Today's Dippit!
Quote
"How I feel when there’s no coffee? Depresso."
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Joke
After dinner, my wife asked if I could clear the table. I needed a running start, but I made it!
Fun Fact
Sunsets on Mars are blue.
Reading Fact
When Stephen Hawking turned in his first draft of A Brief History Of Time, his publisher gave him some advice. They said that book sales would be halved for every mathematical equation that he included in the manuscript. Hawking went away and removed all equations bar one (E=MC2). The book went on to sell over 25 million copies.
History Fact
After finding a 36,000 year old steppe bison preserved in the ice, Alaskan zoology professor R. Dale Guthrie and his team ate some of its flesh. Guthrie said "the meat was well aged but still a little tough."
Movie/TV Trivia
Harrison Ford ad-libbed one of the most famous scenes in Star Wars history
Remember the heart-breaking scene where Han Solo is about to be frozen? Princess Leia blurts out “I love you” and Solo simply replies “I know” before disappearing into the carbonite, unsure if he’ll actually survive the process or not.
This iconic scene wasn’t in the original script at all and was actually suggested by Harrison Ford. Ford told the director that his character should respond to Leia with: “I know,” because “it’s beautiful and it’s acceptable and it’s funny.”
The moment has often been cited as one of the greatest improvised lines in movie history. We’re glad Ford had that flash of genius because the original lines are a lot more underwhelming.
After Han kisses Leia, she says, “I love you. I couldn’t tell you before, but it’s true.” But Solo doesn’t say, “I love you”back — his line was “Just remember that, ‘cause I’ll be back.”
Definitely not as romantic! It just wouldn’t have been the same. Luckily the chemistry between the two actors was unbelievable since Ford and Carrie Fisher had an affair during filming of the three Star Wars movies…
Movie/TV Quote
"Do you know what happens to a toad when it's struck by lightning? The same thing that happens to everything else."
X-Men (2000)
Conversation Starter
What’s one thing you’ve won and how did you win it?
Writing Prompt
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