Random Useless Facts Thread

Falling coconut kills more people than shark attacks yearly.

William Carey, an English Baptist shoemaker turned missionary, helped to outlaw the sati, an Indian practice where widows would be burnt after their husbands died.

Despite what it’s sometimes portrayed in fiction, rabbits do not have paw pads on their feet

By 2023, the site will have over 5 million images!

Despite what the movies and TV shows show, rabbits will stomp both their hind legs once rather than repeatedly stomping one of their hind legs.

Liz Truss now holds the record for shortest reign as Prime Minister of the UK, having only been PM for 44 days before being forced to resign

There are more animals than humans but more google searches than animals and humans combined

The world is almost at 8 billion humans

The early seasons of The Flintstones were sponsored by Winston cigarettes; the four main actors, Alan Reed (Fred), Mel Blanc (Barney), Jean Vander Pyl (Wilma), and Bea Benaderet (Betty), died of smoking-related illnesses.

In Connecticut, a pickle cannot legally be considered a pickle unless it bounces when dropped from the height of 1 foot.

She’s now the most hated Prime Minister and about as popular as Prince Andrew.

An average of 69 people die each year in the US from lawnmower accidents

During World War II, the Royal Netherlands Navy minelayer HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen escaped from the Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies to the safety of Australia after the crew disguised the ship as a small tropical island.

Champagne used to be used as shoe polish

Horses and rats are unable to vomit

1976 film Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) was made on a budget of just shy of a million dollars but now grosses a grand total of $225million, Adjusted for todays inflation that puts it at $1Billion.

@Mr.Myoozik
They can in MLP:FiM

The Kingdom of Scotland was originally a colony of the Irish back in the early middle ages.

Thus both Irish and Scottish Gaelic as well as Manx are all Gaelic from the Gaels of Ireland.

@TheGamerPainter
That’s the beauty of fantasy and fiction, you can stick it up reality’s nose

The Spanish verb estar comes from the Latin word stare (to stand up). I guess this can help people remember estar is for temporary situations and actions.

Statistically, more words in the English language violate the “I before E except after C” rule than comply with it.

3/4 der Übersetzer verwenden Google als Hauptübersetzung für jede Strachan
Try reading this without translating

Kein Ahnung was “Strachan” sein soll?

Baroque painter Caravaggio was a criminal on the run while he painted his famous masterpieces.

Tom and Jerry are actually best friends. But Tom has to pretend to hate Jerry in order to protect (Jerry) so Tom’s owner doesn’t replace (Tom) with a cat that actually wants to kill Jerry.