Quote
"Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is."
Vince Lombardi
Joke
Why didn't the cat go to the vet? He was feline fine!
Fun Fact
Three presidents, all Founding Fathers—John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe—died on July 4. Presidents Adams and Jefferson also died the same year, 1826; President Monroe died in 1831. Coincidence? You decide.
Reading Fact
The University of Ottawa demonstrated that people who scored highest on the PISA test (a Canadian school test which includes assessment on reading) were the most engaged university students.
History Fact
No Autocorrect
In 1962, a programmer omitted a single hyphen in the code for the Mariner I rocket, causing it to explode shortly after take off. This typo cost NASA the equivalent of $630 million dollars today.
Movie/TV Trivia The Theory Of Everything
Eddie Redmayne met with Stephen Hawking only once before filming. "In the three hours I spent with him, he said maybe eight sentences," recalls Redmayne. "I just didn't feel like I could ask him intimate things." Therefore, he found other ways to prepare for the role. He lost about 15 pounds and trained for four months with a dancer to learn how to control his body. He met with 40 ALS patients, kept a chart tracking the order in which Hawking's muscles declined, and stood in front of a mirror for hours on end, contorting his face. Lastly, he remained motionless and hunched over between takes, so much so that an osteopath told him he had altered the alignment of his spine. "I fear I'm a bit of a control freak," Redmayne admits. "I was obsessive. I'm not sure it was healthy."
Movie/TV Quote
"Greed, for lack of a better word, is good."
Wall Street, 1987
Conversation Starter
What is the most difficult thing you’ve ever done?
Writing Prompt
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