Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets Of Knowledge For Your Noggin’ – (6/13/24)
June 13, 2024 4:15AM CDT
Here are Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets of Knowledge for your Noggin’ – on this Thursday, June 13th, 2024. Let’s learn something together:
- Oranges are a result of crossbreeding between the pomelo and the mandarin.
- Whoever’s elected the president of France becomes the co-prince of the country Andorra, because of a strange treaty. That makes the French president the only monarch in the world that’s elected, even though they’re not elected by Andorra.
- The term “dog days of summer” didn’t start because dogs were lying around in the heat. It’s a reference to the star Sirius, which is called the Dog Star, and its position in the sky.
- Michael Crichton is the only person who’s ever had a book, TV show, and movie all top the charts at the same time. It happened in 1994 when: “Disclosure” was the number one “New York Times” bestseller, “ER” was number one in TV ratings, and “Jurassic Park” was the number one movie at the box office.
- The first e-book was the Declaration of Independence. A student at the University of Illinois digitized it to distribute around the world in 1971.
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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