Today's Dippit!

Quote

"One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others."

Levi Strauss

Joke

I have a few jokes about unemployed people, but none of them work

Fun Fact

When George Washington died, Napoleon Bonaparte of France gave a personal eulogy and ordered a ten day mourning period for France.

Reading Fact

Evidence also suggests that reading for just 30 minutes a week improves the health and wellbeing of people.

History Fact

Lesser Atrocities

Adolf Hitler was the first European leader to ban human zoos, a popular attraction in Europe in which exotic peoples were forced or paid to be on exhibit for onlookers, with recreated habitats and shows. Belgium was the last country to ban the inhumane and degrading exhibits, in 1958.

Movie/TV Trivia

The Maze Runner

The production had to hire snake wranglers to make sure the areas where they were filming were snake free. Before filming began the wranglers found 25 venomous snakes. The biggest one they found was a 5 foot rattlesnake.

Movie/TV Quote

"Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." 

Forrest Gump, 1994

Conversation Starter

What is the best or worst trait you inherited from your parents?

Writing Prompt

Your character's mother-in-law comes to visit for a week, and your character suspects she is trying to poison him. He shares his suspicion with his wife, who says he's always hated her mother but this accusation is going too far. Meanwhile, your character has stomach cramps, and his mother-in-law is downstairs making breakfast again....