The "Random Information that only matters to a certain amount of people" thread

A single violin is made from over 70 individual pieces of wood

Originally posted by Scribble
Oh shit, I do that too. Never though about it though

In China, 4.9 million people have been banned from flying on planes because of their poor credit scores.

Put together, all of China’s railway lines could loop around earth twice.

An Etsy shop is selling translucent stickers that make your AirPod case look like a pack of floss in order to deter thieves.

Dragonflies have been documented accelerating at 4 G in a straight line and 9 G in sharp turns while pursuing prey.

^^^thats incredible!

Americans eat approximately 100 acres of pizza a day or about 350 slices per second. There are approximately 61,269 pizzerias in the United States. Each person in America eats about 46 pizza slices a year.

I can say I'm above average in the pizza department.

Same here.
We dont set the bar. We ARE the bar!

If 'The Brady Bunch' had lasted one mote season, the writers planned to have had the Mike Brady character killed off during the hiatus.

Wonder Woman has a black twin sister named Nubia, who was sculpted from black clay, just as Diana was sculpted from white clay.

^^^😂 i'd forgotten that!

The word “dragon” comes from the Greek word “draconta,” which means “to watch.” The Greeks saw dragons as beasts that guarded valuable items. In fact, many cultures depict dragons as hoarding treasure.

Dragons have never had a particular personality. This is unlike the unicorn, which is always known to be a majestic, peaceful creature. The dragon is sometimes regal and protective. Other times it’s deadly and destructive.
In most cultures, the dragon is always rare. There are never very many of them.

Cookie Monster's first name is Sid.

In 1979, British politician Terry Dicks lost an election to his competitor Michael Cocks.

Lady Gaga wrote and recorded more than 90 songs for her album 'ARTPOP' – Only 15 of them made it on the album.

The original Kermit was made out of an old coat that once belonged to Jim Henson's mother and the eyes were made from ping-pong balls.

The name of The Muppet Show pilot, that aired in 1975, was The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence.

Jim Henson's final performance as Kermit the Frog was on the May 4, 1990, episode of The Arsenio Hall Show.

In 2009, Disney was in talks about creating 'The Dark Kingdom' at Disney World – A fifth park that would've been themed around its villains.

^^^that wouldve made money, i believe.

The Evil Queen from Snow White actually has a real name: QUEEN GRIMHILDE. It just SOUNDS terrifying.

The Queen was the first Disney character to ever speak in a feature-length animated movie.

McDonald's serves roughly 1% of the world's population every day.

Only about 8% of the world's currency is physical money – The rest exists on computers.

^^^thats pretty scary.

Paper money was first used by the Chinese, who started carrying folding money during the Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618-907).