Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets Of Knowledge For Your Noggin’ – (4/12/23)

Here are Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets of Knowledge for your Noggin’ – on this Wednesday, April 12th, 2023. Let’s learn something together:

1. Penicillin, which was discovered in 1928, would have vanquished the pneumonia that killed millions of people during the 1918 influenza pandemic.
2. People around the world drink more goat milk than cow milk.
3. People in the late 1800s used to rip pages out of the Sears Roebuck catalog and use them as toilet paper.  They didn’t see any need to buy paper specifically for wiping themselves when the catalog came for free.
4. Nigeria, India, and Pakistan all have more people who speak English than England.  There are 128 million English speakers in India, 125 million in Nigeria, 108 million in Pakistan and only 63 million in the U.K.  America has more than all of them, with at least 316 million.
5. 90% of Americans live within 15 minutes of a Walmart.

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

(New York Times / LiveScience / Mental Floss / Wikipedia / Forbes)