Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets Of Knowledge For Your Noggin’ – (1/9/23)
January 9, 2023 4:04AM CST
Here are Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets of Knowledge for your Noggin’ on this Monday – January 9th, 2023. Let’s learn something together:
- Until the wire whisk was popularized in the 19th century, vigorous mixing was usually accomplished using birch branches, knives, or bundles of straw.
- Americans spend almost $100 billion a year on the lottery, which is more than we spend on books, movies, music, video games, and tickets to sporting events combined.
- Only four states still allow prisoners to have conjugal visits: California, New York, Connecticut, and Washington.
- There are only two countries in the world that don’t require companies to give their employees paid maternity leave: Papua New Guinea and the U.S. The South American country Suriname had been on this list until a couple years ago, but then they introduced 16 weeks of paid maternity leave and eight days of paid paternity leave.
- Peanut M&M’s were invented by a guy named Forrest Mars, who was allergic to peanuts.
Be sure to share these 5 Nuggets of Knowledge for your Noggin’ with your family, friends & coworkers at some point today!
(The News-Review / NPR / Wikipedia / Wikipedia / Mental Floss)
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