Random Useless Facts Thread

The character Rambo was named after a type of apple.

@Count Adramélekh Sear  
Cool.

Togo was the lead sled dog of Leonhard Seppala and his dog sled team in the 1925 serum run to Nome across central and northern Alaska he trekked 260 miles as a lead pack to help deliver life-saving serum to children in Nome, Alaska.
 
This record still stands to this day taking only 4 days,
 

Gerber once tried to market baby food for single adults

“Sean” and “Seance” are pronounced differently.

Most bottled water is just tap water.

Action leather is suede cow leather that has been coated with polyurethane and embossed to mimic full grain leather. It is a cheap, fragile, and non-breathable material commonly used for white leather sneakers.

Mongolia once asked the USSR to be annexed a total of 6 times but was rejected every single time

Most of the names in English for the days of the week come from the ancient Germanic and Norse tribes of Northern Europe.
 
Sunday = Sunnadag, Day of the sun  
Monday = Monandag, Day of the moon  
Tuesday = Tiu, the god of war  
Wednesday = Odin, or Wotan: ruler of the gods  
Thursday = Thor, the god of thunder  
Friday = Frigga, wife of Odin  
Saturday = Saturn, Roman god of agriculture

John F. Kennedy purchased 1,200 cuban cigars for personal use just hours before he made it illegal.

There are some jobs that are more dangerous than being a policeman, according to the Department of Labor.

NO CHILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

Until 2019, it was considered illegal to throw snowballs in Severance, Colorado.

The last country to adapt to the idea of time zones was Liberia in the 1970’s, almost a century after almost the rest of the world adopted it

Cham Huau’s design was the basis for the red haired Pixie in the SMT series.
 
 

The word ‘Slovakian’ in Slovak is ‘slovensky’.

Glad I’m not born Danish. Also this fact just gave this country a bad reputation. This is an attack to privacy.
 

@Count Adramalekhovich Searmagomedov  
Throwing cinnamon at an unmarried person reminds me of this Family Guy Joke.  
 
Oddly, there’s also this.  

There are more pets in japan then there are Children

The maximum achievable score possible in a game of Pac-Man is 3,333,360 points.

Ellis Island, where the Statue of Liberty is located, is actually within New Jersey waters.

William Shakespeare accidentally created the name Imogene.