301 Useless Facts
Written By: Sujan Patel On April 24th, 2007 | 934 Comments
1. Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on and died on days when Halley’s Comet can be seen. During his life he predicted that he would die when it could be seen.
2. US Dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen.
3. The “57″ on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had.
4. Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world’s garbage annually. On average, that’s 3 pounds a day per person.
5. Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.
6. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn’t digest itself.
7. 98% of all murders and rapes are by a close family member or friend of the victim.
8. A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
9. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.
10. The dot over the letter “i” is called a tittle.
11. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
12. Benjamin Franklin was the fifth in a series of the youngest son of the youngest son.
13. Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13. Paraskevidekatriaphobia means fear of Friday the 13th (which occurs one to three times a year). In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number. In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number.
14. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
15. All the chemicals in a human body combined are worth about 6.25 euro (if sold separately).
16. In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.
17. The ZIP in “ZIP code” means Zoning Improvement Plan.
18. Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.
19. A “2 by 4″ is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2.
20. It’s estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world’s population is drunk.
21. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades = David ; Clubs = Alexander the Great ; Hearts = Charlemagne ; Diamonds = Caesar
22. 40% of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
23. Every person, including identical twins, has a unique eye and tongue print along with their finger print.
24. The “spot” on the 7-Up logo comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.
25. 315 entries in Webster’s 1996 dictionary were misspelled.
26. The “save” icon in Microsoft Office programs shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.
27. Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins (Elsa Löwenthal and Emma Wedgewood respectively).
28. Camel’s have three eyelids.
29. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.
30. John Wilkes Booth’s brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln’s son.
31. Warren Beatty and Shirley McLaine are brother and sister.
32. Chocolate can kill dogs; it directly affects their heart and nervous system.
33. Daniel Boone hated coonskin caps.
34. Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.
35. 55.1% of all US prisoners are in prison for drug offenses.
36. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
37. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark’s stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
38. Dr. Seuss pronounced his name “soyce”.
39. Slugs have four noses.
40. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
41. The Three Wise Monkeys have names: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Speak no evil).
42. India has a Bill of Rights for cows.
43. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out. (DON’T TRY IT, DUMBASS)
44. During the California gold rush of 1849, miners sent their laundry to Honolulu for washing and pressing. Due to the extremely high costs in California during these boom years, it was deemed more feasible to send their shirts to Hawaii for servicing.
45. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by taking out an olive from First Class salads.
46. About 200,000,000 M&Ms are sold each day in the United States.
47. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
48. Over a course of about eleven years, the sun’s magnetic poles switch places. This cycle is called “Solarmax”.
49. There are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations of the first four moves in Chess.
50. Upper and lower case letters are named “upper” and “lower” because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the lower case letters.
51. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
52. The numbers “172″ can be found on the back of the US 5 dollar bill, in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.
53. Coconuts kill about 150 people each year. That’s more than sharks.
54. Half of all bank robberies take place on a Friday.
55. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before it.
56. The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
57. The first bomb the Allies dropped on Berlin in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
58. The average raindrop falls at 7 miles per hour.
59. It took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to paint Mona Lisa. He never signed or dated the painting. Leonardo and Mona had identical bone structures according to the painting. X-ray images have shown that there are 3 other versions under the original.
60. If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
61. Bruce Lee was so fast that they had to slow the film down so you could see his moves.
62. The largest amount of money you can have without having change for a dollar is $1.19 (3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies cannot be divided into a dollar).
63. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA”.
64. IBM’s motto is “Think”. Apple later made their motto “Think different”.
65. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original “Halloween” was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white, due to low budget.
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66. The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
67. The phrase “rule of thumb” is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn’t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
68. One in fourteen women in America is a natural blonde. Only one in sixteen men is.
69. The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided twenty-five years of service.
70. When the Titanic sank, 2228 people were on it. Only 706 survived.
71. In America, someone is diagnosed with AIDS every 10 minutes. In South Africa, someone dies due to HIV or AIDS every 10 minutes.
72. Every day, 7% of the US eats at McDonald’s.
73. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola, which Motorola got their name from.
74. In the US, about 127 million adults are overweight or obese; worldwide, 750 million are overweight and 300 million more are obese. In the US, 15% of children in elementary school are overweight; 20% are worldwide.
75. In Disney’s Fantasia, the Sorcerer to whom Mickey played an apprentice was named Yensid (Disney spelled backward).
76. During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, “Red Vineyard at Arles”.
77. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.
78. One in ten people live on an island.
79. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
80. 28% of Africa is classified as wilderness. In North America, its 38%.
81. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
82. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
83. Sherlock Holmes NEVER said “Elementary, my dear Watson”, Humphrey Bogart NEVER said “Play it again, Sam” in Casablanca, and they NEVER said “Beam me up, Scotty” on Star Trek.
84. An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.
85. Sharon Stone was the first Star Search spokes model.
86. The sound you here when you put a seashell next to your ear is not the ocean, but blood flowing through your head.
87. More people are afraid of open spaces (kenophobia) than of tight spaces (claustrophobia).
88. The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.
89. There is a 1 in 4 chance that New York will have a white Christmas.
90. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
91. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
92. Back in the mid to late ’80s, an IBM compatible computer wasn’t considered 100% compatible unless it could run Microsoft’s Flight Simulator.
93. $203,000,000 is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
94. Every US president has worn glasses (just not always in public).
95. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
96. Jim Henson first coined the word “Muppet”. It is a combination of “marionette” and “puppet.”
97. The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with (not counting the words “North” and “South).
98. The Michelin man is known as Mr. Bib. His name was Bibendum in the company’s first ads in 1896.
99. About 20% of bird species have become extinct in the past 200 years, almost all of them because of human activity.
100. The word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
101. About 14% of injecting drug users are HIV positive.
102. A word or sentence that is the same front and back (racecar, kayak) is called a “palindrome”.
103. A snail can sleep for 3 years.
104. People photocopying their buttocks are the cause of 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide.
105. China has more English speakers than the United States.
106. Finnish folklore says that when Santa comes to Finland to deliver gifts, he leaves his sleigh behind and rides on a goat named Ukko instead. According to French tradition, Santa Claus has a brother named Bells Nichols, who visits homes on New Year’s Eve after everyone is asleep, and if a plate is set out for him, he fills it with cookies and cakes.
107. One in every 9000 people is an albino.
108. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
109. You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.
110. Everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly sets than for the U.S. Treasury.
111. Every year 4 people in the UK die putting their trousers on.
112. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds; dogs only have about ten.
113. Our eyes are always the same size from birth but our nose and ears never stop growing.
114. In every episode of “Seinfeld” there is a Superman picture or reference somewhere.
115. If Barbie were life-size her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet two inches tall and have a neck twice the length of a normal human’s neck.
116. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.
117. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
118. Each year in America there are about 300,000 deaths that can be attributed to obesity.
119. About 55% of all movies are rated R.
120. About 500 movies are made in the US and 800 in India annually.
121. Arabic numerals are not really Arabic; they were created in India.
122. Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations (implemented on July 16, 1969) makes it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles.
123. The February of 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
124. The Pentagon in Arlington Virginia has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.
125. There is actually no danger in swimming right after you eat, though it may feel uncomfortable.
126. The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
127. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
128. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
129. There are about 2 chickens for every human in the world.
130. The word “maverick” came into use after Samuel Maverick, a Texan refused to brand his cattle. Eventually any unbranded calf became known as a Maverick.
131. Two-thirds of the world’s eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
132. For every memorial statue with a person on a horse, if the horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died of battle wounds; if all four of the horse’s legs are on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
133. On a Canadian two-dollar bill, the American flag is flying over the Parliament Building.
134. An American urologist bought Napoleon’s penis for $40,000.
135. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
136. Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters “MT”.
137. $283,200 is the absolute highest amount of money you can win on Jeopardy.
138. Almonds are members of the peach family.
139. Rats and horses can’t vomit.
140. The penguin is the only bird that can’t fly but can swim.
141. There are approximately 100 million acts of sexual intercourse each day.
142. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies room during a dance.
143. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
144. There are only four words in the English language that end in “-dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
145. Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
146. Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie.
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147. “101 Dalmatians” and “Peter Pan” are the only Disney animations in which both of a character’s parents are present and don’t die during the movie.
148. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.
149. Hedenophobic means fear of pleasure.
150. Ancient Egyptian priests would pluck every hair from their bodies.
151. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
152. Half of all crimes are committed by people under the age of 18. 80% of burglaries are committed by people aged 13-21.
153. An ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
154. All polar bears are left-handed.
155. The catfish has over 27000 taste buds (more than any other animal)
156. A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.
157. Butterflies taste with their feet.
158. Elephants are the only mammals that cannot jump.
159. An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
160. Starfish have no brains.
161. 11% of the world is left-handed.
162. John Hancock and Charles Thomson were the only people to sign the Declaration of independence on July 4th, 1776. The last signature came five years later.
163. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
164. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
165. The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.
166. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
167. A healthy (non-colorblind) human eye can distinguish between 500 shades of gray.
168. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
169. Lizards can self-amputate their tails for protection. It grows back after a few months.
170. Los Angeles’ full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula”. It can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A.
171. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
172. A honeybee can fly at fifteen miles per hour.
173. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
174. A “jiffy” is the scientific name for 1/100th of a second.
175. The average child recognizes over 200 company logos by the time he enters first grade.
176. The youngest pope ever was 11 years old.
177. The first novel ever written on a typewriter is Tom Sawyer.
178. One out of every 43 prisoners escapes from jail. 94% are recaptured.
179. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
180. The average chocolate bar has 8 insects’ legs melted into it.
181. A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.
182. The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
183. Elwood Edwards did the voice for the AOL sound files (i.e. “You’ve got Mail!”). He is heard about 27 million times a day. The recordings were done before Quantum changed its name to AOL and the program was known as “Q-Link.”
184. A polar bears skin is black. Its fur is actually clear, but like snow it appears white.
185. Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why Elvis middle name was spelled Aron, in honor of his brother.
186. Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
187. Donkeys kill more people than plane crashes.
188. Shakespeare invented the words “assassination” and “bump.”
189. There are a million ants for every person on Earth.
190. If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.
191. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
192. The name Jeep comes from “GP”, the army abbreviation for General Purpose.
193. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.
194. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
195. Cats’ urine glows under a black light.
196. A “quidnunc” is a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip.
197. The first US Patent was for manufacturing potassium carbonate (used in glass and gunpowder). It was issued to Samuel Hopkins on July 31, 1970.
198. Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors, the helicopter, and many other present day items.
199. In the last 4000 years no new animals have been domesticated.
200. 25% of a human’s bones are in its feet.
201. David Sarnoff received the Titanic’s distress signal and saved hundreds of passengers. He later became the head of the first radio network, the National Broadcasting Company (NBC).
202. On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
203. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than every Nike factory worker in Malaysia combined.
204. One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the ’30s lobbied against hemp farmers (they saw it as competition).
205. “Canada” is an Indian word meaning “Big Village”.
206. Only one in two billion people will live to be 116 or older.
207. If you yelled for 8 years 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
208. Rape is reported every six minutes in the U.S.
209. The human heart creates enough pressure in the bloodstream to squirt blood 30 feet.
210. A jellyfish is 95% water.
211. Truck driving is the most dangerous occupation by accidental deaths (799 in 2001).
212. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
213. Elephants only sleep for two hours each day.
214. On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
215. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. (the heart is not a muscle)
216. In golf, a ‘Bo Derek’ is a score of 10.
217. In the U.S, Frisbees outsell footballs, baseballs and basketballs combined.
218. In most watch advertisements the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
219. If you plant an apple seed, it is almost guaranteed to grow a tree of a different type of apple.
220. Al Capone’s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
221. The only real person to be a PEZ head was Betsy Ross.
222. There are about 450 types of cheese in the world. 240 come from France.
223. When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers plays football at home the stadium becomes Nebraska’s third largest city.
224. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life”.
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225. A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
226. In Iceland, a Big Mac costs $5.50.
227. Broccoli and cauliflower are the only vegetables that are flowers.
228. Newborn babies have about 350 bones. They gradually merge and disappear until there are about 206 by age 5.
229. There is no solid proof of who built the Taj Mahal.
230. In a survey of 200000 ostriches over 80 years, not one tried to bury its head in the sand.
231. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. A quarter has 119.
232. On an American one-dollar bill there is a tiny owl in the upper-left-hand corner of the upper-right-hand “1″ and a spider hidden in the front upper-right-hand corner.
233. Judy Scheindlin (”Judge Judy”) has a $25,000,000 salary, while Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has a $190,100 salary.
234. The name for Oz in the Wizard of Oz was thought up when the creator Frank Baum looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N and O-Z.
235. Andorra, a tiny country on the border between France and Spain, has the longest average lifespan: 83.49 years.
236. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
237. Mr. Rogers was an ordained Presbyterian minister.
238. In America you will see an average of 500 advertisements a day.
239. John Lennon’s first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
240. You can lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
241. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
242. “The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English.
243. There are 336 dimples on a regulation US golf ball. In the UK its 330.
244. The Toltecs (a 7th century tribe) used wooden swords so they wouldn’t kill their enemies.
245. “Duff” is the decaying organic matter found on a forest floor.
246. The US has more personal computers than the next 7 countries combined.
247. There have been over 600 lawsuits against Alexander Grahm Bell over rights to the patent of the telephone, the most valuable patent in U.S. history.
248. Kuwait is about 60% male (highest in the world). Latvia is about 54% female (highest in the world).
249. The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters.
250. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world’s nuclear weapons combined.
251. At the height of its power in 400 BC, the Greek city of Sparta had 25,000 citizens and 500,000 slaves.
252. Julius Caesar’s autograph is worth about $2,000,000.
253. The tool doctors wrap around a patient’s arm to measure blood pressure is called a sphygmomanometer.
254. People say “bless you” when you sneeze because your heart stops for a millisecond.
255. US gold coins used to say “In Gold We Trust”.
256. In “Silence of the Lambs”, Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) never blinks.
257. A shrimp’s heart is in its head.
258. In the 17th century, the value of pi was known to 35 decimal places. Today, to 1.2411 trillion.
259. The bestselling books of all time are The Bible (6billion+), Quotations from the Works of Mao Tse-tung (900million+), and The Lord of the Rings (100million+)
260. Pearls melt in vinegar.
261. “Lassie” was played by a group of male dogs; the main one was named Pal.
262. In 1863, Paul Hubert of Bordeaux, France, was sentenced to life in jail for murder. After 21 years, it was discovered that he was convicted of murdering himself.
263. Nepal is the only country that doesn’t have a rectangular flag. Switzerland is the only country with a square flag.
264. Gabriel, Michael, and Lucifer are the only angels named in the Bible.
265. Tiger Woods’ real first name is Eldrick. His father gave him the nickname “Tiger” in honor of a South Vietnamese soldier his father had fought alongside with during the Vietnam War.
266. Johnny Appleseed planted apples so that people could use apple cider to make alcohol.
267. Abraham Lincoln’s ghost is said to haunt the White House.
268. God is not mentioned once in the book of Esther.
269. The odds of being born male are about 51.2%, according to census.
270. Scotland has more redheads than any other part of the world.
271. There is an average of 61,000 people airborne over the US at any given moment.
272. Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane in case there is a crash.
273. The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad. The most common name (of any type) in the world is Mohammed.
274. The surface of the Earth is about 60% water and 10% ice.
275. For every 230 cars that are made, 1 will be stolen.
276. Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. President to be born in a hospital.
277. Lightning strikes the earth about 8 million times a day.
278. Around 2,000 left-handed people die annually due to improper use of equipment designed only for right handed people.
279. The “if” and “then” parts of conditional (”if P then Q”) statement are called the protasis (P) and apodosis (Q).
280. Humans use a total of 72 different muscles in speech.
281. If you feed a seagull Alka-Seltzer, its stomach will explode.
282. Only female mosquitoes bite.
283. The U.S. Post Office handles 43 percent of the world’s mail.
284. Most household dust is made of dead skin cells.
285. One in about eight million people has progeria, a disease that causes people to grow faster than they age.
286. The male seahorse carries the eggs until they hatch instead of the female.
287. The “countdown” (counting down from 10 for an event such as New-Years Day) was first used in a 1929 German silent film called “Die Frau Im Monde” (The Girl in the Moon).
288. Negative emotions such as anxiety and depression can weaken your immune system.
289. There are seven suicides in the Bible: Abimelech. Samson, Saul, Saul’s armor-bearer, Ahithophel, Zimri, Judas.
290. A mongoose is not a goose but more like a meercat, which is not a cat but more like a prairie dog, which is not a dog but more like a ground squirrel.
291. Stephen Hawking was born exactly 300 years after Galileo died.
292. Mercury is the only planet whose orbit is coplanar with its equator. Venus and Uranus are the only planets that rotate opposite to the direction of their orbit.
293. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe died on July 4th. Adams and Jefferson died in the same year. Supposedly, Adams last words were “Thomas Jefferson survives.”
294. The Baby Ruth candy bar was named after Grover Cleveland’s baby daughter, Ruth, not Babe Ruth the baseball player.
295. Dolphins can look in different directions with each eye. They can sleep with one eye open.
296. The Falkland Isles (pop. about 2000) has over 700000 sheep (350 per person).
297. There are 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
298. While many treaties have been signed at or near Paris, France (including many after WWI and WWII), nine are actually known as the “Treaty of Paris”: Seven Years’ War (1763), American Revolutionary War (1783), French-Swede War (1810), France vs Sixth Coalition (1814), Battle of Waterloo (1815), Crimean War (1856), Spanish-American War (1898), union of Bessarabia and Romania (1920), establishment of European Coal and Steel Community (1951).
299. Robert Todd Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln’s oldest son) was in Washington DC during his father’s assassination as well as during President Garfield’s assassination, and he was in Buffalo NY when President McKinley was assassinated.
300. The city of Venice stands on about 120 small islands.
301. The past-tense of the English word “dare” is “durst”.
Now that you have gone through the list it is up to you to figure out which facts are true and which facts are false.
April 24th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
Interesting facts….but its a huge list
April 24th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
I found out about the B-25/Empire State Building episode a few months, back. It’s eerie to think of it in comparison with 9/11.
Also, no.299 is kind of weird, too.
Good list!
April 24th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
Julius Caesar’s autograph is worth about $2,000,000.
Now thats a deal!
April 24th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
Yeah, this list seems cool. Of course, some of the facts, like the “coconuts kill 150 people per year” simply aren’t true. Or at least, that isn’t verified by any source.
April 24th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
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April 24th, 2007 at 3:55 pm
Hey, Love these facts!! I was wondering if I could post them on my blog. I would of course give you full credit.
April 24th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
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April 24th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
Number 122 isn’t true any longer. I believe that section 1211 was deleted from the CFR.
April 24th, 2007 at 4:01 pm
#7 is completely wrong!
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April 24th, 2007 at 4:04 pm
Ummm….. You should really pare down this list to exclude the incorrect ones. What really threw me off was #133. Some quick checking on the net showed that it’s just a myth.
Read: Don’t believe everything you read.
::irony::
April 24th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
More accurate on rape: 2/3rd’s of rape victims report a prior relationship with the offender. 80% (not 98% were by a boyfriend, girlfriend, relative, or friend).
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/The%20Truth%20About%20Rape%20Final.pdf
April 24th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
9. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.
Hemp is not the same thing as marijuana as it contains very little THC.
43. If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out.
This is not true. Your eyes are anchored by the muscles that control them. The worst that you can do is give yourself a conjunctival hemorrhage.
