Quote
"I didn't fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong."
Benjamin Franklin
Joke
What did the mayonnaise say when somebody opened the refrigerator? "Hey, close the door! I'm dressing!"
Fun Fact
The original name for the search engine Google was Backrub. It was renamed Google after the googol, which is the number one followed by 100 zeros.
Reading Fact
19% of readers say reading helps them feel less lonely.
History Fact
Sultan Ibrahim of the Ottaman Empire, a total nervous wreck and a generally unbalanced ruler, once had his whole harem—a total of 280 concubuines—thrown into and drowned in the Bosphorus strait.
Movie/TV Trivia
Kingsman: The Secret Service
In the film and trailer, when the new Kingsman recruits have their first night's sleep interrupted by a deluge of water pouring into the dorm, on-set the scene went horrifically wrong. As Matthew Vaughn recalls "I shouted 'action!', the computer got it wrong and vrrrrssshh, everyone was twenty feet down underwater. Cameras, sound guys... Guys were in waders full of water, panic, everyone diving in and pulling people out." The set, painstakingly planned and rehearsed using height markers and computer-programmed water tanks, washed away in a near-biblical flood when said computers went rogue. "Those actors weren't acting, they were absolutely terrified," shudders Vaughn. "It was awful for the first day of filming."
Movie/TV Quote
"Is it safe?"
Marathon Man, 1976
Conversation Starter
What do you consider most romantic?
Writing Prompt
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