Wacky Wednesday: 15 Amazing & Outstanding Fun Facts!

As is Wednesday tradition, BBIMI is giving you a glimpse at 15 fun and crazy you probably did not know before you read this blog post. The world is full of useless, yet entertaining AND factual information and we would be crazy or wacky ourselves not to shed some light on this subject. There’s just two more days until the weekend, so enjoy this Humpday treat courtesy of BB Insurance Marketing. Check them out!

– Elvis Presley’s manager used to sell both ‘I love Elvis’ and ‘I hate Elvis’ badges at his concerts to make as much money as possible.

– People who have just withdrawn money from an ATM are far less likely to help a passerby requesting assistance, a study found.

– While the U.S. has the most millionaires, China is making millionaires faster—China gained 2 million millionaires in 2014 alone.

– The United States’ army is older than than the United States itself.

– A 2013 study found that, since 1960, air conditioning has cut heat-related deaths by 80 percent.

– If someone’s having a heart attack, they have to CHEW the aspirin and not just swallow it. It gets the aspirin into your bloodstream faster.

– More people work for Wal-Mart than live in Estonia.

– You should delete your browser cookies before buying airline tickets – Ticket fares go up when you’ve visited a site multiple times.

– Pluto will complete its first orbit since its discovery on March 23, 2178.

– Chocolate releases the same chemical into your body that you get when you start falling in love.

– The British have invaded 90% of the world’s countries.

– The U.S. didn’t install an emergency number—911—until February 1968.

– Koi fish can live more than 200 years.

– The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.

– In 1998, Sony accidentally sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people’s clothes.

(via @UberFacts, @GoogleFacts & @Factsionary)