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150 Weird, Maybe Useless, But Definitely Fun Facts To Know, As Shared In This Online Thread
You can’t really say a fact is useless trivia if creative individuals decide to capitalize on it by creating entire trivia leagues based on fun competition. And all you need to know are facts that you wouldn’t otherwise know. Nor would it bear any significance on your chances of survival on this planet either way. But life is for living, so let’s live it in fun ways.
With that said, folks have recently been sharing their favorite useless trivia facts in a fresh AskReddit thread. Here’s your chance to gather up some trivia for your next night of Trivial Pursuit.
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#1
Spotted and Proud
Dalmatians are firehouse mascots because back when fire engines were just a horse drawn wagon, they were the sirens. They'd run in front of the wagon barking and nipping to spook other horses/wagons and pedestrians out of the way
It's also the reason the Coachmen RV logo is a Dalmatian, rich people would have packs of them run alongside their coaches while traveling because thieves would often hide in wooded areas to ambush wealthy travelers. They'd alert to anyone hiding nearby and help defend the coach if it got attacked
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#2
Shadows and Sisterhood
The word nun is really just an "n" doing a somersault.
#3
Golden Moments Await
The first Oscar's acceptance speech in sign language wasn't by Marlee Matlin for "Children of a Lesser God" in 1986 but by Louise Fletcher for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" in 1975. She was born to deaf parents and wanted them to hear her speech at home.
If you’re here, no doubt you’ve heard about how trivia is a medium of knowledge. Originally, the word is derived from the Latin triviae, which denotes a place where a road splits into two, thus creating a three-way intersection.
Much, much, later, roughly in the 1960s, some students introduced the idea of trivia as a game by informally trading questions and answers about pop culture.
#4
Quiet Guardian on Duty
We don’t know who invented or held the patent for the fire hydrant as those papers were lost when the US Patent Office…. burned down.
#5
Sky High Shenanigans
If you break the word "helicopter" into prefix and suffix, it's not "heli" and "copter" it's "helico" and "pter".
Helico for spiral, and pter for wing. See also: **Pter**odactyl
#6
Chasing Quiet Horizons
Alaska's Aleutian Islands extend far enough west they're in the Eastern hemisphere, making Alaska the northernmost, westernmost, *and* easternmost U.S. State
It was only in 1965 that trivia became official. A Columbia Daily Spectator column kicked it off with author Ed Goodgold later joining forces with Dan Carlinsky to organize trivia contests and even writing a book in 1966 of the same name.
The concept took the world by storm and it spawned a huge following of people getting together and competing against each other through trivial knowledge.
#7
Midnight Drive Mode
Nissan cars for ads/ racing normally use the number 23 because in Japanese, a 2 is pronounced 'ni' and a 3 is pronounced 'san'.
Phantom Phoenix 1 year ago
Nicely paired with a pic of a Honda without the number 23. Thanks BP!
#8
Divine Perspective Shift
The bishop of the diocese of Orlando is also the bishop of the moon. Canon law states that the bishop of a port that launches a voyage of discovery is the de facto bishop of newly discovered territories until those lands receive their own bishop. So the religious leader of Disney World is also responsible for the moon.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago (edited)
So until we land a Bishop on the Moon, the Bishop of the Moon is a Florida Man. We better get on this.
#9
Timeless Seriousness
Joe Biden was born closer to Abraham Lincoln’s presidency than his own.
Biden was born in 1942 and Lincoln’s presidency ended in 1865, a gap of 77 years. Meanwhile Biden was 78 when his own presidency began.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
And the last Civil War pensioner passed away in 2020! 2020! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Triplett#:~:text=Irene%20Triplett%20(January%209%2C%201930,the%20Union%20in%20the%20war. The Civil War isn't that long ago if you measure things in generations.
There are quite a number of reasons why people like trivia games—an idea in and of itself being a testament to how approachable it is.
One major reason ties in with the idea of personal knowledge. Trivia games mean that you have to know your stuff, but you have to know very particular stuff. Thus, it encourages you to sharpen your mind all the while making use of what you already know and learning new things along the way.
#10
Focused on the Fine Details
People use the word “peruse” wrong. We often use it for when we are just looking over, browsing and not paying super close attention. When in fact peruse means “to examine carefully at length” always found this fact interesting.
