Today's Dippit!

Quote

"Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly." 

Epictetus

Joke

How do you make a lemon drop?

Just let it fall.

Fun Fact

Sweden has 267,570 islands, the most of any country in the world.

Reading Fact

The word “yahoo” originated from the book Gulliver’s Travels.

History Fact

For 12 years during the French Revolutionary Period, France had a whole new calendar.

Not just that, but they also had a whole new timekeeping system too!

Between 1793 and 1805, the ruling French government used the French Republican Calendar to remove all religious and royalist ties to the old calendar.

It was also part of a wider effort decimalize France in terms of time, currency and metrication.

The French Republican Calendar had 10-hour days, with 100 minutes to an hour, and 100 seconds to a minute.

Whilst this crazy calendar did have 12 months, each one of these months was 30 days. They were all given new names that reflected a meaning for each season.

For example one in winter was named Nivôse, which is Latin for “snow”.

Movie/TV Trivia

Star Wars was originally prefixed by the definite article ‘The’.

Movie/TV Quote

"You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow." 

To Have and Have Not, 1944

Conversation Starter

What’s the best sitcom past or present?

Writing Prompt

Your character has to tell his parents that he's getting a divorce. He knows his parents will take his wife's side, and he is right...