Today's Dippit!

Quote

"Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes."

Benjamin Disraeli

Joke

She had a photographic memory but never developed it

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. After the release of the 1996 film Scream, which involved an anonymous killer calling and murdering his victims, Caller ID usage tripled in the United States.

Reading Fact

Reading can make our society safer

Scientists in America have shown that children who have learned to read before the age of 8 are less likely to end up in prison later in life, and also have lower chances of starting to use drugs. Moreover, scientists have argued that children who have basic literacy skills before starting school are 3 to 4 times less likely to drop out of school.

History Fact

In 1917, Margaret Sanger was jailed for one month for establishing the first birth control clinic.

Movie/TV Trivia

Armageddon

NASA shows this film during their management training program. New managers are given the task of trying to spot as many errors as possible. At least one hundred sixty-eight have been found.

Movie/TV Quote

"I love the smell of napalm in the morning." 

Apocalypse Now, 1979

Conversation Starter

What’s your favourite word?

Writing Prompt

What is one closely held belief I have? When is the last time someone challenged it?