Wacky Wednesday: 15 Awesome & Crazy 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!

– Africa accounts for nearly 25 percent of the languages spoken on Earth.

– Flamingos pair for a lifetime. Some stay with their mates for 50 years or more.

– There was only one episode of ‘Full House’ that was taped in San Francisco.

– The potential for Royal Flush in poker is 1 in 649,740.

– There is no difference between a pancake, a hotcake or a flapjack.

– A Starbucks grande coffee has 320 milligrams of caffeine, over 4x the amount of caffeine in a Red Bull.

– Text messaging is now 20 years old.

– The average person listens to 25 songs every day.

– Dogs have faithfully lived with humans for over 14,000 years.

– Mangos are the most consumed fruit in the world.

– Subway has 10,000 more locations than McDonald’s worldwide.

– 84% of vegetarians and vegans switch back to eating meat at some point.

– Sideburns were first called burnsides.

– In 2000 Walmart was sued 4,851 times (once every 2 hours).

– Penguins can jump as high as 6 feet in the air.

(via @UberFacts, @Factsionary & @GoogleFacts)