimming pool illusion is the work of Argentinian artist Leandro Erlich. The work itself really speaks for itself, and it’s sure to blow your mind!

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It looks like the people in the pool are fully clothed, doesn’t it? That wouldn’t be so unusual, but the fact that they’re also just walking around on the bottom of the pool like it’s just a stroll in the park is more than a little odd!

Here’s another angle of this swimming pool illusion to help you get a little perspective…




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By now, I’m sure you can figure out how this swimming pool illusion works. It’s not a pool at all, but rather a big empty space. The inside of the swimming pool is painted blue and has drains, just like a real swimming pool. Water is suspended on to of the empty space with a piece of glass, giving it the illusion of a real swimming pool when viewed from the top.

This swimming pool illusion is on display at the 21st Century Art Museum in Kanazawa, Japan. A similar swimming pool illusion has also been installed at the PS1 Art Center in New York City.

Don’t forget to rate today’s swimming pool illusion below! If you wanna see some more great swimming pool illusions, head over and check out these mosaic pool illusions!

 

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Hey, another new waiter?

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human-beef

Made from real Cowboys!

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Historical Events for 11th August 2015

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1888 – California Theatre closed (now a Pac Tel Phone Store)
1914 – John Wray patents animation
1926 – Cleve Indian Tris Speaker hits his 700th double
1928 – Carl Hubbell’s 1st major league victory is a 4-0 shutout of Phils
1955 – Indonesia government of Harahap forms
1971 – Harmon Killebrew hits HRs #500 and 501
1976 – Race riot in Cape Town, South Africa; 17 die
1984 – Men’s choir Maranatha Netherlands forms
1987 – France and Great-Britain send minesweepers to Persian Gulf
1996 – Emilee Klein wins LPGA Ping Welch’s Golf Championship

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