Random Useless Facts Thread

No major airline flies to Delaware.

The world’s smallest nation, Vatican City, is smaller than Rhode Island, the smallest US state.

The dish Surstromming is banned on several airlines because the fish is highly combustible on the pressurized cabins and can explode.

A Korean student was deported from Canada after drinking 7 cans of Red Bull and getting “Red Bull rage”.

Most of the people who live in Las Vegas, Nevada were born somewhere else.

There are no clocks in Las Vegas casinos.

When they first formed, Sears was basically the Amazon of its time.

The famous “Just Do It” slogan from Nike originated from a serial killer’s final words before getting executed by firing squad.

There are 29 countries smaller than the US state of Rhode Island.

If the entire population of China walked in front of you as a single file line, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

New York City is the largest US city by population count; but Jacksonville, Florida is the largest US city by land area.

Donkeys kill more people than plane crashes every year.

@ILoveMyoozik  
But how many donkeys are killed in plane crashes each year?

@PaskaNaakka  
Zero…?

When we are born, we have 300 bones. But as we grow older, these bones start to fuse together leaving us with 206.

It’s illegal to throw a snowball in Provo, Utah.

The Coca-Cola at McDonald’s somehow tastes better than most other Coca-Cola, even though there’s no difference in its recipe.

Back in 1985, Coca-Cola changed their formula and rebranded it as “New Coke”. Audiences hated it and it flopped so badly that it was discontinued less than 3 months after it was made available.

If you have ever been bullied in school, then statistically, it is extremely likely that your bully is more successful than you are. Studies have shown that former bullies are more likely to be of a higher social status and have fewer instances of depression than their victims, and are also considered more attractive.

I have feet.

Dropping a penny from the top of The Empire State Building onto someone’s head and killing them is actually a myth. If a scenario does happen, it will cause a really bad sting on the person’s head.

There are more Dairy Queen locations in Texas than any other US state.

According to a 2009 study, drinking Sugar Free Red Bull causes sticky blood, which increases the risk of blood clots.

The United States Declaration of Independence is not a legally binding document. It doesn’t even grant the US independence- the 1783 Treaty of Paris is what grants the United States status as an independent nation.

The world’s smallest urban park is located in Portland, Oregon.