Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets Of Knowledge For Your Noggin’ – (5/19/22)

Here are Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets of Knowledge for your Noggin’ on this Thursday – May 19th, 2022. Let’s learn something together:

1. Wint-O-Green Life Savers make blue sparks in the dark when you bite on them because of “triboluminescence,” or light resulting from something being smashed.
2. There’s a city in Alaska called Unalaska. It’s on a small island and its name comes from the Aleutian word “ounalashka,” which means “near the peninsula.”
3. The average American spends more on their pets every year than they do on alcohol or movies.
4. The psych disorder with the highest mortality rate is anorexia. Between 5% and 20% of people who suffer from it wind up dying because of it.
5. Dogs sweat through their feet.

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

(How Stuff Works / Wikipedia / Quartz / Wikipedia / AKC.org)