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Quote

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”


Mark Twain


Joke

An old grandma brings a bus driver a bag of peanuts every day.

First the bus driver enjoyed the peanuts but after a week of eating them he asked: "Please granny, don't bring me peanuts anymore. Have them yourself.".

The granny answers: "You know, I don't have teeth anymore. I just prefer to suck the chocolate around them."


Fun Fact

Chinese police use geese squads.

You've heard of police dogs, but police geese? As of 2013, 12 police stations in a rural area of China have begun to use geese as sentries. They are alert animals and, as you probably know, can create a lot of noise and commotion, which creative Chinese law enforcement officers are taking advantage of. While this trend has yet to spread throughout China, Dongwan police claim that the geese have already stopped at least one theft.


History Fact

Your Great-Great-Great-Great Grandfather Was a Mass Murderer

Over the course of his massively powerful campaigning around Asia and Europe, Genghis Khan killed an estimated 40 million people—that was 10% of the world’s population. But he’s also pretty much everyone’s common ancestor, so all that killing and maiming balances out…right?


Movie/TV Trivia

Among Patrick Bateman’s neighbours in the novel of American Psycho is one Tom Cruise (see also #66)


Movie/TV Quote

"After all, tomorrow is another day!"

Gone With the Wind, 1939

Though the screenplay, which went through numerous revisions, has four credited writers, this line is lifted directly from the book, where it is the closing line of the novel.


Conversation Starter

What flavor of ice cream do you wish existed?


Writing Prompt

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