Quote "A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t." Jack Dempsey Joke I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it Fun Fact In 2009, Stephen Hawking held a reception for time travelers, but didn’t publicize it until after. This way, only those who could time travel would be able to attend. Nobody else attended. Reading Fact The country that reads the most is India, with the average Indian reading 10.7 hours per week. History Fact The Ottoman Empire's Sultan I

Quote "If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride – and never quit, you’ll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards." Paul Bryant Joke What do you call an alligator in a vest? An investigator Fun Fact IKEA is an acronym which stands for Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd, which is the founder’s name, farm where he grew up, and hometown. Reading Fact The Biblioteca Joanina in Portugal has an unusual method of keeping their books clean. A sw

Quote "If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives." Lemony Snicket Joke The other day I tried to make a chemistry joke, but got no reaction Fun Fact The largest Japanese population outside of Japan stands at 1.6 million people who live in Brazil. Reading Fact The word 'library' actually comes from the Latin 'liber' which means the inner bark of trees. History Fact Saddam Hussein was given  the key to the city  of Detroit. Movie/TV Trivia Slumdog

Quote "You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand." Woodrow Wilson Joke I saw an ad for burial plots, and I thought: “That’s the last thing I need!” Fun Fact Joe Arridy had an IQ of 46 and is known as the “happiest prisoner on death row”. He went into the gas chambe

Quote "Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed – there’s so little competition." Elbert Hubbard Joke The guy who invented the door knocker got a no-bell prize Fun Fact Tirana, the capital of Albania has a lot of things in common with other European capitals – except one. It’s one of two capitals without a McDonalds. The second is Vatican City. Reading Fact The capital of Poland, Warsaw, has the biggest number of libraries per capita, at 11.5 libraries per 100

Quote "A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week." George S. Patton Joke I was going to make a chemistry joke, but since I'm kinda late to the thread, the good ones argon Fun Fact While Apple was building a huge data center in the middle of North Carolina, they wanted to occupy the area of a couple that lived there for 34 years. When the couple refused to leave, Apple paid them $1.7 million dollars for their plot of land that was only

Quote "Step by step and the thing is done." Charles Atlas Joke What’s the difference between a poorly dressed man on a bicycle and a nicely dressed man on a tricycle? A tire Fun Fact The British government coined the slogan, “Keep Calm and Carry on” during World War 2 in order to motivate citizens to stay strong. Reading Fact The world's first travelling library was launched in 1857 by British philanthropist George Moore, and it was a horse-drawn wagon that had books mounted

Quote "Go for it now. The future is promised to no one." Wayne Dyer Joke Two fish are in a tank, one says to the other "how do you drive this thing?" Fun Fact The original  Star Wars  premiered on just 32 screens across the U.S. in 1977. This was to produce buzz as the release widened to more theaters. Reading Fact Alice in Wonderland  is based on a real 10-year-old girl with whom Lewis Carroll was friends. She was called Alice Liddell, and, whilst out on a boating trip, aske

Quote "Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness." Allen Ginsberg Joke What are the strongest days of the week? Saturday and Sunday, the rest are weekdays Fun Fact 75% of the world’s diet is produced from just 12 plant and five different animal species. Reading Fact The first book ever written on a typewriter was  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer  by Mark Twain. History Fact Lopez was  released in 1998  after serving Ecuador's maximum sentence of 20 years. His whereabou

Quote "Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness." Allen Ginsberg Joke What washes up on tiny beaches? Microwaves Fun Fact An estimated 50% of all gold ever mined on Earth came from a single plateau in South Africa: Witwatersrand. Reading Fact President Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book a day - a real love of reading! History Fact Child killer and rapist Pedro Lopez, known as "The Monster of the Andes," was convicted in 1983 of  killing 110 young girls  (tho