Today's Dippit!
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Quote
"Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes."
Charles Dickens
Joke
What are the strongest days of the week? Saturday and Sunday, the rest are weekdays
Fun Fact
Iceland has an elf whisperer who inspects construction sites before anything gets built to make sure no elves are hanging around.
Reading Fact
Vladimir Nabokov would compose all works on index cards which he kept in slim boxes.
This method enabled him to easily re-arrange the plot of his books any time he wanted – he would shuffle these cards daily, what allowed him to see the story unfold in different ways.
He also stored some of the cards underneath his pillow, so that when an idea popped into his head at night, he could quickly write it down.
History Fact
Can’t Take it With You
Dentures: what would old people and hockey players do without them? Well, until the mid-1800s, dentures, aesthetically pleasing as they may be, were actually often made of teeth pulled from deceased soldiers. Hey, they’re not using them, right?
Movie/TV Trivia
Pulp members Jarvis Cocker and Steve Mackey and Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood and Phil Selway were four of The Weird Sisters in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Jason Buckle (All Seeing I) and Steven Claydon (Add n to (x)) completed the line up.
Movie/TV Quote
"I have always depended on the kindness of strangers."
A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951
Conversation Starter
Have you ever stalked someone on social media?
Writing Prompt
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