Quote
"The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself."
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Joke
It's hard to explain puns to kleptomaniacs because they always take things literally
Fun Fact
Standing around burns calories. On average, a 150 pound person burns 114 calories per hour while standing and doing nothing.
History Fact
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The act of “giving the key to the city,” a symbolic honor, is a continuation of a Medieval practice wherein walled cities would be locked at night, but someone given the key could come and go as they please as an honored and trusted friend of city residents.
Movie/TV Trivia
One minute of The Nightmare Before Christmas took an entire week to film
The Nightmare Before Christmas is a kid’s classic now, but back in the early 90s when Tim Burton was making the movie, it’s fair to say that special effects definitely weren’t at their peak.
In fact, things moved so slowly that each minute of animated footage took an entire week to film. Wow. It took a group of around 100 people almost three years to make the movie – on average each second required 12 stop-motion moves.
It’s no wonder that Tim Burton didn’t want to make a sequel! Disney wanted to make a second movie using computer animation (which would have made things slightly easier), but Burton was having none of it.
“I was always very protective of [Nightmare] not to do sequels or things of that kind,” Burton explained.
“You know, ‘Jack visits Thanksgiving world’ or other kinds of things just because I felt the movie had a purity to it and the people that like it.”
Movie/TV Quote
"They're here!"
Poltergeist, 1982
Conversation Starter
Have you ever had a dream where everyone was in their underwear?
Writing Prompt