Today’s Daily Brain Teaser (Dec 18, 2015)

Spell Check — Music Stars

Who can’t live without Spell Check in their email or word software? It’s a great tool…

Unless you are poor Paula Abdul who transforms into “Pail Abut” when the Spell Checker has at her.

The following Music Stars have been Spell Checked and are ready for you to uncover their true identities.

1. Keen Chimney

2. Bayonet Knowledge

3. Retching Wilson

4. Jousting Tumblers

5. Went Steamy

6. Madden

7. Tubby Kith

8. Pariah Curry

9. Rebel Mentioned

10. Cozy About

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Today’s Daily Trivia Quiz (Dec 18, 2015)

Ultimate Greek Mythology
Gods and goddesses, Olympians and Titans, hideous beasts, sea gods, war gods, and much more had many adventures. Can you prove your love for Greek Mythology?

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Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Anodyne

an-o-dyne

adjective :: Serving to assuage pain; soothing.

noun :: A source of soothing comfort.

“The air was heavy with the perfume of the flowers, and their beauty seemed to bring him an anodyne for his pain.” –Wilde, Oscar

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Memory : Neurogenesis

Neurogenesis is the process by which new neurons are created in the brain. A common myth is that adults are losing some number of neurons every second and that there is nothing we can do about it because the brain cannot create new neurons. While it’s true that most neurogenesis happens in childhood and adolescence, adults do continue to make new neurons throughout life.

Much of this adult neurogenesis occurs in the hippocampus which is the key area for learning and memory. Because of this, the hippocampus experiences very little age related shrinkage as compared to other parts of brain.

It’s useful to note that stress can inhibit neurogenesis and physical exercise can improve the brain’s ability to create new neurons.

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Creativity : Viewpoints

Everyone has their own unique viewpoint on a problem. It is difficult to put ourselves into other people’s shoes and see the problem from their perspective, but this can lead us to find better solutions to the problem.

Think of a problem that you currently have that involves at least one other person. Get out some paper and write down a description of the problem from each person’s point of view. Show each description to the person it corresponds with and have them comment on your accuracy. This exercise is a good way to see a problem from different perspectives and understand where the other people are coming from.

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Wall Leaning Illusion

Good morning! I ran across today’s illusion and thought “wow!” when I saw it, so I had to share. Sure, I’m probably pretty simple, but I thought that this wall leaning illusion was pretty awesome and pretty well done…

At first glance, it looks like a group of friends just hanging out and enjoying the day. Leaning against a wall and just chatting, like friends do. But, it probably didn’t take you long to see that there is something a little funny about this image. The dog perhaps?

We’ll be getting a new dog this Christmas. I feel a little like I’m getting ripped off though. My new dog can’t walk on walls like this one. Well, not that I know of anyway.

Of course, this dog isn’t really walking on walls. It’s just a little clever forced perspective photography for this wall leaning optical illusion. The people are actually laying on the ground, with their feet leaning against the wall. The dog is the only normal one in this wall leaning illusion!

If you liked this wall leaning optical illusion, be sure to head over and check out this illusion!

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Your ideology gives me indigestion.

Sorry, I can’t have spicy political systems.

Photo courtesy of Chris Brown.
Hunan-cuisine restaurant in Beijing, China.

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Historical Events for 17th December 2015

1587 – The Earl of Leicester’s army leaves Netherlands
1638 – French/Swedish troops occupy Breisach on the Rhine
1845 – German explorer Ludwig Leichhardt arrives in Port Essington after a nearly 4,800 km (3,000 mi) overland journey to explore Australia’s Northern Territory
1914 – Austrian troops beat Russians in Limanova Poland
1953 – Dmitri Shostakovitch’s 10th Symphony premieres in Leningrad
1962 – Current constitution of Monaco promulgated
1963 – Tsjoi Doo Sun forms government in South Korea
1965 – Dutch government shuts Limburgs coal mine
1971 – Radio Bangladesh begins transmitting
1971 – “Diamonds are Forever”, 7th James Bond film, last starring Sean Conner, also starring Jill St. John is 1st released in West Germany

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