Random Useless Facts Thread

Mill Ends Park is the world’s smallest park.
 

The dot on top of the letter i is called a “tittle”

The human sense of touch is sensitive enough to feel objects as small as 10 nanometers. For perspective, if your fingertip was the size of the Earth, you would be able to feel the difference between houses and cars.

When the Germans occupied Estonia in 1941, they made Karl-Sigmund Litzmann general commissioner.
 
What they hadn’t accounted for was that his name translated to “Whoreman” when you said it in Estonian. Therefore he was soon referred to as “Lietzmann” in newspapers.

Soviet Premier Nikita Krushchev was so obsessed with corn that during his premiership, he tried to boost up the country’s economy by primarily focusing on the growing and shipment of corn

Walt Disney personally donated the original copy of Bambi to the USSR in 1945.  
The film opened in Soviet theaters June 6.
 

On April 12th, 1945, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt was getting a portrait of himself painted before he complained about a “terrific pain” and had the session postponed. Hours later, he would be pronounced dead and the portrait itself was never finished.

Goodluck sleeping tonight.
 
WARNING: GRIMDARK
 

@Count Adramélekh Sear  
Cool story.

The inside of your lungs have a distinct scent, but constant exposure has trained your brain to ignore it. However, certain situations, such as being in a poorly ventilated room with a large number of people, can cause you to become aware of that scent.

11 > 4

2+2=4 not 5

In 1987, the Cook Islands introduced triangular $2 coins

The 1st Academy Awards ceremony took place on May 16, 1929  
The first winner was Emil Jannings, for Best Actor (The Way of All Flesh and The Last Command)

Schurzen armor was not meant for anti-tank rocket launchers, it was actually meant to deflect or ricochet anti-tank rifles rounds (Such as the 14.5mm PTRS-41 and PTRD-41), the effectiveness against HEAT rounds that rocket launchers use it’s mainly because the spaced armor “absorbs” most of the copper jet that the round ejects at hypervelocity. Dealing little to no damage to the main hull due to the early detonation by the spaced armor of the Schurzen.

This is what an underwater gunshot looks like
 

There is only one live-action shot in the 2019 Lion King remake, according to director Jon Favreau.

Bats always turning left when exiting a cave is actually a myth. Depending on where the location of the exit is and where the bats are sleeping inside the cave, they turn in any direction.

The letter Z is the last letter in every alphabet that it appears in, excluding Estonian and Turkmen.

Despite being violent, R-rated movies, Robocop and Rambo spawned animated series.

The Oriental Riff, despite its association with Asian stereotypes, is actually a western invention.