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Quote

"Rules for happiness: Something to do, someone to love, something to hope for." 


Immanuel Kant


Joke

How does a cucumber become a pickle?


It goes through a jarring experience.


Fun Fact

There's a reason there's a hole in your pen caps.


And that's because they're a choking hazard without them. "In addition to help prevent the pen from leaking, all of our BIC caps comply with international safety standards that attempt to minimize the risk of children accidentally inhaling pen caps. Some of these vented caps … have a little hole in the top to comply with the existing safety standards," the BIC pen company explains on its website.


Reading Fact

43 million US adults possess low literacy skills. 


Although the literacy rate in America is 99%, only 79% have a literacy skill level of 2 or higher, according to PIAAC (Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies). In practice, this means around 21% have difficulty completing “tasks that require comparing and contrasting information, paraphrasing, or making low-level inferences.” 


History Fact

I Knew Giants Were Real


Giants were a big part of Ancient Greek Mythology, and their existence was “proved” to the Greeks by enormous bones that could be found buried throughout the mountainous landscape. These “giant bones” were probably very convincing, although today we know that they were likely the bones of wooly mammoths and mastodons that can still be found all over the country.


Movie/TV Trivia

Dan Akroyd’s original script for Ghostbusters was set in a future where Ghostbusters were everyday figures of society like paramedics and firemen.


Movie/TV Quote

“You know, it’s funny...when you look at someone through rose-colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags.”


Bojack Horseman


Conversation Starter

Who’s your biggest hero?


Writing Prompt

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