Today's Dippit!

Quote

"Adventure is not outside man; it is within." 

George Eliot

Joke

What do you call a duck that gets all A’s?

A wise quacker.

Fun Fact

At over 29,000 feet tall, Mt. Everest is the highest point on Earth, but it doesn’t compare to the deepest point on Earth, the Mariana Trench, which is over 36,000 feet deep—nearly seven miles—in the Pacific Ocean.

Reading Fact

The Head writer on Eureeka's Castle is also the author of Goosebumps.

History Fact

During WWII, the British & Soviets launched a joint invasion of neutral Iran.

What could both the Brits and Ruskies want with this Middle-Eastern neutral country, you ask? C’mon, don’t be that guy.

It’s Iran for crying out loud.

They wanted all of that oil – that sweet, sweet oil – and they got it!

By invading the country in 1941 during Operation Countenance, they were jointly able to secure the Iranian oilfields, as well as a secure supply line for the Allied forces.

Movie/TV Trivia

Walt Disney refused to allow Alfred Hitchcock to film at Disneyland in the early 1960s because he had made “that disgusting movie Psycho.”

Movie/TV Quote

"Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges!" 

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, 1948

Conversation Starter

What will be the future of TV shows?

Writing Prompt

Your character suspects her husband is having an affair and decides to spy on him. What she discovers is not what she was expecting...