My uncle always used to say to learn two new things every day. He passed away a few months ago and I have been wanting to do something on Steemit to honor his memory.
This is a photo of him. I did a post some time ago about wanting to take him to some kind of event dressed as Gandalf The Grey. Anyway, he believed that if you stop using your mind, or if you stop learning things, that what was the point in living? He spent a lot of time watching shows like "Through the Wormhole" (what made me think of the Morgan Freeman reference earlier) and "How It's Made" and things like that on The History Channel and Discovery Channel and such. So in honor of his memory, I am starting a new series here on Steemit, the "Learn Something New Every Day Contest"!
This series will likely evolve and change a bit as I go along. I have not worked out all of the details yet, but I know that I want to spread more rewards, and my favorite way to do that is through engagement. As this series evolves, I will probably add in or tack on themes, or specific topics and things like that. But for now, I am going to keep it fairly simple. Much like my Engagement Contest I ran a couple months ago, today I am really just going to be asking for you to "Tell me something I don't know". It doesn't have to be some obscure bit of information no one has ever heard of, just some interesting bit of knowledge. The tidbit that sparked the idea for that previous contest that I mentioned was "Koalas are the only other mammal that have fingerprints closely resembling that of a human".
It doesn't have to be the most fantastic bit of knowledge, it just has to be true. If you post something really hard to believe, I may ask you to cite your source or link me to something that backs up your bit of info. As I said, this idea is still really rough around the edges, but it will get better as I go along, much like anything else you work on in life. Don't be afraid to drop comments with suggestions below. I am always open to ways of improving.
So here it is, really simple.
Tell me Something I Don't Know.
Leave me a meaningful comment below with a random bit of trivia knowledge (if you don't know what a meaningful comment is, make sure you read the post by @ogochuckwu linked at the bottom of this post). All entrants will get a small Upvote for participating, (One Entry Per Person Per Day!!!) and my top three favorite will receive a 100% Upvote, a 75% Upvote and a 50% Upvote for teaching me something new that day. You have about twenty three hours to make submissions to this post, at which time I will give out rewards and post the new Day's contest.And here's the deal. One entry per person means one per person. If I catch people abusing me or my contests again, I am not going to get mad about it, I am just going to use the power that I would have used to Upvote that user to downvote them instead. I love this platform too much to let a couple scammers get the best of me, so I will use the tools I have and do what I have to do! On a more positive note, I highly encourage you all to Upvote each others entries as well. Help me spread more rewards by rewarding each other!
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