Today's Dippit!

Quote

"When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves." 

William Arthur Ward

Joke

Why couldn't the bicycle stand up? Because it was two tired!

Fun Fact The biggest pizza ever created was 13,580 square feet, made in Rome, Italy, in 2012. The pizza was gluten-free and named “Ottavia” after a roman emperor.

Reading Fact

The benefits of reading to children, statistics show, include increased activation in certain brain regions. 

History Fact

Albert Einstein turned down the presidency of Israel.

Einstein wasn’t a citizen of Israel. However he was Jewish. The German-born physicist was offered the post, but turned it down in 1952, saying:

“I am deeply moved by the offer from our State of Israel, and at once saddened and ashamed that I cannot accept it. All my life I have dealt with objective matters, hence I lack both the natural aptitude and the experience to deal properly with people and to exercise official functions.”

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Movie/TV Trivia

A different denouement for Die Hard with a Vengeance saw McClane turning the tables, so to speak, on Simon Gruber giving him a series of riddles to solve. The face off eventually ended with Gruber blowing himself away with a rocket launcher after the New York cop tricks him into thinking it’s pointed the wrong way. Daft.

Movie/TV Quote

"I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse." 

The Godfather, 1972

Fun fact: This line makes it into each Godfather film in some way or another.

Conversation Starter

Where is the worst place you have been stuck for a long time?

Writing Prompt If I had to instill one piece of advice in your own child’s mind, what advice would I give?