Useless Trivial facts

There are three types of people in the world: those who can count and those who can't.

 

There are 10 types of people in the world, those that can read Binary and those that can't.

 

Statisticians have discovered that those whom have the most birthdays live the longest.

 

The most murderous killer among the Primates, killing almost 20% of its own kind, is the very cute Meerkat.





Over the centuries, the percentage of human population killed by humans has dropped. Showing that we are in a sense, evolving.

 

Mcdonalds sells over 75 burgers every second.

http://www.everysecond.io/mcdonalds
Awesome counter ^^

 

*who







..sorry :/

 

Ireland's 15 principal railway stations are named after the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising.

 

I have always been convinced that 80% of the population are only there to make up the numbers

 

New research shows some people are alarmed at finding themselves in the majority.

 

I'd say more like 98%

 

There are 617 words ending with the letters MENT.

 

Sparrows live over 10 years and live within a couple of hundred meters of where they
were born.

 

you know, in main stream life, when hanging out with your mates, you bring up the USA elections, and you are social suiciding !

 

It could be worse. You could work in the public service but vote Liberal.

 

The bata scoir or "tally stick"- In 1831 a state system of education was introduced in Ireland by the British with one of its main aims to teach English to Irish children.
The bata scoir was used to punish any children who were caught speaking their native language.
The bata was tied around the childs neck with a string and any time caught speaking gaelic a notch was carved into it.
At the end of the day the child was beaten according to the number of notches in the stick.

 

According to this year's edition of an annual report from the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), Botswana, Kuwait, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Vietnam, Angola, and Burkina Faso all have one thing in common: They are more peaceful than the US.

 

A recent Harvard study reveals that stray thoughts and wandering minds are directly related to unhappiness. [1] The study discovered that those with constantly wandering minds were less likely to be happy than those able to focus on the tasks at hand.

This study seems to confirm what Buddhists, sages, and saints have long taught--that an unruly mind creates unhappiness and dysfunction, and that the keys to happiness lie in mastering the mind, and not in changing external factors in our lives.

The most startling part of the discovery is that unhappiness doesn't just come from the mind wandering to unpleasant things. The study shows that people with minds that wander to neutral or even pleasant thoughts are still less happy than if the mind did not wander at all. [2]

During the study, people were asked to focus on a given activity. It was found that even if the activity was some hum-drum chore, participants were happier if their minds were fully there, focused in the moment. The conclusion is that when the mind wanders repeatedly (and for many of us they wander all day, every day) it drastically reduces our overall happiness and wellbeing. [3]

http://www.inc.com/quora/the-happie...inds-wander-according-to-a-harvard-study.html

 

Julie that's a useful fact !!! :

 

I'm not religious but was brought up in a religious school - Idle hands are the devil's work.

 

I'm lucky to have many hobbies & interest's or I'd be a serial killer lol too much idle time for ones brain/hands is never good for anybody