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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? 

#1

Disney's cartoon character Mulan with the sword in fighting scene Mulan has the highest kill-count of any Disney character.

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#2

Maria Skłodowska-Curie portrait, black and white photograph Marie Curie's 100-year-old belongings are still radioactive.

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LilliVB
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Knowing how long does it take the radioactivity to decay, this isn't that much of a surprise

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#4

Comparison of the Eigengrau color vs the Black color If you open your eyes in a pitch-black room, the color you'll see is called "eigengrau."

en.wikipedia.org , Private Detective Report

#5

Queen Elizabeth II in a yellow dress Queen Elizabeth II was a trained mechanic.

time.com , commons.wikimedia.org Report

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XenoMurph
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How does this help in your everyday life? The chances of calling the AA and having Lizzy2 turn up to fix your car have gone down considerably in the last few days.

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JJM
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I don't think so - that photo was for the forces in World War II. Stiff upper lip and all that. Seriously, the Princess a mechanic nope,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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#6

Bon Appetit Pound Cake Slice in plastic bag Pound cake originally included a pound of all of its ingredients.

whatscookingamerica.net , Willis Lam Report

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DennyS (denzoren)
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I knew this one, the teacher in my cooking class explained this. It actually works perfectly too.

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#11

English pattern playing card King of Hearts The King of Hearts is the only king in a deck of cards without a mustache.

smh.com.au , Dmitry Fomin Report

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#13

Separation of Sheep and Goats, Byzantine Mosaic In old Christian art, good angels were red and Satan was blue.

livescience.com , Metropolitan Museum of Art Report

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Michael Largey
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Angels are red - And Satan is blue - Don't believe in either - How about you?"

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#15

Clapper board on a green background Movie trailers got their name because they were originally shown after the movie.

en.wikipedia.org , Tima Miroshnichenko Report

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Weed in the Garden
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Versus now where we're forced to watch before the movie. Manipulation - I mean marketing.

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#17

Vantablack on aluminum foil, showing its property of removing visual texture from objects There's a trademark on the world's darkest shade of black.

thecollector.com , Surrey NanoSystems Report

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Kylie Mountain
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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#18

Tyrannosaurus Rex specimen "SUE" on display at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois The chicken and the ostrich are the closest living relatives of the Tyrannosaurus rex.

news.harvard.edu , Evolutionnumber9 Report

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#24

The Scenic Railway at Luna Park, Melbourne, viewed from Shakespeare Grove Riding roller coasters can help you pass kidney stones.

msutoday.msu.edu , Tobiasi0 Report

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#26

Mr. Potato Head Funny Face Kit, 1952 Mr. Potato head used to be made of actual potato.

collectorsweekly.com , National Institutes of Health Report

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Red Ruffensor
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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#27

Person on the stage playing electric guitar and people dancing Playing dance music can help ward off mosquitoes.

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DennyS (denzoren)
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mosquito 1: Let's go over to that house. Mosquito 2: Nah bro, he listens to a lot of EDM.

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#28

Pair of white dice on top of the mirror The opposite sides of a dice will always add up to seven.

theguardian.com , Skitterphoto Report

#29

Hands with red nail polish Your fingernails grow faster on your dominant hand.

lcbt.co.uk , cottonbro studio Report

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Nadine Jaen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Really? I have the feeling it is the opposite. Im right-handed and my nails on the left are always longer... 🤔

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#30

Keys and wallet on the desk The average American spends about 2.5 days a year looking for lost items.

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#31

A close-up shot of many Oreo cookies Oreo has made enough cookies to go to the Moon and back 5 times.

iloveicecreamcakes.com , Celso Mejia Report

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#32

The sun is shining brightly above the mountains The sun makes up more than 99 percent of our solar system's mass.

en.wikipedia.org , Bruno Scramgnon Report

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Laura Ketteridge
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is true. Here's the link from the University of San Diego, USA. http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/virtualmuseum/ita/08_1.shtml

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#35

A marble tombstone surrounded with yellow flowers You are 13.8 percent more likely to die on your birthday.

sciencedirect.com , RDNE Stock project Report

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lara
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is because, scientists say, if you are "near" death and you have an important day coming up you will hold on until it is over. My mom died the day after her birthday.

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#37

Chicken nuggets Chicken meat is not a main ingredient of chicken nuggets.

amjmed.com , Vilnis Husko Report

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Mini Muppet
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If it is almosy half of breast fillet, chicken is the main ingredient.

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#39

Sleep-deprivation record-holder Randy Gardner on "To Tell the Truth" The longest time without sleep is 11 days.

bbc.com , rrgomes Report

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Katie Fink
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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#44

Sloths can hold their breath for longer than dolphins.

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Weed in the Garden
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, but who's going to throw down that challenge first? My money's on the dolphin!

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#45

Frank Sinatra was offered the starring role in Die Hard when he was in his 70s.

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#48

The oldest piece of chewing gum is more than 9,000 years old.

