50 Pointless Facts

These 50 pointless facts will have you laughing in no time
  • Americans consume an equivalent of 100 acres of pizza daily.
  • Sloths would take a month to travel one mile.
  • Dreamt is the only English word ending in “mt.”
  • Teeth are the only part of the human body that cannot self-repair.
  • A piece of paper can be folded in half no more than seven times.
  • There is debate on what is the densest substance in the world, with some saying it’s hydrogen solids or Osmium.
  • Peanuts are an ingredient in dynamite.
  • Refrigeration prolongs the lifespan of rubber bands.
  • Sneezing with your eyes open is impossible.
  • The microwave was invented after a researcher’s chocolate bar melted near a radar tube.
  • Apple seeds contain cyanide.
  • Hawaii is renowned for being the best place in the world to witness rainbows.
  • Good is the most common adjective in English.
  • Humans produce approximately six pounds of stool weekly.
  • Stewardesses can be typed with only the left hand.
  • The giant squid has the world’s largest eyes.
  • Refrigerating rubber bands can extend their lifespan.
  • In 2021, three French men set a record by using 834 different types of cheese on a pizza.
  • The infinity sign is known as a lemniscate.
  • Camels were imported to Arizona in 1856 and 1857.
  • Early Christian art portrayed Satan as blue.
  • The average person walks the equivalent of 5 laps around the world in their lifetime.
  • The first email was sent by Ray Tomlinson to himself in 1971.
  • A snail can sleep for three years.
  • Coca-Cola would be green without coloring.
  • Pablo Picasso carried a loaded revolver with blanks to fire at those questioning his work’s meaning.
  • Month, “orange,” “silver,” and “purple” have no English rhymes.
  • The only capital letter with one endpoint in the Roman alphabet is “P.”
  • Lined up, all Oreos ever made could reach the moon and back five times.
  • Edgar Allan Poe wed his thirteen-year-old cousin.
  • Liquor on a scorpion will cause it to go mad and sting itself to death.
  • More Monopoly money is printed annually than real U.S. currency.
  • Women blink almost twice as frequently as men.
  • Sharks are the only fish capable of blinking with both eyes.
  • Quebec City holds the distinction of being North America’s sole walled city north of Mexico.
  • Bees have five eyes, with three small ones on top and two larger ones in front.
  • Scientists believe Tyrannosaurus rex hissed or rattled instead of roaring.
  • Our eyes remain the same size from birth, while our nose and ears continue to grow.
  • Ham radio operators is derived from “ham-fisted operators” referring to early radio users.
  • The pound sign or hashtag is called an octothorpe.
  • The fear of beards is known as pogonophobia.
  • Queen Elizabeth II received training as a mechanic.
  • A dime has 118 ridges around its edge.
  • Only 23% of released prisoners avoid returning to jail.
  • Left-handed individuals make up 10% of the world’s population.
  • Al Capone’s occupation on his business card was listed as a used furniture dealer.
  • The “pound” key on your keyboard (#) is called an octotroph.
  • The observable universe contains roughly the same number of stars as there are grains of sand on Earth’s beaches.
  • In “Ben Hur,” a small red car can be seen in the chariot scene.
  • Some lions mate more than 50 times a day.