Today's Dippit!

Quote

"Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you."

Thomas Jefferson

Joke

My ex-wife still misses me. But her aim is starting to improve

Fun Fact

Octopuses and squids have beaks. The beak is made of keratin – the same material that a bird’s beak, and our fingernails are made of.

Reading Fact

The world's oldest continually operating library was established in AD 565. It is housed in Saint Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt, and has the second largest collection of ancient manuscripts after the Vatican City.

History Fact

After finding a 36,000 year old steppe bison preserved in the ice, Alaskan zoology professor R. Dale Guthrie and his team ate some of its flesh. Guthrie said "the meat was well aged but still a little tough."

Movie/TV Trivia

Pretty Woman

Edward (Richard Gere) snapping the necklace case down on Vivian's (Julia Roberts) fingers, was improvised by Gere, and Roberts's reaction (laughter) was totally natural. The filmmakers liked it so much, they decided to leave it in.

Movie/TV Quote

"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti." 

The Silence of the Lambs, 1991

Conversation Starter

Who is a celebrity you admire?

Writing Prompt

When did I learn a lesson the hard way?