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UselessFactsBadlyDrawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn@pixelfed.social
2026-02-10
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn: #488: The Breathalyzer.
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#truecrime #breathalyzer #baddrivers #uk #crime #offbeatnews #strangebuttrue #webcomic #comics #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
The Breathalyzer's co-designer, Dr. Richard Lacey, was caught drunk driving in the UK in 2024.
Useless Facts, Badly Drawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn
2026-02-10

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn: #488: The Breathalyzer.
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The Breathalyzer's co-designer, Dr. Richard Lacey, was caught drunk driving in the UK in 2024.
UselessFactsBadlyDrawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn@pixelfed.social
2026-02-07
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #487: Torpedo.
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#torpedo #torpedofish #electricrays #nomenclature #whatsinaname #fish #submarines #missiles #explosives #strangebuttrue #didyouknow #funfacts #facts #webcomics #comics #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
The Torpedo fish wasn't named after the torpedo, but the other way round. The underwater missile was named after the fish, which are now called electric rays (genus Torpedo, family Torpedinidae). The name, in turn, comes from the Latin torpēdo, meaning lethargy or sluggish-ness. The name was fitting because the original design was more like a sea mine than today's self-propelled device.
Useless Facts, Badly Drawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn
2026-02-07

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #487: Torpedo.
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The Torpedo fish wasn't named after the torpedo, but the other way round. The underwater missile was named after the fish, which are now called electric rays (genus Torpedo, family Torpedinidae). The name, in turn, comes from the Latin torpēdo, meaning lethargy or sluggish-ness. The name was fitting because the original design was more like a sea mine than today's self-propelled device.
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2026-02-03

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UselessFactsBadlyDrawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn@pixelfed.social
2026-01-23
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #485: .kkrieger.
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#kkrieger #computergames #gaming #worldrecords #germany #theprodukkt #strangebuttrue #wtf #3dgames #doom #quake #firstpersonshooter #geek #funfacts #facts #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
•Kkrieger is the world's smallest-sized computer game at just 96 kilobytes, and this was in 2004. Despite its tiny filesize, it was a first-person shooter with 3D graphics, textures, original music, and detailed maps; and looked like Doom or Quake from the era. It was made by German demogroup theprodukkt for a game demo competition, which it won. For perspecțive on how small 96 KB is, this comic's image file is around 1 MB, or about ten times larger.
Useless Facts, Badly Drawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn
2026-01-23

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #485: .kkrieger.
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•Kkrieger is the world's smallest-sized computer game at just 96 kilobytes, and this was in 2004. Despite its tiny filesize, it was a first-person shooter with 3D graphics, textures, original music, and detailed maps; and looked like Doom or Quake from the era. It was made by German demogroup theprodukkt for a game demo competition, which it won. For perspecțive on how small 96 KB is, this comic's image file is around 1 MB, or about ten times larger.
UselessFactsBadlyDrawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn@pixelfed.social
2026-01-18
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #484: Ancient Egypt.
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#ancientegypt #egyptology #history #anthropology #egypt #strangebuttrue #science #webcomic #comics #wtf #facts #funfacts #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
Ancient Egypt covers such a vast expanse of time (3150 BC to 30 BC), that each era of ancient Egypt had their own ancient Egyptian anthropologists studying previous eras of even more ancient Egypt before them.
Useless Facts, Badly Drawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn
2026-01-18

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #484: Ancient Egypt.
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Ancient Egypt covers such a vast expanse of time (3150 BC to 30 BC), that each era of ancient Egypt had their own ancient Egyptian anthropologists studying previous eras of even more ancient Egypt before them.
UselessFactsBadlyDrawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn@pixelfed.social
2026-01-11
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #483: The World's Most Expensive Speeding Ticket.
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#baddriving #speedingticket #speeding #switzerland #sweden #finland #scandinavia #supercars #jsutrichpeoplethings #europe #webcomic #comics #facts #funfacts #didyouknow #strangebuttrue #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
The most expensive speeding ticket was for €650,000 (or US $1 million). It was handed out in 2010 to a Swedish millionaire for doing 180 mph in his Mercedes AMG SLS in Switzerland (the speed limit was 72 mph). Some European countries base traffic fines on the offender's income and car's value as well as speed. In 2015, for example, a Finnish millionaire was slapped with a $58,000 fine for going just 15 mph over the speed limit.
Useless Facts, Badly Drawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn
2026-01-11