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#49

Cap'n Crunch's full name is Captain Horatio Magellan Crunch.

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Kilo Jones
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How many roofs of mouths need to be cut, before enough is blyat

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#50

People used to answer the phone by saying "ahoy" instead of "hello."

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#51

The U.S. Air Force introduced Bob Ross to painting.

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Laura Ketteridge
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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#52

There is a metallic asteroid shaped like a dog bone named "Kleopatra."

space.com Report

#53

Queen Elizabeth II's cows sleep on waterbeds.

countryliving.com Report

#54

The real name of Monopoly mascot Uncle Pennybags is Milburn Pennybags.

artsandculture.google.com Report

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Michael Largey
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Jed Clampett's banker, Mr. Drysdale, look suspiciously like Uncle Pennybags - and he's named Milburn too! Just what's going on here?

#55

More than two-thirds of millennials sleep nude.

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DennyS (denzoren)
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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#57

Antarctica is the largest unclaimed territory on Earth.

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Daniel Yamada
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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#58

Cats can't taste sweet things because of a genetic defect.

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#60

A cubic inch of human bone can bear the weight of five standard pickup trucks.

livescience.com Report

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CalicoKitty
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bones do very well against compressive forces! Shearing ones not so much.

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#61

If you plug your nose, you can't tell the difference between an apple, a potato, and an onion.

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D-m Keilman
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even with my eyes closed, they have way different textures and juicinesses.

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#62

Pope John Paul II was an honorary Harlem Globetrotter.

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#63

Hershey's makes one million miles of Twizzlers every year.

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Weed in the Garden
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

1 million miles is the equivalent of driving from earth to the moon, back to earth and then back to the moon again.

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#64

Apple seeds contain cyanide.

medicalnewstoday.com Report

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CalicoKitty
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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#65

Rainbows were called "bows of promise" in Victorian English.

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#67

The first Nerf ball package claimed the toy "can't hurt babies or old people."

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#68

A British teen changed his name to "Captain Fantastic Faster Than Superman Spiderman Batman Wolverine Hulk And The Flash Combined."

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#70

Ravens know when someone is spying on them.

nature.com Report

#73

Space travel makes mice run in loops.

nature.com Report

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Omiyaru
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Round and round I go, in space, in orbit, I run, in circles round and round, for my feet don't touch the ground.

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#74

The average American produces 4.5 pounds of trash per day.

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Peter Parker
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Does that include the average weight of the TikTok videos produced per American?

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#75

Messages from your brain travel along your nerves at up to 200 miles per hour.

kids.nationalgeographic.com Report

#78

A "jiffy" is about one trillionth of a second.

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#79

"Spoonfeed" is the longest English word with its letters in reverse alphabetical order.

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#80

The largest bill to go into circulation in the U.S. was a $10,000 note.

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#82

A Harry Potter book filled with typos sold for $90,000.

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#84

Play-Doh was invented as wallpaper cleaner.

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#85

A frigate bird can sleep while it flies.

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#88

The thumb nail grows the slowest, the middle nail the fastest, nearly 4 times faster than toenails.

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#90

Many oranges are actually green.

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Pumpkin Spice
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"honey, i packed you a green in your lunch! would you like some more green juice?"

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#93

The tool used to measure your feet at the shoe store is called a "Brannock Device."

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#97

It's possible to turn peanut butter into diamonds.

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Mark Berry
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's possible to turn my poop into diamonds, but I don't go around bragging about it.

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#99

There's a city called "Rome" on every continent except Antarctica

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#100

Massachusetts is home to Busta Rhymes Island.

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Nikki Sevven
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not as interesting as it appears. The island in question is a tiny one in a lake in Shrewsbury.

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#101

One man set a world record by putting on 260 T-shirts at once.

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#102

The average adult spends more time on the toilet than they do exercising.

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#105

There's a tiny home in Virginia called the "Spite House" because that's why it was built.

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Weed in the Garden
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

#106

The tallest supported bamboo sculpture is more than 164-feet high.

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#108

A journalist in 1950 predicted that women in the year 2000 would be amazons like Wonder Woman.

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#109

Americans eat enough burgers to circle the earth over 32 times.

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#110

3.6 cans of Spam are consumed each second.

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#112

Legos have a uniform system.

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Jack flick
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Read up on why not to use LEGOs as the plural for LEGO bricks or LEGO pieces

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#114

And "tesseradecades," "aftercataracts," and "sweaterdresses" are the longest words you can type using only your left hand.

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#115

"Schoolmaster" is an anagram of "the classroom."

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setsuriseikou
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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#116

The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles has a hidden meaning.

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Weed in the Garden
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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#117

The average person spends 2 years using their phone.

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#118

You would likely "mutate" in space without a spacesuit.

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#119

Bangkok has the world record for the longest name.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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#121

Scientists discovered the fossil of a 430-million-year-old monster.

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#122

Those metal studs on your jeans have a name and a purpose.

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