Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Author Mitch Albom wrote Tuesdays with Morrie to help pay for Morrie's medical bills. The book spent four years on the New York Times Bestseller list and is the most successful memoir ever published, so we're guessing it paid the bills. (Source.)
Tuesdays With Morrie was turned into a TV movie in 1999. Directed by Oprah Winfrey, the film received a Golden Globe nomination and won four Emmy awards. (Source.)
The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Society Of Canada cites Tuesdays With Morrie as a resource for families and patients coping with ALS. It's that good. (Source.)