Historical Events for 3rd November 2015

1783 – Washington orders Continental Army disbanded
1900 – First US automobile show opens at Madison Square Garden (NYC)
1918 – Poland proclaims independence from Russia after WW I
1918 – Thousands of revolutionary German sailors with the fleet at Kiel mutiny, seize the city, and set up councils of workers and sailors
1934 – Dizzy Dean chosen as NL MVP
1970 – Salvador Allende inaugurated as president of Chile
1970 – Bob Gibson wins NL Cy Young Award
1978 – First broadcast of “Different Strokes” on NBC TV
1982 – Pete Vuckovich becomes Milwaukee’s 2nd consecutive AL Cy Young
1994 – Space shuttle STS-66 (Atlantis 13), launches

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Today’s Daily Brain Teaser (Nov 03, 2015)

Guess My House

Mac’s new house number has three digits. When she challenged her friends to guess it, they tried: 135, 780, 785, and 732.

“That’s amazing,” Mac said. “You’ve each guessed exactly one digit correctly and in its right place!”

What is Mac’s house number?

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Today’s Daily Trivia Quiz (Nov 03, 2015)

Figures of Speech – Death
Given the uncertain and unknown nature of death and the afterlife, it’s no surprise that people have created some catchy, less morbid phrases to describe death and dying. How many of them do you know?

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Memory : Eat Your Vegetables

A recent study published in the scientific journal “Neurology” suggests that eating more vegetables can slow down normal age related cognitive decline.

The study followed thousands of participants over a six-year period of time to see how dietary differences affect memory. The results suggest that cognitive decline slows by 40% for people who eat at least 2.8 servings of vegetables a day. Interestingly, older participants experienced the greatest benefit.

Of the different types of vegetables, green leafy vegetables, like spinach, had the largest effect. This may be due to the high amounts of Vitamin E that are contained in these kinds of vegetables. So do as your Mom said and, “Eat your vegetables!”

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Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Portentous

por-ten-tous

adj :: Eliciting amazement or wonder.

“Such a portentous and mysterious monster roused all my curiosity” (Herman Melville).

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Creativity : Alphabet Naming

To test your ability to come up with words in a certain family, try this exercise. Come up with 26 words (one for each letter of the alphabet) for each of the following categories. We have given you the first few to help you get started.

1. Animals (Ant, Bear, Cat, ….)

2. Jobs (Artist, Baker, …)

3. Plants (Apple Tree, Bamboo, …)

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This Engrish has no traction.

And your no English major.

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