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 "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

Quote "Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you." Thomas Jefferson Joke My ex-wife still misses me. But her aim is starting to improve 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 The world's oldest continually operating library was established in AD 565. It is housed in Saint Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sin

Quote "Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other." Walter Elliot Joke How does an attorney sleep? First he lies on one side, then he lies on the other 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. Readi

Quote "Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going." Sam Levenson Joke What do you get when you mix alcohol and literature? Tequila mockingbird Fun Fact The voice actor of SpongeBob and the voice actor of Karen, Plankton’s computer wife, have been married since 1995. Reading Fact 'Bibliosma' is the word for loving the way books smell. History Fact South Africans  gave gay and lesbian soldiers sex changes  in an attempt to root out homosexuality in their army. Movie/TV

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 How do you throw a space party? You planet Fun Fact An 11-year-old girl proposed the name for Pluto after the Roman god of the Underworld. Reading Fact Harry Potter  was rejected by 12 different publishers before Bloomsbury accepted it. J. K. Rowling also had to change her pen name to be more neutral: her publish