Daily Quote
"Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears."
Albert Camus
Joke of the Day
What kind of tree fits in your hand?
A palm tree!
Fun Fact
There's a website that tracks the world's population in real time.
As of 2019, the overall human population is estimated to be more than 7.7 billion people. And if you want to watch that increase in real time, you can tune into the World Population Clock, which shows the upticks and downticks as babies are born and other people die. You can also see the current populations of different countries, including China (1,420,000,000+), India (1,368,000,000+), and the U.S. (329,000,000+).
History Fact
Write it Down
Since written accounts of history only began about 6,000 years ago, about 97% of human history is lost to the sands of time; modern humans first appeared around 200,000 years ago.
Movie/TV Trivia
In The Wolf of Wall Street, the actors snorted crushed vitamin powder whenever they had to look like they were snorting cocaine. Jonah Hill was hospitalized because of it.
Movie/TV Quote
"I am the motherfucker that found this place, sir."
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Conversation Starter
How old were you when you had your first job?
Writing Prompt
Weird Laws
Iowa
Imitation butter cannot be called butter or described with the words butter, creamery, or dairy, nor can you market it with images of dairy cows. It must be marketed as oleomargarine. Iowa does not tolerate Fake Butter.