Quote
"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."
Winston S. Churchill
Joke
Why are elevator jokes so classic and good? They work on many levels.
Fun Fact
Riding a roller coaster could help you pass a kidney stone.
After multiple people reported they had passed a kidney stone while riding Walt Disney World's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride, a research team from Michigan State University decided to investigate the phenomena in 2016. They conducted tests with a model kidney and found that there was a 64 percent kidney stone pass rate for those seated in the rear of the Thunder Mountain ride. That number was just 16 percent for those seated in the front.
Reading Fact
Stephen King’s Riding the Bullet was the world’s first mass-market ebook, available to download for just $2.50.
The book, published by Simon & Schuster, sold over 400,000 copies in just 24 hours after the release, causing the SoftLock server to jam. Some Stephen King fans waited for hours for the book to download, and the encryption caused countless computers to crash.
History Fact
Saddam Hussein was given the key to the city of Detroit.
Movie/TV Trivia
Armageddon
NASA shows this film during their management training program. New managers are given the task of trying to spot as many errors as possible. At least one hundred sixty-eight have been found.
Movie/TV Quote
"I'm walking here! I'm walking here!"
Midnight Cowboy, 1969
Fun Fact
This scene was improvised. Midnight Cowboy filmed in New York City so the taxi in the shot is an actual New York taxi. Remaining in character Hoffman yells at the driver and the scene made the cut in the film.
Conversation Starter
If you could have more friends, would you?
Writing Prompt
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