Today's Dippit!

Quote

"The secret to living is giving." 

Tony Robbins 

Joke

What do you call a guy with a rubber toe? Roberto.

Fun Fact

Bee hummingbirds are so small they get mistaken for insects.

Hummingbirds are known for being itty-bitty creatures, but Bee Hummingbirds are the teeniest versions of these shockingly tiny flyers. They're actually the smallest bird in the world. They are so minuscule that they are sometimes mistaken for insects (which explains their name), according to the National Audobon Society. The birds are just two and a quarter inches long and weigh less than a dime.

Reading Fact

Reading aloud can help improve pronunciation and intonation, particularly for language learners or individuals with speech impediments.

History Fact

Andrew Jackson Had a Vulgar Parrot

Andrew Jackson taught his parrot, Polly, to curse like a sailor. There is even one legend that the parrot had to be taken out of Jackson's funeral for its proclivity for profanity. And you thought you swore too much.

Movie/TV Trivia

While Cameron Crowe returns the favour in Minority Report wearing a newspaper. Or hiding behind one. Delete where applicable.

Movie/TV Quote

"For a guy with a four digit IQ, I must have missed something."

Limitless (2011)

Seven years before Bradley Cooper became the quadruple-threat actor/director/producer/songwriter behind A Star Is Born, he played Eddie Morra, a writer who finds a drug that gives him a quadruple-digit IQ. It's one of those "just go with it" premises that's made explicit in the poster and trailer, but is reinforced in a scene that comes before the opening credits, a kind of "record scratch, freeze frame" setup that shows Eddie at the end of his rope, with unknown bad guys closing in before we rewind to get the full story. In voiceover while he teeters on the edge of a skyscraper, Eddie reflects on his current state, lamenting the gaps in his otherwise airtight IQ: "I'd come this close to having an impact on the world. And now the only thing I'd have an impact on was the sidewalk." Is this Shakespeare? Certainly not. But it's the kind of dumb, repeatable line that makes good-bad movies so enjoyable.

Conversation Starter

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Writing Prompt

What Memorable Experiences Have You Had in Learning Science or Math?