48. Over a course of about eleven years, the sun’s magnetic poles switch places. This cycle is called “Solarmaxâ€.
No, this is called the “Solar Cycle” which has a solar maximum and a solar minimum.
58. The average raindrop falls at 7 miles per hour.
Actually, it seems to be about 14 miles per hour, depending on the size of the rain drop. (http://www.grow.arizona.edu/Grow–GrowResources.php?ResourceId=146)
I’m done with this. This list is mostly bogus.
April 24th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
Number 197. isn’t correct. It seems to state the first US patent was issued in 1970. That’s patently absurd.
It should say 1790.
April 24th, 2007 at 4:07 pm
Correction to #3. The Heinz 57 was a made up number by their marketing team. It has nothing to do with anything, other than rhyming in their slogan.
April 24th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
At least one of these is incorrect. Frank Baum didn’t create the name OZ from a cabinet, but did after the abbreviation for ounce (oz.). The Wizard of OZ was a social commentary about the 1890’s switch to the gold standard in america.
April 24th, 2007 at 4:19 pm
131. is also incorrect. New Jersey grows less than 1% of the worlds eggplant….not that anyone but government farming officials would actually care.
April 24th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
132 isn’t true either. There are a lot of references you can find which indicate this is an urban myth.
Here is one
http://www.snopes.com/military/statue.htm
April 24th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
Correction to #133. In actuality, although it looks like the American flag, it’s really an old Canadian flag called the “Red Ensign”. This flag was flown over Canada from 1870 to 1965 when it was replaced by the new “Maple Leaf” flag.
April 24th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
The two dollar Canadian bill (now a coin called a toonie) did not have the American flag on it. It was the Union Jack flag.
April 24th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
Bubba Ho Tep: I stand corrected
April 24th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
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April 24th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
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April 24th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
#270 - Ginger kids
April 24th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
nice list.
But the story about popping your eyes out when sneezing is nonsense.
You can damage your ears though (by pinching your nose in the middle of a sneeze)
April 24th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
“55. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before it.”
Not entirely accurate. It was around before that, but Barrie popularized the name.
http://www.wendy.com/wendyweb/history.html
April 24th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
the flag on the canadian $5 bill is the Union jack not the us flag
and canada is the village not big village… but now im nit picking
April 24th, 2007 at 4:51 pm
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April 24th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
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April 24th, 2007 at 5:01 pm
I was going to comment on #132, but Mike (comment 18) beat me to it.
April 24th, 2007 at 5:09 pm
there is no american flag flying over parliment on the 2 dollar bill.
April 24th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
#223: Go Big Red!
April 24th, 2007 at 5:23 pm
#132 is a myth. I’ve heard that it’s true on the battlefield at Gettysburg (don’t know if it is) but in general it is not true. There is no such convention about memorial statues featuring warriors on horseback.
April 24th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
- “105. China has more English speakers than the United States.”
Hahaha!! Thats really funny!! Excellent Read!
April 24th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
I know a word that rhymes with Orange!!
Doorhinge! Or just Hinge. Sorry about the double posting! Just wanted to point it out.
April 24th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
Quite a few are wrong and a few can be found on snopes as common, incorrect myths
April 24th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
#67 — the rule of thumb rumor — isn’t true. It’s widely cited in women’s studies classes but … well, see Wikipedia for an explanation about its origins (if anybody actually cares).
April 24th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
254 is not correct.
People say ‘bless you’ because it was thought that your soul left your body when you sneezed. Saying ‘bless you’ prevented the devil from grabbing it.
April 24th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
so (43) is an self destruction mechanism in human nature. wouldn’t want to try that. ;-D
April 24th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
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April 24th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
door hinge is two words dumbass
April 24th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
#34 is definitely bogus…what kind of maps would they be? A map of Germany? 52 maps of 52 military prisons in Germany? How did the British get schematics of German prisons? That and most British pilots fought over English skies, when they were shot down they would land in England (if they didn’t die, anyway). German pilots , however…
April 24th, 2007 at 5:59 pm
133 is also incorrect. The US flag is not on the new Canadian bill. It is the older Canadian flag but caused a big stir in the country.
April 24th, 2007 at 6:08 pm
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April 24th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
Number 135. “No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.”
Hurdle rhymes with Purple…
April 24th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
Wow, I can’t believe I just read this…but to be honest, it was pretty entertaining….Especially the one about the Fart being as powerful as the nuke…
April 24th, 2007 at 6:45 pm
Superman is not shown or alluded to in every Seinfeld episode. Off the top of my head, the episode in the Chinese restaurant definitely does not have any reference to Superman at all
April 24th, 2007 at 6:51 pm
Indisputable proof that you can sneeze with your eyes open and your eyeballs WILL NOT pop out: http://www.vimeo.com/clip:175168
April 24th, 2007 at 6:52 pm
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April 24th, 2007 at 7:17 pm
no it doesn’t
April 24th, 2007 at 7:26 pm
Progeria is a disease in which children appear to age faster than their actual age. Age is based on the length of time one is alive. A childs body will grow faster, thus making them appear to have “aged.” So, unless progeria is propelling someone through time faster than everyone else… that useless fact is correct.
April 24th, 2007 at 7:26 pm
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April 24th, 2007 at 7:29 pm
michael Says: #67 — the rule of thumb rumor — isn’t true. It’s widely cited in women’s studies classes but … well, see Wikipedia for an explanation about its origins (if anybody actually cares).
Because Wikipedia is always right…
And for the love of Maple Syrup, we get the Canadian bill one is wrong; maybe if you’d read all the comments before, everyone wouldn’t have to repost it.
April 24th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
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April 24th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
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April 24th, 2007 at 8:06 pm
#73 is wrong. Motorola’s first product was a Battery Eliminator designed to let battery-powered radios work using newly installed electric current. The SECOND product was the first commercial car radio. Motor (car) + ola (sound, derived from victrola).
Incidentally, Motorola was only a brand name at first, not the company name. Galvin Manufacturing Company changed its name to the more recognizable name later.
April 24th, 2007 at 8:36 pm
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April 24th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
…..
267. Abraham Lincoln’s ghost is said to haunt the White House.
…..
Facts…..!? WTF are you smoking?
April 24th, 2007 at 8:55 pm
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April 24th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
256. In “Silence of the Lambsâ€, Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) never blinks.
Untrue. Hannibal Lector blinks several times in the movie. Anthony Hopkins said he based the character actions of Hannibal from watching jail interview footage of Charles Manson. Hopkins noted that Manson never blinked which him look more the psycho. Hopkins adapted this to Lector, but even though he does blink.
April 24th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
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April 24th, 2007 at 9:18 pm
Elephants aren’t the only mammals that cant jump. Blue whales are the largest mammals on the planet, and theres no way they could ‘jump’ out of the water. Same goes for manatees.
April 24th, 2007 at 9:24 pm
According to the National Archives, the Declaration of Independence was NOT written on hemp, but on parchment.
source:
http://www.archives.gov/preservation/formats/paper-vellum.html
April 24th, 2007 at 9:30 pm
Hirple rhymes with purple. Hirple = ‘to walk with a limp’ and can be found in most dictionaries of good standing.
April 24th, 2007 at 9:30 pm
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April 24th, 2007 at 10:26 pm
#263 is wrong due to the fact that if. Nepal is the only country that doesn’t have a rectangular flag. Switzerland is the only country with a square flag. switzerland would also not have a rectangular flag.
just pointing that out.
I loved the list. some great stuff.
April 24th, 2007 at 10:28 pm
Useless alright
April 24th, 2007 at 10:54 pm
The Declaration of Independence was written on parchment (treated animal skin)–NOT hemp.
Source: National Archives
April 24th, 2007 at 10:56 pm
More like 301 poorly researched and occasionally completely wrong ‘facts’. This list is disgraceful.
April 24th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
Actually, all squares are technically rectangles….
so you are wrong there Seth
April 24th, 2007 at 11:34 pm
#285. Progeria is advanced aging.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progeria
April 24th, 2007 at 11:36 pm
I believe that the maximum amount of money winnable on one day of Jeopardy is twice the amount stated here (ie. $566,400 instead of $283,200). Perhaps your figure is from before they doubled all the values.
April 24th, 2007 at 11:39 pm
97 is incorrect.
Oceania, the continent, as opposed to Australia, the country, does not start and end with the same letter.
April 24th, 2007 at 11:42 pm
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April 24th, 2007 at 11:48 pm
I don’t really know if Nepal really is the only country with a rectangular flag, but Switzerland does have a rectangular flag, due to the fact that a square is a rectangle as well (since rectangles have four sides, only 90 degree angles, you know the deal). Just thought I’d clarify.
April 24th, 2007 at 11:57 pm
229. There is no solid proof of who built the Taj Mahal.
Dude, world known fact… Shah Jahan in the memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal
April 25th, 2007 at 12:02 am
227. Broccoli and cauliflower are the only vegetables that are flowers.
What about another crusiferous vegetable Romanescu?
April 25th, 2007 at 12:03 am
@ seth a square is a rectangle, and #179 is technically wrong http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighter
April 25th, 2007 at 12:26 am
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April 25th, 2007 at 12:36 am
#137 is $558,400 as far as I can tell
#29 badly needs a source, and is in all likelihood a result of poor statistical analysis
#181 is just bad science, the horn is made of keratin, the same protein type that hair is made of, but saying its made of compacted hair is only slightly more accurate than saying that hair is made of uncompacted rhinoceros horn
#45 and #134 make an interesting combination
April 25th, 2007 at 12:45 am
Jeep is not related to Ford’s “GP” terminiology of the time (which actually meant nothing) but instead came from a Popeye character that could do anything… or something like that. Look at the wiki page. Great list though!
April 25th, 2007 at 12:50 am
to seth: a square is a kind of a rectangle, you dumbass!!!
a square’s definition: a rectangle whose all sides are equal
rectangle’s definition: a parallelogram whose all angles are 90 degrees.
a parallelogram’s definition: a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are parallel
a quadrilateral’s definition: a polygon which has four sides (and four vertices)
a polygon’s definition: a closed plane figure!!!
So as you see, switzerland does have a rectangular flag, its just a kind of a rectangle!!!
April 25th, 2007 at 12:54 am
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April 25th, 2007 at 1:02 am
# 147… sleeping beauty– both her parents are alive and do not die
April 25th, 2007 at 1:15 am
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April 25th, 2007 at 2:45 am
#221 flase http://www.snopes.com/history/american/pez.htm
April 25th, 2007 at 2:50 am
I believe #222 to be wrong, France has a lot more different kinds of cheese. De Gaulle once said: “It’s not easy governing a country featuring 283 types of cheese.”
April 25th, 2007 at 2:53 am
302: This list is largely plagarized from ‘Isaac Asimov’s Book of Facts’.
April 25th, 2007 at 3:19 am
number #15 is incorrect, dogs can look up & the frog was not invented by madonna
April 25th, 2007 at 3:29 am
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April 25th, 2007 at 3:44 am
There is a spelling mistake in #86.
Good fun otherwise.
April 25th, 2007 at 3:48 am
WHOA now dats a huge list!i cudnt read all but its damn kul!
April 25th, 2007 at 4:01 am
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April 25th, 2007 at 5:06 am
#3 is incorrect, 57 has nothing to do with anything really. The 5 and 7 were just special numbers to Henry Heinz and his wife.
April 25th, 2007 at 5:45 am
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April 25th, 2007 at 5:57 am
#215 The Heart is a collection of muscles, valves and nerves
April 25th, 2007 at 6:20 am
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April 25th, 2007 at 6:27 am
Re: #147
Mulan had both of her parents, and they did not die.
April 25th, 2007 at 6:29 am
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April 25th, 2007 at 6:33 am
So did Aurora (Sleeping Beauty), if I recall correctly.
April 25th, 2007 at 6:41 am
169. Lizards can self-amputate their tails for protection. It grows back after a few months.
This is only partially correct. Some lizards can drop their tails, not all, and some, such as the crested gecko, can drop their tail, but are unable to regrow it… it’s a nice list, but the inaccuracy of one item leads me to doubt the validity of some of the others.
April 25th, 2007 at 6:53 am
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April 25th, 2007 at 7:09 am
Fact #156 says “A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.”
I can’t reference a scientific discussion for the number of days it takes a beheaded roach to die. But I can confidently say the cause would NOT be starvation. It would be dehydration.
April 25th, 2007 at 7:37 am
269. The odds of being born male are about 51.2%, according to census.
This is not a fact, because the census does not measure how many people are born, but how many people are currently living.
The odds of beign born a male are, and ever shall be, 50%.
April 25th, 2007 at 7:55 am
Best part about this list is going over all the comments afterward… HILARIOUS!!
April 25th, 2007 at 8:07 am
Read the Wikipedia article on the microwave oven, the candy bar story is true…
April 25th, 2007 at 8:13 am
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April 25th, 2007 at 8:21 am
Residuous.
April 25th, 2007 at 8:28 am
137. $283,200 is the absolute highest amount of money you can win on Jeopardy.
if you don’t include the final round; otherwise you could still double your money to $566,400
April 25th, 2007 at 8:52 am
for 97. oceana is the term used to describe the continent of Austrailia,new zeland, Tazmania and the other surounding islands.
April 25th, 2007 at 9:01 am
I believe the most you can win in a SINGLE game of Jeopardy is $571,200.
Here is how I came up with that, if anyone cares:
First round answers range from 200-1000 (6 categories, 1 daily double), Second round answers are double that (400-2000, 6 categories, 2 daily doubles).
First Round
If you answer every question in the first round except a $200 (which happens to have the Daily Double) you would have $17,800 to wager and double to $35,600.
Second Round
Answering everything in the 2nd round except two $400’s (which both happen to have the DD’s) would put you at $71,400. If you get both DD’s you would double twice and end up with $285,600 going into the final question.
Final Question
Doubling on the final question would put you at $571,200
I’m pretty sure that is right — am I missing anything?
April 25th, 2007 at 9:10 am
Whoops! $566,400
Answer all but one 200: $17,800
Double: $35,600
Answer all but two 400’s: $70,800
Double twice: $283,200
Double on Final Question: $566,400
That is 100% right for sure!
April 25th, 2007 at 9:13 am
231. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. A quarter has 119
this one looks very interesting to me. Don’t know whether there is a chance to check…
nice facts anyway
April 25th, 2007 at 9:51 am
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April 25th, 2007 at 9:54 am
How do you calculate the amount you can possibly win at Jeopardy if you don’t know how much they have when they hit the daily doubles? I guess if you assume that they hit the daily doubles _last_ in each round, and assume that they were on the lowest possible values, you could double all the rest of the money, but then I suspect the total would be more. (Is there a rule about the order you must follow for clues? Do you have to go lowest-highest in the first round, or do you get to jump to different amounts at will?)
April 25th, 2007 at 10:01 am
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April 25th, 2007 at 10:19 am
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April 25th, 2007 at 10:44 am
here are some rumored facts i have heard which are also interesting
1. birth control pills are made of the piss of pregnant horses
2. abe lincoln’s secretary’s first name was kennedy, and he was shot in a theater, the shooter ran into the street; kennedy’s secretary’s first name was lincoln, and he was shot in the street but his shotter ran into a theater.
3. WYLD STALLYNS RULEZ
April 25th, 2007 at 11:01 am
97. The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with (not counting the words “North†and “South).
This is omly thrue in English.
German: Europa, Dutch: Europa: Spanisch: Europa France: Afrique
Dutch: Azië, German: Asie
a.s.o.
April 25th, 2007 at 11:14 am
On the really old glass bottles of heinz that you might find in a restaurant it specifically states 57 varieties. i believe that it may be pickles but i thought it was something else.
April 25th, 2007 at 11:18 am
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April 25th, 2007 at 11:21 am
Hello America from the British Isles! Just to let you know, Winston Churchill was born in a modest bedroom in Blenheim Palace, not a bathroom during a party.
April 25th, 2007 at 11:26 am
Fact 221 is in correct The Teutuls from Orange County choppers are also Pez heads
http://www.burlingamepezmuseum.com/store4.html
April 25th, 2007 at 11:55 am
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April 25th, 2007 at 11:55 am
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April 25th, 2007 at 12:11 pm
oceania is not a continent, only australia is recognised as a continent. oceania is only mentioned as a ‘continent’ when geologists split the world up into zones, as it is easier to group micronesia in with australia.
if oceania was considered to be a continent, then hawaii would technically be part of it, insted of being part of america!
April 25th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
cool list can i have the embed code? you get credit though
April 25th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
Fact #133 is a common falsehood. Research it.
April 25th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
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April 25th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
Cabbage is a flower.
April 25th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
Whomever sites wikipedia as a credible source to check these facts is an idiot.
April 25th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
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April 25th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
The continent which Australia is a part of is Australasia, which conforms with the “fact” posted above.
April 25th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
Sarah (in post #132) makes a bold claim and in so doing demonstrates that she/he is also an idiot.
April 25th, 2007 at 3:41 pm
Re: #122
http://www.snopes.com/legal/et.htm
April 25th, 2007 at 3:45 pm
147. “101 Dalmatians†and “Peter Pan†are the only Disney animations in which both of a character’s parents are present and don’t die during the movie.
You’re forgetting “Sleeping Beauty” where both the princess and (I believe) the prince have both parents.
April 25th, 2007 at 3:50 pm
Which was the point wasn’t it
?
April 25th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
Damn, beat me to it. Sarah is so right (in comment #132).
April 25th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
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April 25th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
To Sian and everyone else considering this list as a ’stupid thing’ - did any of you READ the last line? You know, the one that goes, “Now that you have gone through the list it is up to you to figure out which facts are true and which facts are false.”
’nuff said.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
The list is for entertainment value, nothing serious. Thus, the whole point of “this list is inaccurate” is totally moot, since total accuracy isn’t the point.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Johnny Appleseed planted apple nurseries in new frontier lands to attract settlers and take advantage of their coming. He sold shares in the trees themselves, though he’d take virtually anything as payment (old clothing for example).
Wikipedia, if you believe it.
April 25th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
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April 25th, 2007 at 6:06 pm
So let’s help make it accurate. The list took a lot of time to compile so if we have corrections, let’s correct with a good reference THIS is a GREAT list…let’s make it better…of course if we want references…let’s provide them…put up or shut up right?
April 25th, 2007 at 6:22 pm
LMAO!!!! wow…this is hilarous and funny
April 25th, 2007 at 6:34 pm
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April 25th, 2007 at 7:32 pm
#3 is wrong - see http://www.snopes.com/business/hidden/heinz57.asp
Heinz did advertise it as 57 varieties but it was a marketing gimic.
April 25th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
ya wikipedia is not always correct because my cousin makes entries on that and anyone can put anything they want on it.They can make up any random crap and post it.
April 25th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
I wish people would stop being lazy and read the comments. I dont like reading the same things over and over. Thank you. And besides, the list is funny, who cares if its right or not.
April 25th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
Hey
People who use Wikipedia, some of that stuff is a lie, maybe made up in ones favor. sorry but maybe if you wanna prove a point look up some good sites, or maybe get off the damn computer and read some books to find out for yourself instead of harassing some website.
April 25th, 2007 at 8:21 pm
Nice List By The Way
April 25th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
platypus are also is a mammal that cannot jump. because their limbs extend horizontally outward, it would make it phisically impossible for them to jump.
April 25th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
“# 269isnotafact Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 7:37 am
269. The odds of being born male are about 51.2%, according to census.
This is not a fact, because the census does not measure how many people are born, but how many people are currently living.
The odds of beign born a male are, and ever shall be, 50%.”
it’s closer to 49.8-9% because of the potential of being born as a hermapradite.
