If you have a useless fact, drop it in the comments, and we can all learn together! For more facts, check out our playlist!: th-cam.com/video/P_pKGqcTUNU/w-d-xo.html
I have a few 1) The concept of Toy Story was originally going to be a Tin Toy Christmas special, based from the famed Pixar short Tin Toy 2) The creator of SpongeBob, Stephen Hillenburg, got the idea of the show from a comic he created when Rocko's Modern Life was cancelled 3) Bugs Bunny was named after artist Ben "Bugs" Hardaway, and Elmer Fudd was originally named Egghead 4) Walt Disney portrayed the voice of Mickey Mouse until 1947, meaning he was the first voice of the character 5) The Simpsons originally made their debut in The Tracey Ullman Show 6) Porky Pig wasn't originally voiced by Mel Blanc when he first debuted, he was voiced by Joe Daughtry 7) SpongeBob's original name was SpongeBoy 8) The reason why The Simpsons are yellow is because creator Matt Groening wanted the characters to be eye-catching 9) Darkwing Duck was originally going to be a Donald Duck spy cartoon and was named "Double-O Duck", but after discovering the name "Double-O" was copyrighted by the creator of James Bond, Ian Fleming, they scrapped the idea and turned the show into Darkwing Duck 10) The Lion King was animated by Disney's B-Team animation team because Disney's A-Team animation team was busy making Pocahontas because they thought it would be a bigger success than Lion King, but it was the opposite way around. BONUS) When Stan Lee and Steve Ditko were making Spider-Man comic books, Stan wanted to make Norman Osborn the Green Goblin, but Steve didn't want Osborn to be the Goblin. But when Ditko left, Stan got his way!
1) Finland and Both Korea are only separated by 1 country despite being 5,000 miles apart. 2) Maine is closer to Africa than Florida is. 3) Pink Floyds Dark of the Moon album spent the most time on the Billboard top 200 chart. 962 weeks, or 18 1/2 years.
The fact that somebody in Australia listed New Zealand on eBay is hilarious, and reminds me of one of our senior pranks in high school. We listed the high school on craigslist for a dollar, it took a few weeks before the administration realized it. I’m pretty sure somebody actually called to try to buy the school and that was what tipped them off.
A video literally to kill time and filled with facts to annoy most people upon retelling - - thank you WM. Also... #12 @ 1:58 is *extremely* useful information.
I really like these kind of video. Some things I already know, but probably half of these facts I didn’t know. Please keep making these videos Here are hopefully some useless facts: Google started with four guys in a garage The first Mortal Kombat game was created and everything by just four people In the Netherlands there are more bicycles than cars.
The couplings on fire hose have a small notch called a Higby Cut. It shows you where the thread begins so that you can more easily connect two pieces of fire hose.
I just want to know where on the earth are all the people who pronounce taco “Tacko” located , so that we can know where to start dumping toxic waste and testing nukes again.
I will give credit to WatchMojo for being able to make fun of themselves. Other channels (especially IGN) would have not have the guts to make a video like this while WatchMojo made it look effortlessly.
I know fact 2, 4 is kinda right, but I can tickle myself, 17, 20, 21, 22 (and charlie chaplin did the same thing but also lost), 25, 33, 38, 43, 44, 45, 54, 55, 59, 61, 64, 72, 73, 77, 82, 84, 85, 87, 88 I personally have green eyes, 90 (for some reason I use to have that phobia), 93, 94, 96, 98, 104, 110, 112, 118, 119, 121, 123, 135, 136, 141, and 148.
Humans are weird: -We eventually notice our own reflection 🤔 -We don't have any unique pattern like a tiger or a jaguar -We lack horns,feathers, and tails -It takes us months to properly walk instead of on all 4 -We have furless faces and small lips -We lack night vision -We lack armor protection like a turtle 🐢 or hermit crab 🦀 -We have tiny webbing between our fingers, that are useless today and are just pretty much just there -Our senses are just basic, our sense of smell isn't as great as a bloodhound or even better an elephant. Our sense of sight isn't at the same level of a hawk or owl Evolution has given humans 2 internal reactions: Fight or Flight Literally whenever we see a threat, humans have 3 choices: Fight and confront the situation, flee or run away from it Finally, just freeze during emergencies
The unicorn hunting regulations comment reminded me that if you search for Part Number "121g" at O'Reilly Auto Parts, it's for a a Flux Capacitor from Back to the Future.
