Jokes, great quotes, and fun facts — curated for grown-ups.
My mind seems to have become a machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts.
A man is but a product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.
Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.
You just can't beat the person who never gives up.
It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop.
A day on Venus is longer than its year: it takes 243 Earth-days to spin once, but only 225 to orbit the Sun.
A family went out for the whole day. While they were gone, a neighbor peeked through the window, saw the place completely turned upside d…
You'll never see a rainbow at high noon. They only appear when the sun sits below about 42° — so mornings and late afternoons.
Only female mosquitoes bite — they need the protein in blood to develop their eggs. Males just feed on flower nectar.
Australia's Nullarbor Plain stretches about 200,000 km² without a single tree — its Latin name literally means 'no trees.'
Mark Twain was born in 1835 when Halley's Comet appeared, and died in 1910 the next time it returned — exactly as he'd predicted.
What's it like being kissed by a vampire?
A Roman walks into a bar, holds up two fingers, and says, 'Five beers, please.'
How did the programmer die in the shower?
I asked my wife if I was the only one she's been with. She said, 'Yes — the others were at least sevens or eights.'
This morning I accidentally made my coffee with Red Bull instead of water. I was already on the highway when I realized I forgot my car a…
