Unnecessary Knowledge
Back when I was an editor at FHM Magazine we used to say that trivia is the currency of men. Ready for some totally useless nuggets you can cash in the next time you run out of talking points at the bar?
Close to 73% of girls in Bangladesh are married by age 18.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal Crackers cookie zoo.
An ostrich’s eye is larger than it’s brain.
The Barbie doll has more than 80 careers.
Approximately one out of every 55 women from Canada give birth in their car on the way to the hospital or clinic.
Forty percent of Americans iron their clothes while wearing their underwear or being completely naked.
According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction.
About 200,000,000 M&Ms are sold each day in the United States.
Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.
That barrage of totally unnecessary (and completely un-fact-checked) wisdom, brought to you UNKO, the repository of Unnecessary Knowledge. Every time you load the page it feeds you another piece of user generated useless knowledge. At present, they’re up to 151 tidbits. I’ve been trying to submit more for days (after 5 years working at lad mag, I’m literally overflowing with this crap), but whoever is tasked with reading and approving hasn’t added anything new since I first started checking in.
Got a completely useless bit of knowledge rattling around in your head? Post it below. Whoever submits the best bit by the end of the week wins a copy of Roger Bennett’s brilliant Camp Camp, singed by the man himself, and a free funball from the machine.
LINK: Unko.
August 4th, 2008 at 9:01 am
Penguins only have sex once a year.
August 4th, 2008 at 9:11 am
I love these sort of things! Unfortunately for me they’re all context-driven; they’re stuck in my head but can only be accessed if the right conversation comes up. Only one is there for all time, which is:
For most Sharks, their teeth are constantly replaced. They have many rows of teeth and if they loose one, the tooth behind moves forward to take its place.
August 4th, 2008 at 11:37 am
The average tire needs maintenance within 2,000 miles of purchase.
August 4th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Iguana’s are the only amphibians capable of existential thought.
August 4th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Yodeling has been banned in 14 countries.
August 4th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Willard Scott - everyone’s favorite weather man - played the first Ronald McDonald on TV.
August 4th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
1 in 3 blog posts rock. The other’s I could do without. You make me smile though.
August 5th, 2008 at 4:32 am
For every roach you see, you can assume there are another 500 you don’t. This is especially true in my kitchen right now. Gross.
August 5th, 2008 at 9:46 am
The proper name for a flute player is neither a flutist nor a flautist, but a flottner.
August 5th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
“tesseradecades” is the longest single word that can be typed with only the left hand on a QWERTY keyboard.
“aftercataracts” is also the longest single word that can be typed with only the left hand on a QWERTY keyboard.
“devertebrated” is almost the longest single word that can be typed with only the left hand on a QWERTY keyboard.
Tied with “stewardesses”:
aftereffects
decerebrated
desegregated
desegregates
extravagated
extravasated
extravasates
gazetteerage
reabstracted
reaggregated
reasseverate
resegregated
resegregates
reverberated
reverberates
terracewards
tessaradecad
watercresses
August 5th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
“cabbaged” and “debagged” are the longest words that can be played on a musical instrument.
“spoonfeed” is the longest word whose letters are in reverse alphabetical order.
August 6th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
The dot over the letter āiā is called a tittle.
August 6th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
“lollipop” is the longest word you can type on a QWERTY keyboard with only your right hand.
I don’t remember where I heard this from, but I love unnecessary knowledge! I wish I could remember necessary things this well…
August 6th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Actually, nevermind. I looked it up and “hypolimnion” is the longest word that can be typed with only the right hand on a QWERTY keyboard. Darn! Lollipop is a much more pleasing word.
August 6th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
There is a town called Dildo in Newfoundland, Canada
August 8th, 2008 at 11:42 am
Giraffes cannot make any noise because their necks are too long to have vocal chords.
August 14th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
And I’ll up the ante. Once Roger Signs the book, I’ll sign it for the winner as well as I’m the disgusting kid on the cover of the book !
August 18th, 2008 at 6:30 am
The little circles of paper which a hole puncher leaves behind are called chads.
August 26th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
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try that one.. got more in database
September 7th, 2008 at 9:09 am
Uh-oh, Clark’s a smart one… THAT”S WHAT THE STORY IS ABOUT FOOOOOOL!