SCamp 1 year ago
Ha ha, it has come to mean the opposite. It is almost like a contranym - a word that can mean the same in its opposite form. Cleave means to both bring together and split apart. Fill out and fill in (e.g. a form) mean the same thing. Fast means quick but stuck fast means stationary. I love these quirks of language
#11
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
People who use sign language, even in the same country, can have ‘accents’ that can denote which region they’re from.
People who use sign language can stutter as they sign.
People who use sign language can ‘talk’ in their sleep with signs.
Note: I am not deaf, nor do I know any hearing impaired people. These items were taught to me by a friend whose mom taught at a school for people who are hearing impaired. If these aren’t accurate please correct me.
Happy Homemaker 1 year ago
When I was in the fifth grade in California, the school I attended had hearing and deaf students. All students had to learn ASL so you could communicate with your classmates. They didn’t have interpreters in the school. I loved going there and I wished all schools were like this. I hated moving because I didn’t want to leave there. I loved being in choir and signing while singing. I’m very rusty now and I’m currently 65% deaf so I’m trying to brush up on my ASL.
#12
Tunnel Vision Unlocked
The elevator shaft was invented before the elevator. Somebody essentially predicted that the elevator would soon be invented and left a space for it while constructing a building.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
Otis may have the first patent for the Elevator but similar devices go back as far as the 3rd century BC. Yeah, elevators predate Jesus.
But there is a huge social aspect to the game as well. While trivia games can be played individually, they are more often a team sport, one that connects people in healthy competition.
The best part is that the idea of intellectual competition makes it accessible to many age groups and, honestly, you don’t have to be all that smart to enjoy the vibe.
#13
Ernest Hemingway once survived two plane crashes in the space of 24 hours. He was thought to have died in the second crash, but was later found alive with a bottle of gin in one hand and a handful of bananas in the other.
MyNameIsNotAPortent 1 year ago
Weirdly a banana daiquiri has no gin nor plane crash, and a Hemingway daiquiri doesn’t even have bananas
#14
Deadline Dodger Strategies
The word "factoid" means "a piece of incorrect information that is asserted as a fact."
But now that it has colloquially come to mean "a small bit of trivia," the definition of a factoid is itself, in fact, a factoid.
WindySwede 1 year ago
And heard that some belive 'Bärendienst' (a bear's service) is a great favour; not something with good intentions that is bad.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bear_and_the_Gardener
#15
The Caribbean island nation of Jamaica and the New York City neighborhood of Jamaica, Queens, are not named after the same thing, nor each other. The country got its name from "Xaymaca," which is Arawak for "Land of wood and water." The neighborhood got its name from "Yamecah," which is Lenape for "Beaver."
It goes without saying that, despite it being a very social game, there is much to be had on a personal level. Trivia games are known to improve self-esteem and, just like any game, they often help reduce stress.
And hey, there’s the added bonus of next to no physical exertion and the fun doesn’t really need to stop because the possibilities for questions are limitless.
#16
Jeremiah’s law states "the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer."
#17
Ocean Showoff
Orca are considered a natural predator of moose
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Orcas seem to have become natural predators of humans lately, but you can't really blame them.
#18
NASCAR was started because moonshiners need to modify their cars to evade police, when prohibition ended they started racing
Other reasons to play include the classic it just makes you feel good because winning a game releases dopamine. This, by proxy, also explains the addictive nature of trivia games and competition.
And, hey, you can one-up this burst of dopamine with another burst caused by food and drinks—no wonder why many competitions are held in bars.
#19
Outnumbered and Outmatched
The filming of the original Willy Wonka was actually rather unsafe, with a large amount of the cast suffering something. In the candy forest scene, Veruca can be seen having cut her knee on a rock, and that's a real injury her actress picked up. She even still has a scar on her knee to this day. In the soap boat scene, all the soap pumped onto the characters caused the actors to have massive reddening and irritation of the skin. Shooting had to be paused for several weeks to allow them to recover.
Multa Nocte 1 year ago
I tried to watch the new W***y Wonka movie the other day and it makes me even more grateful for Gene Wilder's wonderful version, even if Roald Dahl didn't care for it.
#20
Block Party Vibes
Lego are the largest tyre manufacturer in the world
#21
Old School Authority
John Wilkes booth's brother saved Abraham Lincoln' s Son from being killed by a train
If anything, it is a learning and self-development experience that’s tailored to be fun. And fun makes learning easier and more effective. So, yeah, sure, you might not get as much exercise as you had hoped, but you trained your noggin muscle and that’s just as important. In fact, using your brain more than the average person does help with keeping your brain young.
