Today's Dippit!

Quote

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."

Anais Nin

Joke

Police were called to a daycare center where a three-year-old was resisting a rest

Fun Fact

All the ants on Earth weigh about as much as all the humans.

The total population of people who are alive on Earth hasn't even hit 8 billion. At the same time, there are 10 quadrillion (10,000,000,000,000,000) individual ants crawling around at any given time. According to wildlife presenter Chris Packham,who appeared on the BBC, when combined, all of those ants would weigh about the same as all of us humans.

However, Francis Ratnieks, professor of agriculture at the University of Sussex, disagrees. He says that while this fact may have been true in the past, these days "we must also remember that humans are getting fatter all the time. We're not just increasing in population, we're increasing in fatness, so I think we've left the ants behind."

Reading Fact

John Steinbeck worked as a caretaker in Lake Tahoe and used his spare time to write his first novel.

History Fact

Witches Weren't Actually Burned at the Stake In Salem

The witch trials in Salem,Massachusetts, lasted between February 1692 and May 1693. Nearly 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft, including the homeless, the elderly, and a four-year-old girl. The majority were jailed, and some were hanged. But none of these people ever got burned alive.

Movie/TV Trivia

In Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Charlie Sheen stayed awake for 48 hours to achieve a suitably wasted look for his cameo.

Movie/TV Quote

"I'm also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her."

Notting Hill, 1999

Conversation Starter

What makes you laugh out loud?

Writing Prompt

How Well Do You Know Your Neighbours?