Quote
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Joke
Doctor: You're obese.
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Patient: For that I definitely want a second opinion.
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Doctor: You’re quite ugly, too.
Fun Fact
The Queen has some hidden hideaways.
Since the early 13th century, the city of London has officially paid rent to the Crown for two small pieces of property. Fortunately for the city, the price has stayed the same for more than 800 years: one knife, one ax, six horseshoes, and 61 nails, presented every autumn in the Ceremony of Quit Rents. Although one of these properties is located in the Moors in Shropshire and the other is near the Royal Courts of Justice in the city itself, no one knows the exact location of the Queen's land.
History Fact
Wake Up Call
Before modern technology made their profession all but obsolete, people would hire “knocker-ups” to wake them for work; these knocker-ups would generally tap a long stick at their clients’ windows. This still sounds better than being woken up by the default Apple alarm ring tone, to be honest.
Movie/TV Trivia
Fight Club and Choke author Chuck Palahnuik can be glimpsed ever so briefly in the final scene of the latter. He’s sitting next to Sam Rockwell on the plane.
Movie/TV Quote
"I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!"
The Wizard of Oz, 1939
Judy Garland became so attached to the little black Cairn Terrier who played Toto that she tried to adopt the pooch after filming ended. (His owner said no.) The dog, whose real name was Terry, was compensated well for his work: He got more than twice what the Munchkins received.
Conversation Starter
If you were on the run from the police for a crime you didn’t commit, where would you go?
Writing Prompt