Friday 14 August 2015

Today’s Daily Brain Teaser (Aug 15, 2015)

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Word Circle

Complete the words so that the last 2 letters of the first word are the first 2 letters of the second word, and the last 2 letters of the second word are the first 2 letters of the third word, etc. The last 2 letters of the tenth word are the first 2 letters of the first word, thus completing the circle.

_ _ D U _ _

_ _ B A _ _

_ _ M P _ _

_ _ N G _ _

_ _ I R _ _

_ _ P I _ _

_ _ E A _ _

_ _ R I _ _

_ _ J U _ _

_ _ O L _ _

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Today’s Daily Trivia Quiz (Aug 15, 2015)

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The Star-Spangled Banner
How well do you know the United States’ national anthem, like the brief history and words? Take this quiz to find out if you do.

Take the Quiz at Braingle.com

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Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Pantechnicon

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Pan-tech-ni-con

noun :: A depository or place where all sorts of manufactured articles are collected for sale.

Sealed packing-cases went north and east and west to various pantechnicons, and the engines were boxed with peculiar care.” –Wells, H.G.

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A teenager has won the world record for the most amount of times someone…

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A teenager has won the world record for the most amount of times someone has kicked themselves in the head in one minute. Puskar Nepal smacked himself on his forehead 134 times in 60 seconds using an alternating foot technique.

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On the Ledge Perspective Optical Illusion

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Perspective optical illusions are rather interesting illusions. They are all about how you look at things. When perfectly posed, some photos turn into perspective optical illusions. From one angle, the subject matter in the photograph may look outrageous and impossible. But, when you step back and look at the image as a hole, you can see the bigger picture.

Today’s photo illusion is an interesting example of a perspective optical illusion.

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At first, your eyes are drawn to the main subject in the photo—the man. Chances are, they are drawn to the end of the tunnel next, making it seem like this man is standing on a small ledge above a massive cavern.




This is a perspective optical illusion, though, so take a look at the rest of the photograph. After you take in the image as a whole, you can see that this isn’t a man standing on a small step above a cavern. Rather, it’ a man laying down on a road with a block at his feet at one end of a tunnel.

Remember—it’s all in how you look at things! A good rule, not just for perspective optical illusion, but for life in general, don’t you think?

Don’t forget to rate this perspective optical illusion below! And, if you love perspective illusions, head over and check out this perspective subway art!

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Body chill: gateway to standard.

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Body_chill

Looks standard to me.

Photo courtesy of Mark Schreiber.
T-shirt found in Japan.

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Historical Events for 14th August 2015

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1183 – Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan. (Traditional Japanese date: Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of the Second Year of Juei).
1457 – Oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg)
1790 – Sweden and Russia sign Peace of Verela
1894 – Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge demonstrates wireless telegraphy (radio) using Morse code at a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science at Oxford University
1912 – 2,500 US marines invade Nicaragua; US remains until 1925
1970 – Steven Stills arrested for drug possession
1973 – US ends secret bombing of Cambodia
1981 – George Foster hits his 8th HR into red seats at Riverfront
1987 – Oakland’s Mark McGwire sets rookie HR record at 39, en route to 49
1997 – “1776” opens at Criterion Theater NYC

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