Wacky Wednesday: Get a Load of These 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!

– Alaska has more coastline than the rest of the United States combined.

– The name of Portland, Oregon was decided by a coin flip—had it gone the other way, the city would be called “Boston.”

– In the very first draft of “Back to the Future,” Marty and Doc traveled to the future in a pickup truck instead of a DeLorean.

– If the Eiffel Tower was built today, it would cost about $31 million.

– Coca-Cola and Pepsi are used as pesticides by farmers in India, since they’re cheaper and get the job done.

– Mt. Everest shrank one inch due to the earthquake in Nepal.

– According to a recent study, the most popular place to go on a first date is Starbucks.

– Home Alone is the highest grossing comedy film of all time.

– It takes 7 shuffles to randomize a deck of cards.

– 15 minutes of exercise per day can add 3 years to your life.

– The eldest children in families tend to develop higher IQs than their siblings.

– Some Canadian police departments give out ‘positive tickets’ to thank people for doing something good.

– McDonald’s restaurants feed 64 million people daily. That’s more than the entire population of the U.K.

– The wedding ring goes on the left ring finger, because it’s the only finger with a vein that connects directly to the heart.

– You’re taller in the morning. Throughout the day, cartilage between your bones is compressed, making you about 1 cm shorter by day’s end.

(via @UberFacts, @Factsionary & @GoogleFacts)