Quote
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose."
Dr. Seuss
Joke
I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down!
Fun Fact
The first computer was invented in the 1940s.
These days, supercomputers are everywhere—and they really don't need much space at all. Have an Xbox One posted up in your living room? That's a supercomputer. A laptop-tablet hybrid in your bag? That's a supercomputer, too. (Don't even get us started on the thing in your pocket…) But when supercomputers first came around, they needed much, much more space. Just take a look at the world's first one: The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC).
Originally built at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering, in 1946, ENIAC weighed 60,000 pounds and took up a room larger than most studio apartments (1,500 square feet). Shortly after construction, ENIAC was sent off to the military, where it was used to calculate ballistic trajectories (translation: launch missiles) with frightening accuracy. Today, computer experts at Penn credit ENIAC with heralding in the "dawn of the information age."
Reading Fact
Studies have shown that when we are exposed to a greater range of diverse perspectives and motivations, it increases our emotional intelligence.
History Fact
In Medieval times the accused often faced a "trial by ordeal," where they were forced to stick their arm into a vat of boiling water. If their arm emerged unscathed, it was believed God protected them, thus proving their innocence.
Movie/TV Trivia
Taxi Driver was written in a few days
Taxi Driver is widely considered to be one of the greatest films in movie history. So you might be surprised to learn that screenwriter Paul Schrader completed the script in a matter of days!
He once told The Hollywood Reporter: “I crashed at an ex-girlfriend’s place, and I just wrote continuously. The first draft was maybe 60 pages, and I started the next draft immediately, and it took less than two weeks.” Wow!
Schrader drew heavily on his own experiences in order to write the movie: “I had a series of things falling apart, a breakdown of my marriage, a dispute with the AFI, I lost my reviewing job. I didn’t have any money and I took to drifting, more or less living in my car, drinking a lot, fantasizing. The Pussycat Theater in L.A. would be open all night long, and I’d go there to sleep.”
Movie/TV Quote
"Just keep swimming"
Finding Nemo, 2003
Conversation Starter
What is your favourite celebrity scandal?
Writing Prompt
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