Lady Gaga in China

Lady Gaga has been banned from performing in China after meeting the Dalai Lama in 2016.

Unusual fraudster

A Polish environmental charity put a SIM card in a GPS tracker to follow the migratory pattern of a white stork.They lost track of the stork and later received a phone bill of $2,700;someone in Sudan had taken the SIM from the tracker and made over 20 hours of calls.

Quote on famous people

It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour.-Lillian Hellman

James Buchanan

U.S. President James Buchanan regularly bought slaves in Washington ,D.C and quietly frèed them in Pennsylvania.

Quote from Lillian Hellman

Things start out as hopes and end up as habits.-Lillian Hellman

Quote from Lillian Hellman

Nobody outside of a baby carriage or a judge's chamber believes in an unprejudiced point of view.-Lillian Hellman

Song by Harry Styles that you like

Watermelon Sugar-song by Harry Styles

Quote on success

Success isn't everything but it makes a man stand straight.-Lillian Hellman(1909-1984)

Quote on lonely people

Lonely people,in talking to each other,can make each other lonelier.-Lillian Hellman

Quote from Lillian Hellman

You lose your manners when you are poor.-Lillian Hellman(1905-1984)

Eating snow

Yellow snow isn't the only kind you shouldn't eat.Recent studies suggest that all snow can be harmful because it attracts particles from car exhaust fumes like a magnet.Basically,when you eat snow,you're consuming a pollution popsicle.

Eradication effort of cobras

British India tried to get rid of cobras by offering a reward for captured snakes.Locals started breeding cobras and giving them to the government to collect the reward.The British found out and stopped the program.The breeders then released their snakes causing the population to increase.

Misophonia

Misophonia-A strong dislike of certain sounds,especially those of other people chewing and slurping.

More about lucky Violet Jessop

Lucky Violet Jessop(1887- who survived three shipping disasters on the Britannic,the Olympic and the Titanic was born on October 2,19887,near Bahia Blanca,Argentina.Violet Constance Jessop was the oldest daughter of Irish immigrants William and Katherine Jessop.She was the first of nine children,six of whom survived.Jessop spent much of her childhood caring for her younger siblings.She became very ill as a child with what is presumed to have been tuberculosis,which she survived despite doctors' predictions that her illness would be fatal.When Jessop was 16 years old,her father died due to complications from surgery and her family moved to England.Jessop often winkingly called 'Miss Unsinkable'died of congestive heart failure in 1971 at the age of 83.

Lucky Violet Jessop

Violet Jessop(1887-1971)was one lucky ship nurse.She served on each of the three 'sisters':Titanic,Britannic and Olympia.While she was on board,the Olympic collided with a warship and nearly sank.The Titanic hit an iceberg and sank in 1912,the Britannic hit an underwater mine and sank.Violet survived all three.

Quote from Noam Chomsky

You take my water,burn my olive trees,destroy my house,take my job,steal my land,imprison my father,kill my mother,bombard my country,starve us all,humiliate us all but I am to blame:I shot a rocket back.-Noam Chomsky

Quote from Adrienne Rich

Every journey into the past is complicated by delusions,false memories,false namings of real events.- Adrienne Rich,poet.

Calcium

Vitamin D is needed to absorb calcium into the bloodstream.

Getting drunk

Getting drunk brings out something closer to our true personalities,according to researchers from the University of Missouri.Alcohol doesn't cause us to change who we are.We just become less self-conscious and more extroverted.

Gardening tip

Basil and tomatoes are soulmates on and off the plate!When you plant basil and tomatoes together,the basil repels insects,helps the tomato plant produce more fruit,and more flavorful fruit !

Quote from Steve Maraboli

I have come to accept the bumpy roads of life;they seem to lead to the best places.-Steve Maraboli

Quote from Mason Cooley

Victorian sorrow: the stars are winking in the sky,but not for us.-Mason Cooley

Quote from William Randolph Hearst

Putting out a newspaper without a promotion is like winking at a girl in the dark--well-intentioned,but ineffective.-William Randolph Hearst

Quote on art

Art must be parochial in the beginning to be cosmopolitan in the end.-George A.Moore

Quote from Esther Perel

Trouble looms when monogamy is no longer a free expression of loyalty but a form of enforced compliance.-Esther Perel

Quote from Rita Mae Brown

Monogamy is contrary to nature but necessary for the greater social good.-Rita Mae Brown

Quote from Adam Phillips

Monogamy is a way of getting the versions of ourselves down to the minimum.-Adam Phillips

