Today's Dippit!

Quote

"A will finds a way."

Orison Swett Marden

Joke

Is it ignorance or apathy that's destroying the world today? I don't know and don't really care

Fun Fact

Elton John tried to commit suicide once by sticking his head in an oven with the gas on low and windows open. He was found and stopped by his best friend Bernie Taupin.

Reading Fact

Geniuses are fast readers

While no direct link of causality has been found between the speed of reading and a high IQ, it can’t be a coincidence that abnormally intelligent people also have well above the average reading speeds.

A regular person can read between 200 and 300 words per minute. Depending on the practice and interest in the subject, that number can go up to 500 words per minute (without sacrificing comprehension).

Well, what you probably didn’t know is that some remarkable people also had remarkable reading speeds. Napoleon for example was able to read at the absolutely astonishing rate of 2000 words per minute. Stories about Honore de Balzac said that he was able to finish a small novel in under half an hour.

It can’t be a coincidence that some of the greatest minds in history were also speed-readers, can it?

History Fact

Genghis Khan killed 40 million people across Asia and Europe.

Movie/TV Trivia

Django Unchained

When Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio) smashes his hand on the dinner table, DiCaprio accidentally crushed a small stemmed glass with his palm and really began to bleed. He ignored it, stayed in character, and continued with the scene. Quentin Tarantino was so impressed that he used this take in the final print, and when he called cut, the room erupted in a standing ovation.

Movie/TV Quote

"Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" 

White Heat, 1949

Conversation Starter

If you never had to eat one vegetable, which would it be?

Writing Prompt

What are the 20% of things in my life that cause 80% of my anxiety?