Quote
"I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be."
Abraham Lincoln
Joke
Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He’s all right now
Fun Fact
Playboy has been publishing braille versions of their magazines since 1970, however no pictorial representations are included.
History Fact
Meeting in the Middle
In the year 6 BC, engineers in Greece dug a 1,000-meter-long aqueduct through a mountain by digging from both ends and meeting in the middle. Ingenious surveying and geometrical techniques were used to ensure the two tunnels didn’t miss each other. The Tunnel of Eupalinos is the second known tunnel in history to have been dug from both ends, and it’s still intact today.
Movie/TV Trivia
Nearly all of the dialogue in The Blair Witch Project was improvised
We really wouldn’t have enjoyed being an actor on the set of The Blair Witch Project. First off, nearly all of the dialogue in the movie was improvised, leaving the cast members to try and ad-lib as much as possible.
Instead of receiving a script, each of them were given a piece of paper at the start of each day with some notes outlining the general narrative for that day’s filming.
Producers decided to turn up the pressure when it came to feeding their actors. Instead of a buffet table, the cast had to track supply crates containing Power Bars, fruit and water using a GPS tracking system.
The merciless director also fed the actors less and less food each day in order to create tension between the cast.
By the end of filming they were only provided with a piece of fruit and some water each day. Sounds a bit like slave labour to us but hey – all in the name of art.
Movie/TV Quote
"No wire hangers, ever!"
Mommie Dearest, 1981
Conversation Starter
If you could make up a school subject, what would it be?
Writing Prompt
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