Wacky Wednesday: 15 Amazing and 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!
– A claw machine that costs 50¢ to play with prizes that cost $7 each are only programmed to give the claw full strength every 20 tries.
– Drinking alcohol with meals can help prevent food poisoning if the drink is more than 10% alcohol, studies show.
– Your gut is the only organ system that could perform its functions if your brain shut down.
– If couples invested the money they ended up spending on their wedding, most would have $30,714 in five years.
– Before staples, people sewed their papers together in the upper left corner with ribbon and wax.
– According to a survey, 59% of people remain Facebook friends with an ex after they’ve broken up.
– 7 out of 10 people who eat junk food before bed are more likely to have nightmares, according to a study.
– More than half of the world’s population speaks one of just 23 languages.
– The most popular beverage in the world is coffee, with more than 400 billion cups consumed each year.
– Bees are directly responsible for the production of 70% of fruits, vegetables, seeds, and nuts that we consume on a daily basis.
– By one estimate, 3,000 Goldfish crackers are made per second.
– Over 95% of supercentenarians (people who live to be 110) are women.
– For hundreds of years, royal women gave birth in front of spectators to prove to the court that the child was the fruit of a royal’s womb.
– A sweaty T-shirt can yield 2 teaspoons of purified water.
– Ben & Jerry’s actually buries all its discontinued flavors in a dedicated graveyard by holding proper funerals.
(via @UberFacts, @GoogleFacts & @Factsionary)