Today's Dippit!
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Quote
"The richest man is not he who has the most, but he who needs the least."
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Joke
Sleeping comes so naturally to me, I could do it with my eyes closed
Fun Fact
A "buttload" is a real measurement of weight.
Reading Fact
Librarians were once taught a special rounded style of handwriting to ensure uniformity and legibility in catalogs.
The handwriting style, called the “library hand,” was developed by Thomas Alva Edison in 1885. Based on Edison’s own handwriting, the style was especially perfected to allow librarians to “take legibly from the wire, longhand, forty-seven and even fifty-four words a minute”.
History Fact
Chairman Mao Zedong killed 45 million people during China's "Great Leap Forward" from 1958–1962.
Movie/TV Trivia
The Dark Knight made more money in its first six days in the US than Batman Begins made in its entire domestic run.
Movie/TV Quote
"Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!"
42nd Street, 1933
Conversation Starter
Writing Prompt
If you had a chance to eat dessert for breakfast every day, what dessert would you choose?
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