Whitelist Recruitment - Share interesting quote or fun fact

"I am a good guy, that means I am not a bad guy."

"Find you'd die for, thats who you live for" - a quote from a song i cant remember, but i really liked it.

"Tomorrow always comes, and our journey begins anew"

Lulu Final fantasy 10 :)

"Today, a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration. That we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we're the imagination of ourselves! Here's Tom with the weather."

-Bill Hicks

I always have that one memorized for when anyone asks for a quote. The world sucks without Bill Hicks. RIP to the goat.

"All your base are belong to us!" No? Okay...
Here's a pro tip instead: when you go to the toilet to do a number two, you can avoid splashback by first putting a piece of toilet paper on the water. Don't believe me? Here's a sciency video to prove it!

Sound can be minus decibels. The quietest place on Earth is Microsoft’s anechoic chamber in Redmond, WA, USA, at -20.6 decibels. These anechoic chambers are built out of heavy concrete and brick and are mounted on springs to stop vibrations from getting in through the floor.

Don't remember the exact source, but I recently read a poem that had this verses that really stuck with me in it:

'Do you realize how much anger it has taken / for me to be this calm?'

“It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was Us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.”
― Terry Pratchett, Jingo

Chewing gum in many forms has existed since the Neolithic period. 5,000-year-old chewing gum made from birch bark tar, with tooth imprints, has been found in Kierikki in Finland. The tar from which the gums were made is believed to have antiseptic properties and other medicinal benefits.

“Have you also learned that secret from the river; that there is no such thing as time? That the river is everywhere at the same time, at the source and at the mouth, at the waterfall, at the ferry, at the current, in the ocean and in the mountains, everywhere and that the present only exists for it, not the shadow of the past nor the shadow of the future.”

― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

"If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere" – Zig Ziglar

If you speak the truth you dont need to remember the past -unknown

Hungry dogs are never loyal.

Kangaroo has 3 vaginas - fact

Heaven may be a beautiful place, but in Hell I have more friends! ("Lehet, hogy a Mennyország szép hely, de a Pokolban több az ismerős.") Hungarian quote!

A house cat can reach speeds of up to 30mph.

Hyraxes, a breed of African mammals superficially similar to marmots in appearance, have elephants and sea lions as their closest living relatives.

"Those who don't begin, don't finish."

Sadly, I don’t live by this quote.

About what happened in the garden at night
Only the samurai knows
and the ninja who killed him

“Rocks in my path? I keep them all. With them I shall build my castle.”
― Nemo Nox

Some of my favourites, not necceserally "serious":

"Result is irrelevant because the effort was there."

-xQc, 2020

"Jam a man of fortune, and J must seek my fortune."

-Henry Aeveries, 1994

Feelings About Ascension: Building Up

"Anger makes you impulsive, and sorrow causes you to waver. Always maintain control over your emotions."

When It Snows

"Only in the grip of winter do people truly appreciate the warmth of flames."

About Arlecchino: Perception

"Seeing yourself clearly is a difficult task indeed, perhaps even a thankless one. After all, they say those who lack adequate powers of self-perception often lead a happier existence"

-Arlecchino, 2023

“Angry people are not always wise.”
-Jane Austen, quote from Pride and Prejudice.

"Here is my secret, that cannot be more simpler:
Only with the heart you can truly see;
the essential is invisible to the eyes."

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, in his book "The Little Prince".

Fun Gaming Fact: Mario Was Originally a Carpenter, Not a Plumber

Before Mario was dodging sewer creatures, he was dodging barrels thrown by a giant ape. In "Donkey Kong," Mario was a carpenter, not a plumber. The switch to plumbing was probably a career upgrade, considering he went from fighting apes to rescuing princesses.

As for quote, I could come with hundreds of them, but here's one to think about that the author is unknown.

When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.