Today's Dippit!

Quote

"One day, you’ll be just a memory for some people. Do your best to be a good one."

Unknown

Joke

All chemists know that alcohol is always a solution

Fun Fact

In 1923, a jockey suffered a fatal heart attack but his horse finished and won the race, making him the first and only jockey to win a race after death.

Reading Fact

People who read more, live longer

Pretty good motivation if you ask me. A study from Yale University concluded, after studying over 3500 people over the age of 50, that participants who read at least 30 minutes per day, lived on average 23 months longer than non-readers. 30 minutes of reading per day for living almost 2 years longer? That sounds like a great deal.

Another interesting fact about reading we got from this survey was that there’s actually a difference even between those who read newspapers and magazines and those who read fiction books. Book readers lived longer than those who preferred newspapers and magazines too.

Researchers believe it’s the fact that reading books lead to a different level of cognitive engagement by learning new words, and understanding plot points, and twists that resulted in this difference. Basically, re-building the fictional universe we read about in a book, helps our brain remain healthy.

History Fact

Japanese samurais disemboweled themselves with their sword (an act known as seppuko) when in danger of being captured.

Movie/TV Trivia

Scream Was Originally Titled Scary Movie

While the Wayans brothers' spoof of Scream went with the not-so-subtle title of Scary Movie, they would have had to get a bit more creative if the movie they were sending up had stuck with its original title. Now-disgraced former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, who produced the original, heard the Michael Jackson song "Scream" in his car and decided he liked that better than the title that the project had originally been given, and the name stuck.

Movie/TV Quote

"Go ahead, make my day." 

Sudden Impact, 1983

Conversation Starter

What is the first thing you think about when you wake up in the morning?

Writing Prompt

If I had no fear today, what would I do?