Useless Trivia
This masked animal is capable of picking locks, and remembering the solutions of problems for upwards of three years.
What is the raccoon?
Source: Davis, H.B. (October 1907). "The Raccoon: A Study in Animal Intelligence". The American Journal of Psychology.
This energy drink company was sued for false advertising by a man who, after 10 years of drinking the product, did not "grow wings or developed any enhanced athletic or intellectual performance."
What is Red Bull?
Source: https://www.law360.com/articles/563228/red-bull-puts-up-13m-to-settle-false-advertising-suit
This insect is actually a very skilled farmer; some species harvest an edible fungus next to the hill for the workers to eat in case food goes scarce.
What are ants?
Source: https://indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofscience/the-first-farmers/
McDonalds sold its last Big Mac in this icy country in 2009; the Big Mac in question is in the national museum in Reykjavik, and there's a 24/7 live stream of it.
Believe it or not, there is a World Championship of this game, mostly used to settle who does something first.
What is Rock, Paper, Scissors?
This African animal farts out about 2000 liters of methane a day, which is enough gas to power a car for 20 miles.
What is the elephant?
Source: https://elephantconservation.org/elephants/just-for-kids/
This NYC island was bought by European explorers for $951.08 in 1626.
What is the island of Manhattan?
Source: http://mentalfloss.com/article/12657/was-manhattan-really-bought-24
This popular fast food isn't actually French, but Belgian.
What are French fries?
Source: Schehr, Lawrence R.; Weiss, Allen S. (2001). French Food: On the Table On the Page and in French Culture.
There is a species of this ape living in the Congo that is big enough to kill and eat lions.
What is the chimpanzee?
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2007/jul/14/conservation.internationalnews
This British country has 421 words for 'snow' including ‘feefle’, meaning ‘to swirl’, ‘flindrikin’, meaning ‘a slight snow shower’, and ‘spitters’, meaning ‘small drops or flakes of wind driven rain or snow’.
What is Scotland?
This little insect is actually the deadliest animal on earth, killing people and animals alike by spreading diseases such as West Nile virus, ZIKA, and malaria.
What is the mosquito?
In 1952, a deadly fog—made up of pollutants from coal usage—descended on this British city and killed over 10,000 people over the course of five days.
What is London?
This Disney quack's middle name is Fauntleroy.
Who is Donald Duck?
This European country produces between 7 and 8 billion bottles of wine a year—enough so that everyone on the planet could have a bottle.
What is France?
Toto, the dog from this classic film, made more money per week than the actors playing the Munchkins.
What is The Wizard of Oz?
Source: https://parade.com/329429/linzlowe/75-weird-wonderful-facts-about-the-wizard-of-oz/
On any given day, 13% of the US population is eating this food. P.S. NYC's is way better than Chicago's.
What is pizza?
Source: Rhodes, Donna G.; Adler, Meghan E.; Clemens,, John C.; LaComb, Randy P.; Moshfegh, Alanna J. "Consumption of Pizza" (PDF). Food Surveys Research Group.
A day on this planet—which lasts 243 Earth days—is longer than a year on the same planet, which only lasts 225 Earth days.
What is Venus?
Source: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/venus/in-depth/#orbit_and_rotation_otp
In this country, there is a phenomenon called Johatsu where due to failed marriage, mounting debt, loss of work, failure, etc., people just simply abandon everything and walk away from their life.
What is Japan?
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/evaporated-people-disappearing-from-japan-2017-4
If this state was its own country, it would have the 5th largest economy in the world.
What is California?
The first of this machine was invented nearly 2000 years ago by the Romans; deposit a coin, get some holy water.
What is the vending machine?
In 1947, this famous Indian activist was shortlisted for the Nobel Peace Prize, but died before the awards ceremony. This prize wasn't awarded to anyone that year because "there was no living suitable candidate," implying that he would have won had he lived longer.
Who was Mahatma Gandhi?
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/10/world/nobel-peace-prize-snubs/index.html
81% of people use this device within an hour of laying down to go to sleep.
What is a cell phone?
Source: https://www.sleepzoo.com/nighttime-smartphone-use-is-creating-a-sleep-epidemic/
The title characters of this wacky and cerebral cartoon are voiced by the same person, Justin Roiland. Wubba lubba dub dub!
What is Rick and Morty?
Mark Zuckerberg attempted to buy this social media platform for $3 billion in 2013 but failed; three years later, Instagram cloned its main features and called it "Instagram Stories."
This western state's name (think potatoes) was originally claimed to mean "gem of the mountains" in a Native American language. It was actually a practical joke made up by delegate George Willing, but by the time he was found out, the name was passed into law.
What is Idaho?
Source: https://imnh.iri.isu.edu/digitalatlas/geog/explore/essay.pdf