Here’s some more fun facts: - The sun is approximately 93 million miles away from the earth - The creator of Pac-Man based the character’s design from a pizza - A gorilla can walk up to 20 feet while using only its hind legs - Movies like Gremlins and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom gave birth to the PG-13 rating - On average, 200 million people every day engage in sexual activity - The voice of Karen the computer wife from SpongeBob is married to Tom Kenny, the voice of SpongeBob - Theodore Roosevelt still remains the youngest US President to be elected in office - Laika Studios is not based in Hollywood, but rather in the state of Oregon - Studies have shown that people who hear the song “Happy” by Pharrell Williams feel genuinely happy - It is estimated that there are about 500 million Star Wars fans around the world - Peanut butter is a Canadian invention, created by Marcellus Gilmore Edson in 1884 - The stones used to build Stonehenge in England came all the way from Wales - If given proper care and attention, a female tarantula can live up to 30 years - The first animated cartoon to use synchronized sound was Walt Disney’s Steamboat Willie in 1928 - The blue whale is the largest animal in the world, weighing up to 200 tons (330,000 pounds) - Steven Spielberg only has 2 Best Director Oscars, for Schindler’s List and Saving Private Ryan - The brain of a monarch butterfly is smaller than the tip of a ballpoint pen - California is the most populous US State with around 40 million people - Every minute you spend kissing, you can burn up to 12 calories - It has been counted that Batman has more villains than Spider-Man - The Bible book of Psalms shares that “the earth hangs upon nothing”, showing its scientific accuracy long before Issac Newton
200 tons is not 330,000 pounds. 200 short tons is 400,000 pounds and 200 long tons is 448,000 pounds. 200 tonnes is just over 440,000 pounds. The largest blue whale ever measured weighed just under 420,000 pounds. The blue whale is also believed thee the largest species to ever have existed on the planet.
If you could theoretically fold a piece of paper that was the standard thickness of a sheet of printer paper in half infinite times, it would only take 51 folds before it was thick enough to reach the sun (actually about 1.5x as thick as the distance from the Earth and the Sun).
8:30 you stated that the only ventriloquism museum was in and town in Kentucky; however, I know that there's also one in Pana Illinois because my best friend from high school, William Duff runs it.
I already knew some of these, I have a few extra ones to add. 1. The humpty dumpty one is about a King. 2. The little piggy that went to the market didn't go there to shop. 3. It's impossible to kiss your own elbow. 4. The liquid in lighter fluid or gas/petrol is not what causes the flames but the fumes/vapors does. 5. As humans, our first mouths are our bellybutton/navel.
ad 1: My latest info was that it refers to a cannon ad 4: no fumes without the liquid, but point taken ad 5: the navel is a connection for blood vessels, not a mouth per se. I would tend to call the first permanent opening relevant, which is the rectum.
The average life span of a mayfly it 24 hours. The nut of a cashew actually hangs below the fruit. A strawberry is not actually a berry. When a mom tells a dad joke it’s considered a “faux-pa”
A single bolt of lightning is actually 3. I took care of a woman in ICU that had been struck by lightning ( she had 3 holes - burns in her right shoulder and it went through her heart and exited her body at the bottom of her left foot). She was evacuated to a level 4 trauma/burn unit. I don't know if she survived.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre house. Who wouldn't love to eat there? But, personally, 49 is my favorite. For my own useless fact, Bearded Dragons close their eyes upwards.
The term, "Redneck" originated in Northern WV to unite all coal miners into labor unions. Also, Pepperoni Rolls were invented in WV as a snack for coal miners.
The Hershey's Kiss one I think is just a popular myth. Kiss was a popular name for small confections and Milton Hershey just copyrighted the name... also the Murray in M&M was part of the Hershey's corporation.
