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 it out:

– When polar bears are angry, they hiss like cats.

– In 2006 an Australian attempted to sell New Zealand on eBay.

– Eating while watching TV is linked to obesity. Eating in front of a television causes people to overeat.

– Dogs wag their tails more toward the right when they’re happy.

– By the time most Americans are 18, they have eaten about 1,500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

– Shaggy from Scooby-Doo has a real name — It’s Norville Rogers.

– Muhammad Ali gave his first Olympic medal to his old high school teacher who had previously said “you ain’t never gonna be nuthin.”

– Since the 1920’s May 1st has been recognized as “Loyalty Day.”

– It would take more than 150 years to drive a car all the way to the sun.

– An elephant’s trunk has no bones, but 40,000 muscles.

– The human mind spends most of it’s time replaying memories over, and over with the desire to relive them.

– Our fingers get wrinkly in water, because wrinkled fingers would give us stronger grip on slippery objects underwater.

– We lose 6 seconds a minute from blinking. This means we lose around 15 minutes of each movie we watch.

– B, M and P are three letters that are impossible to say without both of your lips touching.

– Ants will not cross a line drawn with chalk.

(All Facts via @Factsionary, @UberFacts and @GoogleFacts)