Quote
"You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated."
Maya Angelo
Joke
I decided to sell my vacuum cleaner—it was just gathering dust!
Fun Fact
Bees sometimes sting other bees.
Bees are notorious for their stings, but humans aren't the only ones who experience this pain in the neck (or the arm, or the leg…). In protecting their hives from outsiders, some "guard bees" will stay by the entrance and sniff the bees that come in, says Marianne Peso from the biology department of Macquarie University. If there's a rogue bee from another hive trying to steal some nectar, the guard bee will bite and even sting the intruder.
Reading Fact
Reading helps aid our sleep.
History Fact
Japanese samurais disemboweled themselves with their sword (an act known as seppuko) when in danger of being captured.
Movie/TV Trivia
Toy Story 2 Was Almost Deleted
A command entered in the "master machine" where the animation for Toy Story 2 was stored deleted 90 percent of the work the Pixar team had done on it. As Mental Floss describes, "A plan was quickly hatched to restore the data from a regular backup, which meant that only half a day of work would have been lost. But the backup system had failed. Pixar, incredibly, did not have a copy of the Toy Story 2 files on its servers." Fortunately, the film's technical director had a copy she had been working on from home, and much of it was restored.
Movie/TV Quote
"Why so serious?"
The Dark Knight, 2008
Conversation Starter
Have you ever had a dream where everyone was in their underwear?
Writing Prompt
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