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:

– The Romans used urine to whiten their teeth.

– Apple makes about $302,000 every minute.

– In 1997, Yahoo turned down the offer to buy Google for $1 million – Today, Google is worth about $200 billion.

– In England, a failed suicide attempt used to be illegal and was punishable by death.

– There are more barrels of Bourbon in Kentucky than there are people.

– Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different.

– The cigarette lighter was invented before the match was invented.

– 28% of IT pros hide their career from friends and family to get out of giving free tech support.

– Toronto was the first city in the world with a computerized traffic signal system.

– One-third pound stalk of broccoli contains more vitamin C than 204 apples.

– The male brain is 10% bigger than the female’s but the female brain works more efficiently.

– In 1959, Volvo invented the 3-point seat belt, then gave free license to all other car manufacturers to use it.

– We could fit the entire human race in New Zealand if we lived as dense as Manhattan.

– In the original Peter Pan book, he killed the Lost Boys when they got too old.

– By law, French workers get minimum 30 paid vacation days each year.

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