Quote "Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed – there’s so little competition."  Elbert Hubbard Joke Knock knock. Who’s there? Interrupting pirate. Interrupting pir—yarrrrrr! Fun Fact The largest Japanese population outside of Japan stands at 1.6 million people who live in Brazil. Reading Fact A “book hangover” is the feeling of emotional loss after finishing a great book. History Fact Vlad also enjoyed sopping up his enemies' blood with bread and eating it.

Quote "A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week."  George S. Patton Joke What's green and can fly? Super Pickle! Fun Fact Joe Arridy had an IQ of 46 and is known as the “happiest prisoner on death row”. He went into the gas chamber with a smile. It turned out he was innocent. Reading Fact There's a book bound in human skin at Harvard (for historical medical reasons). History Fact In the 15th century Romanian ruler Vlad the Impaler  i

Quote "Step by step and the thing is done."  Charles Atlas Joke How do you make a tissue dance? You put a little boogie in it. 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 Book sniffing (loving book smells) is scientifically linked to lignin, similar to vanilla. History Fact They even ate  the remains of Egyptian mummies ,

Quote "Go for it now. The future is promised to no one."  Wayne Dyer Joke How do you make a tissue dance? You put a little boogie in it. 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 worth $181,700. Reading Fact The world’s quietest room is used to test the

Quote "Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness."  Allen Ginsberg Joke How do you make an octopus laugh? With ten-tickles! 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 Some people suffer from abibliophobia — fear of running out of reading material. History Fact Genghis Khan  killed 40 million people  across Asia and Europe. Movie/TV Trivia Dallas Buyers Club

Quote "Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you."  Thomas Jefferson Joke Why can’t Elsa have a balloon? Because she will let it go. 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 The average adult reads 12 books per year. History Fact In 16th-century Canada, women drank a  potion with beaver testicles  ground into

Quote "Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other."  Walter Elliot Joke Why did the dinosaur cross the road? Because the chicken wasn’t born yet. Fun Fact 75% of the world’s diet is produced from just 12 plant and five different animal species. Reading Fact Audiobooks are the fastest-growing format in publishing. History Fact Peter the Great  executed his wife's lover , then forced her to keep her lover's head in a jar of alcohol in her bedroo

Quote "Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going." Sam Levenson Joke What do you think of that new diner on the moon? Food was good, but there really wasn’t much atmosphere. Fun Fact An estimated 50% of all gold ever mined on Earth came from a single plateau in South Africa: Witwatersrand. Reading Fact Book clubs like Oprah’s or Reese’s cause bestsellers overnight. History Fact Chairman Mao Zedong  killed 45 million people  during China's "Great Leap Forward" from 19

Quote "Be willing to be uncomfortable. Be comfortable being uncomfortable. It may get tough, but it’s a small price to pay for living a dream."  Peter McWilliams Joke What do you call a boomerang that won’t come back? A stick. Fun Fact Octopuses and squids have beaks. The beak is made of keratin – the same material that a bird’s beak, and our fingernails are made of. Reading Fact BookTok (on TikTok) drives massive book sales. History Fact In Venice during the Renaissance ther

Quote "Great men are not born great, they grow great." Lewis Howes Joke How does a cucumber become a pickle? It goes through a jarring experience. Fun Fact An Italian banker, Gilberto Baschiera is considered a modern-day Robin Hood. Over the course of 7 years, he secretly diverted 1 million euros to poorer clients from the wealthy ones so they could qualify for loans. He made no profit and avoided jail in 2018 due to a plea bargain. Reading Fact Many classic novels were first