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Mercredi, 25 Janvier 2012 06:01

A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Jan. 25

A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Jan. 25

Our good friends at Google run a daily puzzle challenge and asked us to help get them out to the geeky masses. Each day’s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to Google mastery. Each morning at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time you’ll see a new puzzle, and the previous day’s answer (in invisitext) posted here.

SPOILER WARNING:
We leave the comments on so people can work together to find the answer. As such, if you want to figure it out all by yourself, DON’T READ THE COMMENTS!

Also, with the knowledge that because others may publish their answers before you do, if you want to be able to search for information without accidentally seeing the answer somewhere, you can use the Google-a-Day site’s search tool, which will automatically filter out published answers, to give you a spoiler-free experience.

And now, without further ado, we give you…

TODAY’S PUZZLE:

I was arrested by the Inquisition in 1633 and then pardoned by the Catholic Church in 1992. One of my students had my story written in stone scrolls at his castle. What was my student’s name?

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER (mouseover to see):

Search [terrapin stew inaugural ball] to learn that terrapin stew was served at President Lincoln’s 1865 inaugural ball. Searching [1865 inaugural ball location] yields the U.S. Patent Office.

Mercredi, 25 Janvier 2012 08:11

WebBuzz du 25/01/2012

La formation militaire demande, généralement, de la discipline, de la précision et beaucoup de courage qui peut être necessaire au moment du combat. Mais pour les soldats qui suivent une formation dans l'Armée populaire de Libération en Chine, le niveau est tout autre. Voici l'incroyable exercice de la "patate chaude" mais avec une vraie grenade ... Les soldats se passent la grenade à tour de rôle autour d'un grand trou, le dernier à la lourde tâche de jeter la grenade dans le trou, tous doivent se retourner et sauter le plus loin possible au moment de l'explosion de la grenade.
Military training is an intense business, involving discipline, precision, and reserves of courage that can be called upon in the midst of battle. But for soldiers undergoing training in the People's Liberation Army of China that's taken to a whole different level -- as one of their exercises involves a life-and-death game of 'hot potato' with a live grenade. Incredible video footage shows Chinese troops stationed in Hong Kong passing around the live explosive from one soldier to the next until the last one finally throws it in the hole. The soldiers then leap out of the way before it explodes, covering their heads for protection.
The clip shows them again doing the exercise, standing around a large hole. Each soldier deliberately takes the explosives in both hands and twists slightly at the torso before handing it off to the next soldier. The last soldier to hold the grenade must make sure it lands on the pond-side of the hole, a decidedly difficult task given the circumstances. All soldiers then leap to the ground as the C4 detonates, sending piles of dirt and dust into the air.

 

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