Today's Dippit!
- Jun 10
- 1 min read
Quote
"The happiest people don’t have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything they have."
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Joke
I used to be indecisive; now I'm not so sure
Fun Fact
If someone gives opinions on topics they know nothing about, they're an ultracrepidarian.
Reading Fact
Currently, the world’s fastest reader is Maria Teresa Calderon from the Philippines. She is able to read 80,000 words per minute with 100% comprehension.
“In the time it takes for most people to read the label on a cereal box, fifteen-year-old Maria Teresa Calderon could read half a book, or more – if she didn’t have to turn the pages”, the Associated Press reported in 1968. At University, she read a three page long college-level essay of 3,135 words in just 3.5 seconds.
In comparison, an average person reads around 250-300 words per minute, with around 70% comprehension.
History Fact
In 16th-century Canada, women drank a potion with beaver testicles ground into it as a form of contraception.
Movie/TV Trivia
Adjusted for inflation, all of the 12(!) Friday the 13th movies made more than the Saw series domestically, making Jason Voorhees the North American blood and guts box office champ.
Movie/TV Quote
"Here's Johnny!"
The Shining, 1980
Fun Fact
This line was completely improvised. Jack Nicholson was only prompted to break down the door, but he decided to improvise this line and it made the final cut of the movie.
Conversation Starter
Which animal at the zoo do you like best?
Writing Prompt
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