Today's Dippit!

Quote

"A friend to all is a friend to none." 

Aristotle

Joke

What did one hat say to the other? You stay here. I’ll go on ahead.

Fun Fact

Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert, wasn’t the first to introduce Christmas trees to Britain from his native Germany—Queen Charlotte did that in the late 1700s. But, Victoria and Albert are credited with popularizing the custom in the mid-1800s.

Reading Fact

One in five adults worldwide is unable to read or write.

History Fact

During the Victorian period, it was normal to photograph relatives after they died.

People would dress their newly-deceased relatives in their best clothing, and then put them in lifelike poses and photograph them.

They did this to preserve one last image of their dead loved one in a strange form of commemoration.

Movie/TV Trivia

While we're on the subject of Titanic, the drawing that Jack creates of Rose was actually done by the movie's director, James Cameron.

Movie/TV Quote

"I love the smell of napalm in the morning." 

Apocalypse Now, 1979

Conversation Starter

How often do you curse? And what’s your go-to string of curse words?

Writing Prompt

Would my 15-year-old self be proud of who I am today?