Wacky Wednesday: Here’s Some Spectacular and 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!

– The popular dog name “Fido” is derived from the Latin word for faithful, “fidus.”

– George Washington is the only U.S. president to have received 100% of the electoral votes.

– An actual horse has a peak power output of 14.9 horsepower.

– Inventor of Contact Lenses, Adolf Fick, got the idea from popcorn kernels stuck in his teeth.

– For increased cognitive performance, vigor and wakefulness, the best naps are 10 minutes long.

– The word “teenager” wasn’t even used as a stage of life until 1922.

– A 4-foot-tall individual could stand upright in a hippo’s open mouth.

– Wherever you are in the state of Florida, you’re never more than 60 miles from the nearest body of salt water.

– Vatican City drinks more wine per person than anywhere else in the world—one resident consumes 74 liters of wine every year, on average.

– For the first time in 20 years, Seattle is cleaning its famed Gum Wall, which had an estimated one million chewed wads of gum stuck to it.

– Airplane food isn’t very tasty because our sense of smell and taste decrease by 20% to 50% while flying.

– If the entire world’s population lived at the same density level as New York City, we could all fit within the borders of Texas.

– 1 billion people speak English. That’s 1 in every 7 on earth.

– Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.

– Since the nose is smaller than the mouth, nasal breathing is naturally slower than mouth breathing and is better for reducing stress.

(via @UberFacts, @GoogleFacts & @Factsionary)