April 25th, 2007 at 10:51 pm
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April 26th, 2007 at 2:07 am
A square is, in fact, also a rectangle.
April 26th, 2007 at 3:17 am
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April 26th, 2007 at 3:43 am
“Bless you” is because people used to think that the devil may enter your body when you sneeze.
April 26th, 2007 at 5:21 am
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April 26th, 2007 at 5:37 am
Just to stop any further innaccuracies (that is kind of the point of these comments after all), on scientific articles Wikipedia is as accurate as the Encylopedia Britannica. Nature magazine did a peer review back in ‘05. If you don’t believe me, believe the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4530930.stm
Oh yeah, great list. You helped me waste time at work AND start a great thread taking these facts apart with my friend. You have enriched my life!
You may continue…
April 26th, 2007 at 8:00 am
#16 is really one of my favorites. I think you are far more likely to give up the real dope if you are swearing on your family jewels.
April 26th, 2007 at 9:08 am
140. The penguin is the only bird that can’t fly but can swim.
This is not true.
Flightless cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi) is the only cormorant (family Phalacrocoracidae) found in the Galapagos, and of the 27-28 cormorant species world-wide, it is the only one that has lost the ability to fly. So unusual is the flightless cormorant by comparison to other cormorants, that most authors place it in a separate genus - all other cormorants belong to the genus Phalacrocorax. Like other flightless birds, the keel on the breast bone, which supports the large flight muscles, is drastically reduced. Instead, the legs are heavier and more powerful than in other cormorants. Unlike the penguin, whose wings are used as paddles to literally fly through the water, the flightless cormorant propels itself by powerful kicks. The birds feed no more than 100 m offshore, feeding near the bottom on squid, octopus, eel, and fish.
April 26th, 2007 at 9:32 am
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April 26th, 2007 at 10:59 am
Speaking as a left-handed panpipe player I trust that you are kidding about left-handed people popping it nine years earlier than their thicker right-handed cousins (fact 193). The world would be a poorer place were it true, though it would give scientists a lot to chew on.
April 26th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
CIRCLE RHYMES WITH PURPLE!
April 26th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
Ok, re some are false bit. I know 222 is wrong, there are over 500 different cheeses in France, alone and a further 700 odd different cheeses in Great Britain. I make that nearly a thousand cheeses in two countries. Half the fun is trying to figure out which are true and which aren’t though.
Great stuff.
Cheers
BC
April 26th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
Here’s one to add to #263: Ohio is the only state in the United States whose state flag is a pennant instead of a rectangle or square.
April 26th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
Re #123, According to US Naval Observatory the full moon in February 1865 occurred on the 10th.
April 26th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
an elephant has more than 60000 muscles in it’s trunk!
April 26th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
u can calculate supposing half of the viewers leave a message that almost 40 ppl visit this page a day.. hope my calculations are right!
April 26th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
lozenge rhymes with orange
April 26th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
>225. A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
Not true.. couldn’t be true
April 26th, 2007 at 4:38 pm
>236. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
I believe this is false. A middle school science teacher told us that it was discovered when a researcher left a full cup of coffee near a radar tube, and the next day the whole cup was evaporated.
April 26th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
http://science.howstuffworks.com/question556.htm
Some people have suggested that the sound you hear from the seashell is the echoing of your blood rushing through the blood vessels of your ear. That is not the case. If that were true, then the sound would intensify after exercising, since your blood races faster after exercising. However, the sound is the same even after exercising.
The most likely explanation for the wave-like noise is ambient noise from around you. The seashell that you are holding just slightly above your ear captures this noise, which resonates inside the shell. The size and shape of the shell therefore has some effect on the sound you hear. Different shells sound different because different shells accentuate different frequencies. You don’t even need the seashell to hear the noise. You can produce the same “ocean” sound using an empty cup or even by cupping your hand over your ear. Go ahead and try it and vary the distance at which you place the cup near your ear. The level of the sound will vary depending on the angle and distance the cup is from your ear.
Noise from outside the shell also can change the intensity of the sound you hear inside the shell. You can look at the shell as a resonating chamber. When sound from outside enters the shell, it bounces around, thus creating an audible noise. So, the louder the environment you are in, the louder the ocean-like sound will be.
April 26th, 2007 at 5:27 pm
And another thing, the whole bless you when sneezing thing has it’s origins with the Black Death in Europe. Sneezing is the first visible symptom of this nasty disease and so, out of respect for the nearly dead, people would bless those who sneezed. I think the idea that it has something to do with evil spirits has its roots in the strange ideas people had about how diseases were contracted in the past.
Carry on…
April 26th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
americans seem to not like the fact that they are responsible for 1/5 of the worlds garbage. while this “might” not be true , it is very close.
The fact is that the us contibutes 20% of all polution. Or 1/5.( this includes not only solid garbage, but air , water and other kinds of polution. 5% of the population contributes 20% polution.This is probably not counting the US owned companies arround the world. And they are many.
April 26th, 2007 at 8:06 pm
Everything is true on Wikipedia since they check everything you tried to change.
April 26th, 2007 at 9:42 pm
Go Ashley! (167)
April 26th, 2007 at 9:59 pm
these facts are crazy and some are questionable….actually number 7 is true…you learn it in the Criminal Justice program in college…
April 27th, 2007 at 1:50 am
292 is partially incorrect; Uranus doesn’t rotate opposite of its orbit, it rotates perpendicular to it.
April 27th, 2007 at 5:04 am
145. Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
Seriously doubt it.
This is saying that some people eat more than 18 acres per day, and some eat less.
April 27th, 2007 at 8:01 am
I grew up in Canada and I’ve never heard about a two-dollar-bill, and I’ve most certainly never seen one.
April 27th, 2007 at 8:12 am
Short list of incorrect items:
3, 7, 9, 15, 43, 48, 55, 58, 67, 73, 86, 97, 122, 123, 131, 132, 133, 137, 140, 144, 147, 179, 181, 197, 221, 222, 225, 227, 229, 234, 254, 256, 269, 285
I could be missing a few that are incorrect, and I’m not 100% sure that all of these are incorrect, but this is most of the ones people in the comments have made good arguments to why the item is false.
April 27th, 2007 at 8:34 am
Whether Australia is it’s own continent, or part of the Australasia continent, HArry (comment #97), either way, Tasmania (spelt with an “S” not a “z”) is still part of the country - it is not a different country in itself…
New Zealand, is also with an “a”….
So before you go lumping us all together, please educate yourself and get your spelling right.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
I cannot believe some of you people think Wikipedia is a credible source for information. Do you not realize that anyone anywhere can add anything they want to wikipedia? Lets say we assume that for every false entry put in there , there is at least another entry that is correct, there still seems to reason that the false ones are left behind. So maybe look at real sites, or big shocker here, go read a book, and try to not let other people rule your thoughts.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
An amusing list, to be sure, but a large part of these facts are incorrect.
For example, number 215: the tongue is NOT the strongest muscle in the human body by any measure. This credit is usually given to m. masseter (the jaw muscle) or the gluteus maximus. (And the heart, while not being a single muscle in itself, is composed mainly of muscle tissue.)
April 27th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
#139 - I’m really hoping that they concluded this after having observed that rats and horses don’t have the appropriate muscles. (Rather than… you know… force-feeding them Big Macs.)
Apparently, rats are also capable of laughing (dominant frequencies are outside the human perceptible audio range). Google the research if you think I’m full of it.
Comment #184: They existed before the ‘Toonie’ (1991-1992, I think). The fact is false, though.
April 27th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
haha i like the two idiots who named words which rhyme with purple (hurdle and circle). hahaha pure genius at work.
April 27th, 2007 at 7:23 pm
Comment #187 is ignorant and naive. Did you know that anyone can make a “real” website. There are extensive antivandal algorithms running all the time and many people actually take editing seriously. An overwhelming majority of people take editing very seriously and Wikipedia has become a major resource. If you that doesn’t convince you than check out this article by the very reliable BBC. The link was posted earlier by citizen666.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4530930.stm
Also, your comment on reading a book instead of checking websites. What is the whole problem with using books to check facts instead of the internet. Is the internet not text, are you not reading it much the same way you would a book. The only difference is that the internet is often much more up to date. In case you haven’t noticed anyone can write books too.
“go read a book, and try to not let other people rule your thoughts.” I found that quote to be very amusing. Because (big shocker here) people write books too! When you read a book, you are letting PEOPLE into your thoughts. THE HORROR!
April 28th, 2007 at 1:32 am
#232 is wrong too.
April 28th, 2007 at 2:44 am
193. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do
It’s widely believed that the data used in the 1980 study by Halpern & Coren was unreliable.
(British Medical Journal)
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/308/6925/408
April 28th, 2007 at 2:49 am
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April 28th, 2007 at 5:09 am
For comment 67, this is correct since a square is in fact a rectangle (a 4 sided polygon with all 90 degree angles and opposite sides of equal length), but a rectangle is not always a square.
April 28th, 2007 at 5:19 am
I love all the logic for the highest score in Jeopardy, especially since it’s ludicrous as nobody would ever bet their full amount on daily doubles 3 times throughout the game when their opponents have 0.
Now, calculating how much somebody could “realistically” make at most would be an interesting exercise.
This is why Deal or No Deal will never have a 1,000,000 dollar winner. The only way they’d ever be tempted to open the last case when 1M is left is if they had the 750K and the 1M, otherwise they’re going to take the deal (normal rational thought is assumed here, so I could always be wrong).
April 28th, 2007 at 10:03 pm
Sil’ ver
Deli’ ver
April 29th, 2007 at 1:18 am
The Canadian 2-dollar bill does not contain an American flag. In fact, it is 1 of only 2 monetary bills which do depict the modern-day Canadian flag.
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April 29th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
I suspect - “29. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.”
is missing three little words.
Of Those Tested…!
That would then mean that for every Paternity test taken, it will be realised that a certain number have differing parents than they were given to.
Therefore, OF THOSE TESTED, “On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.”
April 29th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
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April 29th, 2007 at 6:52 pm
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April 29th, 2007 at 10:01 pm
Nice collecion of the absurd, the weird, and the downright hilarious (men swearing on testicles!). Was scrolling down like mad though to the end of it all..
April 29th, 2007 at 10:20 pm
It is sad that so many of you don’t seem to reailze that Wikipedia isn’t a real source. Think about it, if it has an edit button after every blurb of information, it can’t be reliable. I saw two referances for it and decided to quit reading. Before you post think about the validity of your sources or you end up looking like an idiot.
April 29th, 2007 at 10:53 pm
For example: I changed one word in a post on wikipedia.com that made the sentence contradictory. It has yet to be changed.
April 30th, 2007 at 5:49 am
i enjoyed all the interesting facts.
its so fascinating
April 30th, 2007 at 6:06 am
>236. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
If that were true, the chocolate bar wouldn’t be the only thing that got hot because humans contain more water then the chocolate bar.
But entertaining ‘facts’ nonetheless, true or false…
April 30th, 2007 at 6:53 am
106 : According to French tradition, Santa Claus has a brother named Bells Nichols, who visits homes on New Year’s Eve after everyone is asleep, and if a plate is set out for him, he fills it with cookies and cakes.
–> this is wrong, the plate is filled with cookies and a glass of milk and “santa” eats it. But it’s an old tradition, in fact only a few ppl does it.
April 30th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
Number 16 about the testicles…….. where do you think the word “testify” comes from? Oh yeah. That’s another fun fact for you.
April 30th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
ahem … Floccinaucinihilipilification
April 30th, 2007 at 10:27 pm
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May 1st, 2007 at 12:05 am
hey nice blog!
May 1st, 2007 at 12:48 am
These aren’t completely useless… I have actually seen many of these questions show up on gameshows and etc…
Here’s an interesting thing I’ve pondered now and then… Many great Admirals and Generals died in 1885, while many of the same were also born in 1885. General Ulysses S. Grant died in 1885, as did General George B. McClellan, while General George S. Patton Jr was born in 1885. Admiral Chester Nimitz was also born in 1885.
It is interesting how one year marked both the beginning and the end for the great military minds without which this country could not have survived. (Without Patton, we may not have had Tanks in WWII).
May 1st, 2007 at 9:49 am
I love the 200,000,000 M&Ms every day!
May 1st, 2007 at 11:00 am
what is the minumin donation
May 1st, 2007 at 12:41 pm
Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why Elvis middle name was spelled Aron, in honor of his brother
Wrong - Elvis’ twin was named Jesse Garon. From birth, Evlis’ parents spelled his middle name Aron.
May 1st, 2007 at 2:39 pm
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May 1st, 2007 at 5:56 pm
254 is incorrect.
The term “Bless You” when you sneeze came from the time of the black plague in Europe. It was used because one of the first signs of plague was sneezing (like a cold) and people would day “Blessings on you” to wish God to Bless you so you don’t have the plague.
Also from the same era the kids Nursery rhyme “Ring a Ring a Rosie” came from the plague also
Ring a Ring a Rosie
A pocket full of posies (People would put posies in their handkerchief and hold it to their nose to mask the smell of death)
A tissue a tissue we all fall down (first sign of the plague was sneezing and eventually death)
May 1st, 2007 at 11:29 pm
Omg im goin to bed now
May 2nd, 2007 at 2:24 am
now approaching 301 useless replies
May 2nd, 2007 at 6:34 am
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May 2nd, 2007 at 3:18 pm
WELL,IT WAS FUN LOOKIN AT THEESE GEEZ SOME PEOPLE ARE SO PICKY….THE LIST MAKES YA-THINK THANKS
May 2nd, 2007 at 3:48 pm
I’m not sure if this has been posted yet or not, but Shakespeare did not invent the word assassin. It is a mispronunciation or a much older word, which actually stood for someone who does hashish. AKA a Hashishan. It was a middle eastern group that ate balls of raw hash before going into battle, which made them supposedly not feel pain, or question orders. Just so you know. ^_^
May 2nd, 2007 at 5:44 pm
The celery stuff isn’t true. See http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/moments/s1900762.htm
May 2nd, 2007 at 7:26 pm
The reason why we say the phrase ‘Bless you’ after you sneeze is not really known.
See
May 2nd, 2007 at 9:41 pm
You wrote:
Now that you have gone through the list it is up to you to figure out which facts are true and which facts are false.
I wrote: (1 Important Fact)
Did you know that FACT is defined as ‘a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened’, therefore your question “which facts are false” is simply impertinent?
May 2nd, 2007 at 9:44 pm
Brian Says:
May 2nd, 2007 at 7:26 pm
The reason why we say the phrase ‘Bless you’ after you sneeze is not really known.
See
I wrote:
“In English-speaking countries, it is common for at least one person to say “God bless you” (or just “Bless you”) after someone sneezes. This tradition originates from the Middle Ages, when it was believed that when one sneezed, the heart stops, the soul left the body and could be snatched by an evil spirit.[citation needed] Today, it is said mostly in the spirit of good manners and is usually followed by the sneezer saying ‘Thank you’. Also, when the Scarlet Fever broke out for the first time, people would often die as a result, people then began saying God bless you, in the hope that they would survive.”
May 2nd, 2007 at 10:12 pm
Lyndee Says:
April 29th, 2007 at 10:20 pm
It is sad that so many of you don’t seem to reailze that Wikipedia isn’t a real source. Think about it, if it has an edit button after every blurb of information, it can’t be reliable. I saw two referances for it and decided to quit reading. Before you post think about the validity of your sources or you end up looking like an idiot.
For example: I changed one word in a post on wikipedia.com that made the sentence contradictory. It has yet to be changed.
I wrote:
Yup. Wikipedia is not an absolute reference of facts. And there has been a controversy recently on March 2006 about one of its admin/editor. But some resources provided by Wikipedia can still be helpful. And I guess, many people will still be relying on Wikipedia unless ‘you’ can recommend an absolute resource of factual information without question on credibility.
And in my opinion, even popular encyclopedias are not also a perfect alternative. Where a fallacious entry, like St. Peter is the first Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, has not yet been corrected!
So, these kind of information available for us is still subject for evaluation, or further scrutiny if you like. But still, information on useless facts or trivias, and even vital facts of life that we come accross cannot be completely dscarded.
With a persistent research, in one way or another, these info can be relevant.
May 2nd, 2007 at 10:54 pm
can’thandlethestupidity Says:
April 27th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
I cannot believe some of you people think Wikipedia is a credible source for information. Do you not realize that anyone anywhere can add anything they want to wikipedia? Lets say we assume that for every false entry put in there , there is at least another entry that is correct, there still seems to reason that the false ones are left behind. So maybe look at real sites, or big shocker here, go read a book, and try to not let other people rule your thoughts.
I wrote:
(same words i replied to Lyndee)
addition:
published books has ISBN, is a standard with original purpose of assigning codes to books that have passed some censorship before publishing houses can print them. which i guess, is a kind of regulation of producing credible source of information. (I’m not saying that fictional books with ISBN are credible sources of information about REALITY.)
But the idea that “books are credible” (maybe because it has ISBN) is not completely TRUE.
Information that are signed by real authors having enough authority on their respective fields, can be assumed credible. It is not confined on printed texts on books, but can also be found on electronic texts like here on the web.
The basic idea of precautions on what we should regard as factual is critical. It’s up for someone’s faculty of reason to accept it, deny it, or add/remove parts of it to make it satisfactorily credible.
And above all these available source of information, the all-time best selling book that I recommend to be worth reading, is the Holy Bible.
May 2nd, 2007 at 11:26 pm
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May 3rd, 2007 at 12:43 am
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May 3rd, 2007 at 5:08 pm
ANYONE who refers to checking out wikipaedia to prove one of these facts wrong instantly invalidate their argument!
Wikipaedia is mostly unregulated and everything published is done so by the general public… therefore, anything on wikipaedia could be complete an utter trash! Something someone made up! While yes wikipaedia is meant to be 100% fact… it would be unethical to consider it truth!
May 3rd, 2007 at 8:54 pm
I call B.S. on #243. The number of dimples on a golf ball is different depending on the manufacturer. There is no one number.
May 3rd, 2007 at 11:45 pm
Useless fact #302: The comment section of this page is roughly three times longer than the actual fact list. Long live web 2.0!
May 3rd, 2007 at 11:46 pm
In regards to the coconut one, I’m quite sure this includes allergy related fatalities. It’s one of the most common allergies in America.
May 3rd, 2007 at 11:48 pm
an artichoke is a vegetable that is also a flower.
May 3rd, 2007 at 11:53 pm
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May 4th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
Doesnt month rymes (to) pond?
I’m not even a native english speaker
May 4th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
I wouldn’t call any of the statistics based ones as facts. Statistics are averages decided by results gained from looking at situations that have happened, and hence are changing ALL the time. A fact does not change after time.
For example: “Only one in two billion people will live to be 116 or older.”
I’m sure there have been many, many exceptions to this, but it is said as if it is a fact.
Other than that, I enjoyed it
May 5th, 2007 at 5:54 am
#214 sounds ludicrous..the way you say ‘on an average’,it seems you have a source that has statistically determined that the fear of spiders is greater than the fear of death…its tough to believe a survey would throw up such a result..
May 5th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
RE Comment 241: No, month does not rhyme with pond, but abscond does…
abscond \ab-SKOND\, intransitive verb:
To depart secretly; to steal away and hide oneself — used especially of persons who withdraw to avoid arrest or prosecution.
May 5th, 2007 at 9:22 pm
Isn’t Door hinge and orange a forced rhyme? Not sure if that would really count.
