Quote
"Reach for it. Push yourself as far as you can."
Christa McAuliffe
Joke
My boss told me to have a good day.. so I went home.
Fun Fact
The teddy bear is named after President Theodore Roosevelt. After he refused to shoot a captured black bear on a hunt, a stuffed-animal maker decided to create a bear and name it after the president.
Reading Fact
However, there are more public libraries than McDonald's in America, with 16,766 public libraries compared to 14,157 McDonald's.
History Fact
In Medieval times the accused often faced a "trial by ordeal," where they were forced to stick their arm into a vat of boiling water. If their arm emerged unscathed, it was believed God protected them, thus proving their innocence.
Movie/TV Trivia
The Cabin In The Woods
When Jules kisses the wolf head on the wall, the wolf's tongue is covered in powdered sugar to give it a dusty look and to make the scene tolerable for Anna Hutchison.
Movie/TV Quote
"I mean, funny like I'm a clown? I amuse you?"
Goodfellas, 1990
The "funny how" bit was heavily based on an incident Joe Pesci experienced as a young waiter when he complimented a mobster on his sense of humour. Needless to say, the man didn’t take it too well. Martin Scorsese heard the story during rehearsal and liked it so much that he let Pesci and Ray Liotta incorporate it by improvising their dialogue. The other actors in the scene weren’t given advanced notice because Scorsese wanted their genuine, unrehearsed reactions, and he shot it with only medium takes and no close-ups in order to capture their surprise.
Conversation Starter
Is there anyone at school you’d like to know better?
Writing Prompt
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