Quote
"Family makes a house a home."
Jennifer Hudson
Joke
What concert costs just 45 cents?
50 Cent featuring Nickelback!
Fun Fact
North Korea and Cuba are the only places you can't buy Coca-Cola.
No matter where you go, it's comforting to know you can always enjoy a Coca-Cola. Well, almost anywhere. While this fizzy drink is sold practically everywhere, it still hasn't (officially) made its way to North Korea or Cuba, according to the BBC. That's because these countries are under long-term U.S. trade embargoes.
However, some folks say you might be able to snag a sip of the stuff if you try hard enough (although it'll typically be a lot more expensive than what you would pay in the states—and probably imported from a neighboring country such as Mexico or China).
Reading Fact
There is a tradition in Iceland where people exchange books as Christmas presents.
There is a tradition in Iceland where people exchange books as Christmas presents. Above all, they would spend the rest of the night reading it while eating chocolates.
History Fact
Ketchup Was Sold in the 1830s as Medicine
Forget Ibuprofen. In the 1830s, when it came to popular medicine, ketchup was all the rage. In 1834, it was sold as a cure for indigestion by an Ohio physician named John Cook. It wasn't popularized as a condiment until the late 19th century. The more you know.
Movie/TV Trivia
Christian Bale based elements of his performance as Patrick Bateman on Tom Cruise after seeing an interview with the diminutive star. According to director Mary Harron, Bale said he saw “this very intense friendliness with nothing behind the eyes”.
Movie/TV Quote
"My wife!"
Borat (2006)
The thing about the "My wife!" quote as it's now repeated -- very loudly, pronounced in an unidentifiable regional inflection to turn it into a nasally "Mah wahhhf!" -- is that Sacha Baron Cohen never says it in Borat the way the general public says it. He does, technically, utter the words "my wife" several times in his fake Kazakhstani accent, but if you'd only heard the repetitions of it before seeing the movie, you'd think he shouted it at the beach in his unconventional lime green bathing garment. Such is the power of Borat's various references to his wife, which have transcended both the movie and Da Ali G Show to continue influencing pop culture in 2019. Even The New Yorker recently published an entire column about the evolution of the term in an online context, and how the wife as a concept has become inherently funny. The piece begins by pointing to Borat as a possible origin. It doesn't get much more influential than that, and barring any irreconcilable differences, we're bound to "My wife!" for the foreseeable future.
Conversation Starter
What’s the strangest movie you have ever seen?
Writing Prompt
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