And Wikipedia is not always right. Just the other day I was looking up Children’s Day, a holiday in Japan, and my Japanese teacher, who is from Japan, noticed something wrong on it. (which got corrected by us)
May 5th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
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May 6th, 2007 at 2:14 pm
106 is, as far as I know, not Finnish. I’ve lived in Finland for all my life, and so have geneations of my family. None alive have verified this to be true. If it is true, the myth/folklore must only exist in some other part of Finland. Anyways, I believe it has it’s roots in old Finnish pagan beliefs, where Ukko Ylijumala would be above all other gods. Ukko means (loosely tranlated) an old man, and Ylijumala is 2 words: Yli=over (or in german, über, if that rings any bells) and Jumala = God.
May 7th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
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May 7th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
147. “101 Dalmatians†and “Peter Pan†are the only Disney animations in which both of a character’s parents are present and don’t die during the movie.
That is an incorrect statement. Mulan and The Little Mermaid II: Return To The Sea both have both parents present. They are some others too
May 7th, 2007 at 11:20 pm
swearing on testicles is true, thus the origin of the word testimony
May 7th, 2007 at 11:25 pm
#132 this convention is observed to the letter in Europe. I gues there weren’t so many mounted warriors in the US if you don’t count the cowboys and indians
May 7th, 2007 at 11:28 pm
Oceania is not a continent and never has been, it was made up in the last century by marketing people
May 7th, 2007 at 11:40 pm
lordbrit is not quie right WSC was born in a small bedroom on the ground floor which was being used as a cloakroom for ladies cloaks who were attending the ball that was taking place. Winston started on his journey during the ball but did not arrive for another 24 hours long after the ball was over. So he was not born during a party or in a ladies toilet/restroom. Indeed!!!
May 7th, 2007 at 11:44 pm
not only is the list fun the comments are hilarious amazing what ignorance ther is out there. Australia is a part of Australasia, did you actually go to school??
May 8th, 2007 at 12:18 am
Gidday….yep have to say I got more of a buzz from the comments, there are some smart and witty individuals out there, there’s just no foolin them.
May 9th, 2007 at 12:31 am
orange kinda rhymes with lozenge, just a thought.
May 9th, 2007 at 2:04 pm
just a quick comment. everyone who keeps doing the math for the jeopardy factoid, you’re failing to realize that Jeopardy NEVER puts their daily doubles in the lowest money value for that round.
May 10th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
Well done to everyone who saw a fact, wondered about it, typed it up on google, then posted their findings here to make themselves seem smart. Have a cookie.
To the wiki bashers- Wikipedia quotes its sources, which can be found at the bottom of each article and followed up if the article seems questionable.
May 10th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
[...] 301 Useless Facts | Single Grain, 301 Useless Facts which are quite useful, I imagine. (tags: facts interesting trivia funny humor useless) [...]
May 10th, 2007 at 7:52 pm
Is #21 false?
the card one
I was just reading a dan brown book..
either da vanci code or angels and demons..
anyway..it said that the card symbols resembles some religion thing..of cource this could have just been made up for the book..but…..just commenting!!
Great list BTW!!
May 11th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Dirka
May 12th, 2007 at 5:43 pm
yeah, I got tired of it at like 30, but they were still pretty cool
May 12th, 2007 at 10:51 pm
The hearing of the blood vessels of your body pump blood when you put a seashell in your ear is incorrect. If that were true, then the sound would intensify after exercising, since your blood races faster after exercising. However, the sound is the same even after exercising.
May 13th, 2007 at 3:07 pm
One more thing about #227..
asparagus?!
May 15th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
Number 201 is only half correct. David Sarnoff did indeed hear Titanic’s distress signal, but he didn’t save anyone. He relayed news of the sinking to newspapers, but did not contact any rescue ships or Titanic itself.
May 16th, 2007 at 11:42 am
BLESS YOU actually came about because a long time ago there was a fatal plague in England and one of the symptoms of it was sneezing so if you sneezed they knew that you had the plague and will die soon so they said bless you.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
Ðичего не понÑтно!!!
пишите по-руÑÑки!
May 16th, 2007 at 5:05 pm
the first patent was issued in 1790, not 1970
May 16th, 2007 at 6:47 pm
Wow…That was ummm…Interesting my fav is that a pregnant goldfish is called a twit. lol. I like cheese
May 17th, 2007 at 8:07 am
Many of these ‘facts’ are false. Some are urban legends repeated endlessly; some are interesting-sounding but incorrect factoids.
‘Rule of thumb’ had nothing to do with beating your wife.
The concept that ‘all the chemicals in the human body are worth 6.25 Euros’ is false. It could be considered true only if the body were reduced to ashes and the chemicals taken from there. However, the human body has all sorts of valuable, complex chemicals such as hormones, which would fetch much more money.
The idea that the Queen Elizabeth only moves forward 6 inches per each gallon of diesel is false, if you care to do the math. The Atlantic Ocean is some 2000 miles across, or well over 10 million feet. At 2 gallons per foot (1 gallon per six inches), the ship would need to use 20 million gallons of fuel.
I don’t know where this ‘fact’ came from, but it might be that a gallon of fuel is burned in order to get the ship moving six inches from a full stop.
And so on and so forth. Don’t believe everything you find on the Internet (or anywhere else, for that matter).
May 18th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Rule of thumb is God’s law from deutronomy
where it also states if you rape a virgin and pay off the family you bought yourself a wife.
gotta love the laws of this ‘loving’ god
May 19th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
The Wizard of Oz is NOT a social commentary on anything. Several interviews with direct descendants of the original storyteller attest to the fact that the entire work is a children’s story, that’s all.
May 20th, 2007 at 3:31 pm
Great list obviously some are incorrect use your own intelligence. But for god’s sake Wikipedia is not a reliable source; it’s an encyclopaedia anyone can contribute to. It irritates me that people believe everything on Wikipedia is true… the point here is “because it’s on Wikipedia doesn’t conform that said evidence is fact!â€
May 21st, 2007 at 7:03 am
James P is currently reading this post.
May 21st, 2007 at 7:04 am
If you stick your finger round the back of your eye, it feels like spaghetti. If you pull it forward, it will hurt.
May 21st, 2007 at 7:06 am
Coffee is not spelled with a T.
May 21st, 2007 at 7:17 am
If you have been reading down all the comments, and got this far… you are a little sad…
May 21st, 2007 at 9:13 am
your comment is at the bottom. i rest my case.
May 21st, 2007 at 11:19 am
[quote]# gogoing Says:
April 27th, 2007 at 8:01 am
I grew up in Canada and I’ve never heard about a two-dollar-bill, and I’ve most certainly never seen one.[/quote]
The Canadian $2 bill was taken out of circulation in 1987. Also the first year that the Dollar coin came into circulation (The Loonie)
Over half of this list is comprised of old wives’ tales, and the other half can’t be confirmed.
May 21st, 2007 at 1:53 pm
30% of sneezes are indeed demonic invasions (who do think makes your heart stop and gives you the plague?)
65% of the people reading this blog were actually surfing for porn.
The other 40% can’t add.
3% of the repliers can’t rhyme
75% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
Thanks for the time killer!
May 22nd, 2007 at 1:12 pm
[...] Minä en tiennyt, mutta nyt tiedän. Minulla on kummallinen kiinnostus tällaisiin turhiin asioihin ja ilahduin, kun törmäsin Single Grainin 301 Useless Facts-listaan. Taas pääsee besserwisseröimään sopivan tilaisuuden tullen. Toisaalta kyseisen listan kommenteissa väitettiin monia faktoja vääriksikin, joten pitänee vielä tarkastaa muutama yksityiskohta jostain, etten munaa itseäni julkisesti uusilla tiedoilla pätiessäni. Kokeilin faktoja jo käytännössä, ja jo alle viiden minuutin faktojen heittelyn jälkeen Ihmissuhde käski minua pitämään pääni kiinni, joten hyvin toimii. [...]
May 22nd, 2007 at 1:22 pm
You suck for leeting me read all these facts then telling me it’s my job to figure out what’s true…
May 22nd, 2007 at 3:40 pm
What is really great is that there is more truth in the List than in the Comments which follow.
May 22nd, 2007 at 7:19 pm
#98: “Nunc est bibendum!” was the catch-line of first Michelin’s ads. That’s latin for “It’s time to drink” (wine of course).
Bibendum is only a familiar name for the tire-man. Nowadays, it’s also a common word in French to qualify big fat and soft people (not a rude word).
May 22nd, 2007 at 8:11 pm
133 is wrong, take a proper look at the Canadian $2 bill.
There is a Canadian flag atop the peace tower.
May 23rd, 2007 at 5:25 am
# 43 is wrong it is impossible to blow your eyes out while sneezing there is no connection between the eyes and nasal passages and #37 it’s dolphins and porpoises not Orcas that exhibit this behaviour
May 24th, 2007 at 10:31 am
This is retarded. Why make a list of 301 statements, parade them off as facts, and then say “now you find out which of them make me the artard” ?
Why waste your time, and mine, on such (literally) useless crap?
May 24th, 2007 at 10:33 am
Also, about goldfish turning white due to being in the dark, it’s only true if you keep it in the dark and then don’t feed it or just feed it food that has no pigment in it.
http://chemistry.about.com/b/a/257592.htm
May 26th, 2007 at 8:09 pm
133. On a Canadian two-dollar bill, the American flag is flying over the Parliament Building.
This is false, I just checked (I have two sitting here). Both are canadian flags. May have been a misprint on one version, but these are canadian.
May 27th, 2007 at 8:48 pm
Pretty interesting stuffs.
May 29th, 2007 at 4:59 pm
Wow so many people citing wikipedia as their source why something is wrong, when one of the founders of Wikipedia has abandoned the site and moved to a new venture because of the mass inaccuracies and constant defacements of pages.
Many of these so called facts are wrong, or dated to say the least, but it was an entertaining read.
May 30th, 2007 at 8:04 am
A pregnant goldfish is not called a twit, as goldfish do not get pregnant. They lay eggs.
May 30th, 2007 at 11:19 am
[...] Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on and died on days when Halley’s Comet can be seen. During his life he predicted that he would die when it could be seen. [link] [...]
May 31st, 2007 at 4:04 am
Response to fact number 140:
Puffins are birds. I’ve personally observed them swimming, and know for a fact they can’t fly.
May 31st, 2007 at 6:34 pm
#147: Another — the baby in “Lady and the Tramp”
May 31st, 2007 at 9:08 pm
I didn’t get very far, but the ZIP in Zip code is the acronym for “Zone Improvement Plan,” not Zoning. That’s just so easy to look up, isn’t it?
June 1st, 2007 at 11:24 am
BOO!
I don’t know what to believe!
June 1st, 2007 at 12:57 pm
So close to 301…
June 1st, 2007 at 4:56 pm
[...] 301 Useless Facts [...]
June 3rd, 2007 at 12:17 pm
Is so naive to think that a book with a ISBN is reliable!! Even medical books, reviewed ten times, always comes with some frases stating not to belive in it, and is your job to find the correct and incorrect stuff.
Now, bring that to wikipedia….even more unreliable.!!
June 3rd, 2007 at 4:03 pm
just to be 301 comments…
June 4th, 2007 at 12:40 am
Regarding #97 and the comments about it —- Oceania isn’t the continent, its a geo-political/economic region. The continent is ‘Australia’, it doesn’t mean that only the -country- of Australia makes up the continent, it just means they are both named the same. NZ/Pacific Islands (and in some scenarios Papua New Guinea) are all part of the continent of ‘Australia’. Just like the British Isles and Iceland are part of the European continent, they still would be part of that continent even if it was named ‘France’…
June 4th, 2007 at 1:50 am
a huge list of facts i liked the one where they said that “262. In 1863, Paul Hubert of Bordeaux, France, was sentenced to life in jail for murder. After 21 years, it was discovered that he was convicted of murdering himself.”
June 4th, 2007 at 6:53 am
Did you know that the only mammal that cannot jump is????? The Elephant.
June 4th, 2007 at 9:30 am
yeah….well…….
“14% of all statistics are made up on the spot”
June 4th, 2007 at 5:42 pm
A goldfish turns white in the dark and has a memory span of 3 seconds
June 4th, 2007 at 5:43 pm
AWKWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Question Mark?
June 5th, 2007 at 8:33 am
the fact that there are 308 useless facts on the list of 301 useless facts above makes it 309 useless facts and counting with this one…
June 7th, 2007 at 4:24 am
[...] 301 Useless Facts | Single Grain The title says it all, 301 truely usesless facts (tags: funny weird articles) [...]
June 7th, 2007 at 7:27 pm
If DaVinci invented the helicopter, why wasn’t it used back in the day during the Renaissance.
June 8th, 2007 at 7:52 pm
^^ Are you serious?
Have you thought about the lack of technology they had back in Renaissance time.
What is the purpose of creating 301 facts and then making not all of them true, making the list completely useless?!
June 11th, 2007 at 5:56 pm
The other most published and sold book in the world, which should be on your list is “The Diary of Anne Frank”. I believe it sells as much as the bible or damn near. And rtur….duh, it’s a useless list about useless facts.
June 11th, 2007 at 10:38 pm
really coool article. thans
June 12th, 2007 at 12:25 am
#285 is false. progeria is the accelerated aging disease-> ppl are both with super short telomeres.
June 13th, 2007 at 6:10 am
No. 135 is not correct - the words herple (to hobble along) and curple (a leather strap that goes under a horse’s tail) rhyme with purple. And chilver (a ewe lamb) rhymes with silver.
June 13th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
Just the thing to keep boredom at bay, even if most of it isn’t true =D
June 13th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
dollar bills are made of HEMP!, not cotton and linen. take one of those counterfeit test pens and swipe it across a hemp neckless, it turns gold, swipe it across a dollar bill, it turns gold, any questions?
June 17th, 2007 at 2:47 am
you are retarded if you think Wikipedia is not credible. If you edit the site to something far more humorous, some tight ass will be there changing it within about 10 minutes. Do it a few more times? They block your IP. you can edit wikipedia long enough to make your friends laugh, but they will change it back fairly quickly unless you have a good reason for your edit, and it is understandable.
June 17th, 2007 at 9:37 am
Comment number 280
>30% of sneezes are indeed demonic invasions (who do think makes your heart stop and gives you the >plague?)
>65% of the people reading this blog were actually >surfing for porn.
>The other 40% can’t add.
>3% of the repliers can’t rhyme
>75% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
Seems statistically accurate!
All the different interpretations were amazing.
Even more so was the amount of responses wherein someone was aggravated. Regarding the battles over Wikipedia, it much as your list cannot be the complete answer, but by in large it is to be applauded as an attempt at an understanding of whatever topic is posted. It functions to allow those with some understanding share information on a topic, and whether such information is maliciously forged to misrepresent the situation or presented as accurately as the author can present it, this nor any other source is so comprehensive as to have the “absolute” on any minute topic let alone those of the scope attempted. Call me an agnostic about knowledge (small pun), but the same applies to the 301 “facts” here,
As points of consideration about the validity of their statements, they are amusing, mostly in a time eating sense, as absolute “truths” they are “unknowable” if taken to the full argument. My statement would be that all 301 are false of course, but then, in saying so, I am just baiting the readers.
As an experiment in challenging the narrowness of each readers thinking process I find the whole exercise much more interesting.
Thank you
June 18th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
woooohoooo, THAT ROCKED but i got obsessed and read the whole thing HAHAHA
June 19th, 2007 at 12:03 pm
it’s an awesome list. apparently they aren’t all true,but i have to give whoever thought some of these up their credit, they have an imagination.
June 21st, 2007 at 4:04 am
[...] Se llama trezidavomartiofobia al miedo a los Martes 13 (de los cuales hay entre uno y tres cada año), del mismo modo que en los paÃses anglosajones es más popular la Paraskevidekatriafobia o miedo a los Viernes 13. Otros nombres divertidos son la Hexakosioihexekontahexafobia o miedo al 666 (el «número de la bestia»), y la Triskaidekaphobia que es el miedo al número 13. (Fuentes: Single Grain y Wikipedia.) [...]
June 21st, 2007 at 4:08 pm
Dear editor,
I am extrmly impressed and amazed on the 301 facts giving us to read. Some are rather funny and others very interesting. I just want to show my curtisy and thanks. I will continue to read and see if anything will change.
Sincerly,
You dedicated reader!!!
June 21st, 2007 at 10:53 pm
For 254: It is interesting that in Turkish we use “live long” instead of saying “bless you”, referencing that a person’s heart stops.
June 25th, 2007 at 5:25 am
Good stuff …
June 28th, 2007 at 9:41 pm
Charles Leiper Grigg (born 1868), was the inventor of 7 Up. He invented the drink in October of 1929, and after some name changes, the drink was named 7Up. He became acquainted with the carbonated beverage business after moving to St. Louis, Missouri. Prior to inventing 7Up, Grigg had created an orange soft drink named “Whistle” for the Vess Soda Company. It is still made and sold in St. Louis. Some believe the red dot on the 7Up logo comes from the inventor’s red eyes, claiming he was albino. However, Grigg was not albino. In photographs he appears normally pigmented, and no biographies mention him being an albino.
June 29th, 2007 at 11:43 am
seth Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 10:26 pm
#263 is wrong due to the fact that if. Nepal is the only country that doesn’t have a rectangular flag. Switzerland is the only country with a square flag. switzerland would also not have a rectangular flag.
just pointing that out.
I loved the list. some great stuff
Hey dumbass a square is a rectangle
July 2nd, 2007 at 10:03 pm
i cant even describe to you how mad i am. i just read through that entire page, and i get to the bottom and read that nasty little note and i have no patientce anymore considering i believed every friggen bit of this page, and its one in the morning and im cant even handle all of this.
im done. goodnight.
July 5th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
lol i love these. im gunna try some of these out, like the seagull one and the goldfish turning white in dark and the cat wee glowing (only bc its there) and loads of others
i mite..just mite..test the cork n poisionous spider one on a friend who deserves it..
Sqi=D
July 13th, 2007 at 5:49 am
[...] Read the post here. These facts are not really useless. Some are intriguing. [...]
July 13th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
i love useless facts i always randomely tell my frinds this stuff and there like where the heck did that come from so im like google
haha i love google its absolutely amazing and i like to memorize this kind of stuff cause its fun and if you have a problem with that i’ll slaughter you. haha just kidding im not a freak dont worry.
July 19th, 2007 at 4:54 pm
Read all the 301 “facts” + 331 comments. (Alright I didn’t read all of the really really long comments) Yes, I was a bit bored.
Wikipedia is reliable enough for most people’s everyday use. There’s contradictory stuff like the existence of God, though, that you can’t find “reliable” information anywhere. I still think wikipedia has nice way of bringing out everything in somewhat neutral tone in widely argued themes, presenting different aspects, arguments and reasoning.
Editing and intentionally trying to publish inaccurate claims will result in reverting the article back to it’s original form or [citation needed] labels. Besides, I can’t imagine what kind of people would actually hand around there all day trying to feed nonsense to people knowing the article will soon be corrected and their IP get banned
There’s a site to make bold claims and call them facts and you’re already on it.
I was angry, too, after reading “it’s up to you to find out which ones are false”. From the start, since they we’re called “facts”, by definition I assumed all of them, no matter how odd they seemed, we’re proven correct, and the fact that they seem so absurd is the very reason to list them here.
Instead it turns out the author was just too lazy to check if each of them is correct and decided to take the easier road and just admit he has no idea if they’re true or false. As commented before, this page has 0% educational value (unlike what can be assumed from the start) but it makes a great entertainment.