There's a law that's never been removed from the books in Minneapolis, Minnesota that makes it illegal to walk your pet giraffe but only on certain days
Error. Adelaide in south Australia was named after a female member of the British monarchy. And Los Angeles is named after Our Lady of the Angel's which is another name for the Virgin Mary. So there are 2 more cities named after a woman
I always forget how rare it is to have green eyes which I have. To my defense, up here in Scandinavia it's pretty normal for people to have green eyes. Guess we got a big portion of that small percentage of green eyed people up here.
Anyone else see the ventriloquist dummy's eyes move at 8:35? I know it's just the guy's hand moving a little switch or whatever but still pretty spooky looking.
If you have a useless fact, drop it in the comments, and we can all learn together!
For more facts, check out our playlist!: th-cam.com/video/P_pKGqcTUNU/w-d-xo.html
why is this 1d ago?
useless fact: in Africa, every 60 seconds, a minute passes 🤣🤣🤣
Factoids...
Seriously? I'm sorry WM, but a factoid is not a fact, it is IN FACT, an anti-fact. I don't want to be that guy, but get it right.
Also the accurate terming for fatphobia is Cacomorphobia. My little fact. Not intentionally trying to spread hate.
The average person breathes in a liter of farts every day
Top Ten Songs People Love But Don't Know The Name Of
I'd say Tubthumping by Chumbawamba
@@blackguyofthesouth2161 if I search for that shit and it isnt banging I will be back here to report your comment.
top ten songs people know the name of but dont love
@@ThePrinceOfNigeria 🤣🤣
adventure time (not cartoon ) by someone I've been looking for the song no lyrics though
I have a few
1) The concept of Toy Story was originally going to be a Tin Toy Christmas special, based from the famed Pixar short Tin Toy
2) The creator of SpongeBob, Stephen Hillenburg, got the idea of the show from a comic he created when Rocko's Modern Life was cancelled
3) Bugs Bunny was named after artist Ben "Bugs" Hardaway, and Elmer Fudd was originally named Egghead
4) Walt Disney portrayed the voice of Mickey Mouse until 1947, meaning he was the first voice of the character
5) The Simpsons originally made their debut in The Tracey Ullman Show
6) Porky Pig wasn't originally voiced by Mel Blanc when he first debuted, he was voiced by Joe Daughtry
7) SpongeBob's original name was SpongeBoy
8) The reason why The Simpsons are yellow is because creator Matt Groening wanted the characters to be eye-catching
9) Darkwing Duck was originally going to be a Donald Duck spy cartoon and was named "Double-O Duck", but after discovering the name "Double-O" was copyrighted by the creator of James Bond, Ian Fleming, they scrapped the idea and turned the show into Darkwing Duck
10) The Lion King was animated by Disney's B-Team animation team because Disney's A-Team animation team was busy making Pocahontas because they thought it would be a bigger success than Lion King, but it was the opposite way around.
BONUS) When Stan Lee and Steve Ditko were making Spider-Man comic books, Stan wanted to make Norman Osborn the Green Goblin, but Steve didn't want Osborn to be the Goblin. But when Ditko left, Stan got his way!
I knew about Point 5, they debuted in 1987 and Point 10 too
I love useless facts. Can we et more of those, please?
I find some funny and some are knowledgeable
Finally! The sequel that I or everyone didn’t ask for, but we’re glad we got it!
_"A starfish does not have a brain."_
I know some people like that.
I see you're a Twitter user.
@@Iyadkay I actually don't have an account there. Nor on FaceBook or on any social media sites other than TH-cam.
@@SerathDarklands I was trolling the majority of people on Twitter. I suspect they are starfish.
This makes my heart happy. Most people I know say I'm full of useless facts, they ain't seen nothing yet 🤣
🤣🤣🤣Created a monster!
Mister Rogers was obsessed with the number 143 and tried to weigh that all his life. It represents the number of letters in “I Love You”.
Really? Because I count only 8.
@@davidanderson_surrey_bc I (1) Love (4) You (3).
1) Finland and Both Korea are only separated by 1 country despite being 5,000 miles apart.
2) Maine is closer to Africa than Florida is.
3) Pink Floyds Dark of the Moon album spent the most time on the Billboard top 200 chart. 962 weeks, or 18 1/2 years.
