Today's Dippit!

Quote

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."

Anne Frank

Joke

My wife refuses to go to a nude beach with me…I think she's just being clothes-minded!

Fun Fact

The oldest person ever to have lived (whose age could be authenticated), a French woman named Jeanne Louise Calment, was 122 years old when she died in 1997.

Reading Fact

Adults who read for only 30 minutes a week are 20% more likely to have greater life satisfaction.

History Fact

Financial Backer

Stephen Girard, one of the wealthiest men in American history, personally saved the United States government from financial collapse during the War of 1812. He placed almost all of his personal assets at the disposal of the government, and underwrote 95% of the war loan issue, which allowed the US to continue the war.

Movie/TV Trivia

Cast Away

To make himself look like an average out of shape middle aged man Tom Hanks didn't exercise and allowed himself to grow pudgy. Production was then halted for a year so he could lose fifty pounds and grow out his hair for his time spent on the deserted island.

Movie/TV Quote

"Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?" 

The Graduate, 1967

Conversation Starter

What is the best or worst trait you inherited from your parents?

Writing Prompt

What’s So Great About YouTube?