Daily Quote
"Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around."
Henry David Thoreau
Joke of the Day
What animal is always at a baseball game?
A bat.
Fun Fact
All the ants on Earth weigh about as much as all the humans.
The total population of people who are alive on Earth hasn't even hit 8 billion. At the same time, there are 10 quadrillion (10,000,000,000,000,000) individual ants crawling around at any given time. According to wildlife presenter Chris Packham, who appeared on the BBC, when combined, all of those ants would weigh about the same as all of us humans.
However, Francis Ratnieks, professor of apiculture at the University of Sussex, disagrees. He says that while this fact may have been true in the past, these days "we must also remember that humans are getting fatter all the time. We're not just increasing in population, we're increasing in fatness, so I think we've left the ants behind."
History Fact
Impostor
Look, I don’t want to blow your mind or anything (yes I do), but Cleopatra was Greek, not Egyptian. She was an ancestor of Ptolemy, one of Alexander the Great’s generals.
Movie/TV Trivia
Neither Michelle Rodriguez nor Jordana Brewster had their driver's licenses when they were cast for Fast and Furious.
Movie/TV Quote
"Would it be all right if I showed the children the whoring bed?"
Nymphomaniac Part I (2014)
Conversation Starter
Do you prefer Polaroid or digital cameras?
Writing Prompt
Weird Laws
Minnesota
No contests where the point is to chase and catch a pig -- "greased, oiled, or otherwise." You also may not throw turkeys or chickens in the air with the intent to catch them. No word on whether you’re allowed to chase or throw any of the above without the intent to catch them.