Month: May 2020

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Brain Teasers That Will Do Their Best to Trip You Up

There are all kinds of different levels of brain teasers, brain games, riddles, and the like out there on the internet. You start slow (because we all want to feel like we can solve them all) and slowly raise you game – like how the crossword puzzle gets harder every day of the week.

If you’re ready for some really tough brain teasers, we think these 13 totally deliver.

13. Bacon or Eggs?

Answer: Gwen likes foods that are five letters long.

12. Mary Must be Friends with Silly Sally

Answer: Mary’s friends prefer fruits with names that end with vowels.

11. A Tough One

Answer:

10. You Think You Can Do Math…

Answer:

9. What Time Is It?

Answer: Yes, between 5 and 5:30 p.m. EST.

8. Getting Into Shape

Answer: 200 push-ups.

7. A Mystery Diagram

Answer: 

6. Square Checkers

Answer: Six groupings.

5. The Sum of Letters

Answer: A = 13, B = 5, C = 17, D = 8, E = 2, F = 4, G = 3, H = 12.

4. Rearrange the Shapes

Answer:

3. One Doesn’t Fit

Answer: B

2. Take the Stairs

Answer: 840. Each number is found by multiplying the number that corresponds to its step by the number that precedes it.

1. How Many Times?

Answer: Twenty times. The digit 5 appears ten times as a last digit (5, 15, 25 … 95) and ten times as a first digit (50, 51, 52 … 59). 

I definitely couldn’t have solved all of these on my own.

If you solved them all, give yourself a big pat on the back (and maybe a cookie)!

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Fun Riddles to Share With Your Kids

A lot of folks love a good riddle to get the brain juices flowing. If you’re looking for ways to both connect with your kids and to get their minds in overdrive, too, what better way than doing a list of riddles together?

If you think that sounds pretty fun, here are 8 riddles you can work on solving together!

8. Please come to dinner.

7. If it looks like a parrot, and sounds like a parrot…

6. All the same color?

5. In and out.

4. Just one word.

3. No touching.

2. A miraculous fall.

1. Many eyes.

Continue reading when you’re ready to check your answers!

8. I’m always on the dinner table, but you don’t get to eat me. What am I?

7. What’s bright orange with green on top and sounds like a parrot?

6. There’s a one-story house where everything is yellow. The walls are yellow. The doors are yellow. Even all the furniture is yellow. The house has yellow beds and yellow couches. What color are the stairs?

5. What’s really easy to get into, and hard to get out of?

4. What word contains 26 letters, but only has three syllables?

3. What can you hear, but not see or touch, even though you control it?

2. A girl fell off a 20-foot ladder. She wasn’t hurt. Why?

1. What has lots of eyes, but can’t see?

I hope you all had fun solving these together. Come back another day for some more riddles like these!

Okay, so which one of these did you like the most? Let us know in the comments!

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In 1918, People Protested Wearing Masks and the “Anti-Mask League” Was Born

If you’re a person who knows your history, this article probably isn’t going to surprise you. There really is nothing new under the sun, and the majority of human beings don’t evolve all that quickly (or at all). We’re very similar to those who founded democracy in Greece, to those who conquered the world for Rome, to those who kidnapped and sold men into slavery – and to our forebearers who did great things, and made good decisions, too.

We’re in the middle of a burning, deadly pandemic right now, but we’re not the first human beings to find ourselves in this situation – we’re not even the first Americans, of course, because in 1918-1919, the Spanish flu (a strain of H1N1) decimated the country.

Many of the same social distancing techniques we’re undertaking now were recommended at the time – and, like today, people quickly grew tired of being told what to do.

In early 1919, people in San Francisco were cautiously optimistic that they were coming out the other end when they learned that a second wave of the influenza was choking the city. Authorities were once again requiring the use of masks in public in order to stop the growing spread of the disease.

While most people in San Fran got back to work organizing mask-sewing events and wearing the required PPE in public, there were some who stubbornly refused – even though police were handing out fines and even putting people like John Raggi in jail.

Read the article in the San Francisco Chronicle,

“John Raggi, arrested on Columbus Avenue, said he did not wear a mask because he did not believe in masks or ordinances, or even jail.

He now has no occasion to disbelieve in jails.

He is in the city prison.”

Oof. Stone cold journalism right there.

