Quote of the day 9th January

"In order to succeed, you must first be willing to fail."
Anonymous

Facts of the day: 9th of January

1. The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of 5 Megabytes
2. Sixteen percent fewer girls than boys reported ever talking to their parents about science and technology issues
3. In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere
4. Donald Duck’s middle name is Fauntleroy
5. The first movie to use sound was "The Jazz Singer," released in 1927: the first words, spoken by Al Jolson, were: "Wait a minute, you ain't heard nothing yet."

Quote of the day 8th January

It is never too late to be what you might have been
-George Elliot

Facts of the day: 8th of January

1. The word "toy" comes from an old English word that means "tool."
2. Five thousandths of a millimeter is the tolerance of accuracy at the LEGO mould factories
3. A chicken with red earlobes will produce brown eggs, and a chicken with white earlobes will produce white eggs
4. The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar an England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes
5. In Belgium, there is a museum just for strawberries

Quote of the day 7th January

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.
-Robert Louis Stevenson

Facts of the day: 7th of January

1. 80% of all pictures on the internet are of naked women
2. Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined
3. 30% of Chinese adults live with their parents
4. "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you"
5. The original title of Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice was First Impression

Quote of the day: 6th Jan

"Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently."
- Henry Ford