Today's Dippit!
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Quote
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."
Eleanor Roosevelt
Joke
Which country’s capital has the fastest-growing population? Ireland. Every day it’s Dublin.
Fun Fact
Popcorn wasn't always a beloved movie snack — in fact, prior to the Great Depression, movie theaters hated popcorn.
Reading Fact
The Japanese language has a word to denote letting reading materials pile up in one’s home and never read them – tsundoku.
The term originated in the Meiji era as Japanese slang and is a combination of two words – tsunde-oku (to pile things up ready for later) and dokusho (reading books).
There’s also an English word that can be used to describe loving the smell of old books – bibliosma, and one to express fear of running out of reading material – abibliophobia.
History Fact
Diabolical Plot
In 1945, Operation Cherry Blossoms at Night was a plan devised by Japanese scientist Shirō Ishii to wage biological warfare upon civilian population centers in the continental United States during the final months of World War II. The plan involved spreading plague-infected fleas over Southern California via airplane—the deployment date would have been September 22nd, 1945. Luckily, Japan formally surrendered on August 15th, 1945.
Movie/TV Trivia
The sirens heard in the casino scene in Swingers were police on their way to stop the film makers who were shooting without a permit.
Movie/TV Quote
"Here's Johnny!"
The Shining, 1980
Fun Fact
This line was completely improvised. Jack Nicholson was only prompted to break down the door, but he decided to improvise this line and it made the final cut of the movie.
Conversation Starter
What is the worst advice you have given?
Writing Prompt
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