Wacky Wednesday: Enjoy The Spectacular & Amazing 15 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!

– Of modern countries currently independent, New Zealand was the first to allow women to vote.

– The potential for Royal Flush in poker is 1 in 649,740.

– Potatoes, tomatoes, and a few other vegetables contain nicotine.

– It takes roughly 40 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of maple syrup.

– The Richter scale is logarithmic (A 9 on the scale is 10x stronger than an 8).

– Red hair is the rarest human hair color. Only 1 to 2 percent of the population are red-heads.

– The chills you get when listening to music are caused by the release of dopamine in your body.

– Bananas can actually help prevent and cure hangovers.

– J is the only letter of the alphabet not used in the atomic symbol for any element.

– “Never odd or even” spelled backwards is “Never odd or even”.

– To escape the grip of a crocodile’s jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs. It will let you go instantly.

– 6% of people can speak 3 or more languages.

– 95% of a car’s lifetime is spent parked—they are typically in motion for 1.02 hours per day.

– Lip balm is addictive. The more you put it on the more you need it.

– One “Puffer Fish” contains enough poison to kill 30 people.

(via @UberFacts, @GoogleFacts & @Factsionary)