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80 Useless Facts You Never Needed to Know
Every useless fact Mataeology has published, grouped by topic. Pointless trivia and useless knowledge, verified and dated — each one has its own page with the full context.
- Everyday objects
- Animals
- Human body
- Food
- Science and mathematics
- Words and terminology
- History and inventions
Everyday objects
- Why do the F and J keys have small ridges?
- What are the small pads on eyeglasses called?
- What is the metal piece at the bottom of a zipper?
- What was the first plastic bread clip made from?
- What is the cylinder on a laptop charger cable called?
- What is the spiral part of a corkscrew called?
- What is the piece that holds violin strings at the bottom?
- What is the plastic tube inside a spray bottle called?
- What is the metal plate on a stapler called?
- What is the small wheel on a watch called?
- What are the plastic strips inside a shirt collar called?
- What is the metal ring around a hole in fabric called?
- What is the loop on a watch strap called?
- What is the metal loop on a padlock called?
- What is the metal tab on a soda can called?
- Why is there a hole in the cap of a pen?
- What are the black dots on car windshields called?
- What is the metal plate on a door frame called?
- Why are manhole covers round?
- Why is the metal tip of a tape measure loose?
- What is the Chinese takeout box called?
- What is the cardboard sleeve on a coffee cup called?
- Why do bottle caps have twenty-one ridges?
- What is the metal plate around a keyhole called?
- What are the bumps on top of a Lego brick called?
- What is the metal prong on a belt buckle called?
- What is the metal band holding a pencil eraser called?
- What is the small pocket on jeans for?
- Why do my hands smell like metal after touching coins?
- What is the wire cage on a champagne bottle called?
- What is the end of a shoelace called?
- What is the plastic table in a pizza box called?
Animals
Human body
- What are the tiny bumps on your tongue called?
- What is the back of the knee called?
- What is the outer rim of the ear called?
- What are the dimples on the lower back called?
- What is the gap between your front teeth called?
- Why do some people sneeze when looking at the sun?
- What are the tiny white bumps on your face called?
- What is the tiny hole in your eyelid called?
- What is the bump on the ear opposite the tragus called?
- What is the medical term for an eyelid twitch?
- What is the scientific name for goosebumps?
- What is the scientific term for the pins and needles sensation?
- What are the ridges on the roof of your mouth called?
- What is the soft spot on a baby's head called?
- What are the white spots on your fingernails called?
- What is the skin under the tip of a fingernail called?
- What is the thing that hangs in your throat called?
- What is the bony tip of the elbow called?
- What is the dip between your collarbones called?
- What is the skin under your tongue called?
- What is the medical term for a brain freeze?
- What is the depression at the base of the thumb called?
- What is the skin at the base of your fingernail called?
- What is the funny bone?
- Why do your fingers wrinkle in water?
- What are the spots you see when you rub your eyes?
- What is the pink bump in the corner of your eye?
- What is the medical term for stomach growling?
- What is the white half-moon on your fingernail called?
- Why do my ears rumble when I clench my jaw?
- What is the skin between your nostrils called?
- What is the space between your eyebrows called?
Food
- What is the liquid on top of yogurt called?
- Why does Swiss cheese have holes?
- What are the green leaves on top of a strawberry called?
- What is the red liquid in packaged meat?
- What is the white stringy thing in an egg called?
- What is the plastic ball inside a Guinness can called?
- What is the mathematical shape of a Pringles chip?