Random Useless Facts Thread

@Josh103  
I’m talking about Toriyama’s original plans for the ending of Dragonball back in the 90s.

North Korea is the only country to not sell Coca Cola.

Scotland is one of the only countries where Coca Cola is not the best selling drink.  
Instead, the number one soft drink in Scotland is Irn Bru.

Red Bull Cola is banned in Germany because it contains cocaine. Likewise, you would need to have drunk 12,000 cans to feel the drugs effect.

Humans need a very small amount of Zinc to survive.

The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 was caused when a cow accidently kicked down a lantern in a barn.

In 1969, the Latin American countries of El Salvador and Honduras went to war over a World Cup qualifying match that left people dead and more homeless.

Sonic the Hedgehog’s Japanese voice actor, Junichi Kanemaru, was at one point an English teacher. That’s why Japanese Sonic occasionally says something in near perfect English.

Dark Souls holds the record for being the game that broke the most controllers.

The first music video aired on MTV was the music video for “Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles.

One of the stages from one of the SSB games is from a game called Electroplankton.

The sport with the highest death rate per participant is pole vaulting.

The Statue of Liberty was actually built in France. It was dismantled and delivered to America in pieces and reassembled there.

Oliver Steeples is a former contender on Robot Wars.

Prelude, a recurring theme for the Final Fantasy games most often played at the title screen, was a last minute addition to the first game, and was composed in just ten minutes.

The late Stephen Hawking was the only person to portray himself in Star Trek: The Next Generation.

There is a guy in Romania who, although he is still alive, is legally dead.

You are more likely to be killed by coconuts than by a shark attack.

@ArthurHulshizer  
Please don’t post the same message in multiple threads. Especially when it’s or really related to the topic in question. It comes off as spammy.

A scammer named Victor Lustig tried to sell the Eiffel Tower… twice.

There is a reason why the US dollar is sometimes referred to as a “buck.” Deerskins from hunted deer bucks were once used as a form of currency.

There’s a town called Sunburst in northern Montana, north-northwest of Great Falls.

There are over 10,000 Facebook accounts that belong to dead people.

Claster Television was a predecessor to Hasbro Studios.