Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets Of Knowledge For Your Noggin’ – (12/14/22)

Here are Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets of Knowledge for your Noggin’ on this Wednesday – December 14th, 2022. Let’s learn something together:

1. 75% of U.S. households displayed at least one Christmas tree last year, which is about 94 million homes.  84% of the trees were artificial, compared to 16% that were live.  And, nearly 6.5 million households had BOTH a live and artificial tree.
2. The highest score anyone’s ever gotten in a video game is 23.4 quintillion points.  A guy named Tom Duncan managed to get that score on the Atari game “Garfield” in 2008.
3. There’s only one type of insect on Antarctica.  It’s a tiny fly called Belgica Antarctica that can handle the freezing temperatures.
4. The guy who created the Incredible Hulk, Jack Kirby, got the idea when he saw a woman lift a car off her baby when it was trapped underneath.
5. The number of people having quick weddings in Vegas is dropping, it went from 128,000 in 2004 to 81,000 in 2014 to 71,000 in 2021.

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

(Christmas Tree Association / Google Books / LiveScience / Gizmodo / Yahoo & Wedding Report)