Wacky Wednesday: 15 Random Facts You Probably Didn’t Know

This week BBIMI is giving you a glimpse at 15 facts you probably did not know before you read this blog post. The world is full of useless, yet entertaining, information and we would be crazy not to shed some light on this subject. There’s just two more days until the weekend, so enjoy this Wacky Wednesday treat courtesy of BB Insurance Marketing. Check these out:

– A prison in Brazil allows inmates to pedal on exercise bikes to power lights in a nearby town in exchange for reduced sentences.

– During Prohibition, the U.S. government actually poisoned alcohol and killed as many as 10,000 people.

– No matter how hard you pinch the extra skin on your elbow, you will not feel pain.

– One gallon of gas would be able to charge an iPhone once a day, everyday for 20 years.

– Crows can recognize human faces and warn other crows about dangerous people.

– In 2005, a man named Ronald MacDonald was charged with robbing a Wendy’s.

– The longest Monopoly game ever played took 70 days.

– You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV.

– The odds of being killed by a dog are 1 in 700,000.

– A study found that morning people are happier and more satisfied with life overall than night owls.

– Eating something with sugar can stop hiccups.

– Keeping a goldfish in a dark room will cause it to turn white.

– Eating grapefruit with common medications can cause an overdose.

– Brushing your teeth using the hand that you don’t normally use will increase your self-control.

– The average Terms & Conditions are longer than a William Shakespeare play.

(All facts via @Factsionary, @UberFacts and @FactBoook)