Random Useless Facts Thread

There was originally going to be a LEGO James Bond video game.

HOwever the idea was scrapped, as the game was in development around the time Casino Royale was being made, taking the franchise from being camp and lighthearted, and taking it into a more darker, realistic direction, which caused the LEGO group to scrap it and they thought it wouldn’t be kid friendly.

LEGO would go back to the James Bond licence several years later however, first by making a giant model of Bond’s trademark car the Aston Martin, and then later releasing a smaller, minifigure sized version of it.

@icicle wicicle 1517
I think I remember you posting this a long time ago here

@Mr.Myoozik
Really? X)

@icicle wicicle 1517
Yes really, somehow… :V

From 1996 to 2011, Fox aired a double-shot of Cops and that week’s edition of America’s Most Wanted for the Saturday primetime lineup. It’s the longest unchanged primetime schedule of any US network.

Timothy Dexter made a fortune through sheer dumb luck.

The inventor of the explosive weapon known as dynamite/TNT was awarded the Nobel Peace prize

The infamous Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction during the Super Bowl Halftime show is the reason why Youtube got created.

@icicle wicicle 1517
No, the Nobel Prize is named after the inventor of dynamite.

@yelling_into_the_void
Ah thanks for the clarification

This is more of a useful fact but I’m still gonna post it

When eating a hot pepper, it isn’t wise to drink water because it’ll cause the capsaicin, the chemical that causes the spiciness, to spread around even more. It is recommended to drink milk instead.

@Mr.Myoozik
I think it was Adam from Man vs Food who taught me that life hack as a kid.

Licking Doorknobs is Illegal on other planets

Oof, he’s roasting you to post new, actual, useful content xd

Saw this lifehack in the Science of Absurd, man that was a good show

Despite being a feature of Chinese restaurants, fortune cookies were actually invented in the United States

The very first dollar bills were essentially claim checks for gold and silver coins.

In fact: the very first paper monies were claim checks for gold and silver held in the goldsmiths’ vaults.

Oh, and the goldsmiths were some of the world’s first bankers.

Only really happy dogs can do “zoomies”. It’s a bust of energy that dog can’t control

Camels humps are made of fat not water. And the fat is converted into water because of their unique blood cells.

The word “Fuck” is not an acronym.

@SleepySteve
People actually think that?

Yeah.

@SleepySteve
Those proposed acronyms sound like joke etymologies. Whoever came up with it must have been fooling around.

Decapod Crustaceans and Coleoid Cephalopods are the only invertebrates to be recognized as sentient by law.

The original villian for Donkey Kong Country was supposed to be Wario, and Donkey Kong’s mission was not to get back his stolen bananas, it was to rescue Mario.

According to the rules of Fractional Reserve Banking, the banks are only required to keep a small fraction of their depositors’ money on hand at all times while they are free to loan the rest out at interest. (At least this is how I understand it.)