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  • Useless Fact #434

    The record for the longest overdue library book is 288 years. The book was borrowed from the Sidney Sussex College in 1668. Thankfully there were no late fees.

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  • Useless Fact #421

    There are lowercase numbers as well as uppercase numbers.

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  • Useless Fact #417

    The last letter added to the English alphabet was ‘J’, not ‘Z’

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  • Useless Fact #407

    Due to easier pronunciation, Ronald McDonald is officially called Donald McDonald in Japan.

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  • Useless Fact #384

    "Curple" & "Hirple" are the only words that rhyme with purple.

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  • Useless Fact #383

    The ATM machines in the Vatican are all written in Latin

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  • Useless Fact #379

    The name Jessica was first coined by William Shakespeare in ‘The Merchant of Venice’

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  • Useless Fact #368

    There is not a letter ‘B’ in any number below ‘One Billion’

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  • Useless Fact #363

    All pilots are required to speak ‘Aviation English’ regardless of their nationality.

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  • Useless Fact #358

    According to Space.com, all astronauts travelling to the International Space Station must be able to speak both Russian and English.

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  • Useless Fact #344

    There was once a paper entitled ‘The Unsuccessful Self-Treatment of a Case of Writer's Block.’ which contained no words.

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  • Useless Fact #343

    Have you ever tried to think of a word that was on the tip of your tongue? There’s a word for that: Lethologica

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