Today's Dippit!

Quote

"Whatever your goal is you will never succeed unless you let go of your fears and fly."

Richard Branson

Joke

When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane

Fun Fact

The world's quietest room is located at Microsoft's headquarters in Washington state.

Silence is golden, as they say. And while it may not be worth quite as much as jewels and gold to most people, it certainly was the primary goal for those who built the quietest room in the world. Located at Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, Washington, the lab room measures a background noise of -20.35 d BA,which is 20 decibels below the threshold of human hearing and breaks previous records for spaces that were deemed the planet's quietest places, according to CNN.

"As soon as one enters the room, one immediately feels a strange and unique sensation which is hard to describe," Hundraj Gopal, a speech and hearing scientist and principal designer of the an echoic chamber at Microsoft, told CNN. "Most people find the absence of sound deafening, feel a sense of fullness in the ears, or some ringing. Very faint sounds become clearly audible because the ambient noise is exceptionally low. When you turn your head, you can hear that motion. You can hear yourself breathing and it sounds somewhat loud."

Reading Fact

Bibliosima - the word for loving the smell of old books.

History Fact

Soviet biologist Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov attempted to impregnate a chimpanzee with human sperm, but failed in his quest to make a "humanzee."

Movie/TV Trivia

Buzz Lightyear's original name was Lunar Larry.

Movie/TV Quote

"You complete me."

Jerry Maguire, 1996

Conversation Starter

Who has been the most influential person in your life and why?

Writing Prompt

What Possessions Does Your Family Treasure?