Quote
"If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor."
Eleanor Roosevelt
Joke
What did one flag say to the other? Nothing, it just waved.
Fun Fact
Hair and nails grow faster during pregnancy.
A surprising side effect of pregnancy is that nails and hair grow faster than usual. This is due to changes in hormones as well as increased blood circulation and metabolism supplying nutrients. According to Amy O'Connor, writing for What to Expect, a pregnant person's hair also "might feel thicker and look more shiny and healthy than usual." Though she warns that it can occasionally mean that the expecting "may suddenly sprout strands in places [they'd] rather not."
Reading Fact
Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Leicester was sold to Bill Gates for the equivalent of today’s $50.2 million.
Written in 1510, The Codex Leicester is a 72-page linen manuscript of Leonardo’s thoughts, theories and observations of the world. It came into Bill Gates’s possession in 1994, who then had it digitally scanned, and released some of the images as screen savers and wallpapers for Windows 98 Plus.
History Fact
In Ancient Greece, they believed redheads became vampires after death.
This was partly due to the fact that redheaded people are very pale skinned and sensitive to sunlight… unlike the bronze Mediterranean Greeks.
As well as the fact that a fair bit of vampire folklore existed within Greek mythology.
Movie/TV Trivia
The Russians made a movie version of The Hobbit in 1985 and it’s available on YouTube.
Movie/TV Quote
“Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.”
The Godfather Part II, 1974
Conversation Starter
When was the last time you had a food fight?
Writing Prompt
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