Tuesday, 13 January 2015

Brain Teaser 1/13/2015

A man bumps into his mathematician friend on the street that he hasn't seen in 5 years. The man asks the mathematician how old his children are. The mathematician, who always replies in riddles said, "I now have three children. The sum of their ages is equal to the number of windows on the building in front of you and the product of their ages equals 36." The friend then says "I need one more piece of information." The mathematician then replies "My youngest child has blue eyes." What are the ages of the mathematicians three children?

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Today in History for 13th January 2015

Historical Events


1874 - Battle between jobless and police in NYC, 100s injuried

1943 - Russian offensive at Don under general Golikov

1962 - "Do Re Mi" closes at St James Theater NYC after 400 performances

1963 - NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 30-20

1967 - Coup in Togo

2009 - Global shipping experiences a drop in trade, as exports from South Korea dropping an annualised 30%, with Taiwan and Japan experiencing a 42% and 27% drop respectively


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Famous Birthdays


1635 - Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian (d. 1705)

1824 - Ignacy Marceli Komorowski, composer

1924 - Philip Rawson, artist/teacher

1926 - Michael Bond, British writer

1933 - Ron[ald Joseph] Goulart, US, sci-fi author (Deadwalk, Plunder)

1972 - Richard Woodley, NFL cornerback (Detroit Lions)


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Famous Deaths


1151 - Abbot Suger, French statesman and historian (b. 1081)

1599 - Edmund Spenser, poet (Faerie Queene), dies at about 46

1894 - Nadezhda von Meck, Russian patroness of Pyotr Tchaikovsky (b. 1831)

1960 - Sibilla Aleramo, [Rina Faccio], Ital poet (Una Donna), dies at 83

1989 - Joe Spinell, actor (Maniac, Star Crash, Strike Force), dies at 51

2007 - Danny Oakes, racecar driver (b. 1911)


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Monday, 12 January 2015

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Jan 13, 2015)

Praise Me or Curse Me



What am I?



You may praise your good fortune and curse all you hate,

Yet I rule all your chaos and gamble your fate.

By some I'm avoided by others I'm game,

Called by fat or slim, my meaning's the same.





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In 1954 a fifteen year old told his parents he was going to school, but then…

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Ren Xiaofeng, a manager of The Agricultural Bank of China, stole $26,000…

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Polish doctor Eugene Lazowski saved 8,000 Jews during the Holocaust…

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