People inexplicably remember some really useless stuff – 19 perfect examples
Our school years are spent being bombarded with information, then we leave school and spend hours watching celebrity quiz shows, mostly starring Richard Osman. Consequently, there are bound to be some thoroughly pointless things – see what I did there – stuck in our heads.
Twitter user @jessokfine was curious about those facts.
What is a fact you have retained for a long time despite it never actually being useful to you?
— jess (@jessokfine) August 21, 2018
She even provided her own example.
Mine is that a kangaroo can’t walk backwards
— jess (@jessokfine) August 21, 2018
These 19 facts are at once useless in everyday life and fascinating.
1.
A human can fit a lightbulb in their mouth easily but can’t take it out without shattering it
— Annie Depressants (@mollieakenny) August 21, 2018
2.
All scorpions fluoresce in black light
— Chris Doyon (@nilbog3000) August 21, 2018
3.
cows don’t bite grass, they twist their tongue around it and tug it out
— andrew (@AndrewChamings) August 21, 2018
4.
The member of ZZ Top with the smallest beard is Frank Beard
— Rob Boothman (@Robbie_Tano) August 21, 2018
5.
The longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds
— /lɔrə/ 🌿 (@f_laura_n_fauna) August 21, 2018
6.
Honey bees will kick all of the males out at the end of the season so they do not have to feed them during the winter.
— dylan (@dylanb36) August 21, 2018
7.
n^2 always = (n-1)*(n+1) + 1
I realized it with 143.
12 ^ 2 = 144
11 * 13 = 143But it always works.
2 ^ 2 = 4
1 * 3 = 325 ^ 2 = 625
24 * 26 = 624— batkaren (@batkaren) August 21, 2018
8.
tic tacs are almost all sugar but since they’re under half a gram of sugar each they can say they’re sugar free per fda regulations
— marqydoodoo (@markydoodoo) August 21, 2018
9.
A person can fold an 8.5×11 sheet of binder in half no more than 7 times.
— Corky Kneivel (@CorkyKneivel) August 21, 2018
10.
Tom Hanks’ only ever sequel is as woody in toy story
— Danny Taylor (@dantheman_66) August 21, 2018