#22
Liquid Gold Vibes
Did you know honey never spoils? Archaeologists found pots of the stuff in ancient Egyptian tombs that's still edible. So, in case of a zombie apocalypse, at least we've got eternal honey for our waffles, right?
Ian Webling 1 year ago
Honey doesn't spoil because if it loses water it crystallises to sugar which desiccates bacteria and if it gains too much water it forms peroxide which is an anti-bacterial agent.
#23
Refreshment in Focus
The day Michael Jackson got his hair burned in the Pepsi commercial was the exact midpoint of his life.
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#24
Soup\'s On, No Questions
In the UK, for every 1 degree Celsius the temperature drops, Heinz soup sales increase 3.4%
Multa Nocte 1 year ago
A question from France for British people for my curiosity: How did an American food brand (I believe Heinz is from Pittsburgh, PA, USA) come to figure so prominently in British cuisine? We see it here as well in France with British folk - an incredible love and fondness for Heinz baked beans as part of a full English breakfast.
Now, sure, keeping your brain intellectually active is only one piece of the puzzle. But it is an important one.
Mental stimulation means new and more lively nerve cell connections in the brain, making it more resilient against cell loss and keeping it more active as time goes by and the body grows old.
#26
Nature’s Fury Unleashed
Twister was the first DVD released in the us
LonelyLittleLeafSheep 1 year ago
Hubby and watched this movie on DVD for our first "stay home" date night over 24 years ago!
Kaeda 1 year ago
I lived as a kid in the same area that this was filmed. My dad drove by on his way to work when they were working on the semi-truck scene. My parents had a date night to go see it in the drive-in theater... and a storm rolled in during the drive-in theater scene and the tornado sirens actually went off. 🤣
Angelshark 1 year ago
The soundtrack was also the first CD I ever owned. There, that's something you know now.
But if you want the full package, physical exercise, a good diet and just overall care for your body all have a positive impact on the brain. That means improving your blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol, avoiding intoxicants like alcohol and tobacco, and, most importantly, keeping up with your own mental health. Yes, being in a good and upbeat mood does wonders, and that requires healthy boundaries and good old sleep.
#29
Walking Through Fire
The only word in the english language with three sets of consecutive double letters is “bookkeeper.”
The longest single syllable word in English is “strengths.”
And Oppenheimer is now the highest grossing movie of all-time that was never #1 at the box office. Before that it was Sing 2.
Edit: changed “in a row” to “consecutive.”
#30
The word for 'tea' in most languages depends whether they first traded for tea with mainland China or coastal China. That is why almost every language the word for tea is similar to "cha" or "te".
arthbach 1 year ago
The Chinese character for tea (茶) actually has different pronunciations depending on the dialect. Tea is referred to as “Chá” in most Chinese dialects. A notable exception is the Min Nan dialect of the Min Chinese (tê). Min Chinese are mainly scattered throughout Fujian and Guangdong provinces in the coastal regions of China. They have been known to play a significant part in the first stage of the globalization of tea. https://chatimetealab.com/2022/02/28/the-word-for-tea-in-different-countries/
And if you’ve come this far in the listicle, you’ve likely not yet sated your appetite for brain stimulation via trivial inquiries. So, keep on keeping on with other Bored Panda articles.
But if you want to take a break, be sure to leave a comment with your fun facts in the comment section below before you go!
#31
Squirrels can virtually fall from any height and survive, due to their very low terminal velocity (large surface, low weight)
#33
Ancient Zodiac Vibes
The most common star sign in mental hospitals are Aquarius (so those born between Jan 20th to Feb 18th)
Lois Matelan 1 year ago
There had to be one star sign that was the most prevalent, but the question must be asked: By what margin?
#34
The word facetious has all of the vowels and in order.
Annik Perrot 1 year ago
And " facetiously" adds the y, that can be either à vowel or à consonant dependong on the way it's used.
#35
Cabbage, kale, broccoli, cauliflower, gai lan (Chinese broccoli), brussels sprouts, collard greens, savoy cabbage and kohlrabi are all different cultivars of the same plant - brassica oleracea.
#37
Slice of Heroic Fun
Chuck Lorre, who created Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory, also wrote the theme song to the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon series.
Dahungryfella 1 year ago
No way! If true, that is so cool! Also, impossible reading this post without running the theme song from ninja turles in your head while reading!!
