The Useless but Interesting fact thread

[Zenooph]

For some bizarre reason my brain loves retaining useless general knowledge facts instead of relevant information. So in an attempt to open up some storage space so I can store some new information I am going to attempt to dump some of my useless, but interesting information here. If any of you wish to join me, please do so, we all might learn something new. Or challenge me by giving me a topic to see if I have any facts about it. I promise not to use Google and pull it out of my brain.

First fact.

There are about 1 million ants on earth for every human, which means that the total weight of all the ants on earth is almost equal to the total weight of the humans on earth.

PS. Feel free to call BS if you don't agree with my fact.

 

[Andre]

Love it! Great idea - go for it

 

[Rob Fisher]

All porcupines float in water.

 

[Rob Fisher]

It is estimated that millions of trees are planted by forgetful squirrels.

 

[Zenooph]

That explains a lot. I've always thought all squirrels have ADHD

 

[Rob Fisher]

Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.

 

[Zenooph]

There is a 400 year-old Japanese ritual called 'baby-cry sumo' where sumo wrestlers deliberately make babies cry to bring them good health

 

[Rob Fisher]

The average human will shed 40 pounds of skin in a lifetime. Yech!

 

[Zenooph]

And because of the skin shedding and dustmites it is possible for your mattress to almost double in weight over a 10 year lifespan

 

[Derick]

Gravity affects time - the stronger gravity is, the slower time goes.

Because of this fact, GPS satellites around the earth run at a slightly different speed (of time) than your GPS device and your GPS device has to compensate for this fact when calculating your position on earth

 

[Zenooph]

The placebo effect works, even if you know that you are taking a placebo.

Sent from my mind

 

[Wesley]

64% of statistics are made up on the spot.

 

[Zenooph]

64% of statistics are made up on the spot.

I thought it was 74%

 

[Zenooph]

Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy

 

[Andre]

Challenge: Bill Gates

 

[Zenooph]

Bill Gates makes so much money each minute and his time is so valuable that if he were to drop a $100 bill on his way to a meeting, it would cost him more money to pick up the $100 than to just leave it.

 

[Zenooph]

Here's a bonus Bill Gates fact for you.

His house is controlled by 4 super computers and everything, from the lighting to the music is controlled by those 4 servers.

 

[Zenooph]

Morning related fact:
Roosters crow in order of rank. The alpha male has the honour of heralding the dawn, followed by the other roosters in descending rank

Sent from my mind

 

[Silver]

Lol @Zenooph
Loved your OP about the ants

 

[Zenooph]

@Silver Ants are fascinating creatures. A colony of ants function as a single organism as opposed to a whole bunch of individual ants.

 

[Zenooph]

Liechtenstein is the 6th smallest country in the world yet it is the world's biggest exporter of false teeth.

 

[Zenooph]

Dogs have around 2000 taste buds, while humans have around 9000

 

[Sharrivz]

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

 

[Zenooph]

Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13

 

[G-MAN]

Myrmecophobia is the inexplicable fear of ants.