Wacky Wednesday: 15 Great and Amazing 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!

– Strawberries actually contain more vitamin C than oranges.

– People tend to be happiest when they’re with friends, relatives, and spouses, in that order.

– The star on top of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is made of shatterproof glass and adorned with 25,000 Swarovski crystals.

– Traditionally, becoming an itamae—a sushi chef—takes at least ten years.

– Barcelona, Spain has built around 300 playgrounds for senior citizens that are meant to improve fitness and decrease isolation.

– Children start to compete with each other by the time they are ten.

– One share of Coca-Cola stock purchased in 1919 for $40 would be worth $9.8 million today.

– You are cutting around 20 to 50 calories a slice when you blot your pizza with a napkin to get the grease off.

– A student’s experiment found that 46% of people who ask for water cups fill them with soda.

– Picasso burned most of his early work to keep his apartment warm because he was poor.

– New York City makes 33 million tons of trash a year—more than double the waste created by Tokyo, which holds 12 million more people.

– The United States is obliged to go to war for 67 different countries should the situation arise, thanks to decades of complicated treaties.

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

– It takes about 4 hours to eliminate one-half of the caffeine someone has in their bodies after consuming it.

– The only way Red Lobster could lose money on your “Endless Shrimp” order is if you ate a little over 3 pounds of shrimp.

(via @UberFacts, @Factsionary & @GoogleFacts)