There are some facts that are useful. Those are the ones you should focus your time on learning. Then there are other facts that are less useful. Don’t focus on those. But there is a third category. There are useless facts that are funny. Those are worth learning because you can impress your friends and family. You could even potentially impress that girl that you’ve had a crush on since 2nd grade and get married and start a family. It’s crazy what learning a few silly facts can do for your future. It’s like winning the lottery! Okay, that was exaggerated, but seriously, who invented the fire hydrant? You don’t know? Well neither does anybody else! That’s because the patent for fire hydrants disappeared in a fire. Oh the irony. That’s not good enough? Okay how about this one – farts have been clocked at speeds of up to 16 kilometers per hour! It must have stunk to be that researcher! (pun intended). Don’t you want to learn even more random but funny facts? Of course you do! Then keep on reading because these are 25 genuinely funny and hilarious facts about random silly things.
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A “butt” was a medieval unit of measure for wine
Source: wikipedia
Farts have been clocked at speeds of up to 16 km/h (10 mph)
Source: oddee.com
Speaking of flatulence, fart battles were a popular theme on Japanese art scrolls that were created during the Edo period
Source: wikipedia
Due to the lack of an “r” sound in Japanese, Ronald McDonald is called Donald McDonald
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia
A survey performed by Citrix found that more than 50% of people think that bad weather affects cloud computing
Source: businessinsider.com, Image: pixabay
If the radius of a pizza is Z and its thickness is A, then its volume is PI*Z*Z*A
Source: reddit, Image: pixabay
Coca Cola ended its deal with Ronaldinho when he was caught sipping a Pepsi
Source: usatoday.com, Image: wikipedia
According to a YouGov survey, 55% of Americans think that they are smarter than the average American
Source: nationaljournal.com
When Montenegro gained independence from Yugoslavia, its internet domain name went from .yu to .me
Source: wikipedia
The scientific name for the western lowland gorilla is “gorilla gorilla gorilla”
Source: reddit, Image: pixabay
In the US, there is an official Rock Paper Scissors League
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia
In ancient Greece, the word “idiot” referred to all non-politicians
Source: wikipedia
China has forbidden re-incarnation unless you have prior government permission
Source: wikipedia
Viruses can get infected by other viruses
Source: nationalgeographi.com, Image: wikipedia
More than 80,000 people have graduated from McDonald’s Hamburger University with a degree in Hamburgerology
Source: huffintonpost.com, Image: wikipedia
In China, the word censorship has been censored
Soruce: aljazeera.com
In Oklahoma, it is a crime to take a bite out of somebody else’s hamburger
Source: dailymail.co.uk
The last words of Henry Royce, co-founder of Rolls-Royce were actually “I wish I had spent more time at the office”
Source: reddit
As of the writing of this article there are at least 97 people called Lol in the United States
Source: whitepages.com
In the Arabic version of the Simpsons, Homer is called Omar Shamshoom
Source: reddit, Image: youtube
Nobody knows who invented the first fire hydrant because its patent was burned in a fire
Source: wikipedia
The band Blink-182 originally incorporated under the name “Poo Poo Butt LLC” because they thought it would be funny to hear their managers, accountants, and business people have to say that
Source: reddit, Image: wikipedia
The logo of the Royal New Zealand air force features the kiwi, a flightless bird
Source: wikipedia
Benjamin Franklin was such a prankster that the Declaration of Independence had to be proofread to make sure he didn’t write anything silly
Source: reddit, Image: wikipedia
The last movie rented from Blockbuster before it closed its doors was “This Is The End”
Source: reddit
