Today's Dippit!
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Quote
"A friend to all is a friend to none."
Aristotle
Joke
What do you call a man with no arms and no legs stuffed in your mailbox? Bill
Fun Fact
The first oranges weren’t orange
The original oranges from Southeast Asia were a tangerine-pomelo hybrid, and they were actually green. In fact, oranges in warmer regions like Vietnam and Thailand still stay green through maturity. For more interesting facts, find out which “orange” came first: the color or the fruit.
Reading Fact
The world's longest audiobook is the 50 Lectures.
The world’s longest audiobook is the “50Lectures” by Takaaki Yoshimoto (Japanese poet) which can play for about 5 days long. In conclusion, the audiobook has Mr. Yoshimoto’s lectures from the 1960sand ’70s.
History Fact
Johnny Appleseed Was Real
The folkloric hero was a real person. His real name was John Chapman and his hometown was Leominster,Massachusetts. He also has a street named after him, though the city planners decided it would be more poetic to use his mythical name: Johnny Appleseed Lane.
Movie/TV Trivia
In Raiders of the Lost Ark, when Indy shoots the Arab swordsman, he was originally meant to fight him, but Harrison Ford was too ill to fight ‘properly.’
Movie/TV Quote
"I'm the king of the world!"
Titanic, 1997
Conversation Starter
How do you spend your mornings?
Writing Prompt
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