Today's Dippit!

Quote

"What you do today can improve all your tomorrows." 

Ralph Marston

Joke

What is a computer's favourite snack?

Computer chips!!

Fun Fact

If you point your car keys to your head, it increases the remote’s signal range. This works by using your brain to act as a radio transmitter.

Reading Fact

Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Leicester was sold to Bill Gates for the equivalent of today’s $50.2 million.

Written in 1510, The Codex Leicester is a 72-page linen manuscript of Leonardo’s thoughts, theories and observations of the world. It came into Bill Gates’s possession in 1994, who then had it digitally scanned, and released some of the images as screen savers and wallpapers for Windows 98 Plus.

History Fact

The guillotine was invented to create “equality in execution”.

The guillotine is an image that is fairly synonymous with France and the French Revolution.

Until it’s advent and widespread use, the regular methods of execution in France were rather savage. Punishment like being drawn and quartered were common.

The idea to use the guillotine as the main method of execution was part of the movement for equality in France that spurred on the revolution.

This created an equality in death and execution for citizens from all backgrounds.

Movie/TV Trivia

Dan Aykroyd’s first script for Ghostbusters was set in the future and Ghostbusters were completely normal, like paramedics and firemen.

Movie/TV Quote

"What a dump."

Beyond the Forest, 1949

Conversation Starter

What was your favourite book as a child?

Writing Prompt

Think of a big problem that one of your friends had to face. Then write a story in which your character battles with that problem..