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In this teaser the idea is to identify the blanked words. The secret is that each word is an anagram of the previous word, but minus one letter. For example

The ------- mopped up the spilt ------ and then made sure all the work surfaces were -----.

The answer for the first word would be "Cleaner", the remove the "N" and make into "Cereal", then remove an "E" to make "Clear".

Now try these.

The ------ that he has to ------ with his roommate...

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A thought for the day: The problem is that the people with the most ridiculous ideas are always the people who are most certain of them. -- American comedian Bill Maher

On this date in history:

In 1265, Britain's House of Commons, which became a model for parliamentary bodies, met for the first time.

In 1783, U.S. and British representatives signed a preliminary ...Read more

Those born on this date include:

- French physicist Andre-Marie Ampere in 1775
- Harold Gray, creator of the comic strip Little Orphan Annie, in 1894
- comedian George Burns in 1896
- Greek ...Read more

Today is Monday, Jan. 20, the 20th day of 2020 with 346 to follow.

This is Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States.

The moon is waning. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars and Uranus. Evening stars are Neptune, ...Read more

This teaser features HOMONYMS, or words that are spelled differently, but sound alike. There are three blank spaces in each sentence below, and the answers are all homonyms.

See if you can solve the following homonym teasers.

I was only one ____ short to be able to buy the _____ I had been ____ to buy at the cosmetics store.

"Don't be disturbing the ____ that ___ the shade of the ____, down by the river" warned the farmer.

"I will show you...

On this date in history:

In 1861, Georgia seceded from the Union and joined the Confederacy.

In 1920, threats against the life of Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, because of his activities in ...Read more

Those born on this date include:

- Scottish engineer James Watt, inventor of the steam engine, in 1736
- Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in 1807
- American short story writer/poet Edgar Allan Poe in ...Read more

conspectus \kuhn-SPEK-tuhs\ (noun) - 1 : A general sketch or survey of a subject. 2 : A synopsis; an outline.

"Shortly after returning from London eighteen years earlier, she had stolen a conspectus of the medical ...Read more

Which word in the English language, beginning with "P" is singular until an "S" is added to the end and it becomes a plural, but reverts back to a singlular word if another letter "S" is added to the end?

On this date in history:

In 1778, James Cook became the first European to reach the Hawaiian Islands. He called them the Sandwich Islands.

In 1871, William of Prussia was declared the first German ...Read more

Those born on this date include:

- English physician Peter Roget, who compiled Roget's Thesaurus, in 1779
- American orator/statesman Daniel Webster in 1782
- Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girls...Read more

gainsay \gayn-SAY; GAYN-say\ (transitive verb) - 1 : To deny or dispute; to declare false or invalid. 2 : To oppose; to contradict.

"Owing to the company's cynical policy of inaction, suppression and hoping the problem ...Read more

How would you combine one-third of 12 and four-fifths of 7 to get 11?