Quote
"An unexamined life is not worth living."
Socrates
Joke
I asked a Frenchman if he played video games. He said Wii!
Fun Fact
A tick bite can make you allergic to red meat.
Plenty of people have food allergies, but few are the result of an insect bite. In a strange and growing trend, some people who get bitten by the Lone Star tick can develop a sudden allergy to red meat. Beef, lamb, and pork (which are technically classified as red meat) can make people with this allergy experience headaches, sneezing, a runny nose, and nausea. In severe cases, it can cause the person to be unable to breathe. For some sufferers, the allergy fades over time, but for others, it's permanent.
Reading Fact
The capital of Poland, Warsaw, has the biggest number of libraries per capita, at 11.5 libraries per 100,000 citizens.
History Fact
Meeting in the Middle
In the year 6 BC, engineers in Greece dug a 1,000-meter-long aqueduct through a mountain by digging from both ends and meeting in the middle. Ingenious surveying and geometrical techniques were used to ensure the two tunnels didn’t miss each other. The Tunnel of Eupalinos is the second known tunnel in history to have been dug from both ends, and it’s still intact today.
Movie/TV Trivia
The Imitation Game
Benedict Cumberbatch confessed that in one of the final scenes of the film, he couldn't stop crying and had a breakdown. It was, as he said, "Being an actor or a person that had grown incredibly fond of the character and thinking what he had suffered and how that had affected him."
Movie/TV Quote
"Stella! Hey, Stella!"
A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951
Conversation Starter
Where do you see yourself in five years?
Writing Prompt
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