Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets Of Knowledge For Your Noggin’ – (12/8/23)
December 8, 2023 4:29AM CST
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 Friday, December 8th, 2023. Let’s learn something together:
- In December of 2014, “People” selected its first and only Sexiest Woman Alive: Kate Upton.
- The steakhouse chain Smith & Wollensky got its name when the founder opened up the phone book and randomly picked two people’s last names. The founder was a guy named Alan Stillman, and no one named Smith or Wollensky was ever involved.
- Otis Redding died in a plane crash in 1967 only three days after he recorded “(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay”.
- The Hundred Years’ War between England and France really lasted 116 years: From 1337 to 1453.
- The 1876 presidential election had the highest voter turnout of any election in history: 82.6% of eligible Americans voted. It also had the smallest margin of victory ever. Rutherford B. Hayes beat Samuel Tilden by only one electoral vote.
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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