Not gonna lie, this was refreshing from WatchMojo
12:00 "A Florida man..."
Me: *sits up* "Oh yeah, this is gonna be good!"
Keep up the good work watch mojo
The fact that somebody in Australia listed New Zealand on eBay is hilarious, and reminds me of one of our senior pranks in high school. We listed the high school on craigslist for a dollar, it took a few weeks before the administration realized it. I’m pretty sure somebody actually called to try to buy the school and that was what tipped them off.
A video literally to kill time and filled with facts to annoy most people upon retelling - - thank you WM.
Also... #12 @ 1:58 is *extremely* useful information.
I really like these kind of video. Some things I already know, but probably half of these facts I didn’t know. Please keep making these videos
Here are hopefully some useless facts:
Google started with four guys in a garage
The first Mortal Kombat game was created and everything by just four people
In the Netherlands there are more bicycles than cars.
"Swedish meatballs are from Turkey" and Turkish Delight is from Narnia
Imagine joining a competition that is about (looking like) you and still lost, Must've hurt
EMOTIONAL DAMAGE
Charlie Chaplin placed third in a Chaplin look alike contest!
I enjoyed this video so much, may we have more like this please?
The couplings on fire hose have a small notch called a Higby Cut. It shows you where the thread begins so that you can more easily connect two pieces of fire hose.
Dolly Parton lost that lookalike contest to a 6ft tall Black man. 😂😂😂
Apparently the judges weren't looking at the faces.
Believe it or not, I actually found some of these quite interesting.
Number 45 took me out “one eye open when I’m sleeping” 😂😂😂
1. Top 10 anime series with single or 2 seasons. Or Top 10 Shortest Animer Series.
2. Top 10 Web Series with least seasons.
6:14 - I appreciate them showing that so much lol 😂
Philadelphia is named after a Turkish town named as Alasehir. During the Middle Ages, Alasehir was known as Philadelphia.
😮 NOTHING RHYMES ‼️with 🗣month, silver, orange & purple! I learned this during a drinking game. 🍻🃏😂
Are you guys for real? I laughed my guts out
I just want to know where on the earth are all the people who pronounce taco “Tacko” located , so that we can know where to start dumping toxic waste and testing nukes again.
Dummies that never had one before
Central northwesterners minna-soooota
I will give credit to WatchMojo for being able to make fun of themselves. Other channels (especially IGN) would have not have the guts to make a video like this while WatchMojo made it look effortlessly.
Agreed
Clancy Brown was also the voice of Neo Cortex from The Crash Bandicoot Series.
2:27 Clancy Brown also plays the sadistic guard Captain Hadley in The Shawshank Redemption
_"No, I'm not stupid, I'm just an ecyclopedia of completely useless information."_
Is he saying taco as “tack-o”?
Fun fact: did you know youtube used to have a counter on the dislike button?
Can you do comic book origin of Marvel's the Elementals(Hellfire, Magnum, Hydron and Zephyr)?
The Irish Coffee was invented at a restaurant/bar called The Buena Vista, near the Aquatic Park in San Francisco.
"Grand Central Cafe" is located in Llano, Texas, 100 miles west of Austin. I've eaten there. The food is excellent. :)
I didn't know that "tako bell" was named after its owner.
Here’s one: there’s a metal band called Hatebeak who’s lead singer is an African grey parrot
0:40 The fruit orange is named after the color *NOT* the other way around.
I know fact 2, 4 is kinda right, but I can tickle myself, 17, 20, 21, 22 (and charlie chaplin did the same thing but also lost), 25, 33, 38, 43, 44, 45, 54, 55, 59, 61, 64, 72, 73, 77, 82, 84, 85, 87, 88 I personally have green eyes, 90 (for some reason I use to have that phobia), 93, 94, 96, 98, 104, 110, 112, 118, 119, 121, 123, 135, 136, 141, and 148.
