Quote
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart."
Helen Keller
Joke
Why don't eggs tell jokes? They'd crack each other up.
Fun Fact
The feeling of getting lost inside a mall is known as the Gruen transfer.
We've all heard how casinos are designed to deliberately disorient visitors, causing them to lose track of time and where exactly they are. But did you know that there's a similar strategy behind the design of shopping malls as well? Officially known as the "Gruen transfer," this phenomenon was named after Austrian architect Victor Gruen, who identified how an intentionally confusing layout could lead to consumers spending more time and money in a shopping venue (though he would later disavow the approach).
Reading Fact
Reading increases your general knowledge
History Fact
Cleopatra was the first member of her dynasty to speak Ancient Egyptian.
Ancient Egyptian is considered one of the most difficult languages to master in history.
Well, Cleopatra was able to master it.
Along with 8 other languages including: Ancient Greek, Ancient Iranian, Ancient Parthian, Syriac, Ethiopian, Troglodytae, Hebrew and Arabic.
Movie/TV Trivia
The velociraptors in Jurassic Park are actually tortoises
Whilst the T-Rex gets all the attention in Jurassic Park, it’s really the velociraptors that used to make our skin crawl. That terrifying noise they used to make whilst hunting in packs was the stuff of nightmares, but maybe someone should have told us at the time what that sound really was.
Apparently, the velociraptor noise in Jurassic Park is actually a recording of two tortoises mating!
Sound designer Gary Rystrom explained all about the decision to use frisky tortoises: “It’s somewhat embarrassing, but when the raptors bark at each other to communicate, it’s a tortoise having sex. It’s a mating tortoise! I recorded that at Marine World … the people there said, ‘Would you like to record these two tortoises that are mating?’” Meanwhile, the sound of the T-Rex came from Rydstrom’s tiny Jack Russell terrier, Buster. Rydstrom has used his pet in several films, including the Alien franchise.
He also used a baby elephant noise to pull of the sound of the T-Rex screaming. Who knew?!
Movie/TV Quote
“Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads.”
Back to the Future, 1985
Conversation Starter
If you could call up anyone in the world and have a one hour conversation, who would you call?
Writing Prompt
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