Today's Dippit!
Quote
"Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."
Mark Twain
Joke
He who laughs last thinks slowest
Fun Fact
The oceans contain almost 200,000 different kinds of viruses.
The next time you feel like taking a dip in the big blue ocean, you might not want to think about the fact that the seemingly pristine water is home to almost200,000 different kinds of viruses. While this may sound scary, Matthew Sullivan,a microbiologist at the Ohio State University, told CNN, "Having that road map [of what viruses exist] helps us do a lot of the things we'd be interested in to better understand the ocean and, I hate to say it, but maybe to have to engineer the ocean at some point to combat climate change."
Reading Fact
The novelist John Green is actually a YouTuber.
History Fact
Benjamin Franklin Never Thought Turkeys Should Be the National Bird
While writing to his daughter in 1784, Benjamin Franklin was complaining about the bald eagle being chosen as the United States' national symbol. He said that the bald eagle had"bad moral character." He said the turkey would be a better idea. He was joking. He didn't actually think the national bird should be a turkey.
Movie/TV Trivia
Fantasia (1940) was originally a short called The Sorcerers Apprentice, but Walt Disney overspent on the score and decided to make it feature length film rather than waste money.
Movie/TV Quote
"The Dude abides."
The Big Lebowski, 1998
Conversation Starter
What was your favourite thing to do as a kid?
Writing Prompt
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