Today's Dippit!

Quote

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” 

Maya Angelou

Joke

What do you call a bee that can’t make up its mind? A maybe

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

Try audiobooks while commuting or exercising.

History Fact

In the 1970s Pol Pot's communist regime brainwashed thousands of Cambodian children into becoming soldiers who committed mass murders and other atrocities.

Movie/TV Trivia

Gene Hackman Was Originally Going to Play Hannibal Lecter

Speaking of Hannibal the cannibal, while Anthony Hopkins turned the crazy-smart serial killer into an unforgettable cultural touchstone, the role was originally supposed to go to Gene Hackman, who bought the rights to The Silence of the Lambs and had planned on directing the film himself. He backed off the project when he decided that the role was too dark for his taste.

Movie/TV Quote

"Bond. James Bond." 

Dr. No, 1962

Conversation Starter

Have you ever been on a blind date?

Writing Prompt

Your character is visiting his parents over a holiday. He is returning some books to the library for his mother and is startled to notice that the librarian looks exactly like him, only about thirty years older. He immediately begins to suspect that his mother had an affair at one time and the librarian is his real father...