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UselessFactsBadlyDrawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn@pixelfed.social
2025-06-20
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #442: Archerfish.
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#archerfish #tropicalfish #fish #aquariumfish #aquaria #animaltooluse #snipers #evolution #strangebuttrue #didyouknow #funfacts #facts #webcomic #comics #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
Archerfish are small tropical fish that spit jets of water to knock insects as high as 10 feet above the surface so they can eat them. Their mouths are described by biologists as being like tiny guns, and their aim is highly accurate, their brains taking refraction through the water surface into account when targeting prey, and is considered an example of animals using tools. Juveniles hunt in groups to learn how to aim better, but adults almost never miss the first shot. They're also a popular, though challenging, aquarium pet.
Useless Facts, Badly Drawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn
2025-06-20

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #442: Archerfish.
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Archerfish are small tropical fish that spit jets of water to knock insects as high as 10 feet above the surface so they can eat them. Their mouths are described by biologists as being like tiny guns, and their aim is highly accurate, their brains taking refraction through the water surface into account when targeting prey, and is considered an example of animals using tools. Juveniles hunt in groups to learn how to aim better, but adults almost never miss the first shot. They're also a popular, though challenging, aquarium pet.
UselessFactsBadlyDrawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn@pixelfed.social
2025-06-17
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #441: Country Roads by John Denver.
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#musictrivia #johndenver #appalachians #countryroads #music #songs #lyrics #didyouknow #strangebuttrue #science #archeology #history #geology #blueridgemountains #webcomic #comics #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
When Country Roads by John Denver goes "life is old there, older than the trees, younger than the mountains," the lyrics are scientifically accurate: the Appalachians are the oldest mountain range on Earth and were already in existence before the first trees evolved.
Useless Facts, Badly Drawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn
2025-06-17

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #441: Country Roads by John Denver.
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When Country Roads by John Denver goes "life is old there, older than the trees, younger than the mountains," the lyrics are scientifically accurate: the Appalachians are the oldest mountain range on Earth and were already in existence before the first trees evolved.
UselessFactsBadlyDrawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn@pixelfed.social
2025-06-13
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #379: Flight 666 direct to HEL.
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#thingsstupidpeoplearescaredof #finland #finair #666 #friday13 #fridaythe13th #markofthebeast #superstition #metal #flight666 #strangebuttrue #aviation #denmark #webcomic #comics #wtf #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
Finnair Flight 666 flew to HIEL on Friday the 13th, October 2017 (Copenhagen to Helsinki). It landed safely without incident.
Useless Facts, Badly Drawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn
2025-06-13

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #379: Flight 666 direct to HEL.
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Finnair Flight 666 flew to HIEL on Friday the 13th, October 2017 (Copenhagen to Helsinki). It landed safely without incident.
UselessFactsBadlyDrawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn@pixelfed.social
2025-06-04
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #47: Monopoly. Also, the monopoly man does NOT wear a monocle.

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#monopoly #boardgames #capitalism #didyouknow #strangebuttrue #comic #comics #cartoon #webcomics
The board game Monopoly was invented by Lizzie Magie as a way to demonstrate that monopolies in economics do not work. Charles Darrow basically stole the idea, took full credit and got rich selling the game. When Magie was revealed as the true creator, she was paid just $500. Meanwhile, Darrow went on to become the first millionaire game designer in history.
Useless Facts, Badly Drawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn
2025-06-04

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #47: Monopoly. Also, the monopoly man does NOT wear a monocle.

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The board game Monopoly was invented by Lizzie Magie as a way to demonstrate that monopolies in economics do not work. Charles Darrow basically stole the idea, took full credit and got rich selling the game. When Magie was revealed as the true creator, she was paid just $500. Meanwhile, Darrow went on to become the first millionaire game designer in history.
UselessFactsBadlyDrawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn@pixelfed.social
2025-05-30
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #438: The Messerschmitt ME163 Komet.
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#fighterplanes #fighterjet #luftwaffe #rocketpowered #gliders #aviation #flying #wwii #messerschmitt #experimentalaircraft #worldrecords #war #funfacts #strangebuttrue #facts #webcomic #comics #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
The Messerschmitt ME 163 Komet was the best and worst fighter plane ever built. The world's only rocket-powered fighter, it would burn all its fuel in 7 minutes and turn into a tiny but fast and agile glider. It was also incredibly dangerous, using two deadly and explosive acids for fuel, in tanks located on either side of the pilot in the cockpit. The fighter took out far more of its own pilots than enemy planes. However, the few who did fly it and survived, universally praised its handling, speed and agility.
Useless Facts, Badly Drawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn
2025-05-30