July 22nd, 2007 at 1:24 pm
86. The sound you here when you put a seashell next to your ear is not the ocean, but blood flowing through your head.
It should be hear, but who cares
July 23rd, 2007 at 1:01 am
That was a very facinating list i quite enjoyed the hour reading it all!! long live harry potter
July 26th, 2007 at 9:50 am
[...] 1 Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world ’s garbage annually. On average, that’s 3 pounds a day per person. 2 Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels. 3 The ZIP in “ZIP code†means Zoning Improvement Plan 4 40% of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.read more | digg story [...]
August 13th, 2007 at 9:31 am
74. In the US, about 127 million adults are overweight or obese; worldwide, 750 million are overweight and 300 million more are obese. In the US, 15% of children in elementary school are overweight; 20% are worldwide.
There are not over a billion people in the US as these numbers would lead you to believe.
August 13th, 2007 at 8:28 pm
i dont get the ” A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945″ one. Can someone please tell me?
August 14th, 2007 at 9:06 am
this is some interesting stuff. A lot of it I have heard before but I love this stuff. By the way did you know a pig’s orgasm lasts 30 minutes.
August 15th, 2007 at 6:28 am
[...] Posted by Belushi on August 15th, 2007 Some useless facts from our friends at SingleGrain. [...]
August 15th, 2007 at 10:25 am
Bogart says play it again sam and Holmes says elementary my dear watson. The canadian dollar thing is wrong to.
August 15th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
#86 should read “hear” instead of “here”
August 15th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
wow, I’m super ticked off now that I read the last line… some are untrue.
August 16th, 2007 at 10:44 am
Please put a disclaimer at the BEGINNING so no one else reads these “facts” then finds at the end that “some aren’t true”.
August 18th, 2007 at 3:34 pm
[...] read more | digg story [...]
August 19th, 2007 at 2:29 pm
@seth, re: the only flag that is not a rectangle. The Swiss flag is a square, and a square is an equilateral rectangle
August 21st, 2007 at 9:52 am
number 147… Hercules
August 21st, 2007 at 3:19 pm
what the hell! before everybody spends all their freakin’ time reading that long ass list maybe it should tell u at the top that some of the facts aren’t true.
August 23rd, 2007 at 2:56 pm
62. is not correct the largest amount of money you could have without being able to make change for a dollar would be $1.69; 3 quarters; 9 dimes; and 4 pennies.
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:58 pm
Sorry pauljosg but 2 quarters and 5 dimes (from your 1.69) = $1
August 28th, 2007 at 8:35 pm
185 IS WRONG………Elvis’ brother’s name was Jesse. His MIDDLE name was Garon.
August 29th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
The Statue of Liberty originally had golden earrings until they were stolen in 1908, a crime which remains unsolved to this day.
September 1st, 2007 at 6:27 am
[...] read more | digg story [...]
September 1st, 2007 at 12:34 pm
PEOPLE ARE ON HERE GETTING MAD THAT ALL OF THESE FACTS AREN’T TRUE AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE IT SAYS THAT YOU ARE TO TRY AND FIND WHICH FACTS ARE TRUE AND WHICH ONES ARE BOGUS, THE WEBSITE ISN’T BOGUS, IT’S SHOWING YOU DIFFERENT SO CALLED FACTS THAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO RESEARCH AND SEE IF THEY ARE AT ALL TRUE FOR FUN, YOU DEFINATELY SHOULDN’T USE THIS WEBSITE FOR LIKE A REAL ASSIGNMENT OR SOMETHING.
September 8th, 2007 at 5:07 am
Additional Useless Fact:
As a baby, I was prone to constant erections.
It’s a FACT!
September 8th, 2007 at 10:28 am
this one’s the best of all statements here… mmmuaaaahhahahhahahhahahhaaaahahahaaahahaaa =)
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# matter Says:
May 21st, 2007 at 1:53 pm
30% of sneezes are indeed demonic invasions (who do think makes your heart stop and gives you the plague?)
65% of the people reading this blog were actually surfing for porn.
The other 40% can’t add.
3% of the repliers can’t rhyme
75% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
Thanks for the time killer!
-
thanks matter
September 8th, 2007 at 11:17 pm
[...] the dot over the letter “i” is called a tittle. (link) [...]
September 14th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
“In Italy, the number 17 is considered unlucky” = not ‘exactly’ true: 17 is unlucky _only_ in Naples, Italy.
September 17th, 2007 at 11:57 am
your eyes will not pop out if you sneeze with your eyes open… watch Mythbusters.
September 19th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
[...] 301 Useless facts Essentially what most blogs are about, random stuff that’s out there, mixed with a little opinion. This Blog, par example, is missing on a bit of opinon, mostly due to time constraints. Hopefully, I can fix that sometime soon. [...]
September 20th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
Mitchell Keogh is Actually gay
September 21st, 2007 at 9:49 pm
“273. The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad. The most common name (of any type) in the world is Mohammed.”
So, McLovin was right. LOL!
September 22nd, 2007 at 11:58 am
haha… a lot of you guys are stupid.
September 23rd, 2007 at 1:48 pm
I wonder how many of these are actually true. Not that I could be bothered actually researching them.
September 24th, 2007 at 12:59 am
ROOOFLZ
nice list
lol
September 24th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
Iceland have no cows, hence the price of the big mac.
September 24th, 2007 at 11:17 pm
WOW SOME ARE FAKE? I WASTED MY LIFE RIGHT THERE
September 25th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
People have made some comments that #132 is false. The question implies (because it’s on the net, people assume, and there is no clarification) that it refers to the US. In fact, it is true but only in reference to soldiers of the British Army.
September 26th, 2007 at 9:14 am
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September 28th, 2007 at 8:38 pm
Wow! That’s a lot of facts! Thanks for compiling them. I think a couple might be contested but overall I agree with most of them from all I’ve gleaned over the years.
September 28th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
Number 142 useless fact is wrong, Winston Churchill was not born in a ladies room. He was born in a bed while his parents were guest at Blenheim Castle. The bed and room are on display for tourist.
October 1st, 2007 at 11:54 am
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeee—Thats some cool stuff!
October 1st, 2007 at 11:55 am
Email me at felixfarr@yahoo.com………I love those facts~!
October 1st, 2007 at 4:52 pm
hey! there are more responses then there are usles facts!!
October 2nd, 2007 at 4:23 am
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I just got my own USB rocket launcher
Awsome thing.
Plug into your computer and you got a remote controlled office missile launcher with 360 degrees horizontal and 45 degree vertival rotation with a range of more than 6 meters - which gives you a coverage of 113 square meters round your workplace.
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Check out the video they have on the page.
Cheers
Marko Fando
October 2nd, 2007 at 3:32 pm
ithink its kewl
October 4th, 2007 at 3:27 pm
Every person alaive today, died, miscarried pr concieved, are ALL FEMALE. Males change their X and Y Chromosones, during birth, therefore resulting in the male growing his genitalia.
October 4th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
I’ve got an Amazon gift certificate burning holes in my pocket,
and I want to get the most bang for my buck.
Enter the Secret Amazon Web Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/38sojf
This is where you’re going to find the “latest sales, rebates, and limited-time offers” from
Amazon, and you can score some pretty deep discounts if you’re a savvy shopper.
Next, there’s the special Sale link. This is open every Friday, and ONLY on Fridays.
You can find the same good discounts here as you would in hidden Deals, although some
Fridays you can really get lucky and make off like an Amazon bandit - I’ve seen discounts
there as low as 75% off sticker price.
October 5th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
There’s one special secret Sale link on Amazon:
http://tinyurl.com/2r7ldr
[b]This is open every Friday and ONLY on Fridays! [/b]
You can find very good discounts here, although some Fridays you can really get
lucky and make off like an Amazon bandit - I´ve seen discounts there as low as 75%
off sticker Price.
October 6th, 2007 at 4:46 am
elephants sleep more than 2 hours
October 9th, 2007 at 3:17 am
[...] read more | digg story [...]
October 9th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
I dont know who was the main brain that said that superman in not in very episode of Seinfeld, but they are wrong. Jerry Seinfeld was a superman fanatic and said one time that there is a superman thing in every episode. So get off me!!! I love seinfeld so dont mess with this shit!!!
October 9th, 2007 at 8:00 pm
163 says Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
October 11th, 2007 at 6:05 am
That’s a lot of facts! Thanks for presenting them
October 11th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
“The average chocolate bar has 8 insects’ legs melted into it.”
i ate insect legs!
October 11th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
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hahahahahahahaha good one number 155
October 14th, 2007 at 8:08 am
wth thats gay ru chinese “me”?
October 14th, 2007 at 9:58 pm
Fact 51 is false.
I have been to two Las Vegas casinos in my life, and both of them had clocks.
October 14th, 2007 at 10:08 pm
95 is also false.
October 16th, 2007 at 10:41 am
WOW!!! I am going to use some of these facts on my blog. Thanks for the amusment.
October 16th, 2007 at 11:17 am
In Iran, Putin Warns Against Military Action:
http://salihome.info/show/index.html
October 21st, 2007 at 4:10 pm
OMFG THATS PIMP I LIKE FACT 43 ITS SO AWESOME AND GOOD FOR IDIOTS THAT DO THAT^^ WOOOOOOOOOT!!!!
October 21st, 2007 at 4:12 pm
well then i guess that was a strnge comment of mine…… sorry if i affened anybody that did do that ):
October 21st, 2007 at 4:13 pm
well, awesome facts this is on my fav’s!!!!!
October 22nd, 2007 at 12:38 pm
OMG thats f****** sweet. i love it.
October 22nd, 2007 at 12:38 pm
muaaaa hahahahahA
October 22nd, 2007 at 7:51 pm
# 205: “Canada†is an Indian word meaning “Big Villageâ€. is wrong!!!!!
Canada actually means ‘our land’ in indian
October 23rd, 2007 at 2:54 am
holy cunt!!!
October 24th, 2007 at 7:41 am
The “57″ on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had.
October 24th, 2007 at 7:42 am
The “57″ on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had.
October 24th, 2007 at 3:07 pm
ok numba 70 says that 2,226 ppl were on the Titanic and that 706 survived. this isn’t true. 2,207 ppl were on the Titanic and 705 died. i kno this becuz i’ve been researching Titanic for some time.
October 24th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
is it rly true that bats always turn left when exiting a cave?? that just seemed interesting to me. and 7% of people in the US eating at McDonalds is absolutely disgusting. i mean i love micky d’s, but isn’t that a bit much???
October 24th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
OK Wikipedia is not a good site to base any argument on. I have friends that posted fake things that are still on wikipedia.
October 24th, 2007 at 9:43 pm
There sure are some stupid people that post stupid comments on here. How could anyone with good hearing think that lozenge rhymes with orange? They have similar sounds but they do not rhymes. And who cares if at the bottom of the page it said to figure which one were true or not? It just makes it that much more fun!!!
October 25th, 2007 at 7:03 am
i thought it was very interesting and fun to learn about. i wish there were more like these things to read about.
November 2nd, 2007 at 6:50 am
milky is adorable
November 5th, 2007 at 6:20 pm
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November 6th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Whoa dude most of this stuff is wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 6th, 2007 at 4:54 pm
correction, corrections, and more corrections. You gotta know ur stuff
November 9th, 2007 at 4:39 am
Fact 302:
There are more comments than facts on this page
November 10th, 2007 at 10:45 pm
I Just read that whole thing, then got to the bottom and saw that they’re not all true, total waste of time
November 12th, 2007 at 7:41 pm
i love comments yay facts yay
November 12th, 2007 at 7:55 pm
madness to long thoe and y would u by someones penis?????????
November 14th, 2007 at 3:33 am
Brought his penis?! People these days… I mean people awhile ago….
November 14th, 2007 at 5:23 am
As far as only four words in the english dictionary ending in dous… what about arduous? I checked online and there are about 20 or 30 more words like that
November 14th, 2007 at 8:04 pm
all porcupines can float due to the abnormal amount of air in their spines
November 15th, 2007 at 5:19 am
254 isn’t true… back when the black plague was spreading across Europe, sneezing was a common sympton and people would say stuff like Bless you or God bless you because of it.
November 17th, 2007 at 3:43 am
Ya’ll stupid.USELESS FACTS.What do you expect??
November 18th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
In Northern Kurdistan, the #1 cause of blindness among males is due to excessive masterbation.
November 18th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
I can’t confirm or deny if alot of these facts are true.But it sure is fun to read them.I like the comments also.Except the ones ftom those who are rude to some of the others who leave comments.Come on people,there is no excuse for being rude to anyone.Those who are should take a long look at themselves.God Bless You All.
November 19th, 2007 at 10:59 pm
#43: I have personally held my eyes open several times whilst sneezing, and I still have both of my eyes that function as well as ever (which arguably isn’t that good).
And to #215, if the heart isn’t a muscle, then WTF is it - Bone, Nerve, Lymph Nodes, Fat?
The list contradicts itself as well, since it claims in #197: The first US Patent was for manufacturing potassium carbonate (used in glass and gunpowder). It was issued to Samuel Hopkins on July 31, 1970.
and then in #247: There have been over 600 lawsuits against Alexander Grahm Bell over rights to the patent of the telephone, the most valuable patent in U.S. history.
So how did Bell, who died in 1922, have the most valuable (and highly contested) US patent IF the first US patent was issued in 1970… Did Alexander Graham Bell ALSO invent the time machine ?
Fun, I guess, I just wish they would have told me that the list was bogus from the beginning!
November 19th, 2007 at 11:00 pm
Dude, I had comment 420! Time to smoke some constitution!
(that is if there is anything left of it after the last 4 presidents… HEY-YO!)
November 20th, 2007 at 5:18 pm
number 86 is wrong… the sound in a sea shell is not the noise from your blood thats rubbish, its actually the ambient sound ( sound around you ) amplified in the space within the shell, for instance if you cup your hand and put it to your ear, or put a cup to your ear you hear the same thing because its the sound aplified within that area which you then in turn hear. the sound is always there but we just cant hear it.
the distance that the shell, cup, hand is from your ear changes the pitch and volume of the sound which illustrates that its the ambient sound amplified.
to prove its not air, if you listen inside a sound proof room there is still air but there is no sound. so depending on the volume of sound around you will change the overall volume of the ” ocean” that you hear inside the shell.
November 25th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
ha ha these made me giggle lol
November 27th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
well i’m holding the canadian 2 dollar bill in my hand and it could not be more clear that the flag is canadian not american ontop of the parliment, unless i’m missing a hidden flag that is american in the back ground
November 28th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
and number 247, why does it say it’s the usa’s greatest patent when alexander graham bell was canadian and inventer it in canada? wouldn’t it have been patented there
November 29th, 2007 at 4:18 am
Here’s a Useless fact, 85% of people who read this will of read this from work.
November 29th, 2007 at 7:54 am
[...] I just stumbled upon this list of 301 useless facts, including: [...]
December 1st, 2007 at 10:18 am
cooooll facts!!!! are they all true??!!! (no.158 isnt true because blue whales and worms cannot jump so in your face!!!!) :):):):):):):):):):):):):)
December 1st, 2007 at 2:15 pm
dang! i want all of them to be tru…..do u think the one will the dollar bill with the spider on it is tru? kinda cool to think about what it could stand for….
yes, i love national treasure….cant wait for the 2nd one!
December 1st, 2007 at 8:35 pm
sweet, although some are wrong…..that sucks….er ugh this wasted like a whole hour i’m sad now ): well i feel bad for the peeps who looked at this blah
December 1st, 2007 at 8:35 pm
hehe this is still on my fav’s though ^^
December 7th, 2007 at 3:00 am
sliver rymes with silver
December 7th, 2007 at 10:39 pm
a pigs orgasm lasts for 30 minuts
December 7th, 2007 at 10:40 pm
humans & dolphins are the only mamles who have sex for pleasure
December 13th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
The Penguin one is false the Kiwi is also a flightless bird.
December 14th, 2007 at 8:46 pm
#70: no one really knows the EXACT number of people who sunk on the Titanic
December 17th, 2007 at 6:24 pm
of course they no how many people died on the titanic…ur a bit of a dumbass to say that..
who else agrees??.lol
December 17th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
and if you look up a bit people,you can see that someone said that SLIVER rhymes with SILVER…
the world is going mad!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 19th, 2007 at 11:50 am
This is very borin there are too many thing. Too long
December 21st, 2007 at 12:23 am
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December 21st, 2007 at 6:24 pm
RE #43 Eyes will not pop out tested on Mythbusters.
December 24th, 2007 at 8:41 am
I saw this one that was about illegal extraterrestrial contact. Which one is that?
December 30th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
“86. The sound you here when you put a seashell next to your ear is not the ocean, but blood flowing through your head.”
That’s not true, it’s the frequency of vibrations on the enviroment. See http://www.krampf.com/experiment_vid.html
January 1st, 2008 at 8:07 pm
sweet but did you know the monalisa had no eyebrows
January 2nd, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Hehe…I read them all..but they’re probably not true.
January 3rd, 2008 at 10:19 am
Newsflash for those people sourcing wikipedia, that’s an invalid website where anyone from the public can alter the information. Wikipedia itself is as reliable as some of these facts.
As for the list, it’s interesting to read, though many are indeed false. At least it killed 15 minutes of my day. ^ ^
January 9th, 2008 at 8:28 am
ginger people are going exstinct. appreacite the ohnes you have thanks steve franklin you gingerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
January 9th, 2008 at 8:30 am
my friend jsck burnt his finger and he sais it dmells like bacon
January 9th, 2008 at 8:33 am
hitler only had one testical. when he put his genitals in the mouth of a goat for sexual pleasure and the goat bit his ball offff!!
January 10th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
wtf is the point of putting something on here if its false? its titled 301 useless FACTS.
goos list thought
January 11th, 2008 at 7:57 am
These are too funny… I enjoyed reading them. Got a hoot out of a good majority of them too.
January 13th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.
January 13th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
wow rightys will live9 yrs longer then leftys
January 13th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
This was a good read, some where obviously untrue (which was intentional by the looks of the bottom of the article)
January 14th, 2008 at 7:25 am
109:you share your birthday with 9 million people
this is false beacause some people (like me) are born on february 29th which is a leap year and there are also some communities that all celebrate their birthdays on the same day although that doesn’t really count cause thats just when they celebrate it but the leap year certainly counts.
go 29thers!!!
January 15th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
I just love the fact that people actually try to find a rhyming word for orange… There is none folks…
January 15th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Actually there is a rhyming word for Orange.. it’s discussed in the song “Borange”.. the chorus goes “Orange, orange nothing rhymes with orange… So I made up a word and my new word is borange… It’s not in the dictionary but the definition is… a word that rhymes with orange..”
January 16th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
263. Nepal is the only country that doesn’t have a rectangular flag. Switzerland is the only country with a square flag.
January 16th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
263…means that switzerland ALSO doesnt have a rectangular flag. so nepal isnt the only country not to have a rectangular flag.
January 17th, 2008 at 6:04 am
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January 20th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
You know what’s wierd? I just read e v e r y fact and comment there… joy.
anyone who got ticked off at realizing that only some of the facts were true is stupid and should do see a psychiatrist about anger issues.
This list was hilarious, even if some of the “facts” were false!!
The comments were funny, too, with ppl quoting each other and stuff.
January 23rd, 2008 at 12:41 am
WOW!!!!!!!!!
January 23rd, 2008 at 5:15 pm
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January 23rd, 2008 at 8:42 pm
Whoever just read all of these replies, congratulations. You have no life.
January 25th, 2008 at 10:52 am
Yea i have no life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =P
January 27th, 2008 at 3:09 am
86. The sound you here when you put a seashell next to your ear is not the ocean, but blood flowing through your head.
no…. its actually air passing through the shell.. and even if it ISNT, its still not blood in your head.
but all this shizz is funny anyways!
