Quote of the Day
"Listening is often the only thing needed to help someone."
Unknown
Writing Prompt of the Day
Do You Believe in Ghosts?
Day's Conversation Starter
What is your favourite thing to eat or drink in winter?
Joke of the Day
How do you make a Kleenex dance? Put some boogie in it!
Top Fun Fact
There is an island in the Bahamas that's inhabited only by swimming pigs.
History Fact
Can’t Take it With You
Dentures: what would old people and hockey players do without them? Well, until the mid-1800s, dentures, aesthetically pleasing as they may be, were actually often made of teeth pulled from deceased soldiers. Hey, they’re not using them, right?
Weird Laws
North Carolina: Be careful with your doggie bag
Be careful what you put in your doggy bag: In North Carolina it is a felony to steal more than $1,000 worth of grease, and a misdemeanor to steal under $1,000-worth. Grease theft, it turns out, was a huge problem in NC before this 2012 law passed, with midnight grease-bandits persistently preventing Biodiesel companies from purchasing restaurants’ excess oil to convert into fuel.
Foody Things
Pizza Margherita at Pizzeria Da Michele in Naples, Italy
One of the oldest pizzerias in Naples — and regularly voted one of the best — Pizzeria Da Michele has pizza-making down to an art. There are just two choices on the menu: margherita, with cheese, or marinara, without. You probably know which one we recommend.
(Pro tip: Take your pizza to go to avoid the hours-long wait.)
Movie/TV Trivia
I Am Legend
Will Smith grew so enamored of his canine co-star, Abbey, that he tried to adopt her when filming was finished, but the dog's trainer could not be persuaded to give her up.
Movie/TV Quote
"It's alive! It's alive!"
Frankenstein, 1931
Fun fact: The original line was "It's alive! It's alive! In the name of God! Now I know what it's like to be God!" Censors cut Dr. Frankenstein's full line because it was considered sacrilege.