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“Now That’s Gonna Be Stuck In My Head”: 45 Worthless Bits Of Trivia Or Knowledge Shared By Our Community
Sometimes we don't realize how big the storage of our brains is. We might forget some facts or happenings now and then, but it's only natural when considering we have to digest new information every day! However, some snippets of knowledge appear to be unforgettable so that even the most random and useless thing might be stuck in your brain forever.
So, I got curious about what worthless bit of trivia or knowledge is forever stuck in our pandas' heads! Here's what people had to share.
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Gary Oldman is 13 days younger than Gary Numan.
Polar bears have black skin. Their fur is actually clear, not white, and each strand of fur is a hollow tube made of keratin (the same stuff as our fingernails) to trap heat and keep them warm.
That wombats poop cubes. It has something to do with their intestines being really good at removing water and compacting waste and it comes out in cubes.
Iceland is much less icy and much more green than Greenland.
I had a teacher tell me that Iceland is green and Greenland is icy.
Because of the rotation of the earth, an object can be thrown farther if it is thrown west.
A proper one this time. Pineapple 'eats' you as you eat it. Pineapple contains a chemical called Bromelain that deconstructs (and will eventually dissolve) proteins, including human tissue. So if you're wondering why it tingles on your tongue now you know (thankfully our stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve concrete so takes care of Mr Pineapple)
I also heard bromelain can help bring on labor when I was pregnant with one of my kids. My poor mouth was raw from eating so much of it 😝
Some words are contranyms, meaning a word that has two different meanings that are the opposite of each other.
The three examples I know are:
Cleave (can mean either to cling to or to separate from)
Left (can be used to refer to the part of a group that departed or the part that stayed. "Three sheep left the flock, how many were left?")
Off (can mean either to activate or to deactivate. "The alarm went off, so I turned it off.")
I remember seeing something from the Addams Family book written to promote the TV series. One of Lurch's duties was to dust the furniture. It usually took about 30 buckets (of dust).
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I don't agree that 'left' is a contranym then. In the second part of your sentence 'were' is the verb and 'left' is an adjective pertaining to the remaining sheep. To explain it in another way, if you use the sentence, "The sheep who were left, were left by the sheep who left" then the sheep who did the leaving performed the action, while the other were in a state affected by the action. It would be the same as to say, "The magician amazed the audience, how many members of the audience were amazed?"
Called passive subjunctive. The remaining sheep were left by the three sheep. So you are correct, this is not a contranym.
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Unfortunately "literally" has been added to this list. The dictionary definition of literally has been changed to include figuratively because it's so commonly misused.
umfahren (to run over something while driving) and umfahren (to dodge something while driving).... same words, slightly diffrent pronounciation, completely opposite meaning.
I'm unfamiliar with this word...I just googled it...that's German! I hadn't considered other languages would have these too. Very interesting! Thanks for sharing
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This is fascinating. I'd never heard of "contranyms".......🤷♀️.....thank you.
"Sanction" is another. It means either to condone behavior or to punish for it.
As does "endorse". It used to be in Britain that driving offences would see your licenced endorsed.
Load More Replies... Oversight 1a : watchful and responsible care you to whom oversight of the University is entrusted — N. M. Pusey b : regulatory supervision congressional oversight The new manager was given oversight of the project. 2 : an inadvertent omission or error whether by oversight or intention — G. B. Shaw The error was a simple oversight.
Temper - means to strengthen (as in tempered steel) or to weaken (as in a logical argument).
The whole Present Perfect Tense - as something that has just finished and something that still continues. I like that kind of weird.
Inflammable means it will catch on fire, and it won't catch on fire.
This does not appear to be correct. Inflammable means it can catch on fire, non-flammable means it won't catch on fire.
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I prefer calling these auto-antonyms, that's another term for them that's a little more intuitive. :) "Consult" is also a great example: it can mean both giving, and seeking of advice.
Same for snap, you snap at some as in a tone of voice, the sound fingers make, or popping something in place
While those are certainly two different meanings for the same word, I'm not sure how those meanings are contradictory.
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It sounds the same, but is spelled different : raised and razed. And they're pretty much opposites too.
This one is two homonyms with opposite meanings: When you build a barn, you raise it. When you burn down that barn, you raze it.
How about "apparent"? Can mean something that is obviously true, or something that just seems true, but actually it's not.
Also, Flammable and Inflammable mean the same thing. Which I guess, would be the opposite of a Contranym. So... a Nym?