January 27th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
this site is so awsome
i love reading strange and unusual(dont know if i spelled unusual right) but anyway
i love reading strange facts!
plz post some more
January 28th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
liver ryhmes with silver stupid i cant beleive you didnt know that gosh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 28th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
if you just read all of these and even posted one your a retard because its stupid the only reason i posted it was because you guys are dumb
January 28th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
hi i love you your hot and hi is the guy that posted the last two things
January 29th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
contrary to the seemingly obvious, #263 IS true.My algebra textbook defines a parallelogram as a quadrilateral (4-sided 2D figure) with 2 pairs of parallel sides,rectangle as a parallelogram with 4 right angles,a rhombus as an equilateral(all sides equal) parallelogram, and a square as a rhombus with 4 right angles. so we can conclude that because a rhombus is a type of parallelogram, a square is a type of rhombus, and a rectangle is a type of parallelogram, that means that every square is also a rectangle,and the swiss’ square flag is, in fact, a rectangular flag.
(This is how bored I get on a regular basis)
January 29th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Correction, Rob(425).2 things:
1. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in America, and therefore got it patented there.
2. Alexander Graham Bell was not Canadian, he was Scottish.
January 29th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
some of these are wrong and it makes me question the validity of the rest. Coca Cola still contains extract from the coca plant, although it is unrefined. the refined form of the coca plant can be processed into cocaine. in its unrefined form it is a stimulant similar to caffeine.
January 31st, 2008 at 7:43 pm
133. On a Canadian two-dollar bill, the American flag is flying over the Parliament Building.
Here in Canada,
WE DONT HAVE 2 DOLLAR BILLS.
February 1st, 2008 at 8:07 pm
#121 isnt true, neither is 137: one guy won a tootal of over a million dollars
February 3rd, 2008 at 5:42 am
some of these fact i havnt heard but most of them are on other sites
thnxx tho
February 3rd, 2008 at 6:30 pm
wow. that’s pretty wicked.
February 5th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
does it matter whether its true or not? untrue truths are useless, thought that was the point of a list of useless facts? upset cos you wasted 10 mins of your life reading this far? you poor thing, i was quite happy with a bit of a chuckle here and there. better than my paperwork
February 6th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
@Jessica:
Canada used to have $2 bills, but they were taken out of circulation in favour of the toonie in 1996. We also used to have $1 bills, same story there.
February 6th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Number 24 is an urban legend. The dot didn’t appear until after the inventor was dead
February 6th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
BITCHES!!!!
February 9th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
yall a bunch a nerds!!! useless facts!?!?! u aint got nothin better to do than comment on useless facts??? WTH!!!!
February 9th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
u ppl r messed up.. learn to have fun who gives a rats ass if some of the so called facts r false.. thats what makes it funny!! jeeze
February 9th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
“134. An American urologist bought Napoleon’s penis for $40,000.”
I’d give hannah my dick for free
February 11th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Some are a bit outdated, but were probably true when they were written,however, the heart is a muscle, although it is a cardiac muscle as opposed to a skeletal muscle. (see number 215)
Also, the Jeopardy thing, I think there is a set rule for where the daily doubles are, particularly in the second round with there being 2 of them, but in theory, the highest amount would be getting them last under the lowest amounts.
February 12th, 2008 at 10:44 am
Did you know that you can be afraid of trivia of phobias…it’s called phobatrivaphobia
February 12th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Nepal is the only country that doesn’t have a rectangular flag. Switzerland is the only country with a square flag. How does that make sense? honestly !!!
February 16th, 2008 at 10:13 am
1. Pop-tarts were originally supposed to be dog food.
2. Woodrow Wilson couldn’t read until he was 11.
3. The secret to Eggo Waffles is lots of eggs.
4. The history behind using your middle finger to insult someone (”flipping the bird”), goes back to Medevil England, during one of the wars, that archers used primarily their middle and ring fingers to fire arrows, if they were captured these fingers were chopped off. If none were captured, they would wave their middle fingers at the enemies in triumph.
5. A column of air 500 feet tall and 15 miles wide weighs 9 pounds.
Also in fact #43- your eyes will not pop out of your head if you sneeze with them open, it is a myth, the show Mythbusters discredited it very recently, sorry to tell you this.
February 17th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
#137? its not true. Once in 2007 or 2006 a guy won somewhere between $333,333 and $400,000. And then there is tax but still
February 17th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
this shit is crazy
February 19th, 2008 at 7:32 am
247 is fake!!! The average time for some on to fall asleep is 10 min.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:26 pm
These are the same ones eye saw on a different website.
February 22nd, 2008 at 9:15 pm
A square is a rectangle stupids!!
February 23rd, 2008 at 9:32 pm
There are more mexicans in california than there are whites who founded the stupid thing!!!
February 29th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
If you wanna get technical the chance of being born male is only 50 anf being born female is 50%. think about it it…each person has 2 chromosomes 1 from mom(who would have XX) and one from dad (XY) automatically you get one X chrome from mom which leaves a 50/50 chance of what the other chrome will be!! this list had to of been written by someone who clearly did not do proper research. you should call is 301 myths with an occasional fact included.
February 29th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Everyone who is bitchin about this list not being entirely “facts” is wrong, the definition of a fact is something that can be proven right OR wrong
February 29th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Good God… you assholes need to get a life and quit bitching about a goddamn list. lol
March 3rd, 2008 at 7:36 am
I just read that list thinking they were all supposed to be true, and then you say they’re not! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
March 3rd, 2008 at 7:34 pm
A WORD SPELLED INCORRECTLY IN FACT #86 lol
March 6th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
I like cheese
March 6th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
i couldn’t find a spider on my dollar bill. but i found the owl!
March 6th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
i have never heard of the devil entering your body when you sneeze, but the reason you say “god bless you” comes from England in the days of the plague. The syptoms of having the plague were flu like symptoms, so when people started to sneeze people would say “God bless you” knowing you may die. That is what I have heard anyway.
March 6th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Myth busters tested that you can not have you eye balls fall out when you sneeze
March 7th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
215. the heart is actually a muscle.
March 9th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
it was a B-17 that crashed into the Empire State Building not a B-25
March 10th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
omg this is like the best facts i have like ever searched on the computer !!!! yay. it is like so totally awesome i was give this to my family and make a presentation of it at breakfast lunch and dinner, and maybe even snack time !!!!!!! bye my name is shaniqua!!!!!!!
March 10th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
the wizard of oz fact (234) is not true. the writer based his whole story on the American economic system. and oz came from the short-form of ounce, which was the way of measuring gold and silver at the time. everything else also represented something. such as the the scarecrow, which represented the farmers, and the silver shoes (not red like in the movie) worn by dorothy, which represented silver.
March 12th, 2008 at 8:53 am
first of all i dont know if i belive half the stuff you have may put. little weird. dont cha think? and why would someone take there unisured time on this?
March 12th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
casey is the greatest
March 12th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
ever
March 13th, 2008 at 7:50 am
number 147 is wrong….
Mulan parents were present and didn’t die either. Sleeping beauty shows parents.
March 13th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
What a great way to use time, reading useless facts…at work
March 13th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Who ever wrote this website needs to get a life and find something new to do with there time instead of wasting our time to read these stupid things that you probably made up. So maybe you need to learn to get a life and not sit on the computer for three days making up stupid stuff to put on a stupid website that is retarded, and that makes no sense what so ever. You need to get a life and everybody who has been on this website should never get on a again because it is just a waste of time!!! I am not like everyone else and read all 301 useless “facts” that I have already heard 10 hundred times when I was in school from my science teacher this is probably the website that she got it from because they are all retarded and make no sense because they are all made up!!!!!!!! SO GET A LIFE AND STOP WASTING YOUR TIME MAKING UP “FACTS” THAT ARE NOT REAL and one last time GET A LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 18th, 2008 at 2:18 am
#254 People do not say Bless You because you’r heart stops for a millisecond. It’s because when the Blck Plague was around people sneezed and theirfore people thought they had the plague. So the said bless you wishing you the best for if you did have the Plague.
March 18th, 2008 at 9:02 am
damn people are snotty.
dont worry fact maker i got your back ;]
March 18th, 2008 at 10:03 am
This is not true because of 147. the incredibles sleeping beauty and mulan
March 18th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
ok, this is really random, and a total waste of time…..yet very addicting! oh, and did yall kno, that most people who kill themselves, they do it on monday… i always knew there was a reason why i hated monday…& the sound of ET walking was made from someone squishing there hands in jelly!
March 18th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
hey the time is wrong! lol i posted that last one at 2:06 and this one at 2:07
March 20th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
haha its quite sad how they say get a life to people that read these, but yet they went to the trouble to type it into google or where ever they go it from just to type a comment to insult people, when actually they need to get a life themselves; instead of searching for something that they think is so retarded and a waste of peoples lives/time! HAHA your science teacher is retarded?!? she is the one with the degree you idiot! i bet you don’t even have good G.C.S.E’s. You obviously dont have a life to get on with yourself… thats why you have to type a stupid comment that try and insult people! oh yeh and how do you know ist makes no sense if you haven’t read it? argh what is wrong with people?!?
March 22nd, 2008 at 10:43 am
another word that doesnt ryme with anything in the english dictonary is “cushion”
March 23rd, 2008 at 8:27 pm
cool!!
Have anotherone!
Rats canswim for 1/2 a day without rest or tread water for three days!!
random, but weird…
March 23rd, 2008 at 8:29 pm
why are you on at 2:06 in the morning??
BTWW, HAPPY EASTER!
March 24th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Did you know that a gummi bear completely liquifies in less than 10 seconds in a microwave?
try it you know you want to
March 25th, 2008 at 3:12 am
Seriously, can you people not just appreciate the hard work that the creator of this site has put into it?
All of you are trying to be know it alls by trying to prove them wrong in everything they say. You all need to move on have a laugh and stop being so untight and critical.
This is exactly why nerds get picked on at school. Because they dont know when to shut their mouths and listen to someone elses opinion without butting in and proving them wrong.
MOVE ON, IF YOU DONT LIKE THE SITE, LEAVE! WE DONT CARE WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY, THE SITE WAS GOOD UNTIL I READ THE COMMENTS AT THE BOTTOM IT RUINED IT!
March 25th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Numbers can be divided by zero contrary to popular belief; most people think you end up with infinity but, it is possible to divide by 0
March 28th, 2008 at 7:41 am
why call this site “…facts” ???
I understand the useless part though.
March 28th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
nothing in the english language rhymes with month,purple,or silver
April 1st, 2008 at 5:09 am
in spanish, the word ‘colgate’ means ‘go hang yourself’.
April 3rd, 2008 at 11:11 am
A Dragonfly has a two week lifespan not 24 reguardless of what everyone says.(capture one it well live long than 24 hours.)
April 4th, 2008 at 4:38 am
299 isn’t possible!
April 4th, 2008 at 8:24 am
97 cant be right,
what about europe
April 4th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
GO! is the shortest sentence in the english language
April 5th, 2008 at 10:22 am
to joe (#531) i believe the word Europe starts and ends with an E!!!! idiot…..
April 5th, 2008 at 10:25 am
to Phillip (#514) there is no evidence that people said ‘Bless You’ if you sneezed BECAUSE they thought you had the plague
April 5th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
hi (:
April 6th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
i dont know when the article was published but pi is now known to 1.24125trillion to be precise not 1.2411, corrrr,,,,,,, you was out by a whole 0.000015tillion!!
im nit picking arent i. soz.
April 8th, 2008 at 6:50 am
YA RIGHT.
April 8th, 2008 at 6:50 am
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April 8th, 2008 at 6:52 am
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April 9th, 2008 at 3:29 am
OMFG i love facts like these and Jeffy bunny is soooooo gay hes a little dik head
April 12th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
all u people who said that the switzerland flag is a square so therefore is not a rectangle are IDIOTS. A SQUARE IS A RECTANGLE. i learned that in 5th grade. A SQUARE IS A RECTANGLE becuase the definition of ractangle is a a four sided figure with 4 90 degree angles and a square is a four sided figure with 90 degree angles and all sides are the same length. its the SAME THING other thaan an extra specification for the square.
April 12th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
number 249 is wrong
the hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters
a e i o u h k l m n p w ‘
the last one is an okina which is a backwords apostrophe…in enlish it is known as a glado stop…get ur facts straight
April 13th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
SMURF SMELLS LIKE A POOIER POO!
April 13th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
HEY!!! I DO NOT!
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April 13th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
OI LAY OFF MY WIFE!!!
April 13th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
YOU LIKE MEN!
April 13th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
YES I DO!
April 13th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
*THREAD LOCKED*
April 13th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
*THREAD UNLOCKED*
key thrown away down nearest toilet, crusty sees me throw it, dives after it, gets his head stuck in the u-bend and screams for help. beetz hears his plea, and dives in after him, but realises that there’s not enough room for both of them. and there you go, 2 girls one cup!
April 13th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
GUYS THAT IS SO FU*KING INNAPROPARIATE! YOU W@NKST@INS!!! I’M GONNA R@P3 JOOR PEEPS N MAKE U WATCH!!
~Ziggy
April 13th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Check it out:
One of your fleets from Planet misteridiot [14:498:17] reaches Planet uberpwned [4:45:421]. Its mission is: Transport.
Transporting: A BILLION OF EVERYTHING!
WOOOOOT!!
April 13th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
NO. I am the ultimate. The ultimate in power, versatility, and ability. No one matches me.
~ginge
(ahahahaahaahaa NO.)
April 13th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
[...] Well reading through the world wide web, I kinda stumbled upon these interesting useless facts. As here is my first and only attempt to write a blog on interesting useless facts from some friends at SingleGrain. [...]
April 15th, 2008 at 12:37 am
THE MYKSTER WAS HERE YO!
April 15th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
hey, yu guys are all really weird lol.. but i guess im kinda weird in my own way! HEY! LETS ALL BE FRIENDS! shhh.. youre gonna scare them .. sorry bout that folks, them stupid annoying voices took over again .. sorry …..
April 16th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
i just wanted to say something
April 17th, 2008 at 4:15 am
THERE ALL FALSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 17th, 2008 at 7:08 am
there not all flase, some of them are true, but still, half of them are crap and the creator of this site needs to get a life, or do some research or something, ffs …
April 17th, 2008 at 11:54 am
please will someone talk to me, i have no other friends
April 17th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
i like them, they’re just fake >:(
April 17th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
heehaw
April 17th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
dude most of them are fake but lots of the reral ones are so cool
April 18th, 2008 at 6:40 am
…your mom is fake
April 18th, 2008 at 9:56 am
did you know that the advrage retard is retarded
April 18th, 2008 at 9:56 am
did you know that the advrage retard is retarded and fat like your mom
April 18th, 2008 at 9:59 am
school is realy for aliens (teachers) that need to find out how humans work so they fit in (ive never seen a teacher that fits in)
April 18th, 2008 at 10:00 am
star wars is real!
April 18th, 2008 at 10:01 am
for all gay kids
April 18th, 2008 at 10:02 am
ian is on this site publishing this fake stuff what up ian!
April 18th, 2008 at 10:06 am
carlos is ugly
April 18th, 2008 at 10:07 am
ian is obonxious haha you dont know what that means
lolololololololololol
April 18th, 2008 at 10:07 am
jk
April 18th, 2008 at 10:08 am
ian is gay
April 18th, 2008 at 10:09 am
ian sucks his own boobs
April 18th, 2008 at 10:09 am
carlos is gay kid who like nishann!
April 18th, 2008 at 10:10 am
jhgnndcfmgj
April 18th, 2008 at 10:10 am
nishann is the fugliest person in the world brie is hotter ian sucks ellies boobs oh dis
April 18th, 2008 at 10:11 am
fat kids are coming for carlos
April 18th, 2008 at 10:12 am
carlos wana to ? hisa mama anda mrs hensy
April 18th, 2008 at 10:12 am
batman is real!!
April 18th, 2008 at 10:13 am
ian sucks mr.carrolls dick oh dis
April 18th, 2008 at 10:13 am
carlos is tuby
April 18th, 2008 at 10:13 am
and mrs mayer
April 18th, 2008 at 10:14 am
danil is gay
April 18th, 2008 at 10:14 am
carlos is a tiny dick
April 18th, 2008 at 10:15 am
fly like an egael
April 18th, 2008 at 10:15 am
who the hell is death to carlos paatron? some cock sucker?
April 18th, 2008 at 10:16 am
123abc
April 18th, 2008 at 10:16 am
no duh
April 18th, 2008 at 10:17 am
bobobo sucks cowboys
April 18th, 2008 at 10:17 am
carlos like to doa even daily
April 18th, 2008 at 10:17 am
i like grass
April 18th, 2008 at 10:18 am
cowboys butts drives carlos nuts up the ass
April 18th, 2008 at 10:18 am
ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssfddddsssssssssss
April 18th, 2008 at 10:19 am
truce carlos?
April 18th, 2008 at 10:19 am
bobobo scares me like clowns
April 18th, 2008 at 10:20 am
i hate clowns……
April 18th, 2008 at 10:21 am
i kick dirt in carlos ass face
April 18th, 2008 at 10:21 am
no boobs for you!
April 18th, 2008 at 10:23 am
wow look im on the internet
April 18th, 2008 at 10:23 am
ffdgg
April 18th, 2008 at 10:24 am
hellow
April 18th, 2008 at 10:25 am
my reall name is shit
April 18th, 2008 at 10:25 am
wa
April 18th, 2008 at 10:26 am
i like this crap
April 18th, 2008 at 10:26 am
gapara
April 18th, 2008 at 10:27 am
tef
April 18th, 2008 at 10:27 am
ian likes clowns
April 18th, 2008 at 10:27 am
ian sucks my balls
April 18th, 2008 at 10:28 am
jk carlos
April 18th, 2008 at 10:31 am
i dont suck ians balls ian is a useless obonxious
April 18th, 2008 at 10:31 am
ra ra ra
April 18th, 2008 at 10:32 am
i suck my own boobs and my balls every day and night
April 18th, 2008 at 10:32 am
danill is gay
April 18th, 2008 at 10:33 am
my boobs taste like sperm which makes me drool
April 18th, 2008 at 10:34 am
carlos is a fat ass who likes it up the ass
April 18th, 2008 at 10:35 am
i like driving my own nose up my penis then licking my nose then sticking it up my ass and licking it again
April 18th, 2008 at 10:35 am
i like driving my own nose up my penis then licking it then sticking it up my ass and licking it again
April 18th, 2008 at 10:39 am
hi
April 18th, 2008 at 10:39 am
i so wish i could have sex with my mom but my dad wont let me
April 18th, 2008 at 10:40 am
i wish i could see fat wemon again
April 18th, 2008 at 10:41 am
like nishan
April 18th, 2008 at 10:41 am
your gay if you read this
April 18th, 2008 at 10:42 am
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301 Useless Facts
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Written By: Sujan Patel On April 24th, 2007 | 623 Comments
1. Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on and died on days when Halley’s Comet can be seen. During his life he predicted that he would die when it could be seen.
2. US Dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen.
3. The “57″ on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had.
4. Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world’s garbage annually. On average, that’s 3 pounds a day per person.
5. Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.
6. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn’t digest itself.
7.
