Share your useless trivia

Just share random titbits of information. Can be as random as you like ;)

The smell after rain is called petrichor and it comes off of plants, not the rain itself.

Humans share 50% of their genes with bananas

J.R.R. Tolkien was called "Jirt", written as "JR2T" by his friends in school

Without mucus your stomach would digest itself

The guy that narrated JK Rowling's books had no interest in them. But, when he asked Rowling to remove the phrase "Harry pocketed it" she did not.

Zebra stripes are like barcodes

JK Rowling didnt write her name, because she thought people wouldnt read if they knew that she is a woman

If you took all the blood vessels out of a child and lined them up end to end, you’d be arrested for murder.

The wolf population in France has risen by about 40%, but the government still hasn't done anything about which is make farmers mad.

Elephants react to humans the way we do to puppies; they think we're cute!

Babies are born with 300+ bones, while adults only have 206.

Rats cannot throw up

But, when he asked Rowling to remove the phrase "Harry pocketed it" she did not.

Not only did she not remove it, but she also included the phrase in the next few books just to spite the guy (or so I've heard).

yeah, i thought i was forgetting a bit of it. ^~^ Thanks frien

All the iron in your blood is enough to make a nail

Greenland is the biggest island.

Greenland is the world's biggest island.

Even though Australia is significantly larger than Greenland, and is also an island, Australia is considered a continent.

Therefore, Greenland is considered to be the biggest island.

Parakeets are sneaky little stinkers. Don't turn your back on them for more then 5 seconds. Especially if they are crazy.

^shrugs^ I'm not the one that made that decision.

Crustacean blood is blue-green

In a typical life time we spend over 6 years dreaming

All galaxies, regardless of size, rotate once every billion years

Parakeets like to pluck out melodies on the bars of their prisons.

(Yes you would know that, Lavy xD)

(Marbles used to do that all the time.)

(R.I.P Marbles…. ;u;)