5,500 unexploded bombs from WWII are discovered in Germany each year.
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Wednesday, 22 October 2014
Because birds such as pigeons have a much higher…
Because birds such as pigeons have a much higher threshold for detecting movement, they would likely see a movie shown at today’s industry standard frame rate as a series of flashing slides
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When Nadia Comaneci achieved the first perfect…
When Nadia Comaneci achieved the first perfect 10.00 score in gymnastics, the scoreboard wasn’t even capable of showing 2 digits. Instead it showed 1.00
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Pewdiepie, a famous Youtuber sitting at the top with…
Pewdiepie, a famous Youtuber sitting at the top with over 30 million subscribers; is one of the most well know figures among teenagers. He’s even more well known than Paul Walker, Katy Perry and even Jennifer Lawrence. He’s not at the top of the most well known either, Smosh and the Finebros beat him, taking the number 1 and 2 spot.
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The first digital computer ever made, called the ABC…
The first digital computer ever made, called the ABC had less than a KHz of processing speed, and only performed basic functions; yet it filled up an 1800 sq. foot room. If you fit as many iPhones as possible into an 1800 square foot room, you would be able to store 3456 iPhones. This would mean that you would have 4147.2 GHz processing speed, and 55296 Gigabytes of space. This would cost you 342,144$ to buy all of those iPhones. In today’s time the money that was donated to create the computer was around 83,000$ in today’s time.
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Today in History for 22nd October 2014
Historical Events
1935 - Establishment of the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union.
1944 - Kurita's vice-admiral fleet leaves North-Borneo
1951 - Earthquake hits Formosa, 100 killed
1966 - Ice hockey legend Bobby Orr scores his first career goal (vs Montreal Canadiens)
1973 - Israeli troops reconquer mountain Hermon
1978 - Pope John Paul II is inaugurated as Pope
Famous Birthdays
1689 - King John V of Portugal (d. 1750)
1870 - Alfred Douglas, English partner of Oscar Wilde (d. 1945)
1891 - Parker Fennelly, American comedian and actor (d.1988)
1903 - George Beadle, US biologist (Nobel 1958)
1913 - Bo Dai, Huế, last Emperor of Vietnam (1926-45) and Chief of State of South Vietnam (1949-55)
1962 - Derrick Waldroup, Chicago Ill, 198 lbs greco-roman wrestler (Oly-96)
Famous Deaths
1979 - Jesse Bishop, murderer, dies in Nevada gas chamber
1991 - Peter Willes, British actor/producer (Way We Live), dies
1995 - Kingsley Amis, author, dies of injuries from a fall at 73
2007 - Ève Curie French writer (b. 1904)
2012 - Russell Means, Native American activist, dies from esophageal cancer at 72
2012 - Wilson Whineray, New Zealand rugby player, dies at 77
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Tuesday, 21 October 2014
Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Oct 22, 2014)
The Doctor And The Bus Driver
A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman, an attractive girl with the unusual name of Pibbles. The bus driver had to go on a long bus trip that would last a week. Before he left, he gave Pibbles seven apples. Why?
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A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman, an attractive girl with the unusual name of Pibbles. The bus driver had to go on a long bus trip that would last a week. Before he left, he gave Pibbles seven apples. Why?
Check Braingle.com for the answer.
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