April 18th, 2008 at 10:43 am
like nishann
April 18th, 2008 at 10:44 am
i hate myself
April 18th, 2008 at 10:44 am
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April 18th, 2008 at 10:45 am
find the message in comment 627
April 18th, 2008 at 10:46 am
im the gayest kid i know
April 18th, 2008 at 10:47 am
fat kids and clowns will bring each other down
April 18th, 2008 at 10:47 am
i am not gay i like a girl named brie i don’t like nishann and fat women are gay brie is the best in the world
April 18th, 2008 at 10:49 am
bye
April 18th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
i’m so gay so anyone out there that wanyts to do me up the ass just call me
April 19th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
dear friend
I m liberian
April 20th, 2008 at 11:43 am
hey ian & other weird people YOUR ALL GAY! yu should all just do each other up the ass or something …
April 21st, 2008 at 12:30 pm
why will no one talk to me, im a nice person, really
April 22nd, 2008 at 6:00 pm
I JUST READ ALL OF THIS STUFF & IT MAY NOT BE TRUE THIS MAKES ME MAD
April 24th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
NUMBER 133 IS FALSE: THE CANADIAN TWO DOLLAR BILL HAS THE MAPLE LEAF FLAG ON TOP OF THE PARLIAMENT BUILDING
April 24th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
133 IS WRONG, THE BILL HOWEVER HAS A BIRD ON THE BACK OF IT CALLED AMERICAN ROBIN
April 24th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Are these people EFFING stupid….
Hinge DOES NOT rhyme with orange!
Hurdle DOES NOT rhyme with purple!
Circle DOES NOT rhyme with purple!
Liver DOES NOT rhyme with silver!
Sliver DOES NOT rhyme with silver!
Jesus Christ! Go back to grade school and learn something!!!!
April 25th, 2008 at 11:28 am
133 is wrong, but it’s not the maple leaf. The flag is called the Royal Ensign. It is a British Flag.
April 25th, 2008 at 11:39 am
im obsessed with llamas if yu didnt gather, and im not really called alan, im a girl .. but anyways, hi ppl, im new to this site and dont know anyone, can i have some friends please
April 28th, 2008 at 7:07 am
poo poo skittle bumpsh
April 28th, 2008 at 8:02 am
[...] read more | digg story [...]
April 28th, 2008 at 11:01 am
hey “yogjkgjkghkj” …. lol, i mean poo poo skittle bumpsh .. just, lol ……
April 28th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
like most “useless facts” the “facts” are false.
Almost all of these facts aren’t true.
133. there is a CANADIAN FLAG on top of parliment.
But on the five dollar note there is a flag which looks like the usa flag but is actually the Canadian Red Ensign
April 28th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
omg these are friggin HILARIOUS
April 29th, 2008 at 5:59 am
lol great list
heres one
9,460,800,000,000 Km = 1 light year
that hedenophobia one was funny, anyone who has that must hate it soooo much
April 29th, 2008 at 10:09 am
did you know that kolby laCriox is on crack.
April 29th, 2008 at 10:10 am
hi guys y ru so mean to each other u guys r freaks er sumtin b/w the #7 fact is right i would no b/c i no everything!
April 29th, 2008 at 10:11 am
hi allen or should i say jared god thats the stupidest code name in the whole intier world!! [im so hood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!] yeah u no it hahah bubye now!!!!
April 29th, 2008 at 10:12 am
o no now ur code name is BRANDON!!!! haha ur sooooooooooooooooo gay jared haha
April 29th, 2008 at 10:14 am
YNKTON SD rox mi sox!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! haha(we dont still drive horse drawn caragis)haha weve got cars here just like u guys
April 29th, 2008 at 10:17 am
hi i’m brandon and i think hannah is quite ugle
April 29th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
I find these to be interesting facts that i actually learned something from.
April 30th, 2008 at 6:54 am
I can’t believe the first couple of people actually took the time to prove these facts wrong.. Idiots..
They’re fun.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:11 am
Jesenia Says:
March 13th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Who ever wrote this website needs to get a life and find something new to do with there time instead of wasting our time to read these stupid things that you probably made up. So maybe you need to learn to get a life and not sit on the computer for three days making up stupid stuff to put on a stupid website that is retarded, and that makes no sense what so ever. You need to get a life and everybody who has been on this website should never get on a again because it is just a waste of time!!! I am not like everyone else and read all 301 useless “facts†that I have already heard 10 hundred times when I was in school from my science teacher this is probably the website that she got it from because they are all retarded and make no sense because they are all made up!!!!!!!! SO GET A LIFE AND STOP WASTING YOUR TIME MAKING UP “FACTS†THAT ARE NOT REAL and one last time GET A LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Jesenia ur a bitch dude!!! Ur telling everyone to get a life then dude y r u even on this site posting a comment… Yeah dude u get a life and while ur at it go get laid dude it seems like u need some d@!* in ur life…. By the way it was a great list I was cracking up the whole time who cares if all of it isn’t true!!!
April 30th, 2008 at 10:10 am
hi i’m lee and i think the girl whos name i’m about to say is my dream girl!
hannah
April 30th, 2008 at 10:10 am
hi i’m lee and i think the girl whos name i’m about to say is my dream girl!
hannah
April 30th, 2008 at 10:10 am
hi i’m lee and i think the girl whos name i’m about to say is my dream girl!
hannah
April 30th, 2008 at 10:13 am
hey did you know that lee is on crack.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:14 am
hey i’m brandon and i like to do people
April 30th, 2008 at 10:16 am
eileen and brandon are sexully active with each other
April 30th, 2008 at 10:21 am
brandons dick is so tiny that the most powerest microscope cant see it
April 30th, 2008 at 11:32 am
pigs have an orgasim for 30 minutes
April 30th, 2008 at 11:33 am
lions have sex 50 times a day
April 30th, 2008 at 11:34 am
humans and dolphins are the only animals that have sex for pleasure
May 2nd, 2008 at 12:47 pm
hey carissa is ret@@@
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Hey im jared i think jessica(roth) is a fat hoe.
May 3rd, 2008 at 6:00 am
you all suck like shit !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HI
May 3rd, 2008 at 9:44 am
106 Never heard that one before… i don´t think it´s true
May 5th, 2008 at 9:24 am
hedenophobia is made up, i just wikipedia’d it and it doesnt exist SMACKHEADS!!
May 6th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
mini goth is a fag me and my friend carlos will fuckin nail you in the face
May 6th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
# 141 There are approximately 100 million sexual acts committed every day . As of 10 minutes ago ya’ll better make it 100,000,078. Sexual acts committed every day.Ummm,mmm I’m lovin it .
May 6th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
to Rach comment 657.
Sounds Like Somebody needs some Thick Dick Huh?
Have a nice Liffee Samor’a Dellarousso
May 7th, 2008 at 6:03 am
OMFG ALL YOU ARE GAY SUCK MY DESENDED TESTICLE THATS BEEN DIPPED IN VAGINAL FLUIDS YOU FUCKING DICK LOVING CUM SWAPPERS. YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A TOWEL WRAP IT AROUND YOUR ARM DIP IT IN CAOUSINE LIGHT IT AND FIST FUCK A GOAT YOU DUMB FUCKS!
May 7th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
#67
As most of us learned in Elementary School, a square is a rectangle.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:42 am
go on then “mini goth is gay” fucking nail me in the face if yu dare nail a fucking girl in the face! DICKHEADS!
May 9th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
i love this! i read them all!
May 10th, 2008 at 5:46 am
263. Nepal is the only country that doesn’t have a rectangular flag. Switzerland is the only country with a square flag.
how can this be, you just said switzerland had a square flag, but nepal is the only country that doesnt have a rectangle flag?? dahh
May 10th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
all yall suck i think # 180 is wrong if its not there nasty
May 11th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
i agree with miguelito, # 180 is wrong and pretty gross as well
May 12th, 2008 at 2:06 am
in reply to 669 hey im jared: a hoe is a gardening utensil, there is nothing remotely fat about it.
and whats with all you ass loving bell ends that use this reply section to insult others? get a life you cockwashers
and also, theres nothing wrong with looking the ones you think are wrong up, you dont wanna look like a complete twat going up to your friends tellnig them that fact/myth and getting laughed at for being a “gullible dumbass” if they know its not true
that is all
May 12th, 2008 at 2:17 am
heres another one:
Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth
i just found it like 5 minutes ago, still laughing at it
sorry to double post, im a good boy normally i promise 0:)
May 13th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
you stupid fucking idiot, ‘valuable’ and ‘first’ have two different meanings. look them up dumbass ! ! !
May 13th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
that was for #420
May 15th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
hey, “i am spatacus” well said about all the cockwashers, lol. i agree! there all jackass’s
May 18th, 2008 at 7:34 am
Thank you, very interesting facts.
I did not know that Sharon Stone was the first Star Search spokes model.
May 18th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
Hmm.. interesting. Very cool list, although the comments were pretty annoying. And, people are still reading this on May 19, 2008.
Also..type in 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 and you get 12345678987654321. random fact #302
May 19th, 2008 at 2:22 am
i believe that eggs have the skill to balance a spoon, not spoon balancing eggs.. also that a skateboard can be turned into a guitar easily, just ask josh..
May 19th, 2008 at 2:52 am
thank you alan, nice to see not all people are morons
and fruilord, eggs cannot balance spoons you beantard
murder has been commited today, and the victims name is intelligence….
May 19th, 2008 at 2:55 am
oh alan the llama, hedenophobia does exist, its on phobialist.com , wiki isnt a 100% source of info, its public access remember?
May 19th, 2008 at 2:57 am
EDIT FOR ABOVE: 100% TRUE source of info :S sorry all
May 20th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
large nipples attract penguins
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:35 am
I love all of these facts! I am on the announcements in my school and my classmates love them. Some of the comments are stupid but the facts are great! Keep on giving!
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:09 pm
some of these are not facts
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:58 am
OMG. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:04 pm
wow im on the internet
i wanna give a shout out to all my fans!!!
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:18 pm
interesting, seems, well, interesting, its 2:13 Am were i am… and im tired, so i read all of this, it turns to face that some of these are indeed true, but as for the eyes poping out, it was on a show called myth busters yea they tryed it, they didnt pop out.
May 24th, 2008 at 9:07 am
the eyes things is true there can be enough force to have them pop out of your head!
May 24th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
hey, “i am spartacus” yu shouldnt relly call me alan, considering i am actually a girl
but anyways … lol
May 24th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Alan the Llama…are you kiding me? werido..
May 24th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
did you know if you take a nacho cheese dorertio and dip it in mustard it taste just like a Mcdondls hamburger? it’s ture try it! yum!
May 24th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Clawing in my skin…Linkin Park-Clawing. It’s an awesome band. Go to Youtube and type in “Linkin Park-Clawing”.
May 24th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
do it…
May 25th, 2008 at 6:35 am
These are awesome!
May 25th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
hey littltcutie, get it right asswipe, the song is called Crawling … and i have some questions
1. are yu thick? dorertio is spelt dorito
2. why am i a weirdo, coz im a girl and like to be called alan, why is that weird?
3. i dont like yu.
May 25th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
wow little cutie is a fucking mental
May 25th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
littlecutie eh? little cocky there dont u think dumbfuck
May 25th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
im sure your some fat chick that is taking advantage that no one can see u
May 26th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
I couldn’t read all the posts i tried to but i couldn’t lost of them are inaccurate sorry
May 26th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
some people are mean not to point out any names in pig latin ahem east-bay
May 26th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
soz bout double post
May 28th, 2008 at 2:27 am
The best all of these facts!
Thank you for the resources.
May 28th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
awesome! im glad 2 know that our country was built on pot (the declaration was written on hemp)
May 28th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
what did i do
May 28th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
only losers use pig latin anyway
May 28th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
most of these arent new facts to me but the research must have been fun
June 2nd, 2008 at 1:33 am
its obvious that some of them arent true cunttard, bloody hell how many of the people that have posted here have pointed out that some of them are false, as soon as enough people say “some of these arent true” the rest of us get the message, move to discuss something like which 1 is your favorite, or adding new ones for al to see.
P.S. ok alan
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:23 pm
hey, i am spartacus, your pretty cool
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:24 pm
and im a girl. so yu dont needa keep calling me alan, lol
June 6th, 2008 at 4:00 am
[...] Sources: Here, Here, and Here [...]
June 6th, 2008 at 11:10 am
ich bin ein kopfsalat
as yu can see i talk fluent german lol
im such an uber geek
June 9th, 2008 at 2:04 am
lol fair enough, and i was joking the last time ms. llama but the smiley didnt obey me and put something less, “im just kidding” than i had planned, but i digress…
when i conquer the world with uber gaming skillz and excellent music taste (origin: antithesis rules!) i shall not enslave you like the others 
thank you for the kind remark
June 9th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
thank yu i am spartacus for leaving me unslave-ified [lol, i dont even think thats a real word but oh well, it is now]
where yu from anyways ? 
June 9th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
there, the name should clear things up a little
June 10th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
I can’t believe I read all 301 of these just to read Now that you have gone through the list it is up to you to figure out which facts are true and which facts are false. What bullshit that is!!!! Come on
June 10th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Fucker.
June 11th, 2008 at 5:26 am
LANGUAGE CHECK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 11th, 2008 at 7:36 am
hey spartacus! yu didnt nswer ma question, or maybe yu was busy or just not sad enough to go on here every day, bu i dont know lol. so anyways, where yu from ?
June 13th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
24 isn’t true, you can see it here http://www.snopes.com/business/names/7up.asp
June 14th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
the one about the taj mahal is bogous they know who built it
June 14th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
i believe number 129 is glargen stuugen fuun fudeden
ugherhinmer . GA GA GA! ZU BABA! and very gloop flagga shee bo papa jerken hinner seemir poooppeenn.
June 15th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
#52 is not true me and my friend tried there is no #172 in the bushes in front of the lincoln memorial!!!
June 17th, 2008 at 2:01 am
does anyone know if the one about chocolate and insect legs is true?
June 17th, 2008 at 8:21 am
yeah it is y
June 17th, 2008 at 11:43 am
ew, really, thats pretty gross =[
June 18th, 2008 at 9:23 am
David Letterman tells me that the DVD was invented by Dick Van Dyke.
June 19th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
DVD doesnt stand for Dick Van Dyke, it stands for Digital Versatile Disc, this david guy must have been smacked up or something, lol
June 19th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
life with me will make you happy(tabasam)
June 19th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
I LOVE U TABASAM!!!!!!!!!!! FROM UR BOI HIGH-JAK
June 19th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
I LOVE U TOO
June 19th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
REALY…SAY ALLAH!
June 20th, 2008 at 7:18 am
I dont believe half of the facts but its still awesome.
June 20th, 2008 at 7:19 am
why do ppl do stuff like that?
June 20th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
My mom laughed when i told her that a cats’ pee glows when a black light shines on it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
p.s. my dad was surpirsed when i told him 95% of pirsiners that esape are recapterd>
June 20th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
My mom laughed when i told her that a cats’ pee glows when a black light shines on it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
p.s. my dad was surpirsed when i told him 95% of pirsiners that esape are recapterd>
June 20th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
i, escargo pudding, declare you ALL pooookemon. I AM THE POKEMON MASTER! PROFESSOR OAK HAS CHOSEN ME! and i shant drink your milkshake from acroooooooss the room. yeaaa bitches.
June 21st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
IF YOU SHANT ANSWER ME, ILL GRAB YOUR FOOT AND USE YOU AS A PAINT BRUSH! AND FEED YOUR FETUS TO ALIENS. I BANISH YOUUUUU EVILL SPIRIT! BUM BUM ARSEY ARSE. FANNY MAN BAN, CRAN PAN SHAN. YOU CAN ALL SUCK MY Alan the Llama!!!!!!
June 21st, 2008 at 1:37 pm
hey escargo pudding, leave me out of this!!
June 22nd, 2008 at 6:21 pm
o no aliens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:55 am
useless!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:56 am
say do any of u play rs?
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:56 am
if u do give username
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:48 pm
comment 45 is dumb. hurdle doesn’t rhyme with purple idiot…
June 23rd, 2008 at 8:15 pm
237 IS NOT TRUE….Mr. Rogers was a former Marine. He was a sniper during the vietnam war and he has confirmed kills. He always wore long sleeve shirts on his show because of all the crazy fucking tattoos he had all over his arms and body. That’s crazy huh. I watched a pyscho on television as a kid and I grew up to be just like him…what the fuck
June 25th, 2008 at 7:31 am
serously stop that
June 25th, 2008 at 7:49 am
You know, it’s not true that a female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate. But I liked your random facts anyways.
June 25th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
From a technical standpoint, fact no.237 Mr.Rogers is actually a Bahai’. Its a fairly new religion growing at a steady rate in the world with over 7-8million followers since its founding in the 1890’s.
June 26th, 2008 at 11:45 am
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June 26th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Now that you have gone through the list it is up to you to figure out which facts are true and which facts are false.
…some of these aren’t true? >:O
June 27th, 2008 at 2:35 am
Rach+Em hereee
Lovveyou x
June 27th, 2008 at 2:40 am
800 :D:D:D:D:D woopwoop!
June 27th, 2008 at 6:37 am
the blur of life is with ppl. i can see that clearly
June 27th, 2008 at 7:01 am
askansas vacation and ur ohter acc that u created would u plz stop?
June 27th, 2008 at 7:04 am
ok who ever is typing the gibberish i will delete your account… if you don’t stop.
June 27th, 2008 at 7:04 am
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June 27th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
correction 254:people say bless you because they thought sneezing meant you had the black plague and were going to die.
September 25th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
nishann is hot
September 28th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
thanks, for this. great fun, even tho there are some errors in it
October 14th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Actually…correction on StupidKids. People didn’t think you had the black plague. They thought it was demons escaping from your body.
October 14th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
This site took me 2 days to finish, and I didnt read every single fact. Most of these are pretty interesting! And some of them can actually be worked into a regular conversation. which is handy dandy!
October 15th, 2008 at 11:46 am
There is a word that rhymes with purple. It is curple
and is and is actually part of a saddle and it goes around the horses ass.
October 15th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
these are all true i looked it up, but some are just hard to believe-there is another website that has the same stuff but for every one it has a resource
October 17th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
are all of these true? what website has resources for everything? tell me so i can go there! (that means you, Paul)
October 18th, 2008 at 2:15 am
[...] 301 useless facts will happily sort you out when you’re bored at work. [...]
October 18th, 2008 at 2:15 am
[...] 301 useless facts will happily sort you out when you’re bored at work. [...]
October 19th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Great article, a lot of cool facts.
October 23rd, 2008 at 1:29 pm
nice
October 23rd, 2008 at 1:29 pm
nice
October 29th, 2008 at 8:59 am
257 i think is about epople saying bless you when you sneeze. it’s wrong! it’s because if you sneezed in the time of the plague people thought you were infected “a tish oo a tish oo we all fall down”
November 2nd, 2008 at 4:49 pm
are you telling the truth about this stuff if not plz tell me
November 3rd, 2008 at 5:47 pm
[...] SingleGrain 301 Useless Facts [...]
November 4th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Hi Every1
November 4th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Hey Dwaine King
November 6th, 2008 at 4:49 am
I wasted 3 days of my life reading this useless
crap.
November 9th, 2008 at 1:06 am
Well I think facts r awesome =) I culd read facts 4ever if there not the same 1’s over nd over
November 9th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
What makes this list extra useless is how many of these “facts” are wrong. For example, Charles Leiper Grigg was not an albino. You’d think that eventually some of these mindlessly copy/pasted lists would be fact checked. Guess not.
November 12th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
hey B.H the heading is 301 useless fact you could have read that than and not wasted 3 day of your useless life
i thought it was a good read
November 13th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
These are funny! Some are not true though….
