What is it with the human brain and its propensity to remember the useless and shun the actually useful info? Is it because weird facts are seemingly that much more interesting than something related to your work? Or is it because brains are their own sentient being and like to make fun of us sometimes? Who knows, but we bet you'll definitely remember some of these weird facts we've gathered here after you're done reading them!
Some of these pieces of info can absolutely be categorized as useless facts. You really don't need to know how fast ketchup squirts out of a bottle or that there's a place on the Earth that hasn't had any rain in 400 years. Yet, although totally random and seemingly worthless facts, they somehow find a place in your memory, only to be stuck there forever. And, of course, remembered in the most awkward situations. Maybe that is the real charm of these random facts.
Anyhoo, it seems to us that it is interesting facts o'clock already, isn't it? If your clock is on the same spot as ours, you should probably head down and read the cool facts! After you are done with them, show these funny weird facts some love by upvoting the most useless ones to the top of this list. And lastly, share this article with your friends!
#41
The Apollo 11 crew pre-made autographs for insurance. They signed hundreds of postal covers before they left, on the presumption that they would become highly valuable in the event of their death.
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28points
#42
Spider webs were used as bandages in ancient Greece and Rome. They supposedly have natural antiseptic and anti-fungal properties, which can help keep wounds clean and prevent infection.
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28points
#43
In the Philippines, McDonald’s serves spaghetti. Its called, obviously, McSpaghetti.
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28points
#44
Lobsters taste with their feet and chew with their stomachs.
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#45
The world’s smallest wasp is smaller than an amoeba. At a mere 200 micrometers in length is one of the world's smallest animals
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28points
#46
A giant tortoise that was believed to be extinct was found in the Galapagos.
27points
#47
You can sell almost anything on the internet nowadays, including specifically shaped cornflakes. A cornflake in the shape of Illinois was once sold on eBay for a total of $1,350.
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27points
#48
In 1916, four years before the 1920 Nineteenth Amendment guaranteed the right of women to vote, Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to the United States Congress. “I may be the first woman member of Congress,” Rankin observed in 1917. “But I won’t be the last.”
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27points
#49
Despite its name, the strawberry isn't a true berry. Neither is the raspberry or the blackberry. But the banana is a berry, scientifically speaking, as are eggplants, grapes and oranges.
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#50
The moon is moving away from the Earth at the rate of 3.78cm (1.48in) per year, at about the same speed at which our fingernails grow.
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#51
A couple of British inventors made a flying bicycle. It can travel at speeds of up to 15 miles per hour on the road and 25 miles per hour in the air, reaching altitudes of up to 4,000 feet.
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26points
#52
Froot Loops loops are all the same flavor. It's an orange-lemon-cherry-raspberry-apple-blueberry-lime flavor throughout. Same flavor, different colors.
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26points
#54
Most wasabi served in sushi restaurants is fake. When you grate real wasabi, the volatile compounds that give it its distinguished taste begin to break down within minutes. Wasabi is also considered difficult to grow and that makes it an expensive plant. The fake wasabi paste on the other hand is cheap and has a long expiration date.
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#55
NASA uses countdowns because of a sci-fi film. They got the idea from the 1929 German science fiction movie Frau im Mond (English: Woman in the Moon), directed by Fritz Lang.
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#56
Alfred Hitchcock was frightened of eggs. Especially the egg yolk.
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25points
#57
James Cameron sold the rights to "The Terminator" back in the '80s for $1 — and it's one of his biggest regrets.
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25points
#58
There is an annual baby crying festival held in Japan. Student sumo wrestlers hold the babies in their arms. When the babies begin to cry, the student sumos raise the babies higher in the air, which is believed to strengthen the blessing endowed on each crying child.
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25points
#59
Grooves in the road on Route 66 play "America the Beautiful" as you drive on the side.
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#60
The shortest war in history lasted between 38 and 45 minutes. It was the Anglo-Zanzibar War fought between the United Kingdom and the Zanzibar Sultanate on 27 August 1896.
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