Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Aug 12, 2014)

Song Title Mind Twister



W+H+E+R+E



ROYGBIV





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Hollywood Remembers Robin Williams



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Today in History for 11th August 2014

Historical Events


1918 - Battle of Amiens ends in WW I, Allieds beat Germans

1923 - Dutch Premier de Geer resigns

1942 - Lt-gen Montgomery makes landing on Gibraltar

1949 - Gaston Eyskens forms Belgiangovernment

1962 - Bolotnikov runs world record 10km (28:18.2)

1975 - Expos' Jose Mangual struck out 5 times in a game


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Famous Birthdays


1870 - Walter Bowman, Canadian soccer player (d. ?)

1909 - Jean Lancaster, director (WRNS)

1929 - Cora de Man-Canne Meyer, mezzo-soprano (Figaro, Carmen)

1950 - Gennidy Nikonov, Russian weapons inventor

1954 - Lina Polito, Naples Italy, actress (Love and Anarchy)

1976 - Bubba Crosby, American baseball player


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Famous Deaths


1180 - Guillaume de/Willem van Sens, Fren master builder (Canterbury), dies

1183 - Christian I, archbishop of Mainz, dies

1813 - Henry James Pye, English poet (b. 1745)

1820 - Janos Lavotta, composer, dies at 56

1994 - Gordon Cullen, architect, dies at 80

1995 - Wilbur Stark, tV/film producer, dies at 83


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Canada hands out a 1-year free Cultural Access Pass to new citizens…

Canada hands out a 1-year free Cultural Access Pass to new citizens. Free access over a 1,000 museums and cultural centers across Canada.






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In 1907 Joseph Stalin said at the funeral of his first wife…

Ekaterina-Svanidze In 1907 Joseph Stalin said at the funeral of his first wife, “This creature softened my heart of stone. She died and with her died my last warm feelings for humanity.”






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Despite being one of the most famous painters in history, only 15 paintings…

Despite being one of the most famous painters in history, only 15 paintings of Leonardo da Vinci are known to exist. The small number of surviving paintings is due in part to Leonardo’s frequently disastrous experimentation with new techniques and his chronic procrastination. He also had a weird artistic philosophy in which he would destroy any art he felt was not perfect. He thought art should be like magic; that is should be produced flawlessly. He destroyed most of his sketchbooks for this reason.






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Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn’t allowed to dub over his own voice…

Arnold-Schwarzenegger Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn’t allowed to dub over his own voice in the German version of Terminator, because his Austrian accent “wasn’t tough enough”.






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After a Florida Highway Patrol Officer ticketed a Miami cop…

After a Florida Highway Patrol Officer ticketed a Miami cop for driving in excess of 120MPH on his way to an off-duty job, she was relentlessly harassed by other officers, including finding out that her driver’s license info had been accessed by 88 officers from 25 agencies over three months.






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Abraham Lincoln’s loyal dog Fido was also needlessly murdered…

dog-Fido Abraham Lincoln’s loyal dog Fido was also needlessly murdered shortly after the President’s assassination.






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