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Quote

"Learn to sell. Learn to build. If you can do both, you will be unstoppable." 


Naval Ravikant


Joke

Why did the boy peek down the toilet bowl? 

 

He was trying to find Winnie the Pooh.


Fun Fact

The first computer was invented in the 1940s.

 

These days, supercomputers are everywhere—and they really don't need much space at all. Have an Xbox One posted up in your living room? That's a supercomputer. A laptop-tablet hybrid in your bag? That's a supercomputer, too. (Don't even get us started on the thing in your pocket…) But when supercomputers first came around, they needed much, much more space. Just take a look at the world's first one: The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC).


Originally built at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering, in 1946, ENIAC weighed 60,000 pounds and took up a room larger than most studio apartments (1,500 square feet). Shortly after construction, ENIAC was sent off to the military, where it was used to calculate ballistic trajectories (translation: launch missiles) with frightening accuracy. Today, computer experts at Penn credit ENIAC with heralding in the "dawn of the information age."


Reading Fact

Graphic novels combine visual storytelling with written narrative, making them accessible to readers of all ages and literacy levels.


History Fact

Cleopatra Was Not Egyptian

 

Despite what you may believe, the last queen of Egypt wasn't born in Egypt. As best as Historians can tell, Cleopatra VII (that's her formal name) was Greek. She was a descendant of Alexander the Great's Macedonian general Ptolemy.


Movie/TV Trivia

Shooting for No Country For Old Men was interrupted for a day due to a smoke cloud from the set of There Will Be Blood, which was also filming in the area.


Movie/TV Quote

"There's no place like home."


The Wizard of Oz, 1939


The film adaption took a lot of liberties with L. Frank Baum's 1900 fantasy novel. The filmmakers did, however, take this jewel straight from the book.


Conversation Starter

What things do you consider to be relationship deal breakers?


Writing Prompt

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