Today's Dippit!

Quote

"There is a great deal of unmapped country within us." 

George Eliot

Joke

What did the limestone say to the geologist?

Don’t take me for granite!

Fun Fact

Blue Ivy Carter is the youngest person ever to appear on a Billboard chart.

In January 2012, Jay-Z released his hit "Glory," a dedication to his firstborn child, Blue Ivy Carter. The rapper decided it would make sense to have her featured on the song, so he included a clip of her crying before the track ends. Because her dad officially credited her in the song's title, she became the youngest person ever to have a Billboard hit—at a mere two days old.

Reading Fact

Reading reduces stress

We’ve all felt that ourselves. Reading a good book after a long and stressful day works wonders on our state of mind. Studies have actually shown that leafing through a book can be up to 600% more efficient in relieving stress than playing a video game and 300% more efficient than going for a walk. Now that’s a fun fact about reading.

According to a 2009 study conducted by the University of Sussex, only 6 minutes of reading can reduce stress levels by up to 68%. It is quicker and works better than many other stress-lowering methods like listening to music or drinking a cup of tea.

History Fact

I Can Feel it Comin’ in the Air Tonight

For a very long time, people believed that diseases were caused by bad smelling, infected air—it’s what’s known as the miasma theory of disease. This is why plague masks look so freaky: plague doctors wore them and the masks’ long, hollow noses held flowers and other combatants of the smelly, supposedly diseased air.

Movie/TV Trivia

The communicator in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace is actually a Gillette women's razor.

Movie/TV Quote

"I'm gonna steal the Declaration of Independence."

National Treasure (2004)

Benjamin Franklin Gates has the greatest respect for our historical institutions, which is why it's so difficult for him to imagine ever committing a crime in one of them. After a long, inspiring speech about having the responsibility to take action when you know you need to do something right, Nicolas Cage pronounces one of the most famous lines in film history. It's a great scene, charting a character's decision to do something he knows is wrong for the pursuit of what is right… and it's also a hilariously melodramatic line in a very fun, exciting movie based on a bizarre idea. Since the movie opened, this line has been memed over and over again, so relentlessly that it reappeared again in National Treasure 2: "I'm going to kidnap the President of the United States." Sometimes, you gotta do what has to be done. Sometimes, you gotta steal the Declaration of Independence.

Conversation Starter

What would make you (if parent) most upset? A tattoo, a nose ring or a bad boyfriend/girlfriend?

Writing Prompt

What Are the Most Meaningful Relationships in Your Life?