Today's Dippit!

Quote

"Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going."

Sam Levenson

Joke

Why did the dinosaur cross the road?

Because the chicken wasn’t born yet.

Fun Fact

Forrest Fenn, an art dealer and author, hid a treasure chest in the Rocky Mountains worth over 1 million dollars. It still has not been found.

Reading Fact

The M6 toll road in the UK was built on two and a half million copies of pulped fiction to prevent it from cracking.

The damaged and end-of-the-line Mills & Boon novels were shredded at a recycling firm in south Wales and later added to the paste. According to materials suppliers Tarmac, the pulp prevents cracks and helps absorb sound. 

History Fact

The Ottoman Empire's Sultan Ibrahim I had 280 of his concubines drowned in the ocean after one of them slept with another man.

Movie/TV Trivia

In Harry Potter, Alan Rickman was the only person other than J.K. Rowling to know Snape was defending harry because he was in love with Lily Potter to make his performance genuine.

Movie/TV Quote

"Is it safe?" 

Marathon Man, 1976

Conversation Starter

What book has had the biggest effect on the modern world?

Writing Prompt

What Is Your Facebook Persona?