If you’re like me, you hold on to trivial (aka useless) knowledge in the event a perfect conversation happens wherein dropping this knowledge will make me look like I’m smarter than I am, then here are some facts to commit to memory.
A study from Goldman Sachs estimates that, by 2028, up to 70 million Americans will have tried Ozempic or similar drugs for weight loss. The U.S. population in 2028 is projected to be about 355 million, with 279 million ADULTS. So that means up to 25% of American adults will have tried it.
2. In the early 1900s, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich was considered a delicacy and only eaten by rich people. But by the 1920s, the price of peanut butter went way down, and PB&Js became more popular.
3. In an NHL game, if all of a team’s goalies are injured, the team has the option to suit up anyone as their goalie, even someone from the stands.
4. Colgate started selling a line of frozen dinners in 1982 but they failed miserably because people associated their logo with toothpaste, not good food.
5. The first person to use the phrase “founding fathers” was Warren G. Harding, when he accepted his party’s nomination for president in 1920.
