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.
#61
The Ramones were said to be unbeatable at Trivial Pursuit. They would always pick geography, they were also on tour for many years.
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16points
#68
As of 2005 there were still about 400 widows receiving military survivors benefits from the American Civil War
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8points
#70
In the shining, Jack Torrence has a son named Danny (aka Daniel). In the bar scene he drinks a bottle of Jack Daniel's. So the scene features Jack talking about his son Daniel while drinking Jack Daniel's.
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6points
#73
Adele is younger than Carly Rae Jepsen… that was an interesting fact to learn
Adele was born in 1988
Jepsen born in 1985
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#74
In 1975 David Bowie, Dennis Hopper, and Dean Stockwell smuggled coke into Iggy Pop who was in a psychward. They did it wearing spacesuits
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#75
Human buttholes can be expanded to about 6-7 inches with proper training and time. Raccoons can fit into any hole as wide as their skull, about 2-4 inches. You do the math.
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#78
There is a member of the Nazi party buried in Mount Zion in Jerusalem.
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#79
Jamaica is the only country whose flag does not contain any red, white, or blue.
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#80
Richard Patrick from the bands Filter and NiN is the younger brother of Robert Patrick of Terminator/X-Files fame
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