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Quote

"Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air."


Ralph Waldo Emerson


Joke

If a child refuses to sleep during nap time, are they guilty of resisting a rest?


Fun Fact

There's a giant fish with a transparent head.

 

The deepest levels of our oceans are some of the least explored areas of the planet. Because of the extreme pressure, cold, and dark at these depths, only the very strangest of creatures can survive there. These include giant tube worms, vampire squids, goblin sharks, and viperfish with teeth so long that they can't close their mouths. Perhaps the strangest, though, is the barreleye, a large fish with a completely transparent head.


Reading Fact

The first-ever “Harry Potter” was a short story published in communist Poland in 1972.


The boy who lived has, in fact, lived ever since 19 March 1972, when literary magazine Życie Literackie published a short story titled “Harry Potter”. The author – Jan Rostworowski – was a Polish writer and poet who, as a soldier of the Polish Army, spent twenty-eight years in Great Britain.


Rostworowski’s text tells a story of a seventeen-year-old Harry whose life is much more muggle-like than that of his namesake. In fact, his life is rather ordinary – as a shopkeeper, he delivers the original Cracovian sausage and pickles. And in the end – he suddenly vanishes.


History Fact

Peter the Great executed his wife's lover, then forced her to keep her lover's head in a jar of alcohol in her bedroom.


Movie/TV Trivia

Toto Earned More Than the Munchkins on The Wizard of Oz

 

A lot more, in fact. The canine actor earned $125 per week for his efforts, while the actors playing the Munchkins brought in just $50 a week.


Movie/TV Quote

"May the Force be with you." 


Star Wars, 1977


Conversation Starter

If you had the opportunity to invent a new ice cream flavor, what would it be?


Writing Prompt

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