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #438: The Messerschmitt ME163 Komet.
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The Messerschmitt ME 163 Komet was the best and worst fighter plane ever built. The world's only rocket-powered fighter, it would burn all its fuel in 7 minutes and turn into a tiny but fast and agile glider. It was also incredibly dangerous, using two deadly and explosive acids for fuel, in tanks located on either side of the pilot in the cockpit. The fighter took out far more of its own pilots than enemy planes. However, the few who did fly it and survived, universally praised its handling, speed and agility.
UselessFactsBadlyDrawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn@pixelfed.social
2025-05-27
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #437: Can't Help Myself.
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#canthelpmyself #art #kineticart #modernart #tiktok #strangebuttrue #viral #sunyuan #pengyu #immigration #emigration #braindrain #2016 #2023 #socialmedia #webcomic #comics #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
"Can't Help Myself" was a 2016 kinetic sculpture by Sun Yuan and Peng Yu featuring an industrial robot arm mopping up red fluid that kept leaking from its base. While the piece was supposed to be about society and border control, it went viral on social media in 2023 as heartbroken netizens related to it as a metaphor for emotional pain, existential struggle, and the grind of survival.
Useless Facts, Badly Drawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn
2025-05-27

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #437: Can't Help Myself.
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#2016 #2023

"Can't Help Myself" was a 2016 kinetic sculpture by Sun Yuan and Peng Yu featuring an industrial robot arm mopping up red fluid that kept leaking from its base. While the piece was supposed to be about society and border control, it went viral on social media in 2023 as heartbroken netizens related to it as a metaphor for emotional pain, existential struggle, and the grind of survival.
UselessFactsBadlyDrawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn@pixelfed.social
2025-05-23
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #436: The Pyrenean Ibex.
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#ibex #pyreneanibex #animals #extinct #cloning #biology #science #worldrecords #strangebuttrue #wtf #funfacts #facts #didyouknow #webcomic #comics #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
The Pyrenean ibex is the only animal to go extinct twice. In 2000, the very last one, Celia, died when a tree fell on her. Scientists cloned Celia in 2003 using frozen tissue, but the clone died shortly after birth, making the species go extinct a second time.
Useless Facts, Badly Drawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn
2025-05-23

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #436: The Pyrenean Ibex.
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The Pyrenean ibex is the only animal to go extinct twice. In 2000, the very last one, Celia, died when a tree fell on her. Scientists cloned Celia in 2003 using frozen tissue, but the clone died shortly after birth, making the species go extinct a second time.
UselessFactsBadlyDrawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn@pixelfed.social
2025-05-21
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #435: The KLF.
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#theklf #klf #90smusic #music #bands #musichistory #performanceart #itsaboutsendingamessage #strangebuttrue #britawards #weird #wtf #butwhytho #webcomic #comics #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
The KLF was an electronic band and art collective who announced their retirement from pop music in 1994 by withdrawing all the cash they earned from their music (about o1 million), arranging it in a huge pile, and setting it on fire as a performance art piece.
Useless Facts, Badly Drawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn
2025-05-21

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #435: The KLF.
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The KLF was an electronic band and art collective who announced their retirement from pop music in 1994 by withdrawing all the cash they earned from their music (about o1 million), arranging it in a huge pile, and setting it on fire as a performance art piece.
UselessFactsBadlyDrawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn@pixelfed.social
2025-05-20
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #266: Raven the chimp.
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#raventhechimp #raventhechimpanzee #chimpanzees #gunter #stockmarket #wallstreet #wallstreetbets #business #finance #monkeydex #1999 #stockbrokers #capitalism #strangebuttrue #animalswithjobs #monkeys #apes #webcomic #comic #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
A chimpanzee named Raven was the 22nd most successful money manager in the USA. She picked stocks by throwing darts at a list of 133 internet companies. She had her own index, MonkeyDex, delivering a 213% gain and outperforming over 6,000 professional Wall Street brokers in 1999.
Useless Facts, Badly Drawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn
2025-05-20

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #266: Raven the chimp.
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A chimpanzee named Raven was the 22nd most successful money manager in the USA. She picked stocks by throwing darts at a list of 133 internet companies. She had her own index, MonkeyDex, delivering a 213% gain and outperforming over 6,000 professional Wall Street brokers in 1999.
UselessFactsBadlyDrawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn@pixelfed.social
2025-05-19
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #435: Ötzi the Iceman.
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#otzi #otzitheiceman #unsolvedcrimes #ancienthumans #anthropology #popsicles #science #alps #funfacts #facts #didyouknow #strangebuttrue #webcomic #comics #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
The world's oldest unsolved murder is of Ötzi, whose frozen body was found in 1991 naturally mummified in the Alps. He was killed around 3230 BC, during the Copper age. For perspective, that's a short time after the ancient Sumerians were busy inventing the earliest known written language. His body has been extensively studied and has taught us a lot about our early human ancestors. However, his murder will probably remain unsolved.
Useless Facts, Badly Drawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn
2025-05-19

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #435: Ötzi the Iceman.
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The world's oldest unsolved murder is of Ötzi, whose frozen body was found in 1991 naturally mummified in the Alps. He was killed around 3230 BC, during the Copper age. For perspective, that's a short time after the ancient Sumerians were busy inventing the earliest known written language. His body has been extensively studied and has taught us a lot about our early human ancestors. However, his murder will probably remain unsolved.

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