Most Random/Useless thing you know.

[Steel Ronin]

canadians don't want to eat you

 

[x434343]

America has 50 states! Nope. It's actually 46 states. Kentucky, Massachusetts, Virginia, and Pennsylvania are commonwealths.

 

[Sevre]

Some of you may find the following mental image strange

Spoiler

A Kangaroo has 3 vaginas

Thank god for QI.

 

[arcstone]

I actually have a book called "how much did elvis weight when he died: the ultimate guide to useless information"


*Eskimos have as much as twenty different words for snow.

Not true. A common misconception. They have about as many words for snow as we do. When you think about it, why would they need so many? That's like fish having 100 words for water.

What Eskimos (Which isn't an actual indigenous population, but a general reference) DO have loads of words for is quite dull. The words they have loads of are like this: When we say "This, That, Them or Those", they have DOZENS more. When we say "That one, way up there", they have one word for it. They also have on which means "One we cannot see", as in a smell or sound

Well, thanks for clearing that up.

 

[ZZ-Tops89]

wikipedia exists. This isn't a random/useless fact on its own, but it is key to accessing an infitinite number random/useless facts

 

[GrinningManiac]

I actually have a book called "how much did elvis weight when he died: the ultimate guide to useless information"


*Eskimos have as much as twenty different words for snow.

Not true. A common misconception. They have about as many words for snow as we do. When you think about it, why would they need so many? That's like fish having 100 words for water.

What Eskimos (Which isn't an actual indigenous population, but a general reference) DO have loads of words for is quite dull. The words they have loads of are like this: When we say "This, That, Them or Those", they have DOZENS more. When we say "That one, way up there", they have one word for it. They also have on which means "One we cannot see", as in a smell or sound

Well, thanks for clearing that up.

It's actually QI. I can't find the clip, but Stephen reads out a few. It's "Demonstrative Pronouns", apparantly

 

[ckam]

Picnic originated when the KKK lynched black people. "Let's go pick a n****r"

 

[Insanum]

You cannot Lick your elbow.

You only need a parachute if you want too skydive again.

 

[titanium turtle]

there is only one acid that can dissolve glass- I also know this guy who knows so many pointless things- some are reaaly ..... strange

 

[titanium turtle]

Pi to 10 decimal places:
3.1415926545
Memorised out of sheer boredom, and it has never proved useful to me.

- my friend knows it to 60, not boasting just saying

 

[queensbomb]

Hake (The fish) can explode if frozen and stored improperly.

You've just given me something to try today.

OT: In Vermont, the ratio of cows to people is 10:1. That's a lot of cows.

 

[Lord Thodin]

When you sneeze the things coming from your nose fly foreward at the speed of 200mph.

Superman was created by two Jewish people.

You can hammer and nail, and a screw, but you can screw a screw but not screw a nail.

 

[Theissen]

I know 150 decimals of pi.

 

[Ben7]

The Fertility rate of Canada is 1.6

 

[GrinningManiac]

Picnic originated when the KKK lynched black people. "Let's go pick a n****r"

Or the French Piquenique, which is entirely innocent. The lingustic court is still out on that one. I prefer the former (Not as in, I prefer it, I mean it's a better story (not better as in good...I mean, oh god, I sound an awful bigot ))

CHINESE PLACE NAMES

America is Mei guo, or beautiful country.
Britain is Ying guo, either flower petal, or hero. You pick.
France is Fa guo, laws.
Germany is De guo, moral or virtuous.
Russia is E guo, lean.
Canada is an exception: Ka na da. Ka is a filler for foreign words. Na means hold onto, and Da means big.
Mexico is Mo xi ge, or inky Western elder brother.
Spain is Xi ban ya, or Western team tooth.
Australia is Ao da li ya, meaning deep inlet big beneficial inferior. The character for inferior is also the character for Asia. In Chinese Asia means 'inferior states.'
New Zealand is Niu xi lan, or knot Western orchid.
Denmark is Dan mai, or red wheat.
Turkey is Tu er qi, or Soil ear this.
Japan is Zi ben, or Sun origin (Land of the rising sun).
Korea is Han guo. Han is a winch and pulley at the top of a water well.
Thailand is Tai guo, peaceful country.
India is Yin du, document right-hand
Italy is Yi da li, justice big beneficial (as in justice would be a big help here).

 

[SFR]

I memorized the entire V monologue for no reason.

I know a lot of useless facts, but I have problems thinking of them until I can use them in a given situation. Hmmm... A jiffy is a unit of time and is equal to 1/100th of a second. Chewing gum while peeling onions counteracts the "crying part". The earth ways 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons.

 

[DazZ.]

Cats can see wind.

 

[The Jono]

4,000,000 Tunnock's caramel wafers are sold every week.

Scotland is the only country in which Coca-Cola is not the most popular soft drink (it's Irn-Bru)

Only 1% of the internet is Porn

Bowler hats were origionally invented for groundsmen.

 

[Artailius]

You cannot Lick your elbow.

I'm gonna have to call you out on that one, I actually can lick my elbow.