Random Facts

Welcome to the giant list of all the Random Facts of Uselessness! Come here if you want to read all of my random facts in one place.

Random Facts of Uselessness

• A goldfish has an attention span of three seconds.
• Boxing is the only sport where neither the contestants nor the spectators know the score until the very end.
• A lemon contains more sugar than a strawberry. Sweet!
• If China's population were to walk past you one at a time in a line, the line would never stop due to the rate of population.
• Cashews come from a fruit.
• "Four", is the only number that has the same number of letters as its value.
• Peanuts are one of the ingredients used in dynamite. Guess I am not blowing anything up anytime soon. Darn it!
• Research shows that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas. Good thing I don't really like bananas.
• Chionophobia is the fear of snow. The only way you could possibly live with this fear is if you lived near the equator. Otherwise toughen up buttercup! (Don't know what compelled me to say that)
• Young giraffes sometimes moo.
• In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator. That's a ton of walking.
• When you die, your hair still grows for a couple of months. Nasty.
• 1 in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue. Yum! Jk, I wouldn't eat a blue lobster. I'd keep it as a pet!
• You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV. So no mom, I'm not being lazy by sleeping all day. I'm working out more than you, who is sitting on the couch watching Food Network! (Another Jk, my mom doesn't watch TV all day unless she is sick.)
• Making your bed actually causes mold and mildew, which can trigger allergies, because you trap moisture in your bed. Basically I just gave you a scientific reason not to make your bed anymore. You're welcome.
• On average, a cat spends 2/3 of everyday sleeping. I wish I could spend half a day sleeping. But no, I actually have to have a life.
• A group of cats is called a clowder. I want a clowder of cats. Or two. Or three.
• A cat's brain is biologically more similar to a human's brain than a dog's because cats and humans have identical regions that control emotions. Interesting.
• Cats are North America's most popular pet. Enough Said.
• A cat rubs against people or objects to mark it as their territory. So basically my entire house belongs to my cat. Heh.
• There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are people. Bouncy bouncy bounce!
• In Ancient Rome, it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose. Weird.
• Children grow faster in the springtime. Can't wait for spring. 
• An average human loses about 200 head hairs a day. Wow, we shed a lot.
• An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. Pea-brain. 
• Factoid actually means something that is untrue that is presented as a fact. The dictionary people added the bit that it can be an insignificant true fact later. So, technically, these random facts are not factoids.
• There are more lifeforms living on your skin then there are people on this planet. Guess who just took the longest, soapiest shower of her life?
• This one will cheer you up. Otter mates actually sleep while holding hands so that they don't lose each other while they are sleeping. If that isn't the cutest thing I have ever heard then I don't know what is.
• Factoid actually means something that is untrue that is presented as a fact. The dictionary people added the bit that it can be an insignificant true fact later. So, technically, these random facts are not factoids.
• There are more lifeforms living on your skin then there are people on this planet. Guess who just took the longest, soapiest shower of her life?
• This one will cheer you up. Otter mates actually sleep while holding hands so that they don't lose each other while they are sleeping. If that isn't the cutest thing I have ever heard then I don't know what is.
• If you were to remove all of the empty space from the atoms that make up every human on Earth, the entire world population could fit into an apple. Now imagine if that apple fell into the wrong hands. Don't destroy us aliens!
• There are more iterations in a game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe. So don't even attempt to figure them all out.
• Russia didn't classify beer as alcohol until 2011. It was previously classified as a soft drink.
• This is one cat fact I don't like. If a male lion takes over a pride, he executes all of its cubs. :(
• Two thirds of the people on Earth have never seen snow. Want to come to my house for the winter? By the end, you'll be sick of the snow.
• The average American drinks 600 sodas a year. Except for me. I don't drink soda at all, unless I have an upset stomach.
• If you try and suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.
• More than 86,000 people are injured by tripping over their cats or dogs every year in the United States. What can I say? We live in a country of klutzes. 
• Elephant brains can weigh up to 5 kg (11 lb), more than the brain of any other animal. Umm, whoa. 
• Tigers are the only predators known to regularly feed on adult bears. Fierce.
• In 2006, an Australian man tried to sell New Zealand on Ebay. Nice try dude, but I don't think that's going to work.
• Cows emit more methane than the oil industry and are a huge factor in global warming. Although, I would rather cut down oil than cows. I couldn't live without hamburgers.
• Banging your head against the wall burns about 150 calories per hour. What about a desk?
• When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red. How does that even work? Like is their sweat magically psychic or something?
• You will produce enough saliva in your lifetime to fill two swimming pools. Um, gross? Certainly not looking forward to jumping in that refreshing pool.
• About 8,000 Americans are injured by musical instruments. Good thing I no longer play the flute.
• A small child could swim through the veins of a blue whale. What? 
• The strongest human muscle in proportion to its size is the tongue. One tongue curl, two tongue curls... 100!
• The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps blood out into the body to squirt blood 30 feet. Who needs water guns when you have your heart?
• All porcupines float in water. Sorry, nothing witty to say about that. I do have a video of adorable baby hedgehogs sneezing to show you! Not exactly porcupines, but still adorable!
• Rats and horses can't vomit. Ummm, that's, uh, weird.
• Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete. I'm sure there are a whole bunch of witty things I could say about that one, but I don't have the patience right now to actually use my brain. Hehe.