Random Useless Facts Thread

Rabbits eat their own fecal matter to reabsorb nutrients.

In the Roman Empire, being born with a crooked nose was a sign of great power and importance

@Goku Black  

 
The insult “eat shit and die” is actually just a statement listing the three basic functions of all animals.
 
Maybe its related ?

Eucalyptus trees are filled with highly-flammable oil, and can literally explode awesomely in bushfires.

Force equals Mass times Acceleration.

In their contract, rock band Van Halen stated that in their dressing room, there should always be a bowl of M&M’s candies but with the brown pieces removed.

@Myoozik  
According to both manager Noel Monk and Roth, this was listed in the technical portion of the contract not because the band wanted to make capricious demands of the venue location, but rather as a test to see if the electrical, structural, security, and safety requirements in the rider had been thoroughly observed. If the bowl, sans brown M&Ms was present, then the band, management and crew could safely assume the other, more legitimate concerns in the technical rider were fulfilled; conversely, if the bowl was missing, or brown M&M’s were present, then Van Halen management would be within their rights to have their crew or the venue inspect the work, redo it or even cancel the night’s production at the venue’s expense.

@Count Adramélekh Sear  
That some real life horror movie sh*t  
You can add peanut butter to pop tarts.

@yelling_into_the_void  
I don’t know if that was a smart plan or a really ludicrous one. I’ll say both.

The first disposable diaper was created in 1942 in Sweden by a woman named Marion Donovan, And was nothing more than an absorbent pad held in place with a pair of rubber pants her invention is now a billion dollar industry.

The national animal of Scotland is Unicorn.

It takes 240 million years for our Solar System to fully orbit the Milky Way Galaxy. That means the Earth has gone only a bit over 1/4 of the way around the galaxy since the dinosaurs roamed the planet.

@Count Adramélekh Sear  

 
Am from scotland and Arbroath is my home town we have a huge number of firsts as well,
 
Pneumatic tyre & fountain pen in Stonehaven
 
Robert William Thomson
 
and David Dunbar Buick
 
David Dunbar Buick

Coca-Cola was accused of hiring hitmen from a prominent paramilitary group between 1990 and 2002 to kill at least 10 union leaders.

The name for the infamous Japanese crime syndicate Yakuza is a combination of three words: “Ya” (8), “Ku” (9) and “Za” (3). This is a reference to the worst possible hand in the card game Oicho-Kabu.

Percy Foster, a dwarf porn actor who looked like Gordon Ramsey, was found half eaten in a badger’s den in 2011.

The American Revolution was started when an unknown soldier from either the American or British side fired a shot. This event would become known as “The Shot Heard ’Round The World”

Many American foods were brought from Europe by immigrants.

A common misconception about Hadrian’s Wall in the UK is that it provides the border between England and Scotland when this isn’t true. The entire wall is within England.

You can tell a horse’s age by counting it’s teeth. A 1 year old has six pairs, a 5 year old has twelve.

I sent a parcel today by a courier,
 
Probably the most useless fact shared so far :D

@Craig A  
I can type.

@phoenixacezero  

 
And…

Elmer McCurdy was a failed old west “outlaw”. His preserved body was put on display in a traveling carnival and years later he was eventually assumed to be a mannequin until he was used on set for the TV show the Six Million Dollar Man. His arm accidentally fell off during the shoot, revealing bone and muscle and that he was a corpse, not a mannequin.