Random Useless Facts Thread

The Oakland Raiders will soon be moving to Las Vegas and be known as the Las Vegas Raiders.

10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.

Contrary to popular belief, Christopher Columbus didn’t set out to his trip to India to prove that the Earth is round. It was already known by sailors and scholars at the time that the Earth was round.

Manila City Hall when viewed from above, looks like a coffin.
 

@ILoveMyoozik  
IIRC, Columbus believed the world was smaller than it actually is, so he thought it would be a shorter trip if he sailed west instead of going around Africa to the east.

@SuperPinkiePie64  
He did, not to mention that since Bartolomeu Diaz and Vasco De Gama took the credit of finding a route to India, he wanted to find another way and make a household name for himself. Portugal was like “nah fam” so he went to Spain and they’re like “okay, let’s see what you can find.”

Although the Bride of Frankenstein is one of most iconic Universal monsters, she only had 3 minutes of screen time in the entire film.

Frankenstein refers to the scientist, not the monster.

Ancient Egyptians used base 12 for counting, by counting the joints of their fingers, excluding the thumb. This is partially the basis for the 24-hour day we have now.

By technical definition, an elephant’s trunk is its nose and upper lip

@ILoveMyoozik  
Little did he know that there were two huge continents in the way.

The last date an Android can support will be on December 31st 2036.

It is estimated that by the year 2036, there will be no veterans of the Second World War left with the last of the future supercentenarian veterans dying.

@Count Adramélekh Sear  
That means the world will end on Y2K37, at least for Android phones.

Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon were two Dutch students who disappeared on April 1st, 2014 while hiking in the jungles of Panama. Forensics in the area uncovered bone fragments linked to one of the hikers, leading to a possible theory that they fell off a cliff and died. The bodies have never been found, but speculation points to supernatural forces in the trail as to why they vanished.

When Yugoslav leader Tito Broz cut ties with the Soviet Union, Stalin went several assassins to kill him. All were discovered and executed. After the assassins were executed, Broz sent a letter to Stalin which roughly said, “I know that you sent several assassins to kill me. If you attempt to send any more, I will one of my own assassins to Moscow, and I won’t need to send another.”  
Stalin did not send any more assassins after Broz.

Admiral Ackbar may be famous for saying “it’s a trap,” but Princess Leia said it first.

Dolly Parton once lost a Dolly Parton look-alike contest

If your dog is eating grass, he or she may be lacking some vital nutrients.

The average LEGO minifigure, excluding hair/headpiece, is exactly 4 LEGO bricks tall.

The glue used on Jewish postage stamps are certified kosher

Lon Chaney Jr. as Larry Talbot is the only actor to play the same character in the Universal classic monster movies: The Wolf Man, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, House of Frankenstein, House of Dracula, & Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.

Crocodiles swallow stones to help them dive deeper

Chickens eat small pebbles to help them digest food.

‘Jedi’ is an official religion, with over 70,000 followers, in Australia.