Quote
"An unexamined life is not worth living."
Socrates
Joke The quickest way to make antifreeze? Just steal her blanket!
Fun Fact
Sliced bread was first manufactured by machine and sold in the 1920s by the Chillicothe Baking Company in Missouri. It was the greatest thing since…unsliced bread?
Reading Fact
Sixteen-year-olds who read books for pleasure outside of school hours are more likely to secure professional, managerial jobs in later life.
History Fact
Patriotic Debt
Girard isn’t the only financial hero in American history. Businessman and broker Haym Salomon was responsible for raising most of the money needed to finance the American Revolution and later to save the new nation from collapse. Salomon personally leant George Washington $650,000 ($16 million in 2013 dollars).
Movie/TV Trivia
The Mummy
Brendan Fraser nearly died during a scene where his character is hanged. Rachel Weisz remembered, "He stopped breathing and had to be resuscitated."
Movie/TV Quote
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"
Dr. Strangelove, 1964
Conversation Starter
What is your funniest memory of our dates?
Writing Prompt
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