Today's Dippit!

Quote

"Life has got all those twists and turns. You’ve got to hold on tight and off you go." 

Nicole Kidman

Joke

How do crazy people go through the forest? They take the physco path.

Fun Fact

Harriet Tubman was even more heroic than you thought.

You probably know that Harriet Tubman was a former slave who became a political activist for the abolition movement. But in addition to smuggling escaped slaves through the Underground Railroad, during the Civil War she was the first woman to lead an armed assault. She planned and executed a number of raids and was known to carry a revolver for personal protection.

Reading Fact

Reading digital texts requires new literacy skills, such as digital navigation, online research, and critical evaluation of online sources.

History Fact

Your Great-Great-Great-Great Grandfather Was a Mass Murderer

Over the course of his massively powerful campaigning around Asia and Europe, Genghis Khan killed an estimated 40 million people—that was 10% of the world’s population. But he’s also pretty much everyone’s common ancestor, so all that killing and maiming balances out…right?

Movie/TV Trivia

Jim ‘King of the World’ Cameron also had a second ending for Titanic in which Bill Paxton and the old lady face off over the million dollar necklace. If you thought the original ending was schmaltzy check out the ‘life is priceless’ alternative.

Movie/TV Quote

"I don't like sand. It's all coarse, and rough, and irritating. And it gets everywhere."

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)

Hayden Christensen became an instant icon for all of his weird lines in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones and its sequel Revenge of the Sith -- unfortunately for him, not because any of those lines were any good. The characteristically dopey delivery of his diatribe against sand to his lover Padmé Amidala is perhaps the finest bit of unintentionally comedic acting in the whole Star Wars saga. Anakin grew up as a slave on a desert planet, so yeah, naturally, the texture of sand would probably bring back those memories. But, geez, man, can't you think of a less creepy way to say it?

Conversation Starter

What are three fun facts about yourself?

Writing Prompt

Would You Rather Work From Home or in an Office?