Today's Dippit!

Quote

"Family isn’t an important thing. It’s everything."

Michael J. Fox

Joke

When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane

Fun Fact

For nearly 60 years, Texas didn’t have an official state flag between 1879 & 1933. During that time, the Lone Star flag was the active, but unofficial flag.

History Fact

No Autocorrect

In 1962, a programmer omitted a single hyphen in the code for the Mariner I rocket, causing it to explode shortly after take off. This typo cost NASA the equivalent of $630 million dollars today.

Movie/TV Trivia

The man drinking from a flask at the end of Titanic was based on a real passenger – who survived

Remember the guy who decides to start swigging from his hip flask as the ship is sinking? Looking back we can’t say that we blame him, but apparently the character was based on a real-life survivor of the Titanic.

The individual in question managed to survive in the Atlantic Ocean for several hours thanks to his blood alcohol level.

Charles Joughin was the real-life passenger who managed to hang onto the rails after more than a few cocktails.

Apparently Joughin was a chef who had been drinking whiskey for most of the evening. In the end, the Scotch warmed up his insides and actually helped him to survive the entire disaster.

So next time you find yourself on a sinking ship, make sure you have some whiskey handy because it just might end up saving your life. Plus here’s another eerie Titanic fact…

If all of the present-day scenes from the movie were deleted, then the film would run for 2 hours and 40 minutes – the exact time it took for the Titanic to sink. Weird!

Movie/TV Quote

"Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast."

King Kong, 1933

Fun Fact:

The King Kong roar was a combination of a lion and tiger's roar combined and played backward very owly

Conversation Starter

When was the last time you used the words “thank you”?

Writing Prompt

How Important Is Keeping a Clean House?