Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets Of Knowledge For Your Noggin’ – (3/29/23)

Here are Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets of Knowledge for your Noggin’ on this Wednesday – March 29th, 2023. Let’s learn something together:

1. In Finland, a tradition of getting drunk at home in your underwear is so commonplace that there’s a word for it, “kalsarikännit.”  The rough translation is “pantsdrunk.”
2. The guy who invented the safety pin in the mid-1800s came up with it because he desperately needed a way to make $15 to pay off a debt.
3. There are only 644 people who’ve been in space.  The definition of being in space is at least 50 miles above Earth.
4. The guy who invented the revolving door came up with it because he hated having to open doors for women.
5. People in Nigeria drink more Guinness in a year than people in Ireland.

Be sure to share these 5 Nuggets of Knowledge for your Noggin’ with your family, friends & coworkers at some point today!

(Wikipedia / MIT / World Space Flight / Slate / Irish Post)