Archive of Useless Information
July 2026
18-07-26 We filter out 99% of the sights, sounds, and other sensations around us if they don’t seem threatening or important. If we didn’t filter, the sensory overload would drive us insane.
17-07-26 There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world
16-07-26 Per capita, the Irish eat more chocolate than Americans, Swedes, Danes, French and Italians.
15-07-26 Billie Eilish’s middle name is Pirate.
14-07-26 The ancient Greeks considered the philtrum (The indentation in the middle area between the nose and the upper lip) to be one of the body’s most pleasurable erogenous zones.
13-07-26 Wombats are the only known mammals in the world that produce cube-shaped poop, which stops it from rolling away.
12-07-26 There are more than 100 different viruses that cause the common cold.
11-07-26 Soap was considered a frivolous luxury of the British aristocracy from the early 1700s until 1862, and there was a tax on those who used it in England.
10-07-26 The first elephant in England was a gift to King Henry III from the King of France.
09-07-26 There is evidence that many people gain and lose weight in accordance with the cycles of the moon.
08-07-26 Throughout history, malaria has been the most destructive disease. More than 1.5 million people die from malaria every year.
07-07-26 The longest name in the Christian Bible is Mahershalalbaz.
06-07-26 The Hollywood sign originally read “Hollywoodland“.
05-07-26 Black Sabbath got their name from a 1963 horror film of the same name, starring Boris Karloff.
04-07-26 US boxer Sugar Ray Leonard won titles at five different weights.
03-07-26 Proms founder Sir Henry Wood was the first conductor to admit women into a major British orchestra. He was also the first person to encourage the orchestra to stand and share the applause at the end of a performance.
02-07-26 Greenland has more ice on it than Iceland dose, while Iceland has more grass and trees than Greenland.
01-07-26 The average person receives eight birthday cards annually.
June 2026
30-06-26 PEZ got its name from an abbreviation of the German word for peppermint (PfeffErminZ)
29-06-26 Until the 19th century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
28-06-26 Chopin made his debut as a pianist at the age of eight.
27-06-26 When Marlon Brando signed into hotels, he went under the pseudonym Lord Greystoke (aka Tarzan)
26-06-26 Ancient Egyptians used stones as loo roll. Yep. You read that right. Before toilet paper was invented, they used smooth stones to clean their nether regions.