Today's Dippit!

Quote

"Love is rocket fuel for life." 

Shane Parrish

Joke

What gets wetter the more it dries?

A towel.

Fun Fact

The oldest person ever to have lived (whose age could be authenticated), a French woman named Jeanne Louise Calment, was 122 years old when she died in 1997.

Reading Fact

There's a gender gap developing between boys and girls, with boys scoring lower than girls on literacy measures from Grade 3 through to Grade 12.

History Fact

I Heart You

Silphium, also known as laserwort, was a plant that was once an effective and extremely popular contraceptive; Pliny, sounding like a guy who totally understands women’s periods, noted that it could “promote the menstrual discharge.”  Unfortunately it was so popular that it was harvested into extinction. Some researchers even speculate that the shape of the plant is what gives us the traditional heart shape we use to denote love and romance today.

Movie/TV Trivia

Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? Cruise? Cusack? Carrey? Depp? All were considered for the part of the hooky playing teen.

Movie/TV Quote

“May the Force be with you.”

Star Wars, 1977

Conversation Starter

How do you get to X place from here?

Writing Prompt

How Well Do You Know Your Pet?