What’s the most useless fact permanently stuck in your brain? – 17 things people have memorised but they don’t know why

10.

‘Ohio is the only US state name that shares no letters with the word “Mackerel”’
-Low_Brass_Rumble

11.

‘Seals don’t have gag reflexes’
-Educational_Box7709

12.

‘Each “E” in “Mercedes” is pronounced differently.’
-sadsolocup

13.

‘A speck of dust is the halfway point in size between the earth and an atom.’
-Jlbennett2001

14.

‘A starfish has one cavity and uses it for eating and waste. According to my Marine biology teacher they are proctostomes (anus mouth). Sometimes I call people this and they don’t know why so not totally useless. Idk remember the actual biology or the spelling but it is a word permanently stuck in my head.’
-FloridaSalsa

15.

‘Hummingbirds can flap their wings at 200 beats per second’
-jiggls

16.

‘The plastic sleeve at the end of a shoelace is called an “aglet.” Its true purpose is just to help the shoelace go through the eyelets. I worked with shoes and this fact changed my view on the world.’
-FatCat_On_A_Diet

17.

‘I was 4 and wanted to see how long I could hold a memory for, so I decided to remember that the more quarters you put in the jurassic park arcade machine at chuckee cheese, the further into the level it spawned you. I am 32 now and don’t care to remember this, but definitely still do.’
-fishnax

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