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Found in Japan.
Sunday 15 November 2015
Authentic & Amusing
Historical Events for 15th November 2015
1515 – Thomas Wolsey is invested as a Cardinal
1533 – Francisco Pizarro arrives at Cuzco
1583 – Gelders Earl Willem of the Bergh flees
1921 – KYW-AM in Philadelphia PA begins radio transmissions
1939 – FDR lays cornerstone of Jefferson Memorial in Wash DC
1979 – A package from the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski begins smoking in the cargo hold of a flight from Chicago to Washington, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing.
1986 – 2nd time “Saturday Night Live” uses a time delay (Sam Knison hosts)
1987 – Leile McBridge (Denver), crowned Miss Black America
1988 – Dodgers outfielder Kirk Gibson wins NL MVP Award
1995 – “Master Class” opens at Golden Theater NYC for 601 performances
Today’s Daily Brain Teaser (Nov 15, 2015)
He Gave Me Smelly Money
I am a word of meanings three.
Three ways of spelling me there be.
The first is an odour, a smell if you will.
The second some money, but not in a bill.
The third is past tense, a method of passing things on or around.
Can you tell me now, what these words are, that have the same sound?
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Science Trivia I
This quiz aims to test your knowledge on all aspects of science!
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via WordPress http://ift.tt/1j2l325Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Contumacious
con-tu-ma-cious
adj :: Stubbornly disobedient. Rebellious.
“The company fired the delinquent and contumacious employees.”
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You’ve probably already seen a line illusion of this sort before, so you probably already know what’s coming. Which red line is longer?
The answer? the red lines in this line illusion are actually the same size. It’s the rest of the lines, the black ones, that skew your perception and make it appear as if the red lines are different lengths.
Wanna trick your eyes even more? Head over and check out this ticket window illusion!
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