Quote from William Butler Yeats

From our birthday,until we die,is but the winking of an eye.-William Butler Yeats

Quote on hard work

Hard work is damn near as overrated as monogamy.-Huey Long

Quote from Erica Jong

We are finally driven to monogamy not by morality but by exhaustion.-Erica Jong

Quote on bigamy

Bigamy is having one wife too many.Monogamy is the same.-Oscar Wilde

Quote from Warren Beatty

Marriage requires a special talent,like acting.Monogamy requires genius.-Warren Beatty

Quote on monogamy

Monogamy is like a 40-watt bulb.It works,but it's not enough.-John Patrick Shanley

Quote from Margaret Mitchell

With enough courage,you can do without a reputation.-Margaret Mitchell

Great quote on good news

Good news is rare these days,and every glittering ounce of it should be cherished and hoarded and worshipped and fondled like a priceless diamond.-Hunter S.Thompson

Quote from Annie Besant

It is not monogamy when there is one legal wife,and mistresses out of sight.-Annie Besant

Quote from Nora Ephron

If you're looking for monogamy,you'd better marry a swan.-Nora Ephron

Quote from Steve Sailer

Monogamy is a huge time-saver.-Steve Sailer

Quote from Rita Rudner

Men would like monogamy better if it sounded less like monotony.-Rita Rudner

Quote from William Carlos Williams

Beauty is defiance of authority.-William Carlos Williams

Another rare Bill Haley song you like

Piccadilly Circus-song by Bill Haley and His Comets.

Quote from Adrienne Rich

Until we know the assumptions in which we are drenched,we cannot know ourselves.-Adrienne Rich,poet.

An obscure song from Bill Haley and The Comets that you like

Happy Baby-song by Bill Haley and His Comets.

Quote from Adrienne Rich

It is important to possess a short-term pessimism and a long-term optimism.-Adrienne Rich

An obscure 1954 song that I like

I'll Be True To You(1954)- song by Bill Haley.

Cupid's kettle drums

Cupid's kettle drums-Victorian slang for breasts.

Got the morbs

Got the morbs-Victorian slang for temporary sadness.

Gigglemug

Gigglemug-Always smiling.

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

The vocabulary of an omniscient man would embrace words and images excluded from polite conversation.What could be base,or even obscene,to the obscene becomes illustrious,spoken in a new connexion of thought.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote from L.Dean Murphy

Writers go to bed with a dozen people---and wake with one new chapter.-L.Dean Murphy,Bookreporter.com

Quote from Sarah Manguso

Inner beauty can fade too.-Sarah Manguso

Quote on the unemployed

The longer people are unemployed,the less employable they become.Skills become rusty;managers look more suspiciously at someone who has been out of work for years than a candidate being employed.-Nina Easton,journalist.

Quote from Emo Philips

I'm not Catholic,but I gave up picking my belly button for lint.-Emo Philips

Quote from Al Yankovic

Maybe I'll make a huge color tapestry from my belly button lint.-Al Yankovic

Quote from Rodney Dangerfield

She was so fat that her belly button makes an echo.-Rodney Dangerfield

Quote on government pensions

Government pensions,built into law and mostly protected from stock market vagaries,are the envy of the private sector.-Nina Easton

Quote on great leaders

Great leaders don't rush to blame.They instinctively look for solutions.-Nina Easton(born 1958),American journalist.

Quote from Nina Easton

The discovery of heroes is rarely linear or obvious.They usually sneak up on you.-Nina Easton(born 1958)

Quote on the new elites

The new elites have no allegiances to nation states and don't care about the damage they do to the workers,the environment,or the rest of humanity.They are unhinged sociopaths,far removed from what the Occupy Movement called the '99 percent.'-Henry Giroux

Quote on wingnuts

A wingnut is someone on the far-right wing or far-left wing of the political spectrum-the professional partisans,the unhinged activists and the paranoid conspiracy theorists.They're the people who always try to divide rather than unite us.-John Avlon

Quote from Margaret Atwood

When you're unhinged,things make their way out of you that should be kept inside,and other things get in that ought to be shut out.The locks lose their powers.The guards go to sleep.The passwords fail.-Margaret Atwood

Quote on reading

Reading should not be presented to children as a chore,a duty.It should be offered as a gift.-Charles Scribner,Jr,Princetonbookreview.com

Quote from Nikita Gill

You are damaged and broken and unhinged.But so are shooting stars and comets.-Nikita Gill

Electric car sales

In April 2021 electric cars make up only 2 % of all car sales in the U.S.