I will agree I can also tickle myself, not sure why people say you can't, people who aren't ticklish scare the hell out of me 👀 get your body fixed
The song scary monsters and nice sprites from skrillex Helps deter mosquitos from biting you
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes
Thank you WatchMojo for cutting down my google searches 😂💯💯🔥
Humans are weird:
-We eventually notice our own reflection 🤔
-We don't have any unique pattern like a tiger or a jaguar
-We lack horns,feathers, and tails
-It takes us months to properly walk instead of on all 4
-We have furless faces and small lips
-We lack night vision
-We lack armor protection like a turtle 🐢 or hermit crab 🦀
-We have tiny webbing between our fingers, that are useless today and are just pretty much just there
-Our senses are just basic, our sense of smell isn't as great as a bloodhound or even better an elephant.
Our sense of sight isn't at the same level of a hawk or owl
Evolution has given humans 2 internal reactions: Fight or Flight
Literally whenever we see a threat, humans have 3 choices: Fight and confront the situation, flee or run away from it
Finally, just freeze during emergencies
Fight,flight or freeze.
Useless information until trivia night 😉
Actually, Edison technically never invented anything. He just took other people’s ideas and figured out how to sell them.
@DeathStroke maybe? Idk.
The alpenhorn (from the Rico’s commercials) is the earliest forerunner of the modern tuba.
Hohoho, conversations with my friends are about to get a whole lot more interesting
So about music, as I'm chef. I don't know why violin concerts of Vivaldi makes me more organized. This is something that I can't explain
8:43 that reaction to losing! 😄
The PEANUTS character PIGPEN'S real name is Dudley Gooner, it was ony revealed once in a comic strip in February 1973
I love useless facts! These were great 👍😊
The unicorn hunting regulations comment reminded me that if you search for Part Number "121g" at O'Reilly Auto Parts, it's for a a Flux Capacitor from Back to the Future.
Here’s some more fun facts:
- The sun is approximately 93 million miles away from the earth
- The creator of Pac-Man based the character’s design from a pizza
- A gorilla can walk up to 20 feet while using only its hind legs
- Movies like Gremlins and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom gave birth to the PG-13 rating
- On average, 200 million people every day engage in sexual activity
- The voice of Karen the computer wife from SpongeBob is married to Tom Kenny, the voice of SpongeBob
- Theodore Roosevelt still remains the youngest US President to be elected in office
- Laika Studios is not based in Hollywood, but rather in the state of Oregon
- Studies have shown that people who hear the song “Happy” by Pharrell Williams feel genuinely happy
- It is estimated that there are about 500 million Star Wars fans around the world
- Peanut butter is a Canadian invention, created by Marcellus Gilmore Edson in 1884
- The stones used to build Stonehenge in England came all the way from Wales
- If given proper care and attention, a female tarantula can live up to 30 years
- The first animated cartoon to use synchronized sound was Walt Disney’s Steamboat Willie in 1928
- The blue whale is the largest animal in the world, weighing up to 200 tons (330,000 pounds)
- Steven Spielberg only has 2 Best Director Oscars, for Schindler’s List and Saving Private Ryan
- The brain of a monarch butterfly is smaller than the tip of a ballpoint pen
- California is the most populous US State with around 40 million people
- Every minute you spend kissing, you can burn up to 12 calories
- It has been counted that Batman has more villains than Spider-Man
- The Bible book of Psalms shares that “the earth hangs upon nothing”, showing its scientific accuracy long before Issac Newton
200 tons is not 330,000 pounds. 200 short tons is 400,000 pounds and 200 long tons is 448,000 pounds. 200 tonnes is just over 440,000 pounds. The largest blue whale ever measured weighed just under 420,000 pounds. The blue whale is also believed thee the largest species to ever have existed on the planet.
If you could theoretically fold a piece of paper that was the standard thickness of a sheet of printer paper in half infinite times, it would only take 51 folds before it was thick enough to reach the sun (actually about 1.5x as thick as the distance from the Earth and the Sun).
@@jonmendelson1104 🤯
19:27 DAMMIT AND I WAS JUST ABOUT TO FINALIZE MY ISRAELI BEACH TRAVEL PLANS FOR ME AND MY PET BEAR!!!
I really, really didn't need 2 know about the snake fact!!
First time Mojo is honest about the content they make.
8:30 you stated that the only ventriloquism museum was in and town in Kentucky; however, I know that there's also one in Pana Illinois because my best friend from high school, William Duff runs it.
