Quote
“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
C.S. Lewis
Joke
Why did the old man fall in the well? Because he couldn't see that well.
Fun Fact
In order to protect themselves from poachers, African Elephants have been evolving without tusks, which unfortunately also hurts their species.
History Fact
In 1788 the Austrian army attacked itself and lost 10,000 men.
Movie/TV Trivia
Three Major Horror Franchises Were Inspired by the Same Serial Killer
It takes one particularly terrifying creep to inspire Hannibal Lecter, Norman Bates, and Leatherface, but that's the legacy left by horrifying serial killer Ed Gein. When he was finally caught and his house of horrors in Plainfield, Wisconsin, discovered, police found masks and lampshades made from human skin, among plenty of other atrocities. His astonishing depravity proved a source of creative inspiration.
Movie/TV Quote
"Love means never having to say you're sorry."
Love Story, 1970
Fun fact:
Two years later Ryan O'Neal will hear this line again in the film What's Up Doc when Barbara Streisand says it to his character and respond, "That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard."
Conversation Starter
If your friend is sad, what do you do to make them feel better?
Writing Prompt
What are the unifying characteristics of the top 3 people I most want to emulate?
Weird Laws
Registering as Married at a Hotel in North Carolina Makes It So
Let's say a man and a woman walk into a hotel in North Carolina, request to share a room, and claim they are married. By common law marriage rules in the state, that man and woman would legally be married.
As the couple "outwardly present themselves as husband and wife to the public," they are deemed a common law marriage, that is honoured and valid in North Carolina.
Should you find yourself in need of a hotel room for the night, you may want to fess up if you aren't a married couple.