Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets Of Knowledge For Your Noggin’ – (10/2/23)

Here are Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets of Knowledge for your Noggin’ – on this Monday, October 2nd, 2023. Let’s learn something together:

1. The man who coined the phrase “the pen is mightier than the sword,” is also credited with coining “the pursuit of the almighty dollar,” and the opening phrase “it was a dark and stormy night.”
2. The word “condolence” comes from the Latin word “condole,” which means “to suffer together.”
3. Les Paul is the only person in both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the National Inventors Hall of Fame, thanks to the electric guitar.
4. There was originally a sequel written for “Beetlejuice” called “Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian”, but it fell through.  Now, 30-plus years later, a “Beetlejuice 2” is finally happening minus the Hawaii aspect.  It comes out NEXT September.
5. The time when the largest percentage of the world is sleeping is 5:00 P.M. Eastern.  Approximately 75% of people in the world are sleeping at that hour, even though very few of them are in the U.S.

Be sure to share these 5 Nuggets of Knowledge for your Noggin’ with your family, friends & coworkers at some point today!

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