Today's Dippit!
- 6 hours ago
- 1 min read
Quote
"Concentrate on what can be lived (which means the present)… then you can spend the time you have left in tranquility. And in kindness. And at peace with the spirit within you."
Marcus Aurelius
Joke
I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it
Fun Fact
The first person to perform a successful C-section in South Africa was Dr. James Barry...a doctor who was actually a woman.
Reading Fact
There are more public libraries than McDonald’s restaurants in the United States.
There are exactly 121,000 libraries (including 16,766 public libraries) in the US, compared to 14,157 McDonald’s restaurants. The Library of Congress in Washington, D. C. is the largest in the world, with over 158 million items collected.
The smallest book in the library is Old King Cole, measuring just 1/25 of an inch square – about the size of the period at the end of this sentence.
History Fact
The introduction of Europeans to the New World saw the Native American population drop from an estimated 12 million in 1500 to barely 237,000 in 1900.
Movie/TV Trivia
Dirk Diggler’s penis in Boogie Nights measured 13 inches, half an inch more than its inspiration, John Holmes. Michael Fassbender’s wang has yet to be measured. Except, presumably, by Michael Fassbender.
Movie/TV Quote
"Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make."
Dracula, 1931
Conversation Starter
Writing Prompt
Have you ever been on a blind date?
Comments