Quote from Paul Theroux

A society without jaywalkers might indicate a society without artists.-Paul Theroux

Quote from Gaylord Perry

There is a difference between jaywalking and larceny.-Gaylord Perry

Quote from Adrienne Rich

All wars are useless to the dead.-Adrienne Rich

Zen proverb

Obstacles don't block the path.They are the path.-Zen proverb

Quote from Paul Brown

When you win,say nothing.When you lose,say less.-Paul Brown

Quote from Alan Watts

A scholar tries to learn something every day.A student of Buddhism tries to unlearn something every day.-Alan Watts

Strange pet kills owner

In 2005,a South African man and farm owner Marius Els,adopted a baby hippo after rescuing it from a river.6 years later after years of bonding between the two,the hippopotamus dragged him into that same river and killed him.

Honourable president

Jose Mojica was the President of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015.He donated 90% of his salary to educate poor children and himself lived in a small house.

Minnie Cox

After Minnie Cox,the first black female postmaster was pressured out of her post in Mississippi,President Theodore Roosevelt continued to pay her salary and punished the town by rerouting their mail 30 miles away until they gave her back the position.

Numerical oddity

2520 is the smallest number that can be exactly divided by all the numbers from 1 to 10 and it was discovered by Indian mathematician S.Ramanujan

Talented American musician

Isaiah Grass is a very talented American musician.Visit his website at https://isiahgrassmusic.com

Big retailer

Wal-Mart is the biggest retailer in the U.S. in 2020.

Road fatalities in India

In 2019 alone,India reported over 151 thousand fatalities due to road accidents.That is more than the entire population of Prince Edward Island killed in one year.

Miami

Miami hired the world's first Chief Heat Officer in May 2021.

Pilots and co -pilots

The pilot and co-pilot of a flight never eat the same meals in case one causes food poisoning.

Quote from William Butler Yeats

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.- William Butler Yeats

Quote from Bono

The world is more malleable than you think and it's waiting for you to hammer it into shape.-Bono

Great song from 1974 that you like

Don't Stay Away Too Long(1974)-song by Peters and Lee.

Male fruitflies

Male fruitflies seek out alcohol when sexually rejected.

Underwater tennis

The world's first underwater tennis stadium is in Dubai.

Brazilian Grape tree

The Brazilian Grape tree grows its fruit directly on the trunk.

A song from 1957 that you like

A Tangled Mind(1957)-song by Hank Snow.

Old song that you like

Slow Boat To China-song by Bing Crosby and Peggy Lee.

A song by Perry Como that you like

Accentuate The Positive-song by Perry Como

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

The martyr cannot be dishonored.Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame,every prison a more illustrious abode.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote from Lauren DeStefano

Hope,that risky,illustrious thing.It should have gone extinct by now ,but we keep it alive.-Lauren DeStefano

Quote from Nina Easton

Fame legitimizes.Being conspicuous gets confused with being illustrious.-Nina Easton

Quote on summer

Summer is a promissory note signed in June,its long days spent and gone before you know it,and due to be repaid next January.-Hal Borland

Henrietta Lacks

Henrietta Lacks(1920-1951) died in 1951.The tumor that killed her has been alive and growing to this day.The tumor is immortal and was used to progress the polio vaccine and is the jumping point for most human cell research.

Forcing left-handed children to change

Forcing left-handed children to write with their right hands is not in any way innocuous or helpful.It is actually harmful to their developing brains and can result in dyspepsia,stuttering and other learning or speech disorders.

Another brand of olive oil that you consumed in April 2021

In April 2021 you finished consuming a 1 Litre glass bottle of CASSANDRA Extra-virgin olive oil.Packed in Italy .-Of European Union origin.This olive oil was quite good.

Greek olive oil brand that you consumed in April 2021

In April 2021 you bought and finished consuming a 1 Litre plastic bottle of HERMES-OLIVE POMACE OIL(Huile d'olives de Grignons).This olive oil was delicious.---Olive Pomace oil is ideal for stir-frying,basting and deep-frying.

Lobotomy gone wrong

After her lobotomy American president John Kennedy,,JFK's sister Rosemary Kennedy transformed from a bubbly,emotional,and assertive woman to a functioning vegetable who could only grunt,shriek,or scream.So much for psychiatrists.

Extraordinary R.Norris Williams proved doctors wrong.

The extraordinary R.Norris Williams(1891-1968) proved the doctors wrong.R.Norris Williams survived the Titanic sinking in 1912 but spent so much time submerged in the icy Atlantic ocean that doctors wanted to amputate his legs on rescue ship Carpathia.He refused the amputation,recovered and went to win the U.S. Tennis Championship that very same year.Incredible!

