Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets Of Knowledge For Your Noggin’ – (2/28/22)

Here are Big Dave’s 5 Random Facts for your Monday – February 28th, 2022. Let’s learn something together:

1. The game “Chutes and Ladders” (or “Snakes and Ladders”) originated in ancient India as a way to teach morals and karma to kids. The ladders signify good deeds, while the snakes represent the bad things we do.
2. Joan of Arc wasn’t from a place called Arc, she grew up in a village in France called Domremy. Her name in French is Joan d’Arc, and D’Arc was her father’s last name.
3. Steve Jobs has received more than 140 patents since his death. They were all pending when he died, and have since been approved.
4. The inventor of cruise control was blind.
5. Google searches for “Why is my poop green?” peak between 5:00 A.M. and 6:00 A.M., and then again between 6:00 P.M. and 7:00 P.M.

Be sure to use one of these little tidbits in your life this week!

(Wikipedia / History /iMore / Wikipedia / NY Times)