Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets Of Knowledge For Your Noggin’ – (8/31/23)
August 31, 2023 3:49AM CDT
Big Dave holding up a hand in the KMAD studio. Dave Hilton
Here are Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets of Knowledge for your Noggin’ – on this Thursday, August 31st, 2023. Let’s learn something together:
- MLB uses an average of 84 to 120 balls per game and approximately 900,000 per season. The league’s annual budget for balls is $10 MILLION. Each ball costs around $7 before taxes and shipping.
- Costco loses $40 million a year by selling rotisserie chickens for $4.99, but it’s worth it because they draw people into the store, and they buy other stuff too.
- John Quincy Adams thought the Earth was hollow, and approved a journey to travel to the center of the planet to prove it. But he lost the next election to Andrew Jackson before it could happen, and Jackson killed the plan.
- The guy who invented the Super Soaker water gun worked at NASA and helped develop the stealth bomber.
- When the U.S. became a country in 1776, China’s population was already over 300 million, which is around what America’s population is TODAY.
Be sure to share these 5 Nuggets of Knowledge for your Noggin’ with your family, friends & coworkers at some point today!
(Baseball Bible / Seattle Times / Smithsonian Magazine / Wikipedia / Columbia)
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