Our mind is a peculiar thing. We might forget where we parked our car or what we walked into a room to get, but a random story from the Medieval ages? Or a detail about the cremation process? Those can live in our heads forever.
So when Reddit user OkAdministration1387 asked everyone on the platform to share the useless yet interesting facts permanently stuck in their brains, people jumped in with all sorts of oddly specific answers. Trivia nerds, unite!
#21
Flamingos are pink cause of all the shrimps they eat!
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24points
#22
An ostrich's eyes are about the size of tennis balls.
Bonus fact: ostrichs' eyes are bigger than their brain.
Bonus fact: ostrichs' eyes are bigger than their brain.
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23points
#23
Woodpeckers' tongues wrap around and protect their brains when they're woodpecking.
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23points
#24
A starfish has one cavity and uses it for eating and waste. According to my Marine biology teacher they are proctostomes (butt mouth). Sometimes I call people this and they don't know why so not totally useless. Idk remember the actual biology or the spelling but it is a word permanently stuck in my head.
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22points
#26
Bananas are berries but strawberries aren’t.
Science was clearly just making stuff up that day.
Science was clearly just making stuff up that day.
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20points
#27
Barilla has a series of official Spotify playlists with running times that perfectly match the cooking time of different pasta shapes.
I have never made authentic pasta so never used it.
I have never made authentic pasta so never used it.
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20points
#28
Ohio is the only US state name that shares no letters with the word “Mackerel”.
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19points
#29
That your tongue rests on the upper side in your mouth.
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19points
#30
The plastic sleeve at the end of a shoelace is called an "aglet." Its true purpose is just to help the shoelace go through the eyelets.
I worked with shoes and this fact changed my view on the world.
I worked with shoes and this fact changed my view on the world.
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18points
#31
You can get a castle for darn near free if you want to restore it in Italy.
18points
#32
Hummingbirds can flap their wings at 200 beats per second.
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18points
#33
The United Arab Emirates is the longest country name with alternating vowels and consonants.
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18points
#36
The silent “p” in pterodactyl has added absolutely nothing to my life, and yet I still think about it every single time I see the word.
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16points
#37
There is a point in the cremation process when the meat is fully cooked.
15points
#38
The original pink dye in FrankenBerry cereal would turn your poo bright pink.
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15points
#39
A speck of dust is the halfway point in size between the earth and an atom.
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14points
#40
SCUBA stands for Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.
Anyone else watch Family Ties?
Anyone else watch Family Ties?
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14points