Quote
"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."
Benjamin Franklin
Joke
How do you get a squirrel to like you? Act like a nut.
Fun Fact
Humans are the only animals that blush.
We are also believed to be the only animal that feels embarrassment—a complicated emotion requiring understanding others' opinions and other factors. Charles Darwin called blushing "the most peculiar and most human of all expressions," while Mark Twain said, "Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to."
Reading Fact The M6 toll road in the UK was built on two and a half million copies of pulped fiction to prevent it from cracking.
The damaged and end-of-the-line Mills & Boon novels were shredded at a recycling firm in south Wales and later added to the paste. According to materials suppliers Tarmac, the pulp prevents cracks and helps absorb sound.
History Fact
Cleopatra was
She was part of the Ptolemy dynasty, who were derived from one of Alexander the Great’s generals, Ptolemy.
Her ancestors ruled over Egypt from the city of Alexandria. Named after… you guessed it, Alexander the Great.
Bonus fact about the Ptolemy dynasty: All male members of this dynasty were called Ptolemy. It makes learning about them really confusing.
Movie/TV Trivia
O.J. Simpson was nearly cast as the Terminator
We don’t think the franchise would have been nearly as popular if this casting had actually occurred…
O.J. Simpson is better known today for being found not-guilty of the double murder of his ex-wife Nicole Simpson and her lover Ron Goldman.
During the trial, Simpson’s long history domestic abuse, stalking and violence came to the public’s attention but in a shocking twist, the jury still found him innocent. Before the murders, Simpson was a popular football popular and actor – so popular, in fact that James Cameron considered casting him in Terminator.
Funnily enough, Cameron decided against the choice because he thought that Simpson was “too pleasant” to portray such a dark character! Simpson was known for being an extremely charming man on the surface and the director just didn’t think that he would be able to pull off the Terminator role. Cameron later explained: “This was when everybody loved him, and ironically that was part of the problem—he was this likable, goofy, kind of innocent guy.
“Plus, frankly, I wasn’t interested in an African-American man chasing around a white girl with a knife.”
Movie/TV Quote
“You talking to me?”
Taxi Driver, 1976
Conversation Starter
Time freezes for everyone but you for one day. What do you do?
Writing Prompt
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