Today's Dippit!

Quote "Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve." 

Mary Kay Ash

Joke

Where do pencils go on vacation?

Pencil-vania.

Fun Fact

In Svalbard, a remote Norwegian island, it is illegal to die because bodies are unable to be buried safely due to the permafrost on the ground. If you are about to die, they fly you back to mainland Norway to pass on there.

Reading Fact

In WWII, books were printed to fit in a soldier’s pocket.

History Fact

The Roman Emperor Commodus collected all the disabled and little people he could find and ordered them to fight each other to the death with meat cleavers in the Colosseum.

Movie/TV Trivia

The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring

The cast often had to fly to remote shoot locations by helicopter. Sean Bean (Boromir) was afraid of flying, and would only do it when absolutely necessary. When they were shooting the scenes of the Fellowship crossing the snowy mountains, he'd spend two hours every morning, climbing from the base of the mountain, to the set near the top, already dressed as Boromir. The crew being flown up, could see him from their helicopters.

Movie/TV Quote

"Here's Johnny!" 

The Shining, 1980

Fun fact:

This line was completely improvised. Jack Nicholson was only prompted to break down the door, but he decided to improvise this line and it made the final cut of the movie.

Conversation Starter

What would your ideal life look like?

Writing Prompt

Do Your Parents Try Too Hard to Be Cool?