Useless Trivia

[hotoldrguy]

a peanut is not a nut. It is a legume

 

[Ask For More]

The writer of King Kong, Merian Cooper, was inspired to create King Kong by his friend William Burden's real life expedition to Indonesia to hunt the Komodo Dragon.

 

[hotoldrguy]

The original title for "Gone with the Wind" was "Tomorrow is Another Day" Margaret Mitchell's editor asked her to change it before publication.

 

[beachbaby179]

111,111,111×111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

 

[hotoldrguy]

NO! NOT MATH!!!!!

https://i.pinimg.com/236x/08/28/77/082877e3dd07ace77b1c8724539c93c3--math-cartoons-math-jokes.jpg

 

[beachbaby179]

Hush.

 

[hotoldrguy]

Hush.

http://68.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1opgvtINO1qkgp5t.gif

 

[hotoldrguy]

OK right back at you: THE SECRET OF PI!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXTRcsxG7IQ

 

[mnbreastluver]

Anyone who was born in 2/22/2000 will turn 22 in 2/22/22, on a tuesday

 

[Ask For More]

The current US flag was designed by a High Schooler called Robert Heft who designed it for a school assignment. He was given a B- for the assignment, and then made a deal with his teacher that if it was accepted as the official design his grade would be improved. So he sent off his design to Eisenhower for the competition to design the new US flag, and he won.

 

[done_got_old]

Ancient Rome became the first city to reach a population of one million in 5 B.C.

 

[beachbaby179]

Pentheraphobia is defined as the intense irrational fear of your mother-in-law.

Not sure it's always irrational. But whatever...

 

[hotoldrguy]

Pentheraphobia is defined as the intense irrational fear of your mother-in-law.

Not sure it's always irrational. But whatever...

Soceraphobia is the fear of both in law parents...

 

[MaBelle3120]

Dr. Kellogg invented cornflakes as part of an anti-masturbation crusade because he believed meat and other highly flavorful foods could increase people’s sex drive

 

[PapaRomantic]

When the Kansas Turnpike system was built, it was designed so that for every five miles, there would be at least one straight mile, even as it wound through the Flint Hills, so that the straight mile section could be used as an emergency runway during wartime if necessary.

 

[richmondman]

Speaking of highways, the US interstate system was the brainchild of Eisenhower, who marveled at how European road systems could be used to move troops and supplies in WWII. At that time the US had no such system, so it was designed primarily for defense.

 

[Anisland]

Anatidaephobiais the fear that somewhere a duck is looking at you

 

[mnbreastluver]

50% of Alaska is the letter 'A' and Alabama is 57% ‘A‘

 

[beachbaby179]

Anatidaephobiais the fear that somewhere a duck is looking at you

I have this. Is it curable?

 

[jeff_is_smiling]

The doll, "Barbie" has the full name, Barbara Millicent Roberts.

 

[philos]

“Trivia” comes from Tri Via, an intersection of three roads. News and information was frequently posted there so travelers and residents could be informed.

 

[beachbaby179]

“Trivia” comes from Tri Via, an intersection of three roads. News and information was frequently posted there so travelers and residents could be informed.

Good one...

 

[Taten]

The original name of the game Twister was Pretzel. However, as that name was already trademarked they switched it to Twister.

The company that produced the game, Milton Bradley, was accused by their competitors of selling "sex in a box" due to the close contact required to play the game.

 

[jeff_is_smiling]

M&M's actually stands for "Mars & Murrie's," the last names of the candy's founders.

 

[PapaRomantic]

Music lovers - Chip Davis used the money he made working on the trucker song "Convoy" to form Mannheim Steamroller.