Today's Dippit!

Quote

"A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself."

Joseph Campbell

Joke

My dad farted in an elevator, it was wrong on so many levels

Fun Fact

The Buddha commonly depicted in statues and pictures is a different person entirely. The real Buddha was actually incredibly skinny because of self-deprivation.

Reading Fact

Reading can help depression and anxiety

Reading can help alleviate depression. Especially reading fiction, since it can help people temporarily escape their own world and immerse themselves in the adventures of the characters they read about. Not only that, but studies have also shown that reading can have a positive effect on anxiety symptoms as well.

History Fact

Before becoming pope, Pius II wrote a popular erotic book, The Tale of Two Lovers.

Movie/TV Trivia

The Two Least Profitable Films Both Take Place on Mars

If you're looking to score big box office bucks, stay away from Mars. The two biggest money losers of all time both take place on that planet, with the 2012 sci-fi bomb John Carter holding the No. 2 spot with a loss of almost $127 million, outdone only by Mars Needs Moms, from a year earlier, which lost its studio more than $143 million—the worst ROI ever.

Movie/TV Quote

"What we've got here is failure to communicate." 

Cool Hand Luke, 1967

Conversation Starter

Have you ever been on a blind date?

Writing Prompt

What if the only way to add to my life was to subtract from it? What would be the first 1–2 things that I would remove?