Today's Dippit!

Quote

"Life is made of ever so many partings welded together."

Charles Dickens

Joke

What did the grape say when it got stepped on? Nothing - but it let out a little whine

Fun Fact

There’s no period in “Dr. Pepper”. It was removed because the old logo font made it look like “Di: Pepper”.

Reading Fact

Children who frequently read books at 10 years old, and more than once a week at 16 years old, gain higher results in math, vocabulary, and spelling tests than those who read less regularly.

History Fact

Failed Attempts

In South Korea in 1968, while four brothers were out searching for firewood, they stumbled across the camp of a group of North Korean commandos on a mission to assassinate the South Korean president. The commandos lectured them on the benefits of communism and spared their lives, but both of their missions failed as the brothers, unconverted, alerted the police.

Movie/TV Trivia

The Mummy

Brendan Fraser nearly died during a scene where his character is hanged. Rachel Weisz remembered, "He stopped breathing and had to be resuscitated."

Movie/TV Quote

"After all, tomorrow is another day!" 

Gone With the Wind, 1939

Conversation Starter

If someone gave you an envelope with your death date inside of it, would you open it?

Writing Prompt

Your character is caught shoplifting. The shop owner says that she won't call the police in exchange for a personal favor....