#38
Middle of Nowhere Magic
The state of Colorado is not a rectangle with four straight sides. Due to poor navigation and the terrain getting in the way during early border markings and expeditions, Colorado Is a shape with 697 sides to it.
#41
String Theory in Action
Gary Numan is older than Gary Oldman
#43
MISSOURI CHEESE CAVES!!!! You’ve heard of the U.S. subsidizing farmers but did you know that since the 1970’s the U.S. has subsidized the dairy industry. So much money has been poured into dairy industry that the U.S. owns currently hoards approximately 1.5 BILLION pounds of cheese. The cheese isn’t stored in warehouses or facilities, they are simply sent to limestone mines in Missouri, creating The Cheese Caves!
#44
Effortless Cool Vibes
My favorite recent stupid trivia is: most people have an above average number of arms and legs
arthbach 1 year ago
My statistics professor told us this, and then proceeded to take an inventory of arms, legs and fingers. We all had the usual number (mode) number of each, and then the prof added his stats. I'd been climbing when he was a student. A couple of fingers had been frostbitten, and he had 7 and a half fingers left. We did indeed have an above average number of fingers, and by extension it was easy to see that we also had an above average number of arms and legs.
#45
"Gremlins" and "Temple of Doom" caused the PG-13 rating. "Red Dawn" would become the first movie released in theatres with the new rating
Blue Bunny of Happiness 1 year ago
Batman caused them to introduce a 12 rating in the UK, to fit between PG and 15 ratings.
#46
William Shakespeare was the first person to use the word "Bump". Matt Stone and Trey Parker created the word "Derp"
#47
The dots on a dice are called pips and the dots on a ping-pong paddle are also called pips
Blue Bunny of Happiness 1 year ago
And the Greenwich Time Signal (a series of short beeps usually played to mark the hour on BBC radio, originally to help people calibrate clocks) is also known as the pips. Terry Wogan was notorious for “crashing the pips” by getting the timing wrong, so that records would have to be cut short etc for the pips. I still miss his silent firework display on the radio on Bonfire night. Basically, the presenters going oooh at imaginary fireworks!
#48
Apron used to be napron but a napron sounds like an apron so the word naturally changed.
David Paterson 1 year ago
According to the Merriam-Webster website there are nine words like this. A napron became an apron. Lingot was written l'ingot which became ingot. An oche became a notch. An ekename became a nickname. A noumpere became an umpire. A naranj became an orange. An ewt became a newt. A nadder became an adder.
#49
There's enough calcium in the Sun to make a ball of calcium a good bit bigger than Earth.
#51
Colorful Brain Tease
The word trivia comes from the markets where three roads would intersect. The roads would create a tri V shape and the markets would be a place where local information was shared. Trivial information.
#52
Not ‘useless’ but a great trivia question! Q - Name the brothers that hold the NHL record for most combined points by 2 brothers? A - The Gretzky brothers Wayne - 2857 points Brent - 4 points
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
Does anyone else remember Pro-Stars on Saturday Mornings. Michael Jordan, Bo Jackson, and Wayne Gretzky team up to fight crime. The show didn't last long.
#53
The Word 'bed' looks lika small bed.
Baby chimera (she/her) 1 year ago
This was how I learned to tell apart lowercase b and d, by thinking of the word bed
#55
[Fixed Action Patterns](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed_action_pattern) in animals. Example: If an egg Is out of place, a bird will do a specific ritual to get it back in place. Once started, the bird will complete the ritual even if the egg is removed.
#56
Elephants are the only mammal that cannot jump. They are also the only other mammal with a chin.
#57
The word typewriter can be typed without removing your fingers from the top row of the keyboard.
#58
Detroit has many bizarre laws, including spitting on sidewalks being illegal, and any house with over 5 women living in it is considered a brothel. This is the reason there are no sorority houses (yet there are fraternity houses) at the University of Detroit-Mercy.
#59
Manhole covers are round with a small lip so the cover could never accidentally fall in the opening and injure the worker.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
I thought it was because the buggers were bloody heavy and getting one out of the whole would be near impossible.
#60
Polar Bear fur isn’t white, it’s sort of translucent (hollow with no pigment) when light is reflect off it that’s when it looks white. To add: there skin is black to absorb the warmth from sun **corrected to remove part about covering noses, apparently existed because of native lore and accounts but has never been observed in the wild be scientists****
Multa Nocte 1 year ago
A touch of grammatical correction would have made this easier to follow.
