Today's Dippit!

Quote

"Play iterated games. All the returns in life, whether in wealth, relationships, or knowledge, come from compound interest." 

Naval Ravikant

Joke

When does a joke become a “dad” joke?

When the punchline is a parent.

Fun Fact

France has a dozen time zones.

The country with the widest stretch of land, Russia, spans 11 different time zones. France, though, technically has the most, clocking in at 12—but that's due to the fact that its territories are dispersed in various parts of the world. The U.S. ties with Russia in second, but not all time zones are inhabited.

So, Russia is the only place in the world where one citizen could be waking up at 8:00 a.m. and another could be going to bed at 11:00 p.m.

Reading Fact

Your eyes look in different directions when reading

Incredible, but true! When reading, each of our eyes looks at a different letter 50% of the time. Moreover, the lines of sight can both intersect and diverge.

History Fact

A Distinguished History

With all the history we have behind us, it can be hard to keep track of everything. Which is why is seems super disorienting to think that the University of Oxford, which opened its doors to students in 1096, is actually older than the Aztec empire, which began in 1427, by hundreds of years. Super disorienting, but super true. 

Movie/TV Trivia

Neither Michelle Rodriguez nor Jordana Brewster had their driver's licenses when they were cast for Fast and Furious.

Movie/TV Quote

"If you're a bird, I'm a bird."

The Notebook (2004)

You'd be hard-pressed to find a cheesier, more pandering love story than The Notebook, based on the Nicholas Sparks novel of the same name, but just try to watch Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling fall in love without the icy protective shell around your heart melting just a little bit. It's the movie that created the "Hey Girl" Gosling image years before there was a "Hey Girl" meme. It gave fans a real-life Gosling-McAdams relationship. Like Love Actually, it gave couples lines to say to each other when their own feelings let them down. As McAdams and Gosling play and tease each other in the water, talking about reincarnation and feeling the exhilarating intoxication of new love, you just crave that killer romantic line that will make everything right in the world. Allie (McAdams) demands Noah (Gosling) call him a bird; Noah obliges. Everyone swoons, and Gosling enters movie quote history.

Conversation Starter

What three things are you most grateful for?

Writing Prompt

Have You Ever Felt Left Out?