November 14th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
comment #468 you’re a dork thinking that sliver rhymes with sliver that’s the stupidest thing i have ever heard
by the way the statement about gum chewing while cutting onions isn’t true. i tried it and i still cried but not as much as before
November 15th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that was awethome how do u like my nerdy lithp! tho yah that wath cool and i donmt have a real lisp but some of the comments wee real jerky and i am soory that someone would critizize your work, whoever owns this site and comment 786, u r a jerk and i have no clue how u wouild ever get a date
November 15th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
j.k. about the date thing but that was rude
November 15th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
i am posting this cuz i am board and bh , ru emo?
November 15th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
482, if we r all nerds cuz we posted on this, hmmmmmmm if you posted then wouldnt that make you a nerd and why are u on this “nerdy” site any how? hmm interestng i wonder why NERD NERD NERD NERD NBERD NERD NERD BIRRRRRD NERRRRRRRRD
November 16th, 2008 at 6:06 am
hey sorry 4 quad posting!!! and allen the llamma (or dot) i like u and i am a girl and my name is kaytlan tnx OO
(_) ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? i am clueless and probably no one will read ti cuz its so long but i am in a play on the 21 of november and my directer is a snotty beach!!!!!!
November 16th, 2008 at 6:09 am
For all of you who post witch ones are wrong and yell at the writer for it, please get a life. The writer tells you that some are fake, read everything.
November 16th, 2008 at 6:10 am
hi my name is jared and this site is the best thing i have ever seen and you guys should put more on and i like how you can post things on this i feel thow thechnachal ( or how ever u spwll it)
November 16th, 2008 at 10:08 am
Very Very long list. Took me forever to read. Add somemore
November 16th, 2008 at 10:09 am
I love you. This is awesome. I want to marry this list of random facts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
November 16th, 2008 at 10:40 am
wow u r really in luv
November 16th, 2008 at 10:47 am
yah umm… this is a good site and i will look at it every day to look at all the comments then i will leave a comment about the comments!!!
November 18th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
did you know that lobsters pee out of there eyes
November 19th, 2008 at 5:23 am
really i didnt know that (sarcasm) hmmmmm and why are you sucha snot looking andf erasing my weekley news emily!!!!
Courtney
November 19th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
did you know that smemalops are new found speshies
November 19th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
volsfrte gyrt colum is colum and this colum is such a colum so get your colums right you turkey
November 20th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
yo, next time make 301 chuck norris facts,- if u have $5 and chuck norris has $5 chuck norris has more money that you, AWSOME LIST BTW!!! chuck norris can kill 2 stones with 1 bird!!
November 20th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
did you know that chess started in Germiny and who ever didint know this they are stuped so get more smarticass people of AMERICA and all you people from different unknoun usles border hoping jumping beans need to learn a lot so yeh good by@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
November 20th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
if i had a $for every brain you didint have id haveone $
so get smarter JAMES , LOVE EMILY THE LAMA
November 21st, 2008 at 11:53 pm
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November 22nd, 2008 at 3:35 pm
the titanic had 2200 people on the boat 700 got onto the small boats 1500 fell into the water 6 got saved from the water 706 total survived
November 26th, 2008 at 10:49 am
It would be nice to really know what is true and what isnt. The one about coconuts killing more people than sharks annually is actually true and confirmed. How do you die while putting on trousers??
December 1st, 2008 at 7:10 pm
To dntsaynuthn: They probably don’t mean that they died as a result of putting on their trousers, but perhaps had a heart attack, seizure, falling, etc. which caused them to die while in the process of getting dressed.
Just a guess. I really don’t know.
December 1st, 2008 at 7:13 pm
And to Emily the Lama
I don’t think you should call people STUPED unless you can learn to spell STUPID.
You also misspelled Germany, didn’t, smartass, unknown, useless, hopping, and yeah.
So get an education before you start challenging other people’s intelligence.
December 6th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
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December 6th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
???? ? ???????? ??????? ??????? - ????? ???? ?? ?????? ???????.
December 9th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
dude!! those are freakin sum weird stuffs on there
December 9th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
woops i wote that wrong that is awesome and weird
i cnat believe that
December 9th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
alot of crap on here was wrong like number 16
its totally wrong
December 14th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
the first candy canes were made without stripes.
a 165-year-old holiday card was auctioned off for nearly $40,000.00 in 2001.
cool, huh.
December 14th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
hey Emily i like you, emily the llama is my sister and you finaly proved that she really does spells things wrong and this just proves that lazyness is when you “knou” LOL know how to spell something but emily the llama does go to a really god school and its one of the best in the state of missouri she doesnt pay attention
December 14th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
cool about the holiday candy but what holiday casndy and dont be afrasid to say christmas cause this country is 96% christain
December 15th, 2008 at 9:12 am
i can be stuped if i want to!!!!
December 15th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
WTf? #232 is way wrong. i took multiple dollar bills and looked with a magnifying glass and didn’t see shikaka!
December 18th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
my signature is worth 8,000,000,000,000,000,000.99 HAH
December 19th, 2008 at 1:46 am
Hello
As a fresh http://www.singlegrain.com user i just want to say hello to everyone else who uses this bbs <:-)
December 19th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Thak you for the news
December 19th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
I don’t believe 105!!!
December 20th, 2008 at 11:21 am
Actually you don’t cry when you peel onions, your eyes produce tears to keep the scent from entering your body. I am truly a genius with an IQ of 168. I just took a New York State Test that told me that.
December 22nd, 2008 at 7:55 am
wow erica your a stuck up bitch did ya know that!
December 22nd, 2008 at 7:55 am
wow erica your a stuck up bitch did ya know that!
December 22nd, 2008 at 7:56 am
wow erica your a stuck up bitch did ya know that! ARAGONT PRICK YOU GUYS ALL NEED TO GET A LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 22nd, 2008 at 11:22 am
Peter Pan: Wendy. Shortened form of Gwendolyn.
December 23rd, 2008 at 6:19 am
wow beast your a stuck up bitch did you know that, her IQ is 168 and with your lang you will be working for her and I am also a genus with the IQ of 149
December 23rd, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Oh and beast, you dont get mad at someone for being smart and you also dont get mad for someone for being dumb adn for saying that she is a stuckm up !@#$% that makes you a stuck up !@#$%
December 23rd, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Erica thats kind of cool!
December 28th, 2008 at 6:51 am
hahahahahahaha
January 2nd, 2009 at 2:55 am
You can find similiar useless facts on http://dumbest.info also!!
January 2nd, 2009 at 5:47 pm
hun, why did you go on your computer at three in the morning!
January 3rd, 2009 at 12:16 am
wow, this list was odly amusing, i actually thought that more than half of em were funny
u guys should make another list, oh by the way, i heard that if u give a chiken anything carbonated, they’ll explode, or their stomach will, because they can’t burp, is that true?
January 5th, 2009 at 10:08 am
man u people are stupid
shit, just post a comment, and get on
anyways some of the facts are wrong, but it was a GOOD waste of time, ill admit that
January 5th, 2009 at 10:55 am
Yo this list is ok, but i want a list with facts that are all actually true.
but thats pretty much impossible because everyone has a different opinion on everything.
January 6th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
What is bumburbia?
January 7th, 2009 at 12:03 am
Elvis’s brothers name was Jesse Garon, not just Garon.
January 7th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Well i loved the facts and im going to be on good morning america talking about this list in Jan 23 2009 so any one watching look for me at 7:00 am Thanks!!!!!!!!! Barbra
January 8th, 2009 at 5:50 am
Pound for pound camel shit’s got more protein than beef
January 10th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
OMG you are going to be on good morning america? thats awesome how did you get to be on that show that is so cool oh and other people who are on this you just dont dis the people who put alot of time and effort to make this site tht infact make more money thatr you do mmmmmkay? yah that was really rude
January 10th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Donald Duck cartoons were banned from finland because he doesnt wear pants.
January 12th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
i love this list!!!thes facts are so cool!!
January 13th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
[...] 10 important facts you didn’t already know [...]
January 14th, 2009 at 3:01 am
to all you idiots who have nothing better to do than critcise some poor cunt who is just trying to have a bit of fun i say fuck you. at the end of the day you critics are the fuckwits who have nothing better to do than to actually waste your time by researching shit just to prove somebody wrong. do you feel good ? do the people around you think you are good ? because i for one think that you are a fuckwit. heres a true fact for you critics: not only are you FUCKWITS but you are also CUNTS. now get of your arse and go look in the mirror and say out loud I AM A FUCKWIT ! now that i have that off my chest i think the list makes for good conversation in the pub and at work and i couldn’t give a fuck whether they are true or false. because i have a slightly foul mouth i will leave you with this useless fact. the word shit is short for Store High In Transit which was stamped on crates packed with shit due to methane gas explosions from cigarette smokers below the decks of ships. come on you critics prove me wrong you fucking assholes!!!!!!
January 14th, 2009 at 3:18 am
hello its foul mouth again. just a note to erica complaint #829 it just took me a whole minute to find the #key. fuck maybe i should take a new york state test to tell me that im not that smart with computers. heres what the aussie test tells me. you are not a genius you are a fuckwit and will remain throughout your life a fuckwit. i despise people like you erica beacuse you think that you are better than everyone else. i tried the onion test and you know what ? it fucking works, so piss off and sip your martinis and nibble your caviar, while the rest of us down to earth people go and enjoy our beers and barbecues.
January 14th, 2009 at 11:11 am
i wonder who collected all these. are they all true .can anyone auth`enticate
January 14th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
You mean some of that was FAKE? I freeping read all that to find out it was FAKE?
January 14th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
google the facts or do the research yourself and see if they are true
January 14th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
G’day foulmouth. Couldn’t help but agree with everything you said. Have one for me kiddo! Go Aussie!!!!
January 15th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
i would like to know the person who wrote all of this =]
please and thank you
January 16th, 2009 at 12:23 am
wow. you know how fucking retarded it sounds to state your IQ? If you were a genius you would know that anyone and everybody can lie and say whatever they want online. I’m 6 foot 6. Not really I’m 5 9 but you wouldn’t know any better. I might be neither. Thatis my point. People liiiiiie. Plus no ones truly a genius until they’ve used a Psyceodelic drug of some kind to expand their mind and open their third eye. Until then your are another subjectively close minded idiot. no matter how many tests you ace.
January 16th, 2009 at 12:25 am
I guess you can not be subjectively close minded, that is an impossibility. But it sounded good in my head so I typed it. Better would be subjective, close minded idiot.
January 16th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
I can t believe i read all of that crap for nothing and you could have at least said that in the beginning! Je te deteste
January 18th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
January 18th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
January 18th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn’t a federal crime to assassinate the President.
January 19th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
This is priceless!!!!!!!!
January 22nd, 2009 at 2:22 pm
wow the best piece of useless info i have ever read (and i read a lot)
January 23rd, 2009 at 5:29 pm
The slogan “There is no wrong way to eat a Reese’s” actually began after a Reese’s employee swallowed the candy whole because her mouth would break out in sores if peanut butter touched her tongue.
January 24th, 2009 at 7:07 am
cool thing about the reeses!!!
January 26th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
im gay
January 26th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
useless facts……who gives a shit if they are erouneous or not
January 28th, 2009 at 10:46 am
Dogs are the only animals that don’t have ears.
January 28th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
first of all, dogs have ears ^
and one of the facts about there only being one real person made into a PEZ is false because i own a PEZ of the people from the show on TLC called: OCC (orange county chopper)
January 28th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
If the Hamster had equal body mass to that of a human, the Hamster could drink 50 beers to every 1 a person had.
Also, 64% of the people in the world are related to Samuel Adams including popular figures such as, Will Ferrell (comedic actor), Keanu Reeves (so-called “actor”), and even Arnold Schwarzenegger (governor of california and held the title “Mr. Universe”)
January 29th, 2009 at 11:28 am
dude, most of these things aren’t true. like what the fuck?
January 30th, 2009 at 9:21 am
I’ve only got to No. 78, but I think most of those are true.
78. We could argue that about 100% live on an island, 93% live on very large islands.
January 30th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
297. There are about 6912 languages spoken in the world today. The figure is hard to pin down exactly. When does a dialect become a language? http://www.ethnologue.com is the most authoritative study of the subject.
January 31st, 2009 at 10:21 am
this site is good but it needs more facts
January 31st, 2009 at 10:23 am
there shouldn’t be swearing allowed on the comments PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 31st, 2009 at 10:26 am
i agree with dcb there are loads of languages in the world can’t you write all the facts in all the languages. i know it would take loads of room but who cares then there would be more people using your cool facts website. im pleased with the website otherwise
January 31st, 2009 at 4:12 pm
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February 3rd, 2009 at 4:51 am
100% of people on this site are on the internet
February 3rd, 2009 at 9:15 am
i could say that about the islands and people living on that about the 1 in every ten thing, well um…. contenents are surrounded with water but that doesnt make them an island because if it takes up more than half of the ocean its on then its not an island but green land is a n island but its almost the size of north america but, there is a but so listen, the artic ocean which it lies in the island only takes up about 1 fourth of it so yah im sorry this is so long!!
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February 3rd, 2009 at 9:15 am
hi
February 7th, 2009 at 12:33 am
my eyes hurt after reading all these!!!!!
good job though fact-writing guy
February 7th, 2009 at 3:48 am
80% of people is 20% less than 100% of people.
February 7th, 2009 at 5:59 am
SmartGary, that was FUNNY
February 8th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
sup peoples how you doin
February 10th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
Pigs have an orgasm that lasts for 28 minutes
February 11th, 2009 at 12:33 am
Fact: i have no life fro reading all of those facts.
February 11th, 2009 at 9:44 am
Conventional wisdom holds that the candy bar was named not after Babe Ruth but Ruth Cleveland, the infant daughter of President Grover Cleveland. The problem with that story is that the candy bar was first introduced in 1921 when Babe Ruth was at the height of his popularity. Ruth Cleveland had been dead 17 years.
Still think its about Babe Ruth..
Also wish I was a Pig, thanks for that kinky_kitty
February 11th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
ten min`s short reading.
February 13th, 2009 at 9:27 am
147. “101 Dalmatians” and “Peter Pan” are the only Disney animations in which both of a character’s parents are present and don’t die during the movie.
Someone previously commented about Mulan and Litte Mermaid II (I do not think sequals should be counted but whatever). And Mulan was made after the death of Disney (right?) So I wouldn’t consider either of these to disprove this fact. However, doesn’t Sleeping Beauty? Her parents are asleep, as is the rest of the kingdom, but they are alive and reunited with her in the end.
February 13th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Of my knowledge i can tell that numbers 43, 67, 135, and 284 are incorrect, thats my knowledge without checking
February 14th, 2009 at 11:40 am
hey some of these are not good for children to see over the age of 55 haha just kidding some were gross some were cool all of them were weird
February 16th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
These facts are tottaly awesome, i can’t beileve some of these are true though, they might not though. Like for instance that the American flag is flyig over the parliment building on a canadian dolar bill, i find that very hard to beileve. Some of these are also not very appropiate for children like the one about murder and stuff. But other then that these facts are great and i am gonna recomend this website to everyone i know. Ohhhh btw you should add more facts to your website, i like reading them, espacilly when im bored which is like all of the time!!!!
February 17th, 2009 at 3:18 am
good work ………Copy
___Paste
n u ppl solve this
1. say “silk” 5 times > spell “silk”………..now what cow’s drink?
stupid it doesent drink milk…….
ans is water
February 18th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
the longest fart went for 2min 48 seconds by a Canadian man. LEGEND.
February 22nd, 2009 at 10:17 am
COOOOOOOOLLLLLL!!!!!!
February 22nd, 2009 at 10:19 am
y these comments are awesome and korroz, u spelled dosn’t wrong!!
February 22nd, 2009 at 10:19 am
BAHBAHBAHBAHABH
February 22nd, 2009 at 10:21 am
that is what a lamb says!!! and yah oh ami the 900 comment so what do i win and i wonder ehat happens when you are the 1000 mayb you win and= iphone or somethib=ng so i am going 2b the 1000 or try
February 22nd, 2009 at 10:22 am
yazzzzzzzzzzzzz
February 23rd, 2009 at 7:54 am
gayyy
February 26th, 2009 at 7:33 am
Fact #303: Sujan Patel is responsible more over 95% of the world’s urban myths
March 9th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
awsome
March 10th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
To miss incompetent #205, Lyndee:
#1: Learn to spell correctly before trying to make a point on the internet. You look like a fool. (Don’t get me wrong, you probably are.)
#2: Have you ever tried putting false information on Wikipedia? The administrators will correct the change and email you explaining why you should not put false information on the site. If you do it twice you will be warned a second time and threatened with your IP address being banned from their site the next time you violate their ToS. Maybe YOU should do research before making false claims like you did.
Dumbass…
March 12th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
some seem more like urban legends than fact but still a cool list
March 16th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
459- A square is a rectangle! ! !
March 18th, 2009 at 10:18 am
thats nice!
March 23rd, 2009 at 8:37 am
The one about the only real human on a PEZ…. not true. Elvis has one.
March 27th, 2009 at 8:08 am
61 is false. That was Chuck Norris
April 7th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
The pez one had elvis and Paul revere had one.
April 8th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
the number 111,111,111 x 111,111,111= 12,346,789,987,654,321
April 8th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
i read this whole thing and i noticed no one asked what the roman women swore on. also its really funny to see how many people get pissed over geometry
April 11th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
wow. Can’t beat your wife with nothing wider than your thumb… talk about punishment… that’d make it sting more don’t you think? And some of that other stuff was wayyy TMI.
April 26th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
ok, fact #147, wat about Sleeping Beauty? werent both her parents alive and present? (even though her mother never had a name..)
April 29th, 2009 at 6:40 am
Wow you lot are all stuck up wankers!
Fucks Sake if this sites so pointless and stupid then why the fuck are you useless cunts on it in the first place?!
Exactly.
FuckTards
April 30th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
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May 7th, 2009 at 11:46 am
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May 11th, 2009 at 10:29 am
this shit is crazy as fuck
May 14th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
wow! can’t believe i just went through the entire list! im not sure if its a lie or fact, but i’m definately gunna chew gum when i cut onions!
May 16th, 2009 at 9:35 am
dick munch, dont do that and there are little kids that go on here so i wouldnt recomend that you go saying those things because the only thing that will happen later in life is that you wont get a job if you cuss
May 19th, 2009 at 6:36 am
im soooooooo hot!! and ima take destiny to check out with me
May 19th, 2009 at 6:38 am
school helps you get tour mind right
May 19th, 2009 at 6:40 am
I say scooter smiff is the hottest boy
ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 19th, 2009 at 6:40 am
ur sooo retarded!!
May 22nd, 2009 at 7:23 am
Well so are you for calling my friend that.
May 23rd, 2009 at 2:52 pm
the fact 254. People say “bless you” when you sneeze because your heart stops for a millisecond, is wrong people actually used to say bless you either because sneezing was linked with the buponic plaque (which is linked with ring a ring a posies.
June 1st, 2009 at 3:26 pm
i know the shortest tounge twister in the world to add to this.
say this five times fast.
SHELLY SUSHI.
i get bored ok? i made it up BTW
June 2nd, 2009 at 6:47 pm
huge….awesome list…
June 5th, 2009 at 2:30 am
Amazing list!
June 16th, 2009 at 9:10 am
What is up with all of the white space on the right?There’s nothing there!!!
June 17th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
im gonna go to the beach and take unlimited amounts of alka-seltzer with me!!! damnn those seagulls lol
June 23rd, 2009 at 6:40 am
This is great, a list with some clear mistakes that makes people comment and link. Very very clever. Might try something like this myself!
June 25th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
thankyou stare26 for pointing that out and btw dick munck you are one so go f off and die all the little kids on hear hate you so why dont you hate yourself and btw dick munch why dont you munch on your own