Random Useless Facts Thread

In 1995,Holland’s favorite cartoon character was Captain Planet.

There are more mobile phones in the EU than there are people.  
Europe is the only continent that has no desert.  
Hamburg has more bridges than Venice.

Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing is the worst-ranked video game of all time on Metacritic and GameRankings.

Air conditioner is only common in Asia and other tropical regions

The loud pop of a balloon is caused by a sonic boom when the rubber suddenly tears at a very high speed

@RhodieNite  
We also have cold regions in our country which some towns use heaters during the cold season.

Rite of Spring from Disney’s Fantasia was, at the time, the most accurate depiction of dinosaurs. Now, the only thing they got right was the T rex killing by breaking its victims neck.

@RhodieNite  
AC also made it possible to build desert cities like Phoenix and Las Vegas.

The “Fi” part of the word “Wi-Fi” doesn’t actually mean anything. It was only added on to make the word roll off the tongue better

S&M2 by Metallica is the highest-grossing rock cinema event of all time.

What’s the story behind Hitler’s moustache? No, he didn’t intend to channel Charlie Chaplin’s lovable Tramp character and charm his enemies with his genocidal antics, instead of eating a shoe.
 
According to the writer Alexander Moritz Frey, who served in the same regiment as Hitler during WWI, the future leader originally wore a rather lush mustache, but he had to shave them on the orders of the chief, and leave the brand “toothbrush” due to the fact that such a mustache prevented the wearing of a gas mask.  

@icey wicey 1517  

 
Wireless Fidelity

Ms. Monopoly replaces properties with inventions women contributed to, such as Wi-Fi, chocolate chip cookies, and modern shapewear.

Crows can remember the faces of humans and hold a grudge.

Mad Max’s aesthetic was partially inspired by Battle for the Planet of the Apes,the last of the original PotA film series.

The chicken came first and then the egg

Chicken is healthy

@Myoozik  
Unless you’re Talking about Super Chicken,then George of the Jungle came first.

The early episodes of Sesame Street from 1969-1970 have a Parental Advisory warning on them due to featuring scenes of the characters Cookie Monster smoking a pipe and Grovee befriending hippies.

There’s a website that tracks the world’s population in real time.
 
As of 2020, the current human population is estimated to be more than 7.8 billion people. And if you want to see those increments in real time, you can tune into the World Population Clock, which displays the upticks and downticks as neonates are born and other people die. You can also see the current populations of different countries, including China (1,440,000,000+), India (1,383,000,000+), and the U.S.A. (331,000,000+).

There is actually a new German Leopard 2 AV7 battle tank.
 
Just as a friendly reminder. This is a Leopard 2 (1998)  

 
This is an AV7 (1918)  

 
Someone should say once again that we Germans have no sense of humor. ;-D

Despite being a very successful and well remembered series from the 90’s, “All Dat” has had episodes or individual segments go missing and lost due to copyright issues regarding the skits and musical performances.

The Mars Rover once accidently created a drawing of a giant penis on the surface of Mars.