Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets Of Knowledge For Your Noggin’ – (2/17/22)
February 17, 2022 3:43AM CST
Dave Hilton
Here are Big Dave’s 5 Random Facts for your Thursday – February 17th, 2022. Let’s learn something together:
- No human has beaten a computer in a chess tournament in over 15 years.
- “Seeing Eye” dog is trademarked by the first school to train dogs for the blind, The Seeing Eye Inc. Only dogs that were trained there can be called Seeing Eye dogs, the rest are supposed to be called “dog guides.”
- Dr Pepper promoted itself as a hot drink for the winter in the ’60s. If you heat it up, it turns thicker, almost like apple cider.
- People who run marathons finish the race about a half-inch SHORTER than they started. It’s just the temporary effect of your back muscles tensing up over the course of the race.
- The word “poppycock” comes from an old Dutch word that means “soft poop.”
Be sure to use one of these little tidbits in your life this week!
(Cornell / The Seeing Eye / Serious Eats / SportsRec / Merriam-Webster)
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