Quote
"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."
Walt Disney
Joke
Somebody stole all my lamps… I couldn’t be more de-lighted!
Fun Fact
The world wastes about 1 billion metric tons of food each year.
Food waste is a huge problem. How big? About 931 million metric tons. That's how much food that researchers with the United Nations estimate was wasted in 2019, according to the Food Waste Index Report 2021, which surveyed 54 countries, finding that the majority of wasted food (61%) comes from homes while restaurants and other food services produce 26% of wasted food. Grocery stores make up just 13% of food waste.
Reading Fact
John Steinbeck’s dog ate the original manuscript for Of Mice and Men.
Steinbeck’s beloved Irish setter named Toby was the first to consume Of Mice and Men. The dog, quite literally, chewed up half of the only manuscript of the classic.
In a letter to his agent, the dog-loving author was quite forgiving: “The poor little fellow may have been acting critically,” he explained.
History Fact
Adolf Hitler helped design the Volkswagen Beetle.
That’s right, the fella who gave a big thumbs up to the Holocaust also invented Herbie.
Nothing from your childhood is safe from Nazis.
Between Hitler and Ferdinand Porsche, the iconic and globally-loved Beetle was designed as part of a Hitler-revived German initiative to create “the people’s car” – an affordable and practical car that everyone could own.
In fact, the car manufacturer’s name “Volkswagen” translates to English as “People’s car”.
Movie/TV Trivia
Peter Ostrum, Charlie from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, never acted in another movie after that and is now a veterinarian.
Movie/TV Quote
“The stuff that dreams are made of.”
The Maltese Falcon, 1941
Conversation Starter
What food do you know you shouldn’t eat but can’t help yourself?
Writing Prompt
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