Today's Dippit!
Quote
"Everything is funny, as long as it’s happening to somebody else."
Will Rogers
Joke
Did you hear about the Italian chef who died? He pasta way!
Fun Fact
Crystal – the monkey from The Hangover 2 and Night at the Museum has her own IMDB page!
Reading Fact
451 degrees Fahrenheit isn’t actually the temperature at which paper burns. Bradbury was misinformed when he was choosing a title for Fahrenheit 451; that’s actually the temperature at which paper will combust.
History Fact
Genghis Khan killed 40 million people across Asia and Europe.
Movie/TV Trivia
The velociraptors in Jurassic Park are actually tortoises
Whilst the T-Rex gets all the attention in Jurassic Park, it’s really the velociraptors that used to make our skin crawl. That terrifying noise they used to make whilst hunting in packs was the stuff of nightmares, but maybe someone should have told us at the time what that sound really was.
Apparently, the velociraptor noise in Jurassic Park is actually a recording of two tortoises mating!
Sound designer Gary Rystrom explained all about the decision to use frisky tortoises: “It’s somewhat embarrassing, but when the raptors bark at each other to communicate, it’s a tortoise having sex. It’s a mating tortoise! I recorded that at Marine World … the people there said,‘Would you like to record these two tortoises that are mating?’” Meanwhile, the sound of the T-Rex came from Rydstrom’s tiny Jack Russell terrier, Buster. Rydstrom has used his pet in several films, including the Alien franchise.
He also used a baby elephant noise to pull of the sound of the T-Rex screaming. Who knew?!
Movie/TV Quote
"I have such doubts!"
Doubt (2008)
Conversation Starter What three things are you most grateful for?
Writing Prompt
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