#61
The Ramones were said to be unbeatable at Trivial Pursuit. They would always pick geography, they were also on tour for many years.
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
What does it mean by 'pick geography'? As far as I know, the only time you get to choose your subject is when you are in the middle (but not once you have all the wedges). You still have to get answers correct in all categories and collect the wedges, then answer a question in the middle, but the question asker gets to pick your subject.
#62
It is illegal to hunt camels in Arizona.
Mark 1 year ago
And Australia exports camels to the Middle East, as the Australian feral camel was an animal used for Outback travel in the 19th century, as it did not need to stop for water. The world record for the longest distance traveled by camel without water was also set in Australia and is 600 miles
#63
Cleopatra used pomegranate seeds for lipstick
HelluvaHedgehogAlien 1 year ago (edited)
I doubt that pomegranate seeds can be used for color. However, the red fleshy part might be?
#64
Iron Maiden have only ever had 1 UK number one.
#65
Maine is closer to Africa than Florida is.
#66
There are only two escalators in the entire state of Wyoming
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
And they're probably in the same building otherwise how would you get down again?
#67
Six State Capitals (USA) are found West of Los Angeles.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and California ITSELF.
#68
As of 2005 there were still about 400 widows receiving military survivors benefits from the American Civil War
#69
Indianapolis Motor Speedway was paved with 3.2 million bricks.
Regina Holt 1 year ago
It cannot be currently paved with brick. That would wreack havoc on the racers, their cars, and the race itself.
#70
In the shining, Jack Torrence has a son named Danny (aka Daniel). In the bar scene he drinks a bottle of Jack Daniel's. So the scene features Jack talking about his son Daniel while drinking Jack Daniel's.
#71
El Paso is closer to San Diego than it is to Houston.
Freya the Wanderer 1 year ago
Atlanta, Texas is closer to Atlanta, Georgia than it is to El Paso
#73
Adele is younger than Carly Rae Jepsen… that was an interesting fact to learn Adele was born in 1988 Jepsen born in 1985
#74
In 1975 David Bowie, Dennis Hopper, and Dean Stockwell smuggled coke into Iggy Pop who was in a psychward. They did it wearing spacesuits
#75
Human buttholes can be expanded to about 6-7 inches with proper training and time. Raccoons can fit into any hole as wide as their skull, about 2-4 inches. You do the math.
#80
Richard Patrick from the bands Filter and NiN is the younger brother of Robert Patrick of Terminator/X-Files fame
#83
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson -- the second and third presidents of the United States -- both died *on the same day*. Not only that, the day they both died happened to be July 4th, 1826 -- ***exactly fifty years to the day from the signing of the Declaration Of Independence***.
#85
Despite being in several pieces at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean the swimming pool of the Titanic still remains full.
#86
Martin Van Buren was the first President born an American citizen (1782), and the only president who spoke English as a second language. His first language was Dutch. For good measure, although 3 presidents died on July 4 (Thomas Jefferson and John Adams in 1826; James Monroe in 1831), only 1 was born on July 4 (Calvin Coolidge in 1872).
#87
First Lady Abigail Adams had an uncle named Cotton Tufts, who helped the Adams family with their finances and investments. Dr. Cotton Tufts also had a son, Cotton Tufts Jr.
#88
The phrase "damn the torpedos" was coined by US admiral David Farragut in the Civil War, as his squadron was attacking Mobile Bay. The torpedos referenced were not the underwater missiles that we know today, but were more similar to underwater mines. The safe channel was obstructed by a slowed vessel, so he ordered some of his ships to veer into the waters that were feared to be mined. His ships escaped mostly intact and captured the bay.
#89
The very first bomb dropped by the Allies in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo. Context: Once the War expanded the Allies (primarily the UK in this case weren’t heavily involved as Hitler/Germany stuck to targeting military bases and locations. This changed after the bombing of London. The Allied (UK) forces retaliated and did a bombing run over Berlin. The first if these bombs that landed ended up killing the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
#92
Careless-Two2215 Reply
The languages of California Indians were as diverse from each other as English was to Cantonese.
#95
The average adult spends more time of their life on the toilet than exercising Earth is rotating counterclockwhise (That one kinda unnerves me ngl)
#96
If you type "fact" into the search bar for this subreddit, you will find about a dozen posts from the last 24 hours asking basically the same question. It's a useless fact since no one ever uses the search feature or cares that they're posting the same question that's been posted a dozen times today.
