Random "Facts That Everyone Should Know" Will Make You The Star Of Odd Trivia

Take notes...

Damjan

• Published in Interesting
• February 28, 2022

Our world is an interesting place. And there is so much to learn about it.

Everyone wants to know everything there is to know about ourselves. It doesn't matter if it's small or enormous as long as we're constantly feeding our thoughts with bits of information.

Besides, knowing something is useful even if you realize you'll probably never use it. Consider this: curiosity is an integral part of our daily lives; we're constantly learning through social media, publications, books, and television shows, and we're never content.

We want to know how the cosmos came to be; we want to know if we'll be stuck in traffic on our way home tomorrow, and we want to know if that new movie is really as good as everyone says it is. Our brain is constantly processing information, and sometimes all you need to do is read some facts to have a good night's sleep.

One Redditor asked a question, "what's a random fact you think is worth sharing? The answers that came in were great and informative, and we have chosen 30 of the best ones.

Now, we don't know if these pieces of information will come in handy, but knowing them can't hurt.

Enjoy. And learn!

1. Time does fly

Eugene Aldrin, the father of the famous moon landing astronaut Buzz Aldrin, not only witnessed the Wright brothers’ first flight but also went to see his son land on the moon in his lifespan.

We’ve been quick!

2. Corgi

Corgi is a translation of the welsh for dwarf dog. Cor gi. In the Mabinogion, the welsh book of myths and legends, corgis were the battle steeds of fairies

3. Petrichor

Human's ability smell petrichor (smell of wet earth from rain) is greater than a Shark's ability to smell blood in water.

4. HD Rapsody

the first 1080p video on youtube was the muppet's rendition of bohemian rhapsody

5. Mighty bees!

Honeybees can be trained to sniff out land mines in war zones! Obviously dogs can do it but to avoid blowing up poor unsuspecting doggos, they figured out that bees could do the same thing and swarm the area without setting the mine off to alert people to its presence

6. Different colors...

Tigers are orange and black to humans, but to animals with hooves, their prey, they appear green and black and blend in with the jungle around them.

7. Just reacting

The figure in Munch's 'The Scream' is not screaming but is, in fact, reacting to hearing the scream.

8. Never again

Bob Ross was a Drill Instructor. When he stopped working as that, he promised he would not raise his voice at someone again. That's why he was so soft spoken.

9. Who are you talking to?

Some people don’t have a inner dialogue, some can’t picture in their mind, and some have / can do both.

10. Grudge match

Lamborghini started making supercars because Enzo Ferrari was being a jerk to Ferruccio Lamborghini.

11. The sun is white

The sun is not yellow. When viewed outside earths atmosphere it is white. It only looks yellow due to our atmosphere "pulling" the blue light out, leaving it looking yellow. It's an illusion.

12. Old

Sharks existed before trees existed.

13. Who could've guessed...

There are more people living in California than in the whole of Canada

14. That's a lot of apples...

There are so many different varieties of apple that if you ate a different one every day for 20 years you will still not have eaten them all.

15. Tilting

If you type the word "askew" into the Google search box, the entire page will tilt slightly.

16. Awesome hummingbirds

Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards. Their wings can rotate 180 degrees in every direction.

17. Australia is large

Australia is wider than the moon

18. Oh, the irony...

That the patent for the fire hydrant was lost in a fire

19. Great impact

Elizabeth II has been Queen of England for 70 years. Only 9% of the world's population is older than 65. This means that only about 1 out of 12 people in the world today have lived in a world where she was not the queen.

20. Ah, that's nice to know

If you find a four leaf clover then there is a good chance you'll find more not too far away.

21. Keep it slim, boys

Dogs that are slightly underweight live an average of two years longer than dogs that are slightly overweight.

22. Now they are even scarier

Komodo dragons are the largest animals in the world capable of reproducing asexually

23. Do not ride that moose!

It was forbidden to ride on moose in sweden until 1973. An old law forbade such for fear of rebels

24. Stay connected

Whenever you learn a new skill, like learning to play guitar or learning to skate, new connections are formed in our brains in the neurons.

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25. Two geniuses

There was a short period of time when Picasso and Snoop Dogg were both alive together.

26. Tofu

The first person to write about tofu in the English language was Benjamin Franklin.

27. What?

It's against the law to use an elephant to plow a cotton field in North Carolina.

28. But they are so cute

A platypus makes venom. One of several interesting things about them.

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29. Finland is Nordic

Finland isn't scandinavic, its nordic (its not random but people still think its scandinavic)

30. The new ones are just extra

When a person receives a kidney transplant they don’t take out the old kidneys, they just shove em to the side and leave em in there

Well, what do you think about these trivia facts? Who knew that Queen Elisabeth had such an impact on the world or that sharks as species are older than trees…

And what about those kidneys? Our world is an amazing place, and we should learn as much as we can about it. There is no such thing as trivia. Everything is important.

Damjan