Carla Rea’s Weekly List Of “I’ll bet you didn’t know” – New Coke Was Way Better than Old Coke

The weekend is here! Time to mingle, have some fun, and share some fun random facts, or - just be a pompous know it all at the party!

So here it is - your weekly dose of, "I'll bet you didn't know that..."

1.  There is a word for someone giving an opinion on something they know nothing about.  An 'ultracrepidarian' is someone who criticizes, judges, or gives advice outside their expertise. Or - everyone on social media  (It's pronounced "ultra-krep-eh-darian.") 

2.  The fax machine was invented about 30 years before the telephone.

3.  Every single Snickers bar, except the tiny Halloween-sized ones, are made in Waco, Texas.  The same plant produces all the Starburst in North America.

4.  The official unit of measurement for one million years is a "mega-annus."  (I have no idea, but - HAH!)

5.  Wilt Chamberlain scored 60 points or more 32 times in his NBA career.  No one else has ever done it more than five times.  The two guys who  HAVE done it five times are Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant.

6.  There's no evidence that real Vikings ever wore helmets with horns on top.

7. New Coke has a terrible reputation, but before it launched, it actually beat original Coke and Pepsi in blind taste tests.

8. Walt Disney was so bothered by the movie "Psycho" that he banned Alfred Hitchcock from Disneyland.

9. Lemons float, and limes sink.  Lemons and limes both have densities that are very close to water, but limes are slightly denser, which is why they sink.

10. The shuttlecock that's used in badminton today was created by Eddie Bauer - the person, not the store.  Before he patented a standard shuttlecock, there was no consistent size, weight, or material for them.

11. The second verse of the "Macarena" is about a woman who has sex with her boyfriend's friends while he's out of town. (Definitely an ice-breaker at the bosses next party...)

-Carla Rea