Our brains, supposedly, should be good for keeping us alive by allowing us to remember vital information used for our survival. However, I often catch myself, especially in a minute of dire need, remembering weird facts that are totally useless, unrelatable, and just a tiny bit interesting rather than something truly helpful. Why on Earth do I remember stuff like who invented the dinner knife, that there are more lawn flamingos in the world than real ones, and how to cut bale twine with bale twine? It's probably only the brain that could answer this question. But, be as it may, some of these useless facts do sometimes come in handy as they make excellent conversation starters or fill in the gaps of awkward silences, only to make them even more awkward afterward. And so here we are with our collection of random useless facts - they might be worthless, but they are hella entertaining.
So, you might want to know under which categories these funny useless facts fall. A short answer would be, 'oh, you know, this and that.' More accurate would be this - sports, science, politics, history, biology, animals, music, pop culture, and plenty more. Basically, a random fact on any topic you'd like to learn something useless about! And you know what the best part about this list is? All of these bits of trivia are undeniably fun facts - none of them will weird you out or make you feel discombobulated, giving you pure enjoyment instead.
Now, are you ready for some totally useless but nevertheless very interesting facts? Of course, you are! So, scroll on down below, check them out, and give the coolest facts your vote. Also, we think your friends would like to read these useless bits of information, too, agree?
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Marie Curie's 100-year-old belongings are still radioactive.
If you open your eyes in a pitch-black room, the color you'll see is called "eigengrau."
Queen Elizabeth II was a trained mechanic.
Pound cake originally included a pound of all of its ingredients.
I knew this one, the teacher in my cooking class explained this. It actually works perfectly too.
Montpelier, Vermont, is the only U.S. capital without a McDonald's.
"Dreamt" is the only word in the English language that ends with "mt."
The King of Hearts is the only king in a deck of cards without a mustache.
Dragonflies have six legs but can't walk.
In old Christian art, good angels were red and Satan was blue.
"Angels are red - And Satan is blue - Don't believe in either - How about you?"
Jupiter is twice as massive as all the other planets combined.
Movie trailers got their name because they were originally shown after the movie.
Versus now where we're forced to watch before the movie. Manipulation - I mean marketing.
There's a trademark on the world's darkest shade of black.
I happen to have a link to a whole thread about the jerk who holds that trademark and his archnemesis: https://cheezburger.com/8875525/tumblr-thread-on-the-art-worlds-most-hated-elitist-anish-kapoor-and-his-bean
The chicken and the ostrich are the closest living relatives of the Tyrannosaurus rex.
They. And be vicious wee buggers, clearly still think they're mighty creatures
Around 16 million people alive today are direct descendants of Genghis Khan.
The Play-Doh scent is patented.
The infinity sign is called a lemniscate.
Bees have 5 eyes.
Mr. Potato head used to be made of actual potato.
I seem to remember, as a kid, that Mr. Potato Head was just the parts (ears, nose, etc) and you had to supply a real potato to play with him.
Playing dance music can help ward off mosquitoes.
Mosquito 1: Let's go over to that house. Mosquito 2: Nah bro, he listens to a lot of EDM.
The opposite sides of a dice will always add up to seven.
Depends on the die in question. Opposite sides of a d6 will always add up to 7.
Your fingernails grow faster on your dominant hand.
Really? I have the feeling it is the opposite. Im right-handed and my nails on the left are always longer... 🤔
The average American spends about 2.5 days a year looking for lost items.
Oreo has made enough cookies to go to the Moon and back 5 times.
The sun makes up more than 99 percent of our solar system's mass.
This is true. Here's the link from the University of San Diego, USA. http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/virtualmuseum/ita/08_1.shtml
You are 13.8 percent more likely to die on your birthday.
Taco Bell was named after its owner, Glen Bell.
The cheesiest pizza ever was topped with 154 varieties of cheese.
Chicken meat is not a main ingredient of chicken nuggets.
The longest time without sleep is 11 days.
What this fact doesn't mention is that there's such a thing as fatal familial insomnia where you literally can do nothing to 'shut the brain up' and then you watch as your family member goes insane from sleep deprivation and eventually dies. All the while, knowing that you also carry this gene and can look forward to this in your own future
The largest scrambled eggs ever made weighed nearly 3.5 tons.
The first email was sent by Ray Tomlinson to himself in 1971.
An earthquake might have shrunk Mount Everest.
Sloths can hold their breath for longer than dolphins.
Yeah, but who's going to throw down that challenge first? My money's on the dolphin!
Frank Sinatra was offered the starring role in Die Hard when he was in his 70s.
Golf balls tend to have 336 "dimples."
4 out of 5 children recognize the Mcdonald's logo at 3 years old.
People used to answer the phone by saying "ahoy" instead of "hello."
The U.S. Air Force introduced Bob Ross to painting.
Bob Ross started in the military as a medical records technician, and became a master sergeant. Whilst working in Alaska he was impressed by the snow on the mountains. When he left the military he decided he would never again do things that would require him to raise his voice.
There is a metallic asteroid shaped like a dog bone named "Kleopatra."
Queen Elizabeth II's cows sleep on waterbeds.
The real name of Monopoly mascot Uncle Pennybags is Milburn Pennybags.
Jed Clampett's banker, Mr. Drysdale, look suspiciously like Uncle Pennybags - and he's named Milburn too! Just what's going on here?
