Today's Dippit!

Quote

"Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it’ll always get you the right ones." 

Unknown

Joke

What's orange and sounds like a parrot? A carrot.

Fun Fact

Flamin’ Hot Cheetos were developed by a janitor at Frito-Lay, Richard Montanez, who got the idea after putting chili powder on some reject Cheetos and then pitched it to the CEO. He’s now a successful executive and motivational speaker, and a movie is in the works about his life.

Reading Fact

In terms of literacy rate, the USA ranks 125th out of 194 nations.

History Fact

Genghis Khan was tolerant of all religions.

Back then, the world was a very intolerant place. More often than not, conquering warlords and emperors weren’t open to religions other than their own.

Genghis Khan was very different from other conquerors though in many different ways.

One was his interest in learning philosophical and moral lessons from other religions.

Despite being a Tengrist, he often consulted with Buddhist monks, Muslims, Christian missionaries, and Taoist monks.

Movie/TV Trivia

Christoph Waltz, the man who won an Oscar for playing the Jew Hunter in Inglorious Basterds, has a son who is a rabbi.

Movie/TV Quote

“A million dollars isn't cool. You know what's cool? A billion dollars.” 

The Social Network, 2010

Conversation Starter

Where and when was the most amazing sunset you have ever seen?

Writing Prompt

If I was making my life into a movie, what scene would I make sure to add and what scene would I make sure to remove?