The Friday the 13 fact blew my mind
I already knew some of these, I have a few extra ones to add.
1. The humpty dumpty one is about a King.
2. The little piggy that went to the market didn't go there to shop.
3. It's impossible to kiss your own elbow.
4. The liquid in lighter fluid or gas/petrol is not what causes the flames but the fumes/vapors does.
5. As humans, our first mouths are our bellybutton/navel.
ad 1: My latest info was that it refers to a cannon
ad 4: no fumes without the liquid, but point taken
ad 5: the navel is a connection for blood vessels, not a mouth per se. I would tend to call the first permanent opening relevant, which is the rectum.
Please make more of these! (P.S.: I now want to tickle a rat.)
Love these videos!! I’m such a geek and I love it!!
A pretty geek
The average life span of a mayfly it 24 hours.
The nut of a cashew actually hangs below the fruit.
A strawberry is not actually a berry.
When a mom tells a dad joke it’s considered a “faux-pa”
15:31 *Checks to see if true*: Huh, well look at that
A single bolt of lightning is actually 3. I took care of a woman in ICU that had been struck by lightning ( she had 3 holes - burns in her right shoulder and it went through her heart and exited her body at the bottom of her left foot). She was evacuated to a level 4 trauma/burn unit. I don't know if she survived.
I love takeo bell!
Nah they're not useless, at least they entertain us 😃😃😃
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre house. Who wouldn't love to eat there? But, personally, 49 is my favorite. For my own useless fact, Bearded Dragons close their eyes upwards.
We need more of these
Extra fact about 3:11, it's also the name of a show introduced to talk about advertising
Water is wet. Fire is hot. Space is big.
The term, "Redneck" originated in Northern WV to unite all coal miners into labor unions.
Also, Pepperoni Rolls were invented in WV as a snack for coal miners.
I’ve always wondered which orange came first, is an orange orange because of an orange? Or, is orange orange because of orange?
Yes
The Hershey's Kiss one I think is just a popular myth. Kiss was a popular name for small confections and Milton Hershey just copyrighted the name... also the Murray in M&M was part of the Hershey's corporation.
This was actually pretty cool 😂
Fact 59 is trippy.
Poor Dolly I can not stop laughing 😆
"Whatyadoing.....?"
"Counting how many times a Lion can mate in a Day...."
fantastic video love me some factoids
Got all the way to “mee-thane” and still can’t get past “ta-co”
There's a law that's never been removed from the books in Minneapolis, Minnesota that makes it illegal to walk your pet giraffe but only on certain days
That long haired guy in that movie The Room never failed to make me laugh 😁
Error. Adelaide in south Australia was named after a female member of the British monarchy. And Los Angeles is named after Our Lady of the Angel's which is another name for the Virgin Mary. So there are 2 more cities named after a woman
Countries, not cities
I always forget how rare it is to have green eyes which I have. To my defense, up here in Scandinavia it's pretty normal for people to have green eyes. Guess we got a big portion of that small percentage of green eyed people up here.
Neat. A Mental Floss format, but with Matthew Santoro level content.
Silly putty was originally an Easter toy which is why it still comes in an egg. It was created during World War II to replace rubber.
0:59
Idk man , i still can't scrub my feets without losing my shit
Anyone else see the ventriloquist dummy's eyes move at 8:35? I know it's just the guy's hand moving a little switch or whatever but still pretty spooky looking.
Penalty for not mentioning that the strip of paper you pull out of a hershey's kiss is called a "nigglywiggly"
I like these. Kinda done with the top ten Star Wars lists
The fact that he said the full name of Los Angeles shocks me
Charlie Chaplin also once entered his own look-alike contest and lost.
Honestly this video was useful
An Argonaut is also a CFL football team. That was certainly be an interesting tactic to use in a game
Canadian CFL Fan Go!Riders
Go! Riders Go!
I can’t be the only one who watch’s stuff like this to try to get tired
For the cow fact with listening to music, I thought it would be metal music that would help and not classical haha
Me: i'm running out of data
Also me:
According to Guiness in either 1991 or 1994 The Guiness Book of World Records is the best selling book of all time.
nice. thanks, watchmojo.