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Quote

“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain.”


Vivian Greene


Joke

I like European food so I decided to Russia over there because I was Hungary. After Czech'ing the menu I ordered Turkey. When I was Finnished I told the waiter 'Spain good but there is Norway I could eat another bite'


Fun Fact

Restaurants can sing “Happy Birthday” now because the copyrights claims are invalid. Judge George H. King ruled that a copyright filed in 1935, granted only the rights to specific piano arrangements of the music, not the song itself.


Reading Fact

India is the country that reads the most, with an average Indian reading 10.7 hours every week.


According to the 2005 BOP World Culture Score Index, an average Indian dedicates over 10 hours every week to reading. Thailand and China come second and third, with 9.24 and 8 hours per week respectively. In comparison, Americans read half as much, with only a little over 5 hours a week.


On the other hand, individuals in Korea, Japan and Taiwan fall to the bottom of the list – at just 3.1, 4.1, and 5 hours dedicated to reading per week, respectively.


History Fact

During World War II, Americans called hamburgers “liberty steaks”.

 

This was due to the fact that “hamburger” sounded a little bit too German!


Also, during World War I, sauerkraut was re-dubbed “liberty cabbage”.


Movie/TV Trivia

Orson Welles (Citizen Kane) voiced Unicron in The Transformers Movie (1986), his penultimate film role.


Movie/TV Quote

“My precious.”


The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers, 2002


Conversation Starter

Is teaching a skill that can be taught?


Writing Prompt

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