Today's Dippit!

Quote

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” 

Albert Einstein

Joke

I Renamed my iPod The Titanic, so when I plug it in, it says “The Titanic is syncing.”

Fun Fact

To leave a party without telling anyone is called in English, a “French Exit”. In French, it’s called a “partir à l’anglaise”, to leave like the English.

Reading Fact

Dr. Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham using only 50 different words.

History Fact

This sudden lack of cats led to the spread of disease because infected rats ran free. The most devastating of these diseases, the Bubonic Plague, killed 100 million people.

Movie/TV Trivia

There Will Be Blood Disrupted Shooting for No Country for Old Men

The two instant-classic pseudo-westerns of 2007 filmed in the same area of Marfa, Texas, around the same time, which created issues when a pyrotechnical test for There Will Be Blood created a huge smoke cloud that got into the shot for No Country For Old Men. Joel and Ethan Coen had to wait for it to dissipate before they could get back to shooting.

Movie/TV Quote

"All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up." 

Sunset Boulevard, 1950

Conversation Starter

What is one thing you should never say at a wedding?

Writing Prompt

A babysitter is snooping around her employer's house and finds a disturbing photograph...