Ok, this one bugs me so much; idk for sure if it fits here... https://www.definitions.net/definition/unthaw
So is “raised. “ “We raised the barn” can mean we put it up or tore it down.
No. In the first you have raised the barn, in the second you have razed the barn. They are pronounced the same though.
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Finland is home to the most metal bands per capita, with around 53.5 metal bands per 100,000 people.
A day on venus is longer than a year on venus
A city in California has the Goodyear Blimp as its official bird.
OMG, I snorted in laughter just reading that. Did you know it is illegal to hunt bigfoot in a certain state (Washington?) because it would technically be an endangered species? This has been in my head for a long time.
Teeth pop like popcorn when heated.
That the angels do not naturally have a human form. When you actually read in depth about them, they are said to be both beautiful and yet among the most terrifying beings in the universe. When they say "Be not afraid" there is a reason for it, and it's not because they popped out of nowhere in front of your face.
This is the first description of an angel that has made sense to me, but now I have more questions. Going by what you said, if they appear to be both beautiful and fearsome, do you think, if they do appear to humans, that their appearance can vary from human to human, depending on said human's disposition? If you're an evil person, would your angel come off as fearsome and terrifying, whereas a good human would get the beautiful image of that angel?
The word for thinking about your thinking is metacognition. It only comes in handy when you're trying to impress teachers.
Cats have 38 muscles in each ear
To be fair, it takes quite a few muscles to consistently ignore you lol
Many years ago, when wood was in short supply it was a common practice to dig up and reuse coffins.
Quite often the grave diggers would see scratch marks on the underside of the coffin lid, left there by someone who was buried but still alive!
This happened so often, in fact, that all newly buried people had a length of string tied to their finger, leading all the way aboveground where it was tied to a bell.
When someone buried alive would move their hand trying to desperately claw their way out, the bell would ring aboveground.
Those people were called "Dead Ringers".
The men hired to listen for the bells during the night were known to be working the "graveyard shift".
The tip of your elbow is called your wenis.
It’s possible to put a lightbulb inside your mouth, but you can’t get it out without breaking either the glass or your jaw. And no, I don’t know why.
Rockets/spaceships are launched from positions near the equator to the east because the Earth's rotation makes a start more fuel efficient that way.
Squirrels don’t remember where they buried their acorns. They just bury so many that it’s easy to find one wherever they dig.
Pigs can actually run faster than people. As prey animals, they evolved to run away a lot.
Without mucus your stomach would digest itself.
That giraffes mostly sleep standing up and only for like 30 minutes a day.
Messages from your brain travel along your nerves at up to 200 miles per hour.
Not trivia, just a Spanish word my nutty, Mexican friend from college made me learn, for some weird reason. It's the word for "ear, nose and throat" - otorrinolaringologo. I've found myself repeating it over and over in my head whenever I'm in a lot of pain, especially with migraines. I don't do it intentionally, it just happens. Thanks for the subconscious coping mechanism, Hermès!
Tyrannosaurus Rex is closer to us in time than they were to stegosaurus.
The average person has four to six dreams a night.
And the brain has certain setups that occur every now and then in your dreams. I often dream of the same fictional places.
The okay hand symbol means "pay me" in Japan. Thanks, Nat geographic!
Cats can't taste sweet things because of a genetic defect.
Americans spend around 2.5 days each year in total looking for their lost things.
Giraffes use their necks to generate momentum with their heads when they fight.
Yooo! have any of you seen a video of giraffes fighting each other?? it's some pretty scary stuff. I thought they were gentle creatures, but nah they just a tall version of bulls. They got the horns and everything. O.O
The bits at the end of shoe laces (metal or plastic or whatever) that make it easier to lace up your shoes are called aglets.
For all of you Phineas and Ferb watchers out there, you must recognize that. There was an entire episode all about aglets.
LEGO is the number producer of wheels in the entire world.
that squids brains are doughnut shaped, and their esophagus goes through the middle of their brain before going to their stomach. so food passes through a squids brain before it gets to their stomach.
That DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid. I've known it since the 4th grade. I'm 57
Heteropaternalsuperfecumdation is the term for when a woman has twins with different fathers. It's very rare.
My twins looked so different as babies that a handful of strangers actually asked me if they had the same father!
If you burn dust it smells like burning flesh and you can get rid of your roommate really fast this way. A professor told my mom's friend that a long time ago and I tell almost everyone I meet.