#97
The gene editing technique CRISPR stands for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
#99
Swearing in newspaper comic strips and comic books where they use symbols instead of words is called grawlix.
#102
crazysal reply
Based on the statements in the song. Ice Cube' s good day in it was a good day is January 20, 1992
#106
Envermans reply
Platypus's have poisonous barbs on their back legs. When cavemen were walking the earth there was a stretch of land called Doggerland that connected britian with denmark/germany. This area existed until 6000bce when it fell into the sea.
#107
redstickinsect40 reply
Rome is further north than New York. Also that the entirety of Florida is west of Brazil.
#109
hybridaaroncarroll reply
The names uppercase and lowercase letters came from the printing press era, where individual capital and smaller letters were kept in upper and lower cases, respectively. There were many different sizes and styles, aka sorts, which is also where the term "out of sorts" came from. If you ran out of particular letters, you were *all out of sorts*.
#110
ebobbumman reply
That when asked about useless trivia facts, somebody will always mention that the things on the end of your shoe laces are called aglets.
#112
OldNewUsedConfused reply
Corn: Is the only vegetable you throw away the outside, cook the inside, eat the outside, and throw away the inside. 🌽🌽🌽
#114
wetlettuce42 reply
The ginger friend in the time machine movie is the voice of scrooge mcduck
#115
Cynical_Humanist1 reply
Bacteria cells in your body outnumber your body's actual cells at a ratio of 10:1 It seems counter intuitive, but we have trillions of bacterial cells in our guts and they are much smaller than our human cells. They make up about 2% of our bodys' mass.
#116
roastingchicken reply
Shaquille O’Neil made a grand total of 1 3 pointer in his hall of fame career
#117
Clownheadwhale reply
Unfrosted Pop-Tarts have more calories than frosted Pop-Tarts. That's because they are thicker to be the same size when they go through the wrapping machine. So eat the frosted, guilt free.
#118
Randy___Watson reply
Marv from Home Alone was also the voice of Kevin's inner monologue from The Wonder Years.
#119
death_or_glory_ reply
The midpoint between the Planck length (smallest measurable length) and the width of the observable universe is the diameter of the average human egg cell.
#120
Tryn4SimpleLife reply
Car fact. The first Chevrolet SS was actually a Corvette in 1957. It was a race car. Did one race. And they never used the SS title in a Corvette ever again. As you know, damn near every car has had SS version since
#121
CorollaBeachBum reply
That the celestial event known as Bailey's Beads can only be seen during a total solar eclipse
#123
Extraportion reply
More people have died falling or jumping from the monument to the great fire of London than died in the fire itself.
#124
Lil_Artemis_92 reply
Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump were all born in 1946.
#125
SharpPoetry reply
In 1997, Dutch hackers discovered an exploit in Hotmail that allowed an attacker to log into any email account with a single password. The password was “eh”.
#126
MaddHollander reply
The father & son who appeared in the most movies together were Bernard and Leo Gorcey in the Bowery Boys series. Bernard was Louie, the proprietor of Louie’s Sweet Shop. Leo, of course was Slip Mahoney.
#128
jaltang reply
Tennis balls are fluorescent yellow because of David Attenborough. During the b&w TV era he was at the BBC and suggested the colour as they would show up clearer on TV.
#129
ImGCS3fromETOH reply
The blanket octopus is immune to the venom of the Portuguese Man'o'war, a jellyfish-like animal with long, venomous tentacles. Knowing that it is immune, the blanket octopus will pull the tentacles off the man'o'war and use them as venomous flails to beat the s**t out of other sea creatures.
#130
BabasFavorite reply
The first CD to sell a million copies was Dire Straights-Brother in Arms
#131
Shapit0 reply
One of the fastest manmade objects ever recorded is a manhole cover. There was a nuclear test back in the 1957, where they placed a nuke 500 foot deep hole, and capped the hole off. They recorded the detonation with a camera that shot one frame per millisecond. The manhole cover was only seen on one single frame. It was calculated to have been launched out at 125,000 MPH, or 5x the escape velocity of earth.
#133
fromouterspace1 reply
The deck of cards in your house is probably in an order never before seen in history
#134
Screaming-baguettes reply
Charles Darwin attempted to eat every species he discovered. When he was in college he was part of the “Glutton Club” which was dedicated to eating unusual animals.
