Today's Dippit!
Quote
"Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles."
George Eliot
Joke
Did I tell you the time I fell in love during a backflip? I was heels over head!
Fun Fact
In 2014, Sony made a cassette tape that can store 185TB of data!
Reading Fact
John Steinbeck worked as a caretaker in Lake Tahoe and used his spare time to write his first novel.
John Steinbeck, an American author, decided to become a writer when he was 14 years old and began writing stories and poems in his bedroom. Furthermore, John Steinbeck started to work as a caretaker in Lake Tahoe and used his spare time to write his first novel titled Cup of Gold, which was published in 1929. Most noteworthy, John Steinbeck won multiple awards such as the Nobel Prize in Literature, National Book Award for Fiction, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and Presidential Medal Freedom.
History Fact
The introduction of Europeans to the New World saw the Native American population drop from an estimated 12 million in 1500 to barely 237,000 in 1900.
Movie/TV Trivia
Buzz Lightyear’s original name was Lunar Larry
“To infinity, and beyond!”
Back in 1995, kids and parents the world over instantly fell in love with Buzz Lightyear, the cocky superhero who just refused to believe he was nothing more than a children’s toy. However, did you know that the character was never supposed to be called Buzz in the first place?!
The toy’s original name was ‘Lunar Larry’, which really just doesn’t have the same ring to it.
After a lot of back and forth between producers,Larry’s named was changed to Buzz Lightyear, as a nod to real-life astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Nice!
Also, in the original sketches for the movie, Buzz was supposed to be the good guy facing off against an evil pull-string cowboy called Woody. Eventually screenwriters decided to switch the pair around and asa result, one of the greatest Pixar movies of all time was born!
Our childhood just wouldn’t be the same without Buzz Lightyear flying around! We’re definitely glad they ditched the Lunar Larry name…
Movie/TV Quote
"This is Sparta!"
300 (2006)
Conversation Starter
What was the biggest punishment you’ve ever received?
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