8 Knowledge Bombs To Make You Feel Smart Today

Here are some of the best Knowledge Bombs from The Mikey & The Mrs Show this week!

Babies in Ghana are named according to the day of the week in which they were born. (canva)

Most people in Ghana are named after the day of the week they were born. For example, boys born on Fridays are usually named Kofi . . . on Saturday, it's Kwame.

The surface area of a cat is equal to a ping pong table. (canva)

The surface area of a cat, including all the fur, is about the same as a ping pong table.

Lots of pigs played the role of BABE in the movie. (canva)

The movie "Babe" used 48 different pigs to play Babe . . . and one animatronic one.

The Whoopie Cushion was invented out of boredom in a rubber factory. (canva)

The Whoopee Cushion was invented in the 1920s at a rubber factory in Toronto, when employees were bored and messing around with scrap rubber.

There are no rats in Alberta...and the streets are paved with cheese. (canva)

The entire province of Alberta, Canada has been rat-free for 70 years. The government there decided to get rid of rats around World War Two and they still have a pest control crew on the border to prevent any from coming in.

Will Ferrell's Dad was a musician with The Righteous Brothers. (getty/canva)

Will Ferrell's dad was a musician with the Righteous Brothers.

There were way more balloons in the movie UP than you probably thought. (canva)

Pixar animated 20,622 balloons to carry the house in the movie "Up" . . . even the ones on the inside of the giant bunch that you can't see.

Who needs a lawnmower when you've got sheep? (canva)

To save money during WWI, Woodrow Wilson got rid of the White House groundskeepers and kept a flock of 48 sheep on the lawn to chew the grass. The wool sheared from the sheep was sold at auction to raise money for the Red Cross.

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