Today's Dippit!

Quote

"Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success." 

Swami Sivananda

Joke

What do you call a guy with a rubber toe? Roberto.

Fun Fact

Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein when she 18, during a ghost story competition while staying in Switzerland with writers Percy Shelley (her lover) and Lord Byron.

Reading Fact

Reading can increase empathy

History Fact

During World War I, the French built a “fake Paris”.

Complete with a replica Champs-Elysées and Gard Du Nord, this “fake Paris” was built by the French towards the end of WWI. It was built as a means of throwing off German bomber and fighter pilots flying over French skies.

It also even had a fake railway that lit up at certain points to provide the illusion from above of a train moving along the tracks!

Movie/TV Trivia

The real Frank Abagnale Jr. appears in Catch Me If You Can as the French policeman who arrests Leo.

Movie/TV Quote

"They may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!"

Braveheart, 1995

Conversation Starter

Who was your best friend in elementary school?

Time to get nostalgic about how life was when you both were growing up!

Writing Prompt

What are the unifying characteristics of the top 3 people I most want to emulate?