Today's Dippit!

Quote

"Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words." 

George Eliot

Joke

And the lord said unto John, "Come forth and you will receive eternal life". John came fifth and won a toaster.

Fun Fact

Humans could never “land” on Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus or Neptune because they are made of gas and have no solid surface.

Reading Fact

Reading stats show that 50% of people who read before bed report sleeping better than non-readers.

History Fact

Since the end of WWI, over 1,000 people have died from leftover unexploded bombs.

During the Great War, an estimated 200 pounds of explosives was fired per square foot of territory on the Western front.

However, not all of these shells exploded.

Every year since the end of the war something called an “iron harvest” takes place.

This is the annual “harvest” or unearthing of unexploded WWI bombs. As well as grenades, artillery shells, and other explosives which occurs mainly during the spring planting and autumn harvest in the fields that were once the Great War’s arena.

Since 1919, over 1,000 civilians and ordnance collectors have died from explosions caused by these in France and Belgium.

Movie/TV Trivia

Those who correctly state that Infernal Affairs is better than its remake, The Departed, often state the need for closure as one reason for its inferiority. It’s a surprise to learn then that one ‘happier’ ending saw the Hong Kong thriller lose its open ending as Andy Lau’s mole gets his comeuppance with arrest, negating the superb trilogy closer in which his guilt sent him over the edge.

Movie/TV Quote

"Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night." 

All About Eve, 1950

Conversation Starter

If you could learn the answer to one question about your future, what would the question be?

Writing Prompt

When I had the opportunity, did I choose courage over comfort?