More than two-thirds of millennials sleep nude.
I'm in the 1/3. Shirtless sure but definitely shorts. Partially due to the fear that I'll have to run out in an emergency.
Antarctica is the largest unclaimed territory on Earth.
Not true. I declared myself King of Antarctica a long time ago. It isn't my fault if other countries of the world won't accept my position as leader of Antarctica.
Cats can't taste sweet things because of a genetic defect.
Cats lack the receptor for sweetness. Don't you dare say my cat is defective!
Alaska is the only state whose name is on one row on a keyboard.
A cubic inch of human bone can bear the weight of five standard pickup trucks.
Bones do very well against compressive forces! Shearing ones not so much.
If you plug your nose, you can't tell the difference between an apple, a potato, and an onion.
Hershey's makes one million miles of Twizzlers every year.
1 million miles is the equivalent of driving from earth to the moon, back to earth and then back to the moon again.
Apple seeds contain cyanide.
So do apricot seeds, in large enough quantities to cause breathing problems. Apple seeds are too small to do harm, but cracking open an apricot stone to get the kernel inside is a bad idea.
Basenji dogs are the only breed that doesn't bark.
The first Nerf ball package claimed the toy "can't hurt babies or old people."
A British teen changed his name to "Captain Fantastic Faster Than Superman Spiderman Batman Wolverine Hulk And The Flash Combined."
No number from 1 to 999 includes the letter "a" in its word form.
The average American produces 4.5 pounds of trash per day.
Does that include the average weight of the TikTok videos produced per American?
Messages from your brain travel along your nerves at up to 200 miles per hour.
The Bubonic plague encouraged Shakespeare to write poetry.
A "jiffy" is about one trillionth of a second.
Haven't heard that term used in years. That was a grandma word in my family.
"Spoonfeed" is the longest English word with its letters in reverse alphabetical order.
The largest bill to go into circulation in the U.S. was a $10,000 note.
Maryland tried to ban Randy Newman's song "Short People."
A Harry Potter book filled with typos sold for $90,000.
Alas, someone with 'stupid' money. A copy destined for the bin.....
"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
Facial reconstruction was used to see what dogs looked like 4,000 years ago.
The thumb nail grows the slowest, the middle nail the fastest, nearly 4 times faster than toenails.
Many oranges are actually green.
"honey, i packed you a green in your lunch! would you like some more green juice?"
The little dot above a lowercase "i" and "j" has a name.
Punctuation wasn't always a part of our written language.
The tool used to measure your feet at the shoe store is called a "Brannock Device."
According to the Bible, the chicken came before the egg.
It's possible to turn peanut butter into diamonds.
It's possible to turn my poop into diamonds, but I don't go around bragging about it.
Massachusetts is home to Busta Rhymes Island.
Not as interesting as it appears. The island in question is a tiny one in a lake in Shrewsbury.
One man set a world record by putting on 260 T-shirts at once.
The average adult spends more time on the toilet than they do exercising.
The lint in the bottom of your pocket has a name.
There's a tiny home in Virginia called the "Spite House" because that's why it was built.
Like the crabby neighbor on the corner. It's called the Spite House by some because John Hollensbury, the owner of one of the adjacent houses, built it in 1830 to keep horse-drawn wagons and loiterers out of his alley. Indeed, the brick walls of the living room have gouges from wagon-wheel hubs.Feb 29, 2008
Sweat doesn't smell bad.
A journalist in 1950 predicted that women in the year 2000 would be amazons like Wonder Woman.
Americans eat enough burgers to circle the earth over 32 times.
3.6 cans of Spam are consumed each second.
Chalk is edible.
Legos have a uniform system.
Read up on why not to use LEGOs as the plural for LEGO bricks or LEGO pieces
And "tesseradecades," "aftercataracts," and "sweaterdresses" are the longest words you can type using only your left hand.
"Schoolmaster" is an anagram of "the classroom."
Please don't downvote Mandy B's comment. Downvoting is for when people are outright rude or spamming, and downvoting is a way to ban their accounts. If someone is just incorrect, it't better to comment with the correct information.
The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles has a hidden meaning.
Even though Heinz was already manufacturing more than 60 products at that time, Henry thought 57 sounded like a lucky number and began using the slogan '57 varities' in all his advertising.
The average person spends 2 years using their phone.
You would likely "mutate" in space without a spacesuit.
Bangkok has the world record for the longest name.
Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratcha-thani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Phiman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit – officially the longest place name in the world.
Scientists discovered the fossil of a 430-million-year-old monster.
Those metal studs on your jeans have a name and a purpose.
Useless Fact: When the author of the song "The Hokey Pokey" died, they had a difficult time putting him in a coffin. They would put his left arm in and his left arm came out, put his right leg in and his right leg came out, etc.
If we ever find the end of the Pi number, according to some scientists, that’ll mean we live in the simulation.
There is a street with a name in a town that also has a name. See? I can write FACTS too!!!
Useless Fact: When the author of the song "The Hokey Pokey" died, they had a difficult time putting him in a coffin. They would put his left arm in and his left arm came out, put his right leg in and his right leg came out, etc.
If we ever find the end of the Pi number, according to some scientists, that’ll mean we live in the simulation.
There is a street with a name in a town that also has a name. See? I can write FACTS too!!!
