Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets Of Knowledge For Your Noggin’ (11/16/21)
November 16, 2021 4:44AM CST
Dave Hilton
Here are Big Dave’s 5 Random Facts for your Tuesday – November 16th, 2021. Let’s learn something together:
- We shake hands to show we’re unarmed. It was also a sign of trust that you believed the other person wasn’t going to take their sword out to fight YOU.
- Indonesia experiences more earthquakes than any country in the world.
- Nicolas Cage turned down the roles of Shrek in “Shrek” . . . Neo in “The Matrix” . . . Harry in “Dumb & Dumber” . . . and Aragorn in “Lord of the Rings”. Those roles ended up going to Mike Myers, Keanu Reeves, Jeff Daniels, and Viggo Mortensen.
- Singapore Airlines has a special compartment in some of its planes to hold a body if someone dies on a flight.
- There are only five states in America with no state sales tax: Oregon, Delaware, New Hampshire, Montana, and Alaska.
Be sure to use one of these little tidbits in your life this week!
(BBC / USGS / ScreenRant / BBC / Investopedia)
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