Random Useless Facts Thread

There are seven counties in the USA named after the state they’re located in.

Arkansas County, Arkansas
Hawaii County, Hawaii
Idaho County, Idaho
Iowa County, Iowa
New York County, New York
Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
Utah County, Utah

Provided they get enough hydration and sleep, a human can survive for up to a month without food

Canada has a broadcasting regulations law which states that 20% of all content played on its TV stations or radio stations has to be Canadian.

@Mr.Myoozik
AKA “CanCon”!

This yogurt tube is about an unincorporated community, yet reads like a conspiracy theory.

@yelling_into_the_void
Heh
That’s a great find!

@yelling_into_the_void
Best part? It’s in a county actually called “Bell county”

@Khauntzat Adramélekhizarovich Searmaev
As recently as 1965?
Mate, that contraption (and the idea) looks like it might as well be from the 1800s!

@Khauntzat Adramélekhizarovich Searmaev
That’s one way to rock a bye baby 😏

Domino’s (Formerly Domino’s Pizza) used to have a policy where its delivery drivers are expected to deliver their pizza in under 30 minutes or otherwise it’s free. This was retired after many of their drivers began getting into accidents delivering the food on time.

In the UK, the most common books the population would have in the house are:

70%: a dictionary
80%: a bible
90%: a cook book

@Mr.Myoozik
Explains why there are so many locations.

@Goku Black
I wouldn’t have minded getting free pizza honestly from a place other than Domino’s

And what about those?

Although the Fraktur typeset is often associated with Nazi Germany, Hitler himself was known to express a dislike of the typeset, and in 1941, it was banned from use in public displays.

Some of the laugh tracks you hear in sitcoms are taken from audience laughter from the 1940’s and 1950’s.

Peter Lorre suffered a poorly done Appendicitis surgery in his early 20s, which left him in pain constantly, and incited his Morphine addiction that he still had in his mid 30s. The Mr. Moto movies he starred in released from 1937 - 1939 will typically have a stunt double in action scenes.

Nintendo has never specified what gender Yoshi is despite being commonly accepted as male.

@Mr.Myoozik
More like Yo-she, amirite?

Hong Kong holds the record for having the largest collection of skyscrapers in the world.

New York City is the largest city in the USA by population count.

Jacksonville, Florida is the largest US city by land area.

Alexander Graham Bell never called his mom because she was deaf

@Mr.Myoozik
He also allegedly stole his telephone patent from Elisha Gray. If this is the case, he’s also a “Bell-end”!

In August 1896, the United Kingdom and the Zanzibar Sultanate fought for around 40 minutes. This made it the shortest war in history (at least thus far). Only 1 British sailor was injured while casualties at the other end reached 500.