Today’s Daily Brain Teaser (Sep 20, 2015)

A Chilly Wager

One day, Bob and Hannah were sitting out on their deck, sipping on some drinks. Bob ran into the house, got an empty two-liter bottle from the freezer and a quarter, and returned to the deck.

“I bet you money that this quarter will move with nobody touching it.”

Hannah thought this was a sure win, however, she lost. When Bob placed the quarter on the mouth of the bottle, the quarter began jumping on one side and making popping sounds.

How did Hannah lose?

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Today’s Daily Trivia Quiz (Sep 20, 2015)

Who Said That? “Harry Potter” 1
This is the first in a long line of “Who Said That?” quizzes, all based on “Harry Potter”. This one will just be quotes from the first movie, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”.

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Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Concomitant

con-com-i-tant

adjective :: Accompanying; conjoined; attending.

noun :: One who, or that which, accompanies, or is collaterally connected with another; a companion; an associate; an accompaniment.

“It will be forgotten, on the one hand, that jealousy is the usual concomitant of love, and that the noble enthusiasm of liberty is apt to be infected with a spirit of narrow and illiberal distrust.” –Hamilton, Alexander

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Colorful Expanding Trippy Illusion

Once again, Ruben sent a great illusion through the Mighty Optical Illusions Facebook page! (Thanks, Ruben!) It’s a pretty trippy illusion too, so enjoy!

I can’t quite tell if this trippy illusion seems to be expanding or just wiggling. When I stare at the center of the image, it looks like the black circle in the middle is expanding and getting bigger and bigger. But, when I move my eyes, it just looks a little jittery. One thing’s for sure, though—this trippy illusion is definitely mesmerizing! I’d hate to have to look at it when I’m drunk!

What did you think about this trippy illusion? Take a quick moment to rate it below, then check out this awesome trippy moving circles illusion!

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Me think good deal.

Photo courtesy of Jonathan Hammon.
Toys made in China, found in Oman.

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Historical Events for 19th September 2015

1755 – Great Britain and Russia sign military agreement
1911 – Red Tuesday-20,000 protest for universal rights
1939 – Wehrmacht (German regular army) murders 100 Jews in Lukov Poland
1945 – Kim Il Sung arrives in harbor of Wonsan, Korea
1950 – UN reject membership of China’s People Republic
1957 – Dalida is the first artist to be awarded a gold record in France for 300,000 sales of “Bambino”.
1965 – Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Visalia Golf Open
1966 – Mike Burke named Yankees pres
1983 – David Slowinski on 2 CRAY-1 comp’s find 2^132049-1 prime #
2006 – The Thai military stages a coup in Bangkok. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.

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