Quote
"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
Abraham Lincoln
Joke
I've got a great joke about construction, but I'm still working on it.
Fun Fact
The longest wedding veil was the same length as 63.5 football fields.
When Maria Paraskeva, a woman from Cyprus, got married in August 2018, her goal wasn't just to say "I do." She was also determined to set a record.
"My dream as a child has always been to break the Guinness World Record title for the longest wedding veil," she explained. She fulfilled her dream by wearing a lace veil that stretched 22,843 feet and 2.11 inches, or as long as 63.5 football fields.
Reading Fact
Evidence also suggests that reading for just 30 minutes a week improves the health and wellbeing of people.
History Fact
Beginning in 1909 (and continuing into the 1970s), the Australian government instituted a policy of removing Aboriginal children from their parents and teaching them to reject their Aboriginality.
Movie/TV Trivia
There Will Be Blood Disrupted Shooting for No Country for Old Men
The two instant-classic pseudo-westerns of 2007 filmed in the same area of Marfa, Texas, around the same time, which created issues when a pyrotechnical test for There Will Be Blood created a huge smoke cloud that got into the shot for No Country For Old Men. Joel and Ethan Coen had to wait for it to dissipate before they could get back to shooting.
Movie/TV Quote
"What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss?"
No Country for Old Men, 2007
Conversation Starter
What is the weirdest food combination you’ve ever tried?
Writing Prompt
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