You would think that the world’s largest garbage dump would be located on land somewhere, but you would be wrong.  The largest dump swirls in the Pacific Ocean and is ...

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Issue 9 of the Completely Useless Facts of the Week includes facts about Greenland, Banana Skins, Mercury, the New York Marathon, and Reno. Indulge in the facts behind the facts. Greenland ...

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Numbers, numbers, everywhere.  Numbers, numbers, why should you care?  Great question, and I don’t have a good answer, but these fascinating tidbits of statistical wizardry will have you scratching you ...

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We played with them as a kid. And now they’re a great excuse to have kids, as long as you don’t step on them in the middle of the night ...

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Issue 8 of the Completely Useless Facts of the Week will keep you informed about Bert and Ernie, Aglets, the Shroud of Turin, Barbie, and WD-40. lakelander/flickr Sesame Street’s Bert ...

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We’ve all spent countless hours on that incessant machine, whiling away our time and spending most of it watching the seconds tick past tirelessly slow. But where did the term ...

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It seems as though every corner of the globe has been explored or connected with the rise in global communications, satellite imagery, and air travel, but there are still areas ...

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Where are the barbecue hotspots in the U.S. and how are they different?  Also a short history of barbecue and the difference between barbecue and grilling, all in this infographic. ...

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Issue 7 of the Completely Useless Facts of the Week will keep you informed about a NASA poop term, a very short airplane trip, a dot, a border, and a ...

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The International Olympic Committee has a big problem.  No one wants to step up to plate and host the 2022 Winter Olympics–well, almost no one.  When countries allow their citizens ...

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Here’s another edition of Completely Useless Facts of the Week.  Go ahead and fill your brain with a plethora of knowledge that really isn’t all that useless. In this week’s ...

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