Today's Dippit!

Quote

"Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes." 

Charles Dickens

Joke

How do you get a squirrel to like you?

Act like a nut!

Fun Fact

There's a textbook written entirely by an AI author.

Publishers are always eager to release something unique—and Springer Nature did just that when they published a textbook by an author named Beta Writer in 2019. No, that's not a cheeky pseudonym; it's the name of a machine-learning algorithm designed by researchers from Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany.

The book is called Lithium-Ion Batteries: A Machine-Generated Summary of Current Research. And while it doesn't sound like the most interesting material, it is "the first machine-generated research book," according to the academic publishing company.

Reading Fact

Reading increases your general knowledge

History Fact

In 1386, a pig was executed in France.

There wasn’t a great detail of civil rights in the Middle Ages, and as it turns out there weren’t a great of animal rights either. So much so that they were even subject to human justice.

One such case happened in Falaise, France, where a pig attacked a child’s face who went on to later die from their wounds.

The pig was arrested, kept in prison, and then sent to court where it stood trial for murder, was found guilty, and then executed by hanging!

Movie/TV Trivia

Barbie in Toy Story is voiced by Jodi Benson, best known for her role as Ariel in The Little Mermaid.

Movie/TV Quote

“Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, I have found my way to the goblin city to take back the child you have stolen. For my will is as strong as yours and my kingdom is as great. You have no power over me.”

Labyrinth

Conversation Starter

Have you ever won an award?

Writing Prompt

Do You Enjoy Playing Games or Solving Puzzles?