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‘What is the most useless information that you know?’ – 18 nuggets of purest trivia

Over on rAskReddit, u/LoneVentriloquistSFW – well – asked Reddit this …

What is the most useless information that you know?

They had some useless information of their own to share.

E is the most used letter in the alphabet.

We can’t swear this is all true, but – barring quiz nights – it’s definitely all useless.

1.

Ohio is the only state in the US that doesn’t share a letter with the word mackerel.
roguerose

2.

In 16th century Italy duels often took place where the chosen weapon was very hard maths questions
Panorpa
Via Pixabay

3.

The most common banana is called the Cavendish banana, there are numerous other types of bananas but the cavendish is the most popular.
LaggieWiFi

4.

Ants can’t take fall damage because their terminal velocity isn’t fast enough to break their exoskeleton.
Small_Homework3971

5.

The curved part at the bottom of a wine bottle is called a punt.
MrCKean

6.

A jiffy is an actual unit of time. It’s 1/100th of a second.
Thrumplewart

7.

Sonic can't swim in the games bc the creator of Sonic thought that hedgehogs can't swim in real life, but guess what... they can
Steve_da_G
Via YouTube

8.

Fish don’t fart.

They continuously secrete waste gasses through their skin.
TributaryGoldman

9.

The back of tigers’ ears have a white spot to resemble eyes so they scare off things that look at them from behind, sort of like a peacock.
yesimkian