Today's Dippit!

Quote

"Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you." Thomas Jefferson

Joke

How do you make an octopus laugh?

With ten-tickles!

Fun Fact

The world’s largest grand piano was built by a 15-year-old in New Zealand. It is a little over 18 feet long and has 85 keys – 3 short of the standard 88.

Reading Fact

There are more public libraries than McDonald’s restaurants in the United States.

There are exactly 121,000 libraries (including 16,766 public libraries) in the US, compared to 14,157 McDonald’s restaurants. The Library of Congress in Washington, D. C. is the largest in the world, with over 158 million items collected.

The smallest book in the library is Old King Cole, measuring just 1/25 of an inch square – about the size of the period at the end of this sentence.

History Fact

Mexican General Santa Anna had an elaborate state funeral for his amputated leg.

Movie/TV Trivia

Heath Ledger almost broke Jake Gyllenhaal’s nose by grabbing his head and kissing him too hard in Brokeback Mountain.

Movie/TV Quote

"No wire hangers, ever!" - Mommie Dearest, 1981

Conversation Starter

Do you think people read more or fewer books now than 50 years ago?

Writing Prompt