Today's Dippit!
- E.S.Jennette
- 6 days ago
- 2 min read
Quote
"In all aspects of life, what’s happening today seems like a much bigger deal than it will appear in retrospect. That’s why it helps to step back to gain perspective and sometimes defer a decision until some time passes."
Ray Dalio
Joke
What is worse than raining cats and dogs?
Hailing taxis!
Fun Fact
The Silverback gorilla can lift almost a literal ton.
The Silverback gorilla can lift up to 10 times its body weight on average: a total of about 1,800 pounds, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. This makes them one of the strongest living animal species on Earth. Though they are feared, the Silverback gorillas will only use their strength when they feel threatened.
Reading Fact
Reading to your infant child is important
Toddlers who are being read to have been shown to be almost one year ahead in mental development compared to children of the same age who haven’t. Something to keep in mind next time you’re deciding on an activity for you and your child.
History Fact
The Colosseum was originally clad entirely in marble.
When you visit or see the Colosseum these days you’ll notice how the stone exterior appears to be covered in pockmarks all across its surface.
Whilst you might assume this is just degradation of the material due to its age, it is actually because it was originally clad almost entirely in marble.
The reason for the pockmarks is, after the fall of Rome, the city was looted and pillaged by the Goths. Yes that’s right, the Goths!
They took all of the marble from the Colosseum, and stripped it (mostly) down to its bare stone setting.
The holes in the stone are from where the iron clamps and poles attaching the marble cladding to it have been ripped out.
Movie/TV Trivia
Alfred Hitchcock’s, Psycho (1960) was the first American film ever to show a flushing toilet.
Movie/TV Quote
"Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?"
The VVitch (2016)
Robert Eggers' debut feature plunged its audience into the paranoia of 17th century New England by using actual language from that period. The script is full of antiquated phrasing that in turn makes the story of a family torn apart by suspicion and actual witchery all the more terrifying. But no phrase is more giddily unnerving than Black Phillip's offer to the teen Thomasin as the movie approaches its conclusion. The rest of her family has been ripped apart by the malevolent force pervading the woods, and she, bloodied, starts to commune with the Satanic goat. In a low voice he asks, "Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?" It's so simple and tempting, just like the devil himself. Thomasin is ready to give herself over.
Conversation Starter
When is the last time you laughed so hard that you cried?
Writing Prompt
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