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 Humpday treat courtesy of BB Insurance Marketing. Check it out:

– Left-handedness is also known as “sinistrality” because left-handed people were once thought to be demons.

– You can use peanuts to make dynamite.

– Memorizing the lyrics to songs can help strengthen your brain and reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s.

– Being ignored causes the same chemical reaction in the brain as experiencing a physical injury.

– King Tut became a pharaoh at the age of 9, died when he was 18, and was buried with 145 pairs of underwear.

– The use of the phrase “Checkmate” is a mispronunciation of the original Persian, ” Shäh mät!”, which means the king is helpless.

– When you’re 31 years old, you’ll live your billionth second.

– A can of diet coke will float in water, while a can of regular coke will sink.

– New Yorkers bite 10 times more people than sharks do worldwide

– There are more smokers in China than there are people in the US.

– It takes 21 days to form a habit.

– Bilinguals can be dyslexic in one language but not the other.

– A lightening bolt strikes so quickly it could circle the globe eight times in just one second

– Sloths are great swimmers and they can hold their breath for over 40 minutes.

– The inventor of the Game Boy, was originally Nintendo’s janitor and maintenance man.

(via @UberFacts, @OMGFacts & @GoogleFacts)