Wacky Wednesday: 15 Wild & Crazy Amazing Fun Facts!

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!

– Doritos weren’t available in New Zealand until 2010.

– Jerry of Ben & Jerry’s has never come up with an ice cream flavor.

– A female swan is called a pen while a male is called a cob.

– 34% of Americans believe that a summer vacation brings the most romance into their lives, according to a survey.

– An estimated 20% of all consumer goods on the Chinese market are counterfeit.

– Starbucks uses round tables to make solo coffee drinkers feel less alone.

– The origin of the term ‘Wiki’ comes from the Hawaiian word wikiwiki which means quick or informal.

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

– Eddie Van Halen didn’t ask for royalties after completing Michael Jacksons Beat it guitar solo, he did it as a favor.

– The first gigabyte-capacity disk drive was the size of a fridge and cost today’s equivalent of $113,000.

– Sincere expressions in the face tend to be more symmetrical than insincere ones.

– The average American 3-year-old can recognize about 100 brand logos.

– 100,000 mobile phones are dropped down the toilet in Britain every year.

– Before trees were common, the earth was covered in giant mushrooms.

– If you are buying headphones/speakers, test them with Bohemian Rhapsody. It has the complete set of highs and lows in instruments and vocals.

(via @UberFacts, @GoogleFacts & @Factsionary)