Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets Of Knowledge For Your Noggin’ – (4/16/24)
April 16, 2024 4:18AM 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 Tuesday, April 16th, 2024. Let’s learn something together:
- Two-thirds of the world’s polar bears live in Canada.
- Even though the “Soviet Union” hasn’t competed in the Summer Olympics since 1988, it’s still second in the all-time medal count. America has 2,629 medals, the Soviet Union has 1,010 and Great Britain is third with 916.
- Cher was one of the background singers for The Righteous Brothers on “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin'”.
- Long johns are named after a boxer in Boston in the 1870s named John Sullivan, because he would wear them in the ring.
- The nine biggest states have more people than the other 41 combined – California, Texas, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Georgia, and North Carolina.
Be sure to share these 5 Nuggets of Knowledge for your Noggin’ with your family, friends & coworkers at some point today!
(Canadian Geographic / Wikipedia / Wikipedia / Farmer’s Almanac / Wikipedia)
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