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Tuesday, 3 December 2013

Before the r-word, there was this term that came from the French word for Christian!

Over the years, there have been plenty of offensive names for those with mental disabilities.

With increased understanding and sensitivity to these issues, these names have thankfully diminished. The first term used to describe the mentally handicapped was actually quite kind though.

"Cretin" is considered a term of abuse today. However, when it was first used, it was not seen that way. It comes from a French word for Christian.

It conveyed that those with mental disabilities were still human and still Christian. They deserved to be treated with dignity and were thought to be incapable of sin. Thus, they were Christ-like.

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There's a website that helps married people have affairs. You won't believe which days the have the most registrations!

Online dating has taken off in the past decade. It's completely normal for a married couple to have met on the Internet these days.

Ashley Madison takes this trend in somewhat of a different direction. It assists people in having affairs by finding them other people who want to have affairs. Sadly, it has 15 million members in 25 countries.

The site collects boatloads of data on it's members usage patterns. They know that Monday is their busiest day of the week.

As Ashley Madison's founder explains it, "weekends are full of expectations of intimacy, and again, when that expectation isn't met..." The same goes for the days after Valentine's Day, Mother's Day and Father's Day.

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Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Dec 04, 2013)

10 Letter Word

Solve the 10 clues. Take each initial letter, to form a new 10 letter word.

1. Polite greeting

2. Opposite of begin

3. It comes from a bulb

4. Eskimo's home

5. Another name for an axe (or ax)

6. Black Sabbath front man

7. Where a child may play

8. Large vessel for liquids

9. To change something

10. Neither left, nor wrong

Check Braingle.com for the answer.

Today's Daily Trivia Quiz (Dec 04, 2013)

Song: "If Everyone Cared"

See how well you know this Nickelback hit.

Take the Quiz at Braingle.com

Memory : Scent Canisters

The sense of smell is one of those underused senses that has a strong connection to memories. You already associate certain smells to certain feelings. For example, the smell of fresh cut grass may be associated with early weekend mornings.

You can easily prepare some scent canisters that contain some of your favorite smells. You can then open the canister to get the scent whenever you want. You could use this to help strengthen certain things that you want to remember, based on the principles of strong associations.

You'll need a film canister or other small airtight container. For scents such as lavender or rosemary, you could crumble the herb into the canister. For liquid scents such as vanilla or citrus, you could put a small piece of sponge inside the container and drop in some of the scent. The scents in these canisters should last several weeks.

Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Verve

verve

noun :: Spirit and enthusiasm in an artistic performance.

"The reunion tour lacked the verve of the original band."

Creativity : Change of Scenery

If your mind is feeling particularly stuffy, go for a short walk. Mild exercise helps gets your blood flowing and gives your mind a little more energy. It's easy for the mind to get stuck on one thought and be unable to let it go. Getting outside in the fresh air will help flush out your mind and get you into a creative mindset.