We learn many different things throughout our lives. But while some of this knowledge might serve a very real purpose in our lives, there are those pieces of information that we know just because we do, and we have no idea what to do with it.
But despite being useless in the practical sense, some of these facts can actually be quite thought-provoking, interesting to ponder, and fun to share with others. That’s why, when one Redditor asked people online about the most useless pieces of information that they know, then answers came pouring in. Scroll down to read what they said!
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#21
Where do I start?
Nepal is the only country in the world whose flag isn't a rectangle
Raptors will sometimes take tortoises to the top of a cliff and drop them from midair, breaking their shell
Earth was uninhabitable for the first few hundred million years of its existence, but life emerged more or less immediately once Earth became inhabitable
You may have heard that the speed of light is 299,792,458 m/s (no matter how fast you're going), but that's actually precisely how much it is, we define a meter to be such that the speed of light is that number, no decimal point
Cleopatra lived between 69-30 BCE and the pyramids were built around 2780 BCE, meaning she lived closer to today than to the building of the pyramids.
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46points
#22
The a**s is the first part of the body to open up. We develop a**s-first.
45points
#23
The wax/metal tips at the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
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44points
#24
I'm an expert with binary. Also- Honey is the only natural food that is made without destroying any kind of life. What about milk you say? A cow has to eat grass to produce milk and grass is living.
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43points
#25
You can calculate the circumference of the universe with a margin of error less than the diameter of an atom if you have 60 digits of pi. Thus, any further digits are completely useless. You're welcome to all of you that memorized 100+ digits back in school.
Editor's note: 38 digits of pi is sufficient.
Editor's note: 38 digits of pi is sufficient.
39points
#27
By volume, the sun generates heat at the same rate as a compost heap.
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37points
#28
I memorized this as a song and I’ve never forgotten it since
Exa Peta Tera Giga Mega Kilo Hecto Deka Deci Centi Milli Micro Nano Pico Femto Atto
I don’t really use it in daily life or anywhere else but you never know.
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35points
#29
You can hipnotize chickens by drawing a line on the dirt and made the chicken look at the line.
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33points
#30
I just learned today that E is the most used letter in the alphabet.
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27points
