Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets Of Knowledge For Your Noggin’ – (2/3/22)
February 3, 2022 4:23AM CST
Here are Big Dave’s 5 Random Facts for your Thursday – February 3rd, 2022. Let’s learn something together:
- The word “quarantine” comes from the Italian words for “40 days.” This dates back to when it was discovered that ships were infested with plague-carrying rats, and they were forced to wait outside Venice for 40 days before coming ashore.
- “Forty” is the only number where the letters spelling it out are in alphabetical order. “One” is the only number where the letters spelling it out are in REVERSE alphabetical order.
- Hugh Jackman didn’t know a wolverine was a real animal until he got to the set of “X-Men” . . . he thought his Wolverine character was based on a wolf.
- The writers of “Curious George” are Margret and H.A. Rey. They were Jews living in Paris in 1940. They fled right before the Nazis invaded . . . and took their manuscript for “Curious George” with them.
- Ransom payments are tax deductible . . . you just have to show something like a police report as proof of your loss.
Be sure to use one of these little tidbits in your life this week!
(McGill / Rinkworks / Huff Post / New York Times / Freakonomics)
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