#135
suicidal_whs reply
That the English verb 'hang' has a different past tense depending on whether someone was executed. E.g. 'I hung a Christmas wreath on my door' versus 'The convicted bank robber John Doe was hanged yesterday'.
#136
Actual-Answer-1980 reply
A woodpeckers tongue wraps around it brain to give it protection from all the head bashing it does
#137
Majestic_Electric reply
Before vanillin (aka artificial vanilla) was invented, people used castoreum, a substance extracted from beaver a**l glands, to make vanilla-flavored products.
#138
OhShitStick20cc reply
When one thinks of ninja its is more based on legend than on reality. The black outfit that is associated with the shinobi comes most likely from the practice in Japanese theater to use a black costumed actor or stagehand to indicate an invisible person. Ninjas would disguise themselves as a priest, merchant, monk, peasant, or any other normal person. Same thing for their weapons, hide in everyday objects, then infiltrate and complete the task.
#139
bobcat74 reply
The TV show Gilligan's Island. What was the skippers name ? Allen Hale was the name of the actor who played Skipper but what was his name ? It was mentioned once in the first episode . Jonas Grumby .
#140
toreadornotto reply
Mitochondria is the power house of a cell. What do I do with the information?
#141
Dies2much reply
Santiago Chile is in the same time zone as Bermuda. It's that far east. It's only surprising because most maps of the US make it look like it is due south of El Paso TX.
#142
IntrovertIdentity reply
The first US station to broadcast in HD is in my hometown: [WRAL TV](https://www.edn.com/tv-station-broadcasts-first-hd-signal-in-us-july-23-1996/)
#144
gilestowler reply
Tigers hate the smell of alcohol and will become very aggressive toward anyone who has been drinking. I always get irrationally angry watching the bit where they steal the tiger in The Hangover when they're drunk because of my knowledge of this fact.
#148
TravellingBeard reply
That Hitler was a vegetarian and was nice to kids. This is a fun one I use when people make faulty correlation arguments.
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Gavin Johnson 1 year ago
Fascinating fact. 65% of ‘facts’ are of questionable origin and can be easily debunked with some research. One part of this fact is made up but which part is it
Pewpie Diaper 1 year ago
What a strange coincidence. Who scopied who? Look at this article's almost exact same publication by Nathan Johnson on a different site: https://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/32-fascinating-facts-you-probably-didnt-know/87504943/
DB 1 year ago
Nice list but with a lot of grammatical errors. Doesn't anyone at BP proofread anything before posting it?
John Smith 1 year ago
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Gavin Johnson 1 year ago
Fascinating fact. Kitty Hawk, where the Wright Brothers first powered flight in the Wright Flyer in 1903 is now called Kill Devil Hills. Kitty Hawk is still used as the town is nearby and obviously it’s pretty famous for the Wright Brothers. The first flight was 120 feet, which is 100+ feet LESS than the wingspan of a 747.
David Avegala 1 year ago
Your MOM is 100+ feet LESS than the wingspan of a 747!
Load More Replies... A Person That Exists 1 year ago
Most babies are conceived as twins but then the other dies during pregnancy.
Gavin Johnson 1 year ago
Fascinating fact. 65% of ‘facts’ are of questionable origin and can be easily debunked with some research. One part of this fact is made up but which part is it
Pewpie Diaper 1 year ago
What a strange coincidence. Who scopied who? Look at this article's almost exact same publication by Nathan Johnson on a different site: https://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/32-fascinating-facts-you-probably-didnt-know/87504943/
DB 1 year ago
Nice list but with a lot of grammatical errors. Doesn't anyone at BP proofread anything before posting it?
John Smith 1 year ago
The content is strip-mined from sites like Reddit, with minimal changes before publication. Most of the entries across this site are generated by 3rd parties on other platforms, and copied to sites like BP to draw interest to increase ad revenue.
Load More Replies... Gavin Johnson 1 year ago
Fascinating fact. Kitty Hawk, where the Wright Brothers first powered flight in the Wright Flyer in 1903 is now called Kill Devil Hills. Kitty Hawk is still used as the town is nearby and obviously it’s pretty famous for the Wright Brothers. The first flight was 120 feet, which is 100+ feet LESS than the wingspan of a 747.
David Avegala 1 year ago
Your MOM is 100+ feet LESS than the wingspan of a 747!
Load More Replies... A Person That Exists 1 year ago
Most babies are conceived as twins but then the other dies during pregnancy.
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