Quote from Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Christianity has made martyrdom sublime,and sorrow triumphant.-Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Quote on matrimony

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.-Karl Kraus

Quote from Chuck Palahniuk

The only difference between suicide and martyrdom is press coverage.-Chuck Palahniuk

Quote from Robertson Davies

Any theology understands martyrdom,but only the martyr experiences the fire.-Robertson Davies

Quote on photograph

A photograph is a writing of the light.-C.D.Wright

Quote on writing

Writing is a solitary occupation.Family,friends and society are the natural enemies of the writer.He must be alone,uninterrupted and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking.-Jessamyn West

Quote from Ed Bliss

Once you start something,finish it.Don't accumulate a backlog of unfinished projects.-Ed Bliss

Quote from Norman Cousins

Your heaviest artillery will be your will to live.Keep that big gun going.-.-Norman Cousins

Quote on beauty contests

There is no such thing as a beauty contest--Beauty is noncompetitive.Beauty of any kind stands alone,unmatched,inimitable,uncontested.-Edna Robinson

Quote from Robert Bresson

The true is inimitable,the false untransformable.-Robert Bresson

Quote on folly

Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.-Lord Byron

Quote from Mark Twain

Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins.-Mark Twain

Great quote from John Muir

Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.-John Muir

Anecdote about actor Robert Pattinson

Actor Robert Pattinson dealt with an obsessed fan who had been camping outside his apartment by taking her out on a dinner date." I just complained about everything in my life,and she never came back."

Quote from Robert Townsend

Getting there isn't half the fun- it's all the fun.-Robert Townsend

Quote from Doris Lessing

Whatever you're meant to do,do it now.The conditions are always impossible.-Doris Lessing

Marilyn Monroe's death

Following Marilyn Monroe's death,Joe DiMaggio was so devastated that he delivered roses to her grave three times a week for over 20 years,never remarried,and his last words were " I'll finally get to see Marilyn."

Ben Affleck

Bennifer-what Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez were known as when they were a couple.

FOGI

FOGI-fear of getting involved.

FOMO

FOMO-fear of missing out.

Opossum is nature's pest control and clean-up crew

The opossum is naturally immune to rabies.Just one opossum eats up to 5,000 ticks per year.Opossums can't catch or carry Lyme disease.Opossums also eat insects,spiders,rodents and dead stuff!

Denmark

In Denmark,the law requires owners of large farmland to plant 5% of their land with flowers for bees.

Quote from George Henry Lewes

In complex trains of thought signs are indispensable.-George Henry Lewes

Quote from Milton Friedman

Unemployment is ----a side effect of the cure for inflation.-Milton Friedman

Quote from Timothy Leary

There are three side effects of acid:enhanced long-term memory,short-term memory,and I forget the third.-Timothy Leary

Quote from George Carlin

Can placebos cause side effects?If so,are the side effects real?-George Carlin

Zen proverb

Let go or be dragged.-Zen proverb

Quote from Joseph Conrad

A train of thought is never false.The falsehood lies deep in the necessities of existence.-Joseph Conrad

Quote from Toni Morrison

I'm gonna stay out here on the margin,and let the center look for me.-Toni Morrison

Quote from Andrew J.Bacevich

If you want to go bomb somebody,there's remarkably little discussion about how much it might cost you.But when you have a discussion about whether or not we can assist suffering people,then suddenly we become very cost-conscious.-Andrew J.Bacevich,American historian.

Chinese saying

Any medicine is 30% poison.-Chinese saying

Quote from Elizabeth Kubler Ross

The most beautiful people I've known are those who have known trials,have known struggles,have known loss,and have found their way out of the depths.-Elizabeth Kubler Ross

Quote from Nietzsche

He who delights in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.-Nietzsche

Quote from Agatha Christie

The first time you do a thing is always exciting.-Agatha Christie

Quote on solitude and loneliness

Loneliness is not solitude.Solitude requires being alone whereas loneliness shows itself most sharply in company with others.-Hannah Arendt

Anecdote about Richard Branson in 2010

Richard Branson once lost a bet with Air Asia CEO Tony Fernandes on the winner of the 2010 F1 Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi.The loser had to work as a female flight attendant on the winner's airline.

Richie Ashburn in 1957

In 1957 Richie Ashburn hit a foul ball into the stands that struck spectator Alice Roth,a sports reporter's wife,breaking her nose.When play resumed Ashburn fouled off another ball that struck her while she was being carried off in a stretcher.

Clinomania

Clinomania-The desire to lay in bed all day.