Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets Of Knowledge For Your Noggin’ – (4/10/24)
April 10, 2024 4:34AM CDT
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, April 10th, 2024. Let’s learn something together:
- It seems like there are COUNTLESS bubbles in a glass of champagne, and scientists used to estimate that there are at least 15 million. Now, new research says that it’s less than you may think: Just about 1 million bubbles per glass. And if you want MORE bubbles for whatever reason, you should serve it WARMER than usual, and tilt the flute more while pouring.
- Mick Jagger and Keith Richards randomly met each other at a train station in 1961. Mick was 18, Keith was 17, and they started talking about a blues record that Mick was holding.
- The deadliest mountain in the world is “K2,” the second-highest mountain in the world behind Mount Everest. Only 377 people have successfully climbed it and 91 have died trying.
- The term “hooker” started in the 1820s when prostitutes would hang out in a part of Manhattan called Corlears Hook.
- Chlorine was first added to pools in the 1940s because it could kill polio.
Be sure to share these 5 Nuggets of Knowledge for your Noggin’ with your family, friends & coworkers at some point today!
(Food & Wine / BBC / Wikipedia / Wikipedia / HASA)
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