Today's Dippit!

Quote

"Hard choices, easy life. Easy choices, hard life."

Jerzy Gregory

Joke

Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak

Fun Fact

The scientific term for brain freeze is “sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia”.

Reading Fact

Reading protects from prison

American sociologists argue that children who’ve learned to read by the age of eight have fewer chances of being imprisoned in the future. Moreover, those kids are less likely to use drugs or to drop out of school. Positive effect in action, what more is there to say.

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.

TV & Movie Trivia

James Cameron Drew That Charcoal of Naked Kate Winslet

That slightly scandalous charcoal drawing of a topless Kate Winslet in Titanic was drawn by none other than the director himself, James Cameron. If you want something done right, sometimes you just need to do it yourself. And for more trivia from this seminal film, check out the 20 Facts That Titanic Gets Wrong.

Movie/TV Quote

"Just keep swimming" 

Finding Nemo, 2003

Conversation Starter

If you were in a circus, which character would you be?

Writing Prompt

Make a map of your failures indicating the rough date they occurred. Write beside each one what you learned.