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Today's Dippit!

Quote “Make each day your masterpiece.”


John Wooden


Joke

What do you call a super articulate dinosaur? A Thesaurus


Fun Fact

A narwhal's tusk reveals its past living conditions.

 

Much like the rings of a tree can tell you its age and provide clues about the life it has lived, so too does the long tusk of the narwhal. Recent research led by a bioscience professor at Denmark's Aarhus University has shown that this peculiar arctic whale adds a layer to its distinctive tusk each year. And not only do these layers offer insight into the age of the narwhal (they've been known to live up to 50 years) but the conditions in which they lived—such as level of pollution, temperature levels, and even what their diet consisted of. You are what you eat!


Reading Fact

Truman Capote considered himself a “completely horizontal author” because he couldn’t think and write unless he was lying down.


Some writers find lying down in bed the best way to get their creativity going. Successful authors who are known to have practiced this technique are Mark Twain, George Orwell, and Woody Allen.


In contrast, writers like Hemingway, Dickens and Woolf wrote their works at standing desks. 


History Fact

The first known artworks date back to roughly 100,000 years ago.

 

It is believed to have begun with the Homo Sapiens during the Upper Paleolithic era.


The oldest known artworks were found in what is now France.


Movie/TV Trivia

On the set of 1982’s The Thing, the whole cast and crew was male.


Movie/TV Quote

“Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!”


Auntie Mame, 1958


Conversation Starter

What is your favourite food?


Writing Prompt

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