Wacky Wednesday: 15 Interesting & Crazy Facts

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!

– A.M. stands for “Ante Meridiem,” which is Latin for “Before Midday”; P.M. stands for “Post Meridiem,” which is Latin for “After Midday.”

– The Platypus was once said to be a myth, such as Bigfoot or The Yeti.

– A Rubik’s cube has 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible configurations.

– The only place where you can really tickle yourself is on the roof of your mouth.

– In 2002, the average user spent 46 minutes on the Internet a day. In 2012, the average user spent 4 hours on the Internet every day.

– Over 5,000 people with PhD’s work as janitors in the US.

– Microsoft first included Solitaire in their Windows operating system to teach people how to drag and drop.

– Think of a number. Double it. Add six. Half it. Take away the number you started with. Your answer is three.

– 82% of teens don’t ring the doorbell. They text or call to say they’re outside.

– A Canadian university has built a “Puppy Room” in its campus, where students can go and play with puppies to relieve stress and tension.

– Johnny Cash’s hit “A Boy Named Sue” was written by famed American author Shel Silverstein.

– The average person falls asleep in 7 minutes.

– Until 1974, it was legal in Texas for a man to kill his wife’s lover if he found them in bed together.

– 1.6 billion people, a quarter of humanity, live without electricity.

– In 1778 George Washington celebrated Independence day by giving his soldiers a double ration of rum.

(via @UberFacts, @WoWFactz & @GoogleFacts)