I’ve always been a sucker for trivia. For whatever reason my brain is a sponge for useless knowledge, knowledge that I only ever get to bust out during the most random of times. That’s the nature of random trivia facts though, they’re not pearls of wisdom to be applied to every day life. I can tell you that Mahi Mahi is considered to be the fastest growing fish in the ocean and the urban legend of Daddy Long Legs spiders being highly venomous but having fangs too small to bite humans is bullshit. I can tell you that facetious is the only word in the English language where the vowels ‘a,e,i,o,u’ all appear in order….But for some reason I can never remember my own parent’s birthdays.
Anyways, a bunch of people over on AskReddit shared their favorite pieces of trivia and I thought you bros would dig this since it’s a completely random slice of facts, ones that have no connection to each other side from being random as shit.
In feudal Japan lords purposely built homes with squeaky floors as a defensive measure against ninjas.
The sixth most popular porn search in Iran is “hotel businessman (gay)”
There are more plastic flamingos in America than real ones in the entire world.
This one is hands down my favorite, because I’m sure you bros have noticed by now I overuse this phrase every day here on BroBible (though I did already know the origin of it).
The phrase “hands down” comes from horseracing and refers to a jockey who is so far ahead that he can afford drop his hands and loosen the reins (usually kept tight to encourage a horse to run) and still easily win.
The old phrase “Raining cats and dogs” started off in 17th century England. During heavy rainstorms, homeless cats and dogs would drown and float down the street which gives off the impression it is raining cats and dogs.
February 22, 2022 will fall on a Tuesday so I’m going to call it
Two’s day.
From Wikipedia:
The ancient Romans used the word “trivia” to describe where one road split or forked into two roads. Trivia was formed from tri (three) and via (road) – literally meaning “three roads”, and in transferred use “a public place” and hence the meaning “commonplace”
All the planets in our solar system can fit, lined up, between the Earth and our moon.
People don’t realize just how far away our moon really is.
Contrary to massively popular belief, Tim Burton did not direct The Nightmare Before Christmas. Henry Selick did. I’ve used this as the final round question in trivia before, everyone always wagers all their points, says “Tim Burton”, and ends with every team tying at 0 points.
When a wasp stings you, it leaves a scent for other wasps to sting you as well.
When 3 letter airport codes became standard, airports that were using a 2 letter code just added an “X”. ie. LAX
The praying mantis is the only known insect that can turn its head and look over its shoulder.
Yoda, (Grover) and Miss Piggy were both voiced by the same person.
a bowhead whale was caught several years ago that had survived a previous whaling attempt in the 1800s
I had one of those QI books with 1339 facts, some things i remember.
-The capital of Burkina Faso is Ouagadougou
-The bible is the most shop lifted book
-Eskimos use fridges to stop their food from freezing
-When trying out a new pen, 97% of people will write their name
-When Montenegro became independent from Yugoslavia its internet domain went from .yu to .me
-On average we spend 1.2 years of our life blinking
-Every human being starts life as a asshole, its the first part of the body to be formed in the womb
Dragonflies can’t walk on their legs. They’re literally used solely as landing gear.
The sun makes up 99.86% of the total mass of the solar system.
All_the_glitter 608 points 23 hours ago
Echidnas have four headed, prehensile penises with which they can use two at once to navigate the strange vaginas of the female echidnas. They can use their penises to scoop out the old load of another dude’s handiwork.
That hippos kill more people than any other animal in Africa
The indent in the bottom of a wine bottle is called a ‘punt’.
When swimming in the sea you’re more likely to be bitten by an American than a shark.
Lego is the world’s largest tire manufacturer
The state of Michigan has over 3100 miles of shoreline on the great lakes.
Pirates used the eyepatch to get one of their eyes to get used to the dark. So when they do raids and go to the lower decks they’ll still be able to see.
If you’re still looking for more trivia I’ve got a few suggestions for you. First up is my favorite collection of trivia books, they actually make perfect Christmas gifts because they’re a good novelty gift that people actually enjoy. It’s a collection of completely random and interesting trivia and it’s something EVERYONE SHOULD OWN in their bathroom:
Uncle John’s Giant 10th Anniversary Bathroom Reader: $10.99
Secondly, you can click any of those links above and head on over to Reddit for more facts because there were A TON and had to cut a lot of them here for the sake of brevity.