Saturday, 29 March 2014

68% of people in one study experienced “phantom vibration syndrome”…

68% of people in one study experienced “phantom vibration syndrome”—a sensory hallucination where you mistakenly think your phone is buzzing.






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Walmart in 2005 had a “Singles Night” where people…

walmart_singles_small Walmart in 2005 had a “Singles Night” where people had bows on their cart if they were “looking” for someone.






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The woman who falsely accused Duke Lacrosse players…

The woman who falsely accused Duke Lacrosse players of raping her is currently in prison for murdering her boyfriend in 2013.






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In 1379, a baby was born named…

In 1379, a baby was born named “Diot Coke”.






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Today in History for 29th March 2014

Historical Events


1804 - Thousands of Whites massacred in Haiti

1848 - Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam

1879 - Tsjaikovski's opera "Jevgeni Onegin," premieres in Moscow

1927 - Henry O D Seagrave races his Sunbeam to a record 203.79 mph at Daytona

1981 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open

1989 - 1st US private commercial rocket makes suborbital test flight (NM)


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Famous Birthdays


1829 - Ritta and Christina, Siamese twins, in Sardinia

1906 - E Power Biggs, Westcliff-on-Sea England, organist/composer (CBS)

1914 - Chapman Pincher, British journalist/author (about secret service)

1933 - Jacques Brault, French Canadian poet

1946 - Billy Thorpe, Australian singer (d. 2007)

1947 - Aleksandr Stepenovich Viktorenko, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-3, 8, 14, 20)


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Famous Deaths


1751 - Thomas Coram, English sea captain and philanthropist

1959 - Barthelemy Boganda, Central African Republic's 1st president, dies

1970 - Anna Louise Strong, American communist journalist (b. 1885)

1994 - William Natcher, (Rep-D-Ky), dies at 84

1995 - James Eric Storrar, fighter Pilot, dies at 74

2005 - Johnnie Cochran, American lawyer (b. 1937)


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Friday, 28 March 2014

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Mar 29, 2014)

Hear, Hurry, Frequently



What one three-letter word can be inserted in all three blanks below to make two words in each row?



LIS___TACLE

HAS___DON

OF___DER





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