I found some facts about the world on a website that I thought were worth posting. They're the sort of facts that you'll forget about until somebody asks a random stupid question like, "how many dots in a game of pacman?" and you'll be able to answer right away:

-Many sailors used to wear gold earrings so that they could afford a proper burial when they died.

-When Albert Einstein died, his final words died with him. The nurse at his side didn't understand German.

-Born 4 January 1838, General Tom Thumb's growth slowed at the age of 6 months, at 5 years he was signed to the circus by P.T. Barnum, and at adulthood reached a height of only 1 metre.

-Ancient drinkers warded off the devil by clinking their cups.

-Pogonophobia is the fear of beards.

-Henry VII was the only British King to be crowned on the field of battle.

-Only 1 child in 20 are born on the day predicted by the doctor.

-It is illegal to be a prostitute in Siena, Italy, if your name is Mary.

-The childrens' nursery rhyme 'Ring-a-Ring-a-Roses' actually refers to the Black Death which killed about 30 million people in the fourteenth-century.

-The study of stupidity is called 'monology'.

-There are 240 white dots in a Pacman arcade game.

-Dublin is home of the Fairy Investigation Society.

-The two highest IQ's ever recorded (on a standard test) both belong to women.

For more useless facts: http://home.bitworks.co.nz/trivia/human.htm