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #483: The World's Most Expensive Speeding Ticket.
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The most expensive speeding ticket was for €650,000 (or US $1 million). It was handed out in 2010 to a Swedish millionaire for doing 180 mph in his Mercedes AMG SLS in Switzerland (the speed limit was 72 mph). Some European countries base traffic fines on the offender's income and car's value as well as speed. In 2015, for example, a Finnish millionaire was slapped with a $58,000 fine for going just 15 mph over the speed limit.
UselessFactsBadlyDrawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn@pixelfed.social
2025-12-29
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #481: The Sator Square.
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#satorsquare #satorrotas #satorrotassquare #ancientmemes #history #strangebuttrue #mysteries #badmovies #badsciencefiction #timetravel #webcomic #comics #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
The Sator Square is a word square or grid of five five-letter words (sator, arepo, tenet, opera, and rotas). It has existed since 62 AD and has been found all over Europe, the Middle East, Asia minor and North Africa. However, nobody knows its real meaning or origin. It could also be an early meme. It was also featured in the worst movie ever made by mankind, Christopher Nolan's Tenet.
Useless Facts, Badly Drawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn
2025-12-29

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #481: The Sator Square.
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The Sator Square is a word square or grid of five five-letter words (sator, arepo, tenet, opera, and rotas). It has existed since 62 AD and has been found all over Europe, the Middle East, Asia minor and North Africa. However, nobody knows its real meaning or origin. It could also be an early meme. It was also featured in the worst movie ever made by mankind, Christopher Nolan's Tenet.
UselessFactsBadlyDrawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn@pixelfed.social
2025-12-24
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #480: Roland the Farter. Also, Happy Yule etc
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#rolandthefarter #courtjesters #jesters #medievalhistory #kinghenryii #strangebuttrue #farts #performingarts #comics #webcomics #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
Roland the Farter was King Henry II's royal court jester who was famous for performing an act called the "saltum, siffletum, Pettum" (a jump, a whistle, and a tart, simultaneously) for the king's court every Christmas. He was apparently so good at it that the king gave him 110 acres of land in Suffolk.
UselessFactsBadlyDrawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn@pixelfed.social
2025-12-15
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #479: Lake Natron.
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#lakenatron #alkalilake #saltlake #saltflat #weirdplaces #africa #nature #volcanoes #cursed #weirdfacts #funfacts #didyouknow #strangebuttrue #webcomics #comics #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
Lake Natron is a blood red salt lake in Tanzania that is so salty, hot and alkaline (with a pH above 12), that any animal that dies in or near it is calcified, or turned into a salt statue.
Useless Facts, Badly Drawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn
2025-12-15

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #479: Lake Natron.
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Lake Natron is a blood red salt lake in Tanzania that is so salty, hot and alkaline (with a pH above 12), that any animal that dies in or near it is calcified, or turned into a salt statue.
UselessFactsBadlyDrawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn@pixelfed.social
2025-12-02
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #144: The Falkland Islands Penguin Reserve.
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#falklandislands #islands #landmines #naturereserves #penguins #southamerica #patagonia #falklands #falklandswar #operationrosario #war #strangebuttrue #facts #funfacts #weirdfacts #comic #comics #webcomic #webcomics #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
The world's largest nature reserve for penguins was created unintentionally. The Falkland Islands were heavily land-mined in the Falklands War, making the beaches off-limits to humans and large predators. But penguins are not heavy enough to trigger the land mines, so the beaches became a safe haven for thousands of them.
Useless Facts, Badly Drawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn
2025-12-02

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #144: The Falkland Islands