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 them out!

– One of the first scientists to discover nitrous oxide completely missed its use as an anesthetic because he just used it to get high.

– Roughly 20% of a cigarette is sugar.

– Drug sniffing dogs are wrong as often as 80% of the time.

– Seagulls have been known to eat other seagulls, as well as attack and kill humans.

– Controlled exposure to fear can make you stronger, physically and emotionally.

– Animals such as monkeys, dogs, cats, elephants and pigs all experience emotions similar to humans.

– McDonald’s feeds 68 million people every day – That’s about 1% of the world’s population.

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

– The tongue is the strongest muscle in the body.

– The people who wrote ‘Take Me Out To The Ball Game’ had never been to a baseball game before.

– In the US, there are 18.6 million empty homes and 3.5 million homeless people. That means that every homeless American can own 6 houses.

– Up until 1850, there were no ‘left’ or ‘right shoes, both were identical.

– In Finland, speeding tickets are determined by the driver’s annual income. Once, a man received a $200,000 fine.

– Donkeys kill more people every year than plane crashes.

– Regular coffee drinkers have a decreased risk of Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and other health problems.

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