Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets Of Knowledge For Your Noggin’ – (4/15/24)

Here are Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets of Knowledge for your Noggin’ – on this Monday, April 15th, 2024. Let’s learn something together:

1. American tax dollars mostly go to social services:  Social Security, Medicare, health, income security, veterans benefits, and education.  That accounts for 66% of federal spending, in roughly that order.  An estimated 13% will go toward defense spending, another 13% will re-pay net interest on government debt and 10% will fund other functions, including agriculture, energy, and transportation.
2. Sriracha has a rooster on the bottle because the guy who created it was born in 1945, which was the Year of the Rooster.
3. Teddy Roosevelt was 42 years old when he took over as president after William McKinley was assassinated, which makes him the youngest president ever.  JFK was 43 when he was elected.
4. When Samsung started in 1938, it was a trading company that sold dried fish, groceries, and noodles.  It didn’t get into electronics until the late 1960s.
5. For one hour a year, it’s the same time in Oregon and Florida.  Parts of eastern Oregon are on Mountain Time and parts of the Florida panhandle are on Central.  So when western Florida sets the clocks back from 2:00 A.M. to 1:00 A.M. in the fall, it’s also 1:00 A.M. in eastern Oregon.

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

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