Quote "Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes." Charles Dickens Joke What are the strongest days of the week? Saturday and Sunday, the rest are weekdays Fun Fact Iceland has an elf whisperer who inspects construction sites before anything gets built to make sure no elves are hanging around. Reading Fact Vladimir Nabokov would compose all works on index cards which he kept in slim boxes. This method enabled him to easily re-ar

Quote "Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you’re climbing it." Andy Rooney Joke What washes up on tiny beaches? Microwaves Fun Fact Movies have to clarify that they're fiction because of a 1930s lawsuit that traces back to none other than Rasputin. Reading Fact Truman Capote considered himself a “completely horizontal author” because he couldn’t think and write unless he was lying down. Some writers find lying down in

Quote "You do not find the happy life. You make it." Camilla Eyring Kimball Joke My ex-wife still misses me. But her aim is starting to improve Fun Fact For a short time, the planet Uranus was named...George. Reading Fact A book that purifies water, The Drinkable Book, is printed on filter paper capable of killing deadly waterborne bacteria. A book that purifies water was created by non-profit organization WATERisLIFE to raise awareness on proper sanitation and hygiene. Each

Quote "What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity." George Eliot Joke How does an attorney sleep? First he lies on one side, then he lies on the other Fun Fact The voice of Mickey Mouse and the voice of Minnie Mouse got married IRL. A can of Mountain Dew can dissolve a mouse 😳. Reading Fact Fifty Shades of Grey started out as Twilight fan-fiction. Originally titled Master of the Universe and published episodically on fan-fiction websites, the work featured character

Quote "Comparison is the thief of joy." Theodore Roosevelt Joke What do you get when you mix alcohol and literature? Tequila mockingbird Fun Fact Until the 1980s, it was illegal for a woman to drive a car down Main Street in Waynesboro, Virginia, unless her husband was walking in front of the car waving a red flag. Reading Fact The titular raven in Edgar Allan Poe’s Gothic classic was initially supposed to be… a parrot. Poe wondered how he could have his one-word refrain, “n

Quote "Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive." Hafez Joke How do you throw a space party? You planet Fun Fact In the 19th century, experts warned women about a disease called bicycle face, which meant getting stuck with the awkward faces they made while biking. Reading Fact Enciclopedia Mecánica, a Spanish invention from 1949, is widely considered a predecessor of the ebook. It uses mechanics, electrics, and air pressure to display text and images. Patented

Quote "Do what is right, not what is easy nor what is popular." Roy T. Bennett Joke There was a kidnapping at school yesterday. Don’t worry, though - he woke up Fun Fact Paper bags aren't any better for the environment than plastic ones. Reading Fact India is the country that reads the most, with an average Indian reading 10.7 hours every week. According to the 2005 BOP World Culture Score Index, an average Indian dedicates over 10 hours every week to reading. Thailand and Ch

Quote "Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." Eleanor Roosevelt Joke Which country’s capital has the fastest-growing population? Ireland. Every day it’s Dublin. Fun Fact Popcorn wasn't always a beloved movie snack — in fact, prior to the Great Depression, movie theaters hated popcorn. Reading Fact The Japanese language has a word to denote letting reading materials pile up in one’s home and never read them – tsundoku. The term or

Quote "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool." Richard P. Feynman Joke A mean crook going down stairs = A condescending con, descending Fun Fact It's illegal to own just one guinea pig in Switzerland because they get lonely. Reading Fact J.K. Rowling’s original Harry Potter pitch was rejected by 12 different publishers before Bloomsbury accepted it. But her struggles did not end here – she had to adopt the nom de plume

Quote "Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant." Robert Louis Stevenson Joke What do you call the wife of a hippie? A Mississippi Fun Fact I wasn’t originally going to get a brain transplant, but then I changed my mind Reading Fact The word “robot” was invented by Czech painter Josef Čapek and first used in his brother’s sci-fi play R.U.R in 1920. History Fact Between 1525 and 1866, 12.5 million Africans were kidnapped and sold into slaver