That makes sense. I remember reading that the majority of dust is mainly skin cells that have come off the body.
That a narwhal horn is actually a tooth ._.
They found 7 tons of human hair when they liberated Auschwitz.
A journalist in 1950 predicted that women in the year 2000 would be amazons like Wonder Woman.
"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and "A B C D E F G" sound the same
That the smell of rain is called petrichor. We get it. Read it a few thousand times from people thinking their smart.
aardwolves, a type of hyena, are one of the few insect-eating canine-appearing mammals. (hyenas are more closely related to cats than dogs). I have all the facts I can find about aardwolves living inside my head
Australia is the only country which eats its National animals. And they’re delicious!
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I have a ton of useless trivia knowledge, but anytime anyone asks me to just name one at random, I can't think of any. Makes me good at trivial pursuit, but bad at conversation.
Boredpanda is officially so stuck for content that they're recycling their own posts from 6 months ago.
IKR? It explains why I randomly get likes for things I wrote months ago! Man, so weird when you don't remember writing it, lol.
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The first name Madison didn't exist until the movie Splash.
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The bit of trivia I know is that the velocity of a liquid flowing through a a narrow tube (such as a blood vessel or a catheter) is directly proportional to the pressure of the liquid and the fourth power of the radius of the tube and is inversely proportional to the viscosity of the liquid and the length of the tube.
The compound that makes lightning bugs glow is called luciferin. Etymology of the word is from the Latin lucifer which means light bearing.
Vulgar latin of the medieval era, likely not the latin spoken by Julius Caesar. Lucifer is from the latin word "lux" (meaning light) and the suffix "fer" meaning carried (think of the words confer, ferry, defer, transfer). Luciferin - light carrying.
Load More Replies... Was there even ONE actually NEW "fact" on this list? I didn't have to read more than five words on each one to recognize it. Even the personal "facts" (which... why are those even included? WHO CARES???) aren't new. This is boring. Fitting, I guess. Grrrrr.
According to monty python there was a composer by this name: (from memory, spelling may be off) : Johann Gambol Putty Devon Ausfern Splaindenschlitter Crass Krenbon Fried Digger Dingle Dangle Dongle Dungle Bearstein Von Knackerthrasher Applebanger Horovitz Ticolinsinc Granderknotty Spelltinkle Grandlish Grumblemayer Spelterwasser Kurstlich Himbleisen Bandwagon Guten Abend Bitte Ein Nuremburger Bratwurstle Gespurten Mit Weimach Luber Hundsfoot Gumberaber Schoenendanker Kalbsfleisch Mittler Aucher Von Hautkopf, of Ulm. First hubby memorized it, then I did as well. We are major geeky dorks and love it!
I turned my head full of trivia into cash on 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?' during its first season. It's on YouTube. Look up "Stan Flouride" and it's your first hit.
If you eat an earthworm from the wrong side, it can crawl up your esophagus
What's worse than finding a worm in your apple? Finding half of a worm in your apple.
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The fact that two of the great Romantic composers died of tertiary Syphilis - Schumann and Schubert.
My entire brain is full of useless knowledge. I was blessed with a phenomenal memory, so I can tell you the name of every kid I was in class with in alphabetical order. I can tell you the names, addresses, telephone numbers and birthdays of people I haven't seen in 50 years. I can recite poems ad nauseam. I literally could entertain people all day long with the useless crud my brain is full of.
Either "CALL JG WENTWORTH 877-CASH-NOW" (specifically the one with the opera Viking) or damn it I had another one but I forgot it so :(
Does anybody else find when they try to submit a story from their phone, it limits your text to only a few characters?
if you take acutain (the acne stuff, idk how to spell it) there is a good chance your bones are green
The denty bit of skin above your lip is called your filtrum (not sure on the spelling?).
philtrum. from the ancient greek meaning love charm.
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That you aren't supposed to give any honey to a baby, because it contains small amounts of botulism in it, but small enough that it won't affect children or adults. Botulism is a toxin that can cause muscle paralysis and maybe even death. They also use botulism for Botox injections, so it will permanently relax your muscles and erase wrinkles.
Ok I remember the haiku Hyde created about Jackie in that 70s show My heart aches with pain. When I see you I vomit Die away from me I also remember spikes poem that he wrote as William in Buffy the Vampire Slayer My soul is wrapped in harsh repose Midnight descends in raven colored clothes My heart is full, tis grown a bulge in it When I espy your beauty effulgent. I also memorized the musical episode of Buffy the vampire slayer ... So. Yeah.
