Quote
"Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved."
D. H. Lawrence
Joke
Did you hear about the circus fire? It was in tents.
Fun Fact
Plastic Easter eggs and plastic Easter grass were invented by a man who holds more patents than Thomas Edison.
If you've ever enjoyed an Easter basket with plastic eggs and grass, then you can thank Donald Weder, the man who invented both. Weder not only holds the patents on these holiday staples, he also holds a total of 1,413 U.S. patents—including ones for water-based inks, flower-pot covers, and decorative wrappers. That's compared to Thomas Edison, who held just 1,093 U.S. patents.
Reading Fact
The word library comes from Latin liber – the inner bark of trees – and was first used in written form in the 14th century.
In Old English – the earliest historical form of the English language, spoken in the early Middle Ages – “book hoards” (from Old English bōchord) were what we know as libraries or collections of books today.
History Fact
African-American men were not deemed equal members of the Mormon Church until 1978.
Movie/TV Trivia
Harry Potter Has Brit Rock Cameos
The Harry Potter franchise boasts basically every British character actor in film, but it also squeezed in some British rock stars, too. In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, The Weird Sisters include Pulp members Jarvis Cocker and Steve Mackey as well as Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood and Phil Selway.
Movie/TV Quote
"They call me Mister Tibbs!"
In the Heat of the Night, 1967
Conversation Starter
If you never had to eat one vegetable, which would it be?
Writing Prompt
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