Daily Quote
“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”
Marilyn Monroe
Joke of the Day
Two goats were munching on a movie script.
Goat 1: This is good!
Goat 2: The book was better.
Fun Fact
Restaurants can sing “Happy Birthday” now because the copyrights claims are invalid. Judge George H. King ruled that a copyright filed in 1935, granted only the rights to specific piano arrangements of the music, not the song itself.
History Fact
Animals were put on trial in medieval times and routinely sentenced to death.
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
"I volunteer as tribute."
Hunger Games (2012)
Conversation Starter
Do you like reality TV shows? Why or why not? If so, which ones?
Writing Prompt
Weird Laws
Iowa: No faking your butter
I Can’t Believe It’s Not A Misdemeanor! Any person who attempts to pass off margarine, oleo, or oleomargarine as real butter is guilty of a simple misdemeanor in the stat of Iowa, punishable by up to 30 days in jail and a $625 fine.