Wacky Wednesday: 15 Fun Facts That Will Rock Your Socks!

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!

– There is an average of 380 sesame seeds on a Big Mac bun.

– The board game “Clue” was originally named “Murder!”

– Babies brought up in a bilingual environment have stronger working memories than those brought up with only one language.

– Studies show that, after viewing scary movies, people feel stronger because they were able to handle it.

– For hundreds of years, “Computer” was a job title for a person who did math problems all day.

– To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours.

– There are 14 billion insects for every human on Earth.

– A hummingbird’s brain makes up 4.2% of its weight—proportionally, that’s the largest of any bird’s.

– Butterflies in your stomach are caused by a reduction of blood flow to the stomach due to a fight-or-flight response.

– Children grow faster in the spring.

– Henry Ford astonished the world in 1914 by offering a $5 per day wage ($110 today), which more than doubled the rate of most of his workers.

– Cows moo in regional accents.

– It took over 200 years after the pencil was invented for someone to invent the eraser.

– Charlie Chaplin once won third place in Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest.

– Your nose is connected to your memory center; that’s why smells trigger powerful memories.

(via @UberFacts, @GoogleFacts & @Factsionary)