Daily Quote
"The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible."
Arthur C. Clarke
Joke of the Day
Why don’t elephants chew gum?
They do, just not in public.
Fun Fact
Peanuts aren’t technically nuts
They’re legumes. According to Merriam-Webster, a nut is only a nut if it’s “a hard-shelled dry fruit or seed with a separable rind or shell and interior kernel.” That means walnuts, almonds, cashews, and pistachios aren’t nuts either. They’re seeds.
History Fact
The Luftwaffe had a master interrogator whose tactic was being as nice as possible.
Hanns Scharff was a master interrogator who was very much against physical torture and brutality.
His techniques were so successful that the US military later incorporated his methods into their own interrogation schools.
Scharff’s best tactics for squeezing information out of prisoners included: nature walks without guards present, baking them homemade food, cracking jokes, drinking beers and afternoon tea with German fighter aces.
He even took trips to visit fellow POWs and swimming pool parties. And on some rare occasions even test flights of German fighter aircraft.
Movie/TV Trivia
Jim Caviezel was struck by lightening while he was on the cross in, Passion of the Christ.
Movie/TV Quote
"I won't say it for Little Baby Ears over there, but it rhymes with 'smushmortion.'"
Knocked Up (2007)
Conversation Starter
What would you do if you were home alone and the power went out?
Writing Prompt
Weird Laws
Oregon
You are not permitted to throw your poop out of a moving car in Oregon. Don’t even think about leaving a container of pee on the side of the highway, either, unless you also want to hand the state $250.