The Useless Information Thread

[J. A.]

The British Library, the national library of the UK, is the largest library in the world, with more than 170 million items.

 

[J. A.]

The Atlantic Ocean is Earth's youngest ocean.

 

[scifan57]

The Atlantic Ocean is Earth's youngest ocean.

But it's still growing, though.

 

[J. A.]

Tex Sutton's Air Horse One is used to fly valuable race horses and show horses.

 

[KevinJS]

Ed Force One was a Boeing 747 used to fly the rock group Iron Maiden on a round the world tour. The plane was piloted by the band's lead singer Bruce Dickinson.

 

[dbplumb]

The square on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the other two sides squared (a*a + b*b = c*c)

 

[brixtonboy]

The square on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the other two sides squared (a*a + b*b = c*c)

I remember that from school, it has been a great help to me though out my life.
Every time me and my friends got lost coming out of the pubs.
I used to say, no sweat old Piethagerus and his theory will get us home somehow [emoji23]

 

[J. A.]

There are approximately 500,000 detectable earthquakes each year in the world. 100,000 of them can be felt. 100 of them cause damage.

 

[scifan57]

The dot in the letter i is called a tittle.

 

[scifan57]

The average lifespan of a Major League Baseball is 7 pitches.

 

[J. A.]

In Wales, there are more sheep than people (about 3 sheep per person).

 

[scifan57]

Horseshoe Crabs have copper based blood.

 

[J. A.]

The word "taxi" is spelled the same way in quite a few languages:
English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian and Romanian.

 

[J. A.]

The world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine, USS Nautilus, was launched in 1954.

 

[zstairlessone]

SSN-571 is a museum in Groton Connecticut. It is a wonderful peek into the past

Another piece of useless information, I had the pleasure of meeting with Adm. Rickover a few times in my late teens.