Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets Of Knowledge For Your Noggin’ – (7/18/23)

Here are Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets of Knowledge for your Noggin’ – on this Tuesday, July 16th, 2023. Let’s learn something together:

1. In the 1992 movie “Scent of Woman”, Al Pacino’s character repeatedly shouts “Hoo-ah!”  “Hoo-ah” reportedly comes from the military acronym “HUA”, which stands for “Heard, Understood, Acknowledged.”
2. “The Departed” is the only remake that’s ever won an Oscar for Best Picture.
3. Of the famous “57 Varieties” of products that Heinz originally made, ketchup was 43rd.
4. From 1948 to 1975, there was a federal holiday on the second Monday of August called Victory Day, to celebrate Japan surrendering in World War Two.  It was abolished in 1975, but one state still celebrates it – Rhode Island.
5. Rick Moranis was the first pick to be Ace Ventura, but he turned it down, so it went to Jim Carrey.

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

(Deadline / Guinness World Records / Wikipedia / Wikipedia / Google Books)