Today's Dippit!

Quote

"Be willing to be a beginner every single morning."

Meister Eckhart 

Joke

What did the Dalmatian say after lunch?

That hit the spot!

Fun Fact

Michelin stars are highly coveted by elite and upscale restaurants the world over—but they’re actually given out by the Michelin tire company, the same one whose mascot is the marshmallow-like Michelin Man. If you want to get fancy, pronounce it in the original French, “mich-LEH.”

Reading Fact

People from Iceland read more than anyone else.

History Fact

The Roman lottery’s prizes were known and were damn savage at times.

Created by Emperor Augustus Caesar for the same reason, to fund government projects such as repair works, the Roman lottery came with prizes that were objects usually varied in value.

Pretty tame, right? Well, one Roman Emperor’s lottery prizes weren’t so friendly at all.

Elagabalus, who reigned between 218 & 222 AD (and we’ll come back to that whole “4-year reign” tidbit shortly) was known for his cruel running of the lottery.

At first, his lottery was pretty brilliant and had prizes such as slaves or houses.

However, not long into his reign, he started having lottery tickets catapulted into crowds of gathered plebs.

Oh, did I forget to mention that he also catapulted live freaking venomous snakes into the crowd along with the lottery tickets?!

What about the fact that, not after long, the prizes tended to be things like dead animals, death sentences. Even goddamn wasps and bees.

So, going to back to his short reign, it should come as no surprise that he made for a pretty nasty emperor and was assassinated after four years at the age of 18!

Movie/TV Trivia

When Clue was released to theaters, each theater got one of three possible endings.

Movie/TV Quote

"Why don't you come up sometime and see me?" -

She Done Him Wrong, 1933

Conversation Starter

How often do you help others? Who do you help? How do you help?

Writing Prompt

An annoying boss, a bikini, and a fake illness.