Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets Of Knowledge For Your Noggin’

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 Wednesday, February 7th, 2024. Let’s learn something together:

Only 8.4% of Americans don’t wear seat belts, but roughly 50% of those killed in car crashes were not buckled in.
Less than 1% of people in China are left-handed. At least, that’s how many people admit it. It’s considered a biological flaw in China if you’re left-handed, so people won’t admit it, and they train themselves to do things with their right hand.
There’s a secret room hidden behind Lincoln’s head on Mount Rushmore to store important documents.
“Houston, we have a problem” isn’t the exact quote. When Jack Swigert was communicating from Apollo 13, he actually said, quote, “Okay, Houston, we’ve had a problem here.”
“Schindler’s List” and the Vanilla Ice movie “Cool As Ice” had the same cinematographer – a guy named Janusz Kaminski. He’s won the Oscar for Best Cinematography twice, for “Schindler’s List” and “Saving Private Ryan”.