Daily Quote
"The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence."
Denis Waitley
Joke of the Day
When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane
Fun Fact
The longest place name on the planet is 85 letters long.
People who live in Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya Hill, Australia, need a little patience when it comes to learning to spell their hometown's name. But you know what? So do the folks from Lake Chargoggagoggman-chauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg in Massachusetts and Tweebuffelsmeteen-skootmorsdoodgeskietfontein, South Africa.
None of them have quite as much work to do when jotting down their address as those who live in Taumatawhakatangihanga-koauauotamateaturipukakapikimaung-ahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, New Zealand, though. At 85 letters long, this is the longest place name in the world.
History Fact
In 1386, a pig was executed in France.
There wasn’t a great detail of civil rights in the Middle Ages, and as it turns out there weren’t a great of animal rights either. So much so that they were even subject to human justice.
One such case happened in Falaise, France, where a pig attacked a child’s face who went on to later die from their wounds.
The pig was arrested, kept in prison, and then sent to court where it stood trial for murder, was found guilty, and then executed by hanging!
Movie/TV Trivia
The Dark Knight made more money in its first six days in the US than Batman Begins made in its entire domestic run.
Movie/TV Quote
"They're here!"
Poltergeist, 1982
Conversation Starter
Who do you text the most?
Writing Prompt
Weird Laws
Ohio: Toilet paper in coal mines, please!
Operators of underground coal mines must provide “an adequate supply of toilet paper” with each toilet. It’s too bad the letter of the law here stops at coal mines.
Food Thing
The red food-coloring carmine — used in Skittles and other candies — is made from boiled cochineal bugs, a type of beetle.
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