February 2011
22 posts
“Don’t surrender your mind. If someone were to casually give your body away to...”
– Epictetus (via ludicrouslinds)
“Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them...”
– Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (via feeny-)
“Voldemort himself created his own worst enemy, just as tyrants everywhere do!...”
– Albus Dumbledore
Today's Random Fact
Today is the 61st birthday of the original Michael Phelps. Mark Spitz, an American swimmer, swam in the 1972 Munich Olympics and won a record-breaking 7 Gold Medals. This was the single Olympic Gold Medal record until 2008’s Athens games, at which Michael Phelps won eight.
Random Fact of the Day
The creator of Scooby-Doo originally envisioned the show as a scary show starring four teenagers and their unimportant dog aimed at teenage audiences. When he presented the idea to network executives, they felt it would be too scary for the audience and rejected the plot. On the trip home, the creator was struck with an idea. The dog could be given a voice and funny elements could be added to...
