Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets Of Knowledge For Your Noggin’ – (4/20/23)
April 20, 2023 3:41AM CDT
Here are Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets of Knowledge for your Noggin’ – on this Thursday, April 20th, 2023. Let’s learn something together:
- In 2018, Girl Scouts of Colorado updated its cookie sales policy to allow Girl Scouts to sell their boxes outside of cannabis dispensaries.
- The song “The Purple People Eater” isn’t about a purple monster that eats people . . . it’s about a monster that eats purple people.
- Polar bears don’t have white fur . . . they have transparent fur that reflects sunlight and makes them look white.
- “Mrs.” was originally an abbreviation for “mistress,” not “missus” . . . which is why it has an “r” in it.
- U-Haul briefly got into the video rental business in the 1980s . . . they opened seven test locations in Michigan that rented VHS tapes. They wound up giving up on it quickly to focus back on truck rentals.
Be sure to share these 5 Nuggets of Knowledge for your Noggin’ with your family, friends & coworkers at some point today!
(Mashable / Wikipedia / Wonderopolis / Mental Floss / Canton Public Library)
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