Wacky Wednesday: 15 Crazy Facts You Did Not Know!

As is Wednesday tradition, BBIMI is giving you a glimpse at 15 fun and crazy you probably did not know before you read this blog post. The world is full of useless, yet entertaining AND factual information and we would be crazy or wacky ourselves 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!

– In several different studies, pregnant women have been found to attract roughly twice as many mosquito bites as others.

– Donkeys are stubborn – When a situation feels unsafe they will dig their heels in the ground and won’t move.

– Mastering just 3,000 words in English will make you able to understand around 95% of common texts.

– A giraffe has the same number of vertebrae in its neck as humans do.

– A honey badger’s skin is so thick that it can withstand machete blows, arrows and spears.

– According to one poll, 45% of Americans believe in ghosts or that the spirits of dead people can come back.

– Bill Gates continued to fly coach until 1997, when his net worth was already US$36 billion.

– Water, electricity and gas have been free of charge in Turkmenistan since 1991.

– One out of every 21 New Yorkers is a millionaire.

– A man named Walter Summerford was struck by lightning 3 times in his life. After his death, his gravestone was also struck.

– The average American male lives about 3,962 weeks.

– If you bought ONE share of Coca-Cola stock in 1920, it would be worth $6.7 million by 2010.

– Founder of Hershey’s Chocolate, Milton Hershey and Kitty, his wife, would have been on Titanic if Kitty didn’t feel sick.

– The reason people don’t wake up when their house is on fire is because our sense of smell is off during sleep.

– The name of the TIME magazine actually stands for “The International Magazine of Events”.

(via @UberFacts & @GoogleFacts)