What are some useless facts?

Very interesting @SergeantQueen. I just googled it!

Orange, American pronunciation, has no rhyming word !

Most deer depicted on Christmas cards, and holiday specials are actually mule deer, not reindeer. Mule deer have longer, thinner snouts, with a shiny dark nose, whereas reindeer snouts are more akin to muzzles on horses, with fur on the actual nose.

You cannot lick your elbow.

@Tropical_Willie Door Hinge

@chyna nor touch your elbows behind your back.

Now I’m trying all kinds of things with my elbows.

You also can’t stick your elbow in your ear . .

@Forever_Free. “WORD” – - not phrase or group of words !

In lyrics and poetry, anything goes.

The colour orange is named after the fruit, not the other way round.

^WTF did they call orange stuff before they discovered oranges?

The color, is far older than the citrus trade.

The mathematical constant e starts out 2.7 1828 1828 45 90 45

Cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, kale and kohlrabi are all the same species.

All the vowels, including y, are in odd numbered positions in the alphabet.

Some languages have completely different words for blue and light blue. English we use blue and light blue, but for “light red” we use pink like a completely separate color from red. Supposedly, having more words to describe colors changes how people view colors and they are more likely to see subtle differences in color.

In Hebrew the word for me is who, the word for who is he, and the word for he is she

The word [orange] is derived from a Dravidian language, and it passed through numerous other languages including Sanskrit and Old French before reaching the English language. The earliest uses of the word in English refer to the fruit, and the color was later named after the fruit. Before the English-speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color was referred to as “yellow-red” (geoluread in Old English) or “red-yellow”.

The earliest recorded use of the word in English is from the 13th century and referred to the fruit. The first recorded use of “orange” as a colour name in English was in 1502, in a description of clothing purchased for Margaret Tudor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_(word)#:~:text=The%20word%20is%20derived%20from%20a%20Dravidian%20language%2C,the%20color%20was%20later%20named%20after%20the%20fruit.

There are no useless facts.

Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

I did indeed run a stop sign in 1983. Fact.

Abraham Lincolns favorite drink was water, and favorite book was the Bible.

@Tropical_Willie :Oranges poranges, who says!”
Extra points if you know what I’m talking about!

@Dutchess_III
I do : p

My little sisters watched that religiously every Saturday. :/

Elvis was a blonde

In the Army it was a light brown.

Nuh uh @Tropical_Willie!

The information I have is Elvis had fair hair as a youngster, but his black hair was real. My grandmother had the same experience. My husband was also born light brown, some would say dirty blond, and he wound up with what most Americans would call Black hair although he says it is dark brown. I call it Black.

I was 100% blonde, as a boy.
It haunts me in every old photo of me, where I look like I was a random kid in the movie “Jaws.”

I guess my hair changed, when I was like 6–7 years old.

It darkened significantly. I still have random blonde hairs, and I actually have ALL hair colors, especially now that time has added whites and grays.

Elvis was American, so he was probably a “mutt,” like most of us.

The way I remember it Elvis was Scotch, Irish and Native American. I don’t know if the family ever actually did any DNA testing. I don’t remember the percentages. The Native American was back a generation or two I think.

^I can definitely see the Native American.
It’s likely why he adopted the sideburns look. American Indians, don’t grow facial hair.
So. If he wanted a distinct look, he couldn’t use facial hair. That’s a guess…

I have Cherokee great grandparents, and despite my rather impressive beard, my mustache is much thinner, and there are random spots on my face that don’t grow any hair at all. I can’t grow a “full” beard, up to most of my cheeks, or it’ll have holes.
One if my brothers, has no facial hair at all. Which makes him look very different, from other men in the family.
Genes…

Yes. The dark genes usually kinda trump the light genes in the first generation. Which means ya gotta wait for grandkids who look like a bit like you.

There are only a tiny few of us giant, viking looking guys in the family. Every other guy is 5’9 185 lbs with red hair. I don’t know what exactly causes the anomalies. Recessive traits, I presume.
My Uncle Junior, was even bigger than me, when he was alive. He seemed to be about 6’7, well over 300 lbs, but just a massive guy shoulder to shoulder.
All of my brothers, are “normals” too…

The largest known prime number is now available in paperback from Amazon.

From the book: “Prepare yourself for the ultimate number you’ll ever need—M82589933, the newest and largest prime ever discovered! This mathematical titan, known as a Mersenne prime, is the result of multiplying together 82,589,933 twos and then subtracting one. With over one and a half million more digits than the previous record-holder, it’s a true masterpiece of number theory.

In this special edition, we’ve printed every single digit of this colossal number. Yes, you read that right. A book packed with nothing but the digits of M82589933. It’s part of a rare breed of primes, known as Mersenne primes, named after the French monk Marin Mersenne, who was fascinated by these mystical numbers over 350 years ago.

Thanks to the dedicated volunteers of GIMPS (Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search), which has found the last 17 Mersenne primes, we can bring this prime to you. They’ve even put a cash prize on the line for anyone lucky enough to find the next one!

And hey, when civilization collapses (not saying it will, but, you know, just in case), you’ll want this book on hand. Imagine needing a long prime number to reboot society’s encryption algorithms or simply impress the future generations with your foresight! Plus, it makes a great conversation starter. Who doesn’t want to own the largest prime number known to humanity?

Get your copy today and hold a piece of mathematical history in your hands.”

What a money grab but also probably good to put on a coffee table.

I’m fairly certain that I can just make up numbers, and as long as I say them loudly and confidently nobody will break out a quantum computer…

Math unquestionably, has great usefulness.
Such a large number, to me (mathtard here,) may as well be random.

I NEVER really got algebra. And other than the movie “Castaway,” I’ve never seen algebra be remotely useful in real life.

(And honestly, I think Tom Hanks, could have left the island and been randomly found, without the algebra.)...

@JLeslie When I was little and people asked me what my favorite color was, I’d tell them that my favorite color was “light red”. Each time someone assumed my favorite color was pink, I’d get annoyed. And I’d have to explain that the color from a pink crayon was very different than coloring lightly with a red crayon.

Idiot adults. :P

I was a weird kid. Surprise, surprise. Now I’m a weird adult.

@raum

I’m 78 and I think I understand the distinction you’re making.

I Googled “pale red”, and the results show a variety of colors, including one that looks like terracotta.

Also, when I mix your beloved mayo with ketchup, the color looks noticeably different than strawberry ice cream.

@Brian1946 LOL!

Dr. Who’s T.A.R.D.I.S is “Time and Relative Dimensions in Space.”

The only group that the Joker is scared of is the IRS. He pays with the real non counterfeit money because, “They are crazy”.

Jack Nicholson always plays his character as Jack.

^^^....scrambling…..

Did he star in “The Titanic??”