Today's Dippit!

Daily Quote

"I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."

J.R.R. Tolkien

Joke of the Day

Let me tell you about my grandfather. He was a good man, a brave man. He had the heart of a lion, and a lifetime ban from the zoo.

Fun Fact

Nearly 3% of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.

Because the temperature in the Antarctic is well below zero, the urine can’t evaporate and just combines with the glaciers.

History Fact

An ancient text called the Voynich Manuscript still baffles scientists.

Hand-written in an unknown language, the Voynich Manuscript has been carbon-dated to roughly 1404 – 1438.

Some of the pages are missing, and some of them are foldable pull-out pages, while most pages have illustrations.

Hundreds of cryptographers and master codebreakers have tried to decipher it over the years with none succeeding to grasp its meaning or origin.

Movie/TV Trivia

In 1982, Spileberg’s kids classic stayed in the US top ten for ten months.

Movie/TV Quote

"You ain't heard nothin' yet!"

The Jazz Singer, 1927

Conversation Starter

How do you spend your mornings?

Writing Prompt

Would You Share an Embarrassing Story Online?

Weird Laws

South Dakota: Fireworks approved to help with farming

Farmers in South Dakota have the green-light to set off fireworks or explosives to protect their sunflower crops… so long as they are six hundred sixty feet away from the nearest church, home, or schoolhouse.

Food Thing

Coconut water can be used as blood plasma.