I can't get it out of my head that almost half of Americans buy into and repeat the obvious BS of a willfully ignorant, racist, NYC con artist who spreads tinfoil hat rumors like the one you just spouted.
Load More Replies... I have a ton of useless trivia knowledge, but anytime anyone asks me to just name one at random, I can't think of any. Makes me good at trivial pursuit, but bad at conversation.
Boredpanda is officially so stuck for content that they're recycling their own posts from 6 months ago.
IKR? It explains why I randomly get likes for things I wrote months ago! Man, so weird when you don't remember writing it, lol.
Load More Replies... The first name Madison didn't exist until the movie Splash.
Load More Replies... The bit of trivia I know is that the velocity of a liquid flowing through a a narrow tube (such as a blood vessel or a catheter) is directly proportional to the pressure of the liquid and the fourth power of the radius of the tube and is inversely proportional to the viscosity of the liquid and the length of the tube.
The compound that makes lightning bugs glow is called luciferin. Etymology of the word is from the Latin lucifer which means light bearing.
Vulgar latin of the medieval era, likely not the latin spoken by Julius Caesar. Lucifer is from the latin word "lux" (meaning light) and the suffix "fer" meaning carried (think of the words confer, ferry, defer, transfer). Luciferin - light carrying.
Load More Replies... Was there even ONE actually NEW "fact" on this list? I didn't have to read more than five words on each one to recognize it. Even the personal "facts" (which... why are those even included? WHO CARES???) aren't new. This is boring. Fitting, I guess. Grrrrr.
According to monty python there was a composer by this name: (from memory, spelling may be off) : Johann Gambol Putty Devon Ausfern Splaindenschlitter Crass Krenbon Fried Digger Dingle Dangle Dongle Dungle Bearstein Von Knackerthrasher Applebanger Horovitz Ticolinsinc Granderknotty Spelltinkle Grandlish Grumblemayer Spelterwasser Kurstlich Himbleisen Bandwagon Guten Abend Bitte Ein Nuremburger Bratwurstle Gespurten Mit Weimach Luber Hundsfoot Gumberaber Schoenendanker Kalbsfleisch Mittler Aucher Von Hautkopf, of Ulm. First hubby memorized it, then I did as well. We are major geeky dorks and love it!
I turned my head full of trivia into cash on 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?' during its first season. It's on YouTube. Look up "Stan Flouride" and it's your first hit.
If you eat an earthworm from the wrong side, it can crawl up your esophagus
What's worse than finding a worm in your apple? Finding half of a worm in your apple.
Load More Replies... The fact that two of the great Romantic composers died of tertiary Syphilis - Schumann and Schubert.
My entire brain is full of useless knowledge. I was blessed with a phenomenal memory, so I can tell you the name of every kid I was in class with in alphabetical order. I can tell you the names, addresses, telephone numbers and birthdays of people I haven't seen in 50 years. I can recite poems ad nauseam. I literally could entertain people all day long with the useless crud my brain is full of.
Either "CALL JG WENTWORTH 877-CASH-NOW" (specifically the one with the opera Viking) or damn it I had another one but I forgot it so :(
Does anybody else find when they try to submit a story from their phone, it limits your text to only a few characters?
if you take acutain (the acne stuff, idk how to spell it) there is a good chance your bones are green
The denty bit of skin above your lip is called your filtrum (not sure on the spelling?).
philtrum. from the ancient greek meaning love charm.
Load More Replies... That you aren't supposed to give any honey to a baby, because it contains small amounts of botulism in it, but small enough that it won't affect children or adults. Botulism is a toxin that can cause muscle paralysis and maybe even death. They also use botulism for Botox injections, so it will permanently relax your muscles and erase wrinkles.
Ok I remember the haiku Hyde created about Jackie in that 70s show My heart aches with pain. When I see you I vomit Die away from me I also remember spikes poem that he wrote as William in Buffy the Vampire Slayer My soul is wrapped in harsh repose Midnight descends in raven colored clothes My heart is full, tis grown a bulge in it When I espy your beauty effulgent. I also memorized the musical episode of Buffy the vampire slayer ... So. Yeah.
I can't get it out of my head that almost half of Americans buy into and repeat the obvious BS of a willfully ignorant, racist, NYC con artist who spreads tinfoil hat rumors like the one you just spouted.
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