Random Useless Facts Thread

On the border between France and Spain, there is a small island called “Pheasant Island” which trades places between the two countries every six months.

A blob of toothpaste is apparently called a “nurdle”. Nobody knows the origin of that word, but that’s a random useless fact if ever there was one!

The divorced couple’s child of geography, hah

Hydrazine is rocket fuel and it was reportedly used on and off by drag racers in varying levels during the 1960s to increase performance and send parts into low Earth orbit. Some claim that Chris Karamesines used it during the disputed 200mph run at Alton, Illinois in 1960.

This is the Appian way road in Italy, It was first built in 310bc and finished 312bc, It’s still in regular use despite it’s impressive 2143 years of age.

Poland once declared war on Japan during World War 2, which was ignored by the Japanese.

Kiss frontman Gene Simmons, birth name Chaim Witz, chose his stage name as a tribute to 60’s rockabilly singer Jumpin’ Gene Simmons, who had a hit in 1964 titled “Haunted House”