Today's Dippit!
- May 19
- 1 min read
Quote
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool."
Richard P. Feynman
Joke
A mean crook going down stairs = A condescending con, descending
Fun Fact
It's illegal to own just one guinea pig in Switzerland because they get lonely.
Reading Fact
J.K. Rowling’s original Harry Potter pitch was rejected by 12 different publishers before Bloomsbury accepted it.
But her struggles did not end here – she had to adopt the nom de plume J. K. Rowling, because, as her publisher argued, the title sounded like a boys’ book to him, and he believed boys preferred books by male authors.
“Over a period of nearly a year, the book was turned down by more or less every major publishing house in the UK”, Rowling’s first agent, Christopher Little, revealed.
History Fact
New research suggests that 15–20 million people were murdered or imprisoned by the Nazis during the Holocaust, much more than previously believed.
Movie/TV Trivia
Moulin Rouge!
Filming was halted for two weeks in November 1999 after Nicole Kidman fractured two ribs and injured her knee while rehearsing a dance routine for the film. Many of the scenes where she is seen only from the chest up, including "a real actress," were shot while she was in a wheelchair.
Movie/TV Quote
"Elementary, my dear Watson."
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1929
Fun Fact
Sherlock Holmes never says this iconic quote in any of the books the character is based off of.
Conversation Starter
What was your best friend’s name growing up?
Writing Prompt
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