Today's Dippit!
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Quote
"To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment."
Jane Austen
Joke
German sausage jokes are just the wurst
Fun Fact
In 1981, a black lab named Bosco was elected honorary mayor of Sunol, California.
Reading Fact
As a struggling young writer, Harper Lee once got a year’s wages as a gift from her friends so that she could quit her job and devote more time to writing. She wrote To Kill a Mockingbird.
The book became an immediate success, winning the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961. Harper Lee, however, decided not to publish another book for 55 years after.
History Fact
In 1917, Margaret Sanger was jailed for one month for establishing the first birth control clinic.
Movie/TV Trivia
Showgirls still holds the record for most Razzie (anti-Oscars) nominations with 13. Paul Verhoeven was the first director to collect the award for Worst Picture in person.
Movie/TV Quote
"My precious."
The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers, 2002
Conversation Starter
Writing Prompt
What is your very favourite letter of the alphabet? Why?
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