By Dayne Hudson
Half a million dollars a year.
It's a lot of money.
And there's one guy out there making this sum of money by tweeting.
Yep. Tweeting.
24-year-old American Kris Sanchez rakes in this amount thanks to his twitter account Uber Facts, which markets itself as an account tweeting "the most unimportant things you'll ever need to know."
With an amazing 7.49 million followers, Kris says he makes sure the facts are things people want to know, eg, weird facts about celebrities.
He adds that if he finds it interesting, other people will find it interesting.
Of course, Kris doesn't even tweet anymore. He's got staff doing it for him. Standard.
Kris earns his money by tweeting advertisements, and getting a return on the amount of clicks he receives.
Here's ten of some of the most interesting facts Kris has tweeted recently:
1. According to J.K. Rowling, many publishers didn't want Harry Potter because the story was "far too long for children."
2. It only takes six minutes for the brain to react to alcohol.
3. Only 2% of the world's population is blonde.
4. In 1970, there were half as many people in the world as there are now.
5. When Neil Armstrong returned to earth from the moon, he had to go through U.S. customs.
6. Jim Carrey was the first in line to be Captain Jack Sparrow in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise but he turned it down.
7. The first letters transmitted across the internet were LOL.
8. Staying awake for 18 hours has the same effect on you as drinking 2-3 beers.
9. We grow up to 8mm every night while sleeping, but shrink back to our previous height once we get up.
10. To burn off one M&M candy, you need to walk the length of a football field.
To watch Kris's recent interview on Fox News in America on this topic, click here.
