There are libraries in Los Angeles that let kids read to pay off their late fees. Each hour a child spends reading at county-run libraries knocks $5 off their account. Library staff say at least 100 kids each week read away their debt, and 3,500 suspended accounts were cleared during the first 6 months of the program. Source Source 2
The world has an international language. It’s based on a mix of English, German, French, and Spanish, has just 16 rules, and each letter has only one pronunciation. It was created in 1887 by a Polish doctor, who named it Esperanto –meaning ‘hope'– because he hoped it could bring the world together. Source Source 2
Count Dooku and Grand Moff Tarkin were best friends in real life. Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing were in 24 movies together, and they once got kicked out of a movie theatre for laughing too hard while watching Looney Toons.
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5-year-old Sophia Chiappalone was born with a heart defect and wasn’t expected to live past age 2. All she wanted before her 4th open heart surgery was to ‘marry’ her best friend, Hunter, so her mom gave them a 'wedding’ photo shoot. “Most people wait a lifetime for someone who wouldn’t stand by them through such illness,” she said, but Sophia “met a best friend and love of her life at 3 who does.” Source Source 2