Today's Dippits!

Quote

"Play iterated games. All the returns in life, whether in wealth, relationships, or knowledge, come from compound interest."

Naval Ravikant

Joke

I tried to sue the airline for losing my luggage. I lost my case

Fun Fact

Almost as many people were killed by guillotine in Nazi Germany as in the French Revolution.

Reading Fact

The word library comes from Latin liber – the inner bark of trees – and was first used in written form in the 14th century.

In Old English – the earliest historical form of the English language, spoken in the early Middle Ages – “book hoards” (from Old English bōchord) were what we know as libraries or collections of books today.

History Fact

The Mayans also made sacrifices. The most common involved pulling a still-beating heart out of a victim's chest.

Movie/TV Trivia

Blade Runner 2049

A visual effects company worked for a full year on the scene where Rachael (Sean Young) appears exactly as she did 35 years ago in Blade Runner (1982). Stand-in actress Loren Peta acted out the scene, and her appearance was changed through computer-generated visual effects to resemble Young.

Movie/TV Quote

"One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know." 

Animal Crackers, 1930

Conversation Starter

What makes you feel discouraged?

Writing Prompt

Do You Like Being Alone?