Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets Of Knowledge For Your Noggin’ – (5/6/24)
May 6, 2024 4:20AM CDT
Here are Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets of Knowledge for your Noggin’ – on this Monday, May 6th, 2024. Let’s learn something together:
- Nearly two-thirds of ALL meteorites discovered on Earth are found in Antarctica. Of course, Antarctica is basically just an empty white sheet, which is almost entirely populated by scientists.
- Ronald Reagan was a lifeguard in high school and he saved 77 people from drowning.
- Michael Jordan got his degree in “cultural geography” from the University of North Carolina, because his backup plan after basketball was to be a weatherman.
- The author who wrote “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” was a German guy named B. Traven, but not really. That was a pen name and no one is sure of his real name.
- The math problem that Matt Damon solves in “Good Will Hunting” isn’t actually very hard, according to a mathematician from Cambridge and even someone who wasn’t a mathematician could probably solve it.
Be sure to share these 5 Nuggets of Knowledge for your Noggin’ with your family, friends & coworkers at some point today!
(Washington University / Miller Center / Huff Post / Wikipedia / Slate)
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