Random useless facts that are interesting.

[Slim]

It's one of those nights I'm bored so I'm trying to keep my mind busy by learning useless facts. Please post if you know of one as this may get interesting. I'll start with the first one.

A person has to pretend to sleep to actually fall asleep.

[Mermaid Jaffa]

Watching and waiting for cute lifeguards crossing the boom, to slip and fall into the pool is never going to happen.

[crystalleaf]

Sadam Hussain and George W. Bush had the same shoe maker

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[crystalleaf]

And if you want I can give you 1373 useless facts more XD

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[crystalleaf]

Also it might take awhile as I'd have to translate them all...

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[Slim]

Also it might take awhile as I'd have to translate them all...

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That would be entertaining


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[Slim]

Everyone is born with blue eyes. I'm happy I still have my baby blue eyes


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[crystalleaf]

That would be entertaining


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XD

1. A Finnish It-expert lost one Finger in an accident 2008 and replaced it with a USB
2. Iceland is the most peaceful land on earth
3. The 1. of July is "Official Relocation Day" in Montreal, Canada. Almost all moves happen at that one day
4. Only makes sense when you speak German :/
5. 650 people a year need to go to the hospital because they slipped on dog poop in Paris (I just love this one )
6. The gene for that sticky stuff in your ear is on chromosome 16
7. If the goalkeeper needs to use the toilet during a soccer match the game if paused. But not if a normal player needs to go.
8. A supermarket in Potsdam, Germany has a boat-docking station
9. Jonathan Swift, the author of "Gulliver travels" released an essay about poop in 1773 his pseudonym was Dr. Shit
10. The cracker brand TUC was named after the British "Trade Union Congress"

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[crystalleaf]

I'm sorry for misspelling and if something is unclear please let me know

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[Slim]

That Paris one cracks me up. That is so crazy The one random useless fact that bothered me the most two years ago was someone told me that the colors on Fruit Loops means nothing. They are all the same flavors. I made it 34 years up to that point not knowing that. I still don't know why that upset me so much.

[crystalleaf]

I know, I heard that too :o

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[Slim]

It's very much true. I haven't ate Fruit Loops since because I still feel a little betrayed. I eat the Opp! All Crunch Berries in place of that now

[crystalleaf]

So here are the next ten

11. There are 106 things on the moon left there by astronauts. 4 of them are canisters with urine.
12. The finnish word for man is "mies" (German wordplay :/)
13. One of the most bought strawberry sorts/brands (unsure how to translate) is called " Mieze (kitty) Schindler" after the wife of the botanist Otto Schindler who made these in 1925
14. The Grandson of Napoleons brother founded the FBI.
15. There is a bird with the english name "great tit"
16. In the USA there is a book called "flattened fauna" to identify run over animals.
17. The slogan "Yes we can" originated from the show Bob the builder.
18. Australia exports Camels to Saudi-Arabia...
19. Both founders of the US-Investmentbank Goldman Sachs, and Marcus Goldman and Samuel Sachs came from Franken.
20. The tennis player Sarah Großer was born a Hermaphrodite and is allowed to play as a woman.

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[crystalleaf]

I replaced them with honeypops

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[Slim]

The FBI one is interesting. That bird though. I had to google search it (under safe search) to find out it's in fact true.

[Mermaid Alea]

Here are some peacock facts:
- There are around 225 varieties of peafowl (peacocks). One of such variety is called "Buford Bronze black shoulder" in which the peacock is a beautiful black/brown color and the female is white with brown markings.
- Baby peacocks are called peachicks.
- Unlike some birds, peachicks are born fully feathered and they can fly at only 5 days old.
- Peacocks will sometimes kill snakes.
- White peafowl are not albinos - they are just another variety of peafowl. In fact, they are very common.
- Peafowl like to take dust baths to clean their feathers and keep bugs away.
- Peafowl love eating yogurt.
- There is a type of peafowl called a "progressive pied" in which the bird starts off fully or mostly colored and with each year it gets more and more white on its body until eventually it is an almost fully white bird.

[Mermaid Mia]

Quick jump in on the Paris one: they spray down the street with water most of the year so its super clean and people don't tend to pick up after themselves. Thus when everything freezes over in the winter its all ice and dog poop everywhere. I was there in both summer and winter. Summer was AMAZING and in winter i was one of those people who slipped on the dog poop....


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[Mermaid Mia]

Oh, and to contribute to fun facts: studies have shown that cows moo in different dialects. Thus a cow from California and a cow from Switzerland for example would not understand each other.


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[crystalleaf]

@ Mermaid Alea
This is amazing o.o how do you know so much about peacocks?

@ Mermaid Mia
I'm sorry that you slipped but that's pretty hilarious at the same time 😂

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[Mermaid Alea]

I am a peacock breeder, a board member of the United Peafowl Association, and the association's magazine Editor. Often I do a page called "Fast Facts" where I list random peacock facts. I really like learning random facts about them haha.