Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets Of Knowledge For Your Noggin’

Big Dave holding up a hand in the KMAD studio. Dave Hilton

Here are Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets of Knowledge for your Noggin’ – on this Monday, December 11th, 2023. Let’s learn something together:

In 1995, there was a contest based on who shot Mr. Burns on “The Simpsons”. Only ONE known person correctly guessed that it was Maggie, but it was an anonymous post online. The writers wanted to give them a prize, but on the DVD commentary, they said they were STILL searching for them.
The Smurfs were created in 1947 as minor characters in a comic book in Belgium called “Johan and Peewit”.
Before Paul Shaffer was David Letterman’s band leader, he co-wrote the song “It’s Raining Men” in 1979.
James Dean only starred in three movies before he died in a car crash when he was 24: “East of Eden” . . . “Rebel Without a Cause” . . . and “Giant”.
English is the fourth most-spoken language in South America, behind Spanish, Portuguese, and Quechua, which is an indigenous language spoken by people living in the Peruvian Andes.