You can’t really say a fact is useless trivia if creative individuals decide to capitalize on it by creating entire trivia leagues based on fun competition. And all you need to know are facts that you wouldn’t otherwise know. Nor would it bear any significance on your chances of survival on this planet either way. But life is for living, so let’s live it in fun ways.
With that said, folks have recently been sharing their favorite useless trivia facts in a fresh AskReddit thread. Here’s your chance to gather up some trivia for your next night of Trivial Pursuit.
#41 String Theory in Action
Gary Numan is older than Gary Oldman
84points
#42 Perched with Purpose
Peacocks sleep in trees.
82points
#43
MISSOURI CHEESE CAVES!!!! You’ve heard of the U.S. subsidizing farmers but did you know that since the 1970’s the U.S. has subsidized the dairy industry. So much money has been poured into dairy industry that the U.S. owns currently hoards approximately 1.5 BILLION pounds of cheese. The cheese isn’t stored in warehouses or facilities, they are simply sent to limestone mines in Missouri, creating The Cheese Caves!
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80points
#44 Effortless Cool Vibes
My favorite recent stupid trivia is: most people have an above average number of arms and legs
77points
#45
"Gremlins" and "Temple of Doom" caused the PG-13 rating. "Red Dawn" would become the first movie released in theatres with the new rating
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75points
#46
William Shakespeare was the first person to use the word "Bump".
Matt Stone and Trey Parker created the word "Derp"
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71points
#47
The dots on a dice are called pips and the dots on a ping-pong paddle are also called pips
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65points
#48
Apron used to be napron but a napron sounds like an apron so the word naturally changed.
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65points
#49
There's enough calcium in the Sun to make a ball of calcium a good bit bigger than Earth.
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63points
#51 Colorful Brain Tease
The word trivia comes from the markets where three roads would intersect. The roads would create a tri V shape and the markets would be a place where local information was shared. Trivial information.
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23points
#52
Not ‘useless’ but a great trivia question!
Q - Name the brothers that hold the NHL record for most combined points by 2 brothers?
A - The Gretzky brothers
Wayne - 2857 points
Brent - 4 points
Brent - 4 points
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21points
#54 Odd One Out Vibes
Starfish poop through their mouths
20points
#55
[Fixed Action Patterns](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed_action_pattern) in animals. Example: If an egg Is out of place, a bird will do a specific ritual to get it back in place. Once started, the bird will complete the ritual even if the egg is removed.
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20points
#56
Elephants are the only mammal that cannot jump. They are also the only other mammal with a chin.
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19points
#57
The word typewriter can be typed without removing your fingers from the top row of the keyboard.
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18points
#58
Detroit has many bizarre laws, including spitting on sidewalks being illegal, and any house with over 5 women living in it is considered a brothel. This is the reason there are no sorority houses (yet there are fraternity houses) at the University of Detroit-Mercy.
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18points
#59
Manhole covers are round with a small lip so the cover could never accidentally fall in the opening and injure the worker.
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17points
#60
Polar Bear fur isn’t white, it’s sort of translucent (hollow with no pigment) when light is reflect off it that’s when it looks white.
To add: there skin is black to absorb the warmth from sun
**corrected to remove part about covering noses, apparently existed because of native lore and accounts but has never been observed in the wild be scientists****
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16points
