40 Things you never thought you wanted to know

1. McDonald’s once made bubblegum flavored broccoli (unsuprisingly, the attempt to get kid’s to eat healthier didn’t go over well with the child testers, who were “confused by the taste.” )
2. The first oranges weren’t orange! ( original oranges were from southeast Asia and were actually green. )
3. Scottland has 421 words for “snow” ( 421!? )
4. Samsung tests phone durability  with a butt shaped robot ( People stash their phones in their back pockets all the time, which is why Samsung created a robot that is shaped like a butt, and yes he even wears jeans to “sit” on their phones to make sure they can take the pressure. )
5. Peanuts aren’t technically nuts (They’re legumes. According to Merriam webster, a nut is only a nut if it’s a hard shelled dry fruit or seed with a separable rind or shell and interior kernel.” That means Walnuts, almonds, cashews, and pistachios aren’t nuts either. They’re seeds. )
6. Armadillo shells are bulletproof.  One man in Texas was hospitalized when a bullet he shot at an armadillo ricocheted off the animal and hit him in the jaw.
7. Kleenex tissues were originally intended for gas mask.  When there was a cotton shortage during World War 1, Kimberly- Clark developed a thin, flat cotton substitute that the army tried to use as a filter in gas mask. The war ended before scientists perfected the material for gas masks, so the company redeveloped it to be smoother and softer, and then marketed Kleenex as facial tissue instead.
8. McDonald’s calls frequent buyers of their food ” heavy users.”
9. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching Tv.
10. The average person spends six months of their lifetime waiting on a red light to turn green.
11. One in every five adults believe that aliens are hiding in our planet disguised as humans.
12. A single cloud can weigh 1 million pounds.
13. Men are six times more likely to be struck by lighting than women.
14. You cannot snore and dream at the same time.
15. The world’s oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old.
16.  10% of the world’s population is left handed.
17. Banging your head against the wall can burn 150 calories an hour.
18. Al Capone’s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
19. Ketchup was used as medicine back in the 1930’s.
20. Chewing gum burns about 11 calories an hour.
21. About 150 people are killed each year by coconuts.
22. Blueberries will not ripen til they are picked.
23. Human bones are harder than concrete.
24. Apple launched a clothing line in 1986. It was described as a “train wreck” by others.
25. The chance of you dying on your way to get a lottery ticket is greater, than your chance of you actually winning.
26. You are 1% shorter in the evening.
27. Hamsters run up to 8 miles at night on a wheel.
28. The population is expected to rise to 10.8 billion by the year 2080.
29. Earth is the only planet not named after a God.
30. You are born with 300 bones but by the time you are an adult you only have 206.
31. Blue eyed people tend to have the highest tolerance of alcohol.
32. Every year more than 2500 left handed people are killed from using right handed products.
33. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
34. A hummingbird weighs less than a penny.
35. In the past 20 years, scientists have found over 1.000 planets outside our solar system.
36. In France it is legal to marry a dead person.
37. There’s an island in Japan you can visit that’s inhabited only by friendly bunnies.
38. There are actually more public libraries in the US than McDonald’s.
39. A can of Mountain Dew can dissolve a mouse.
40. There is an island in the Bahamas that’s inhabited only by swimming pigs.