Quote
“Maybe that’s what life is… a wink of the eye and winking stars.”
Jack Kerouac
Joke
I don't play soccer because I enjoy the sport. I'm just doing it for kicks!
Fun Fact
Fact: A cow-bison hybrid is called a “beefalo”
You can even buy its meat in at least 21 states. Don’t miss these other random facts about your favorite foods.
Reading Fact
The longest-ever book title consists of over 3,700 words.
Written by Vityala Yethindra and released on 20 March 2019, the title of The Historical Development of the Heart… is made up of a whopping 26,000 characters.
It is so long mainly because the author decided to enlist all the different species the book mentions, as well as ask over 50 different questions the book provides answers to, and include both in the title.
History Fact
Disease Bingo
George Washington might have been the first president of the United States, but he also should have been first in line to see a doctor: the guy variously contracted malaria, dysentery, small pox, and diphtheria, among other diseases.
Movie/TV Trivia
The poop in Trainspotting was made from chocolate. Yummy.
Movie/TV Quote
"The law says that you cannot touch. But I think I see a lot of lawbreakers up in this house tonight."
Magic Mike (2012)
Remember how everyone collectively lost their shit when Magic Mike came out? Directed by Steven Soderbergh (I know, right?) and loosely based on Channing Tatum's experiences as a young male stripper, it was the box office hit of late summer 2012. Hot, half-naked buff men thrusting on screen will do that, it seems. The tone of Magic Mike is set masterfully: In the first, like, two minutes, there's the one-two punch of Matthew McConaughey's Dallas, owner of club Xquisite, delivering the rules of the show to a room of screaming women in one of the most insane monologues he's ever given in film (and he was a nomadic poet in a Harmony Korine film, for chrissakes), followed by an unimpeded shot of Tatum's butt. This is what you call "cinéma."
Conversation Starter
Who are some of your favourite athletes?
Writing Prompt