Quote
"Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough."
Richard P. Feynman
Joke
When a deaf person sees someone yawn do they think it’s a scream?
Fun Fact
Humans are the only animals that blush.
We are also believed to be the only animal that feels embarrassment—a complicated emotion requiring understanding others' opinions and other factors. Charles Darwin called blushing "the most peculiar and most human of all expressions," while Mark Twain said, "Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to."
Reading Fact
Reading fiction has been shown to enhance empathy by allowing readers to experience the perspectives and emotions of fictional characters.
History Fact
In early Rome a father could legally kill anyone in his family.
Movie/TV Trivia
Francis Ford Coppola would read passages of Heart of Darkness to Marlon Brando on the fractious set of Apocalypse Now after learning the actor had never read the source material.
Movie/TV Quote
"Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."
The Godfather, Part II, 1974
Although this line is variously attributed to Sun Tzu, Machiavelli and an Arabian proverb, this specific phrasing came straight from the pens of screenwriters Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola.
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