Today's Dippit!
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Quote
"Comparison is the thief of joy."
Theodore Roosevelt
Joke
What do you get when you mix alcohol and literature? Tequila mockingbird
Fun Fact
Until the 1980s, it was illegal for a woman to drive a car down Main Street in Waynesboro, Virginia, unless her husband was walking in front of the car waving a red flag.
Reading Fact
The titular raven in Edgar Allan Poe’s Gothic classic was initially supposed to be… a parrot.
Poe wondered how he could have his one-word refrain, “nevermore”, continuously repeated throughout the poem – and the first thing that came to his mind was a parrot.
The bird’s flamboyance, however, did not fit well with the grim nature of the work, and in the end, Poe decided to replace it with a raven.
History Fact
Does That Make Me Crazy?
Sultan Ibrahim of the Ottaman Empire, a total nervous wreck and a generally unbalanced ruler, once had his whole harem—a total of 280 concubuines—thrown into and drowned in the Bosphorus strait.
Movie/TV Trivia
Play It, Sam? Dooley Wilson, Sam in Casablanca, was a professional drummer who couldn’t play the piano. He simply mimed along, copying an offscreen pianist.
Movie/TV Quote
"Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard nothin' yet!"
The Jazz Singer, 1927
Conversation Starter
If you could only store one type of food in your pocket, what would you carry?
Writing Prompt
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