Random Things No One Needs to Know - 3/12/21

“Maybe one days these random facts will be useful to you…”

1. 4 times as many people are killed each year by vending machines than are fatally bitten by sharks. Turns out Jaws would be much scarier if there was a giant Coke machine in the water.

2. Sonic the Hedgehog’s full name is Ogilvie Maurice Hedgehog.

3. A tiger’s stripes are like fingerprints-no two have the same pattern. Take my word for it. Please don’t get close enough to confirm this. Seriously. Please.

4. Our sense of taste and smell are cut down by 50 and 20 percent during flights. Apparently, this is the reason that airplane food always tastes like cardboard.

5. Sloths are sometimes known to grab their own arms instead of a tree branch, which can lead to fatal falls.

6. Roughly 1,600 people are bitten by other humans in New York City every year.

7. The biggest traffic jam of all time happened in 2010 in China. Mostly taking place on China National Highway 110, it affected cars for over 60 miles. The jam lasted for more than 10 days, and some people were trapped in their cars for five days straight.

8. Elephants, rhinos, and hippos are some of the very few types of mammal that can’t jump.

9. It’s illegal for women to fall asleep under a hair dryer while at a hair salon.