Out of people’s frustration at the return to required face coverings, the Anti-Mask League was born. Emma Harrington, a lawyer (and San Fransisco’s first female voter in 1911), chaired the league, which saw two thousand people attend the first meeting.

They struggled to come up with common, actionable goals – some wanted to organize a petition, some wanted government health officials to be fired – and the fact that the mask-wearing seemed to be helping really did nothing to further their cause.

The day before the renewed decree to wear masks, there were 510 new cases and 50 deaths, but after just 11 days of proper PPE, the numbers had fallen to 12 new cases and just 4 deaths.

The league never got off the ground, with their last meeting dissolving into such chaos that someone had to shut off the lights to put a stop to the nonsense.

It didn’t matter much in the long run, since on February 1 – not even a month after the second round of mask decrees – the requirements were lifted once and for all.

The message? Just hang in there, y’all. Don’t lose your heads.

If history has consistently taught us anything, it’s that this, too, shall pass.

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Brain Teasers That Will Keep Your Mind Sharp

Your brain is more fat than muscle, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t need to be kept in shape! The more you use it, the sharper it is, and brain teasers are a great and fun way to stay on top of your skills.

Here are 16 brain teasers that are ready to make you think pretty darn hard!

16. Missing Numbers

Answer: 3 and 7.

In each grid, add the top number to the one in the center to get the number on the left.

Then add the center number to the one on the bottom to get the number on the right.

15. Bees and Flowers

Answer: 4 bees and 3 flowers

14. Musical Measures

Answer:

13. Number Puzzles

Answer: 5. The numbers in each grid add up to 30.

12. Kangaroo Words

Answer: Dead, tutor, raucous, spot, amble.

11. Opposite Day

Answer:

LOST / FOUND
COOL / WARM
FAR / NEAR
HEAD / FEET
FRESH / STALE

10. Move Just Two

Answer: 

9. Jigsaw Find & Replace

Answer: 8

8. Happy Birthday!

Answer: Monday: John; Tuesday: George; Wednesday: Abe; Thursday: Millard; Friday: William.

7. Hidden Fruits

Answer: Mango (man goes), lemon (little money), plum (cheap lumber), ­lychee (really cheeky), pear (escape artist).

6. A-MAZE-ing!

Answer:

 

5. Simple Maths.

Answer: A = 1, B = 4, C = 8, D = 12, E = 17, F = 5, G = 16, H = 21, I = 18

4. Fun with Anagrams

Answer:

  1. Astronomer
  2. Debit card
  3. Garbage man

3. The Chip-In

Answer: $40 ($4 each split among ten friends or $5 each split among eight friends)

2. Don’t Break Your Brain

Answer: 4. The number at the center of each triangle is equal to the sum of the numbers at its base multiplied by the number at its apex. For example, (8 + 3) x 2 = 22.

1. One of These Things is Not Like the Other

Answer:

Did you solve them all? Do you feel smarter?

Thanks for playing along today!

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These 10 Compelling Facts Will Make You Think

It can be very difficult to impress people these days.

And when I say that, I mean that it can be hard to impress them with anything.

But we think our fact sets knock the ball out of the park on a regular basis. Because we work hard to curate our facts day in and day out.

So, without further ado, dive into these facts, let them sink in, and enjoy!

1. The effects of corporal punishment?

I have a feeling many parents don’t do this anymore…

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2. I really wish this wasn’t true.

There’s no such thing as “alternative facts”, people.

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3. Try to keep it separate.

If you can, that is…

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4. All hail the Ravenmaster!

A tradition that goes way, way back.

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5. Take that, Boomers!

Hey, leave those young people alone!

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6. Flatter than a pancake.

The verdict is in.

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7. That makes sense to me.

God bless Texas!

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8. A terrifying real-life killer.

The inspiration for a lot of movies…

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9. Next on the list.

Scary to think about.

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10. A total accident.

But we’re all glad it happened!

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There are some damn good facts in there, if I do say so myself.

Now we’d like to hear from all the readers out there.

In the comments, please share something interesting with us that you think we’d all enjoy: an interesting fact, a story, a unique photo, etc.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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We Firmly Believe That These Posts Are a Laugh-Riot

You gotta love all the hilarious memes, tweets, and other posts out there because even though they appear simple on the surface, they bring a lot of laughter and smiles into our lives.

Sometimes, it’s a little joke or something totally absurd that gets us out a bad mood and breaks the tension in our lives.

And we think these posts are just as good as any we’ve seen before!

So put away all your work materials for a few minutes and take a little time to treat yourself to some big laughs.

Enjoy!

1. This is life for many people right now.

Is it for you?

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2. Decisions, decisions…

Which path will you choose?

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3. A double-edged sword.

The root cause of all your problems.

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4. You’re clearly a health nut.

And a role model!

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5. Hanging on by a string.

You might want to fix that very soon.

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6. Cleary a witch.

Execute her!

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7. I’ll start tomorrow.

But first…this cake must be eaten.

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8. Okay, I took your advice.

Now what do I do?

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9. Always a fun game!

Look at how excited he is!

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10. This kid is a legend in my book.

Not so sure what his parents think, though…

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11. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

 

12. Just a quick power nap.

You might’ve gone a little bit overboard.

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I found those posts to be extra funny and I hope you did, as well.

Have you seen anything lately that really made you LOL and that you wanted to share with other people?

Well, here’s your chance.

Let us have it in the comments!

Heck, post as many funny things in the comments as you want.

Thanks and have a great day!

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Screenshots of Posts and Pop Culture That Predicted What 2020 Would Be Like

You have to admit that the world is kind of a HUGE dumpster fire right now.

Not only are we going through a once-in-a-lifetime health crisis, but we have killer hornets to deal with, incompetent politicians, and all kinds of other bad news on a daily basis.

But did you know that in the past, people and even some pop culture icons predicted what would happen in 2020?

You don’t believe me?

Here are some examples that we think you will find very surprising.

1. Didn’t see this one coming…

By the way, don’t drink the bleach.

2. How weird is this?

I hope the FBI is watching this guy.

3. A virus AND killer bees.

As usual, The Simpsons knows all.

4. Might have to rewatch this movie soon…

Very prescient, don’t you think?

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5. The great virus of 2020.

We’re living in a nightmare.

6. One of the greatest films ever made.

Okay, not really, but still…

7. Chandler Bing, man of the future.

This is getting weird…

8. What to do with the kids?

Now there’s no escape…

9. This person saw that we wouldn’t be able to congregate in groups.

Let’s hope that this changes very quickly.

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10. The big quarantine.

Predicted by the Ed Boys.

11. I remember this movie well.

Another Stallone classic.

12. That’s just odd.

Don’t Touch!

13. Great, more killer bees.

Run for it!

Those are pretty crazy, aren’t they?

Have you seen any other examples of people or pop culture accurately predicting what 2020 would be like?

If so, please share them with us in the comments!

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These People Got Way Too Caught up in Their Fandom

Fandom is great for so many reasons – first and foremost, it allows people to find their tribe without leaving the comfort and safety of their homes. And tribes are essential to all humans, sure, but to people still figuring out who they are, and who might not be accepted in conventional, real-life circles, they can be literal lifesavers.

That said, some people can lose sight of reality, and also how to treat human beings, even when there’s a computer screen blocking their face.

These 12 people need to take a deep breath and a step back, because yeah, you can have too much of a good thing.

12. Don’t get mad because it’s accurate.

And you know it totally is.

11. This makes me uncomfortably sad.

For this chick and for Taylor, tbh.

10. Apparently sometimes fights happen in real life.

I guess if you live close to each other why not?

9. You don’t want to take on the Swifties.

Trust literally everyone who has ever tried.

8. These things can be hard on the kids.

Even the ones you didn’t know you had.

7. There’s only one Vogue.

And it’s the Beyhive Vogue, obviously.

6. They thought this real artwork was a joke.

This is just awful.

5. Arianna’s shoes are the most important thing in this picture of a dead person?

I cannot with this!

4. These are real live humans walking around in the world.

It’s hard to believe, isn’t it?

3. I know celebs make a lot of money but some days it’s still not enough.

I’m sure some days it’s too much.

2. This made me snort my beverage.

It’s an alcoholic beverage to get through these.

1. I think there’s been a misunderstanding.

I’m not sure what, but there definitely has been.

I honestly don’t know what to say right now. It’s kind of stunning, right?

Have you ever encountered something like this? Share your experience in the comments!

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