Today's Dippit!

Quote

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

Meister Eckhart 

Joke

How do you stop an astronaut’s baby from crying?

You rocket!

Fun Fact

The coldest temperature ever recorded occurred in Antarctica, -144 Fahrenheit, as reported by researchers in a scientific journal in 2018.

Reading Fact

Remembrance of Things Past by Marcel Proust was the longest novel written.

History Fact

The World War II army of the US is the is the biggest army in history.

Due in part to the surge of wartime patriotism, and in part because of conscription, the US Army numbered 12,000,000 soldiers by the end of the war in 1945.

By 1943, the German military had reached 11,000,000 soldiers.

By the end of the war, the Soviet Union’s army (as formidable as it was) also reached 11 million soldiers.

Movie/TV Trivia

Finally, Dooley Wilson, who played the pianist Sam in Casablanca, was a drummer IRL who didn't know how to play the piano.

Movie/TV Quote

"I want to be alone." 

Grand Hotel, 1932

Conversation Starter

What weird or useless talent do you have?

Writing Prompt

A babysitter is snooping around her employer's house and finds a disturbing photograph...