Today's Dippit!
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Quote
"If you want to feel rich, just count all the gifts you have that money can’t buy."
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Joke
How does Moses make coffee? Hebrews it
Fun Fact
Lego is the largest tire manufacturer in the world.
Reading Fact
In a while, fair play, all of a sudden, night owl and star-crossed lovers are all phrases Shakespeare is thought to have introduced to the English language.
The Bard was also known to love the prefix un–, having created or given meaning to over 300 words that begin with it, such as unaware, uncomfortable, unreal, and undress.
History Fact
In Venice during the Renaissance there was a case where a rapist was given the choice of going to jail for six months, paying a fine, or marrying his victim. He chose marriage.
Movie/TV Trivia
Years before Hit-Girl caused Daily Mail readers heads to explode with the use of the C-word, its first outing in Hollywood was in Carnal Knowledge. Jack Nicolson’s character Jonathan utters the impressively eloquent line, “Answer me, you ball-busting, castrating, son of a cunt bitch!”. The actor would later call Nurse Ratched, “something of a cunt” in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.
Movie/TV Quote
"Attica! Attica!"
Dog Day Afternoon, 1975
Conversation Starter
Writing Prompt
If someone gave you 20 dollars, what would you buy with it?
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