Friday, July 14, 2017

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Congratulations to Yvette Law Lui who won this week's "Mind Scrambler". Here was the scrambler:

Three brothers share a family sport:
A non-stop marathon
The oldest one is fat and short
And trudges slowly on
The middle brother's tall and slim
And keeps a steady pace
The youngest runs just like the wind,
Speeding through the race
"He's young in years, we let him run,"
The other brothers say
"'Cause though he's surely number one,
He's second, in a way."

ANSWER: The hands on a clock (hour, minute, and second).

Enjoy!

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought. Let us have faith that right makes might and in that faith let us; to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it."

HINT: (1809 - 1865), sometimes called the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator. First republican President.

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During the first 90 years of this century, the USA dominated the race for the title of the tallest building in the world. In 1974 Chicago's Sears Tower was completed, and generally seen as the 'tallest building' in the world. Sears Tower held on to that title for over 20 years.

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More than 50 percent of the people who are bitten by venomous snakes in the United States and who go untreated still survive.

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought. Let us have faith that right makes might and in that faith let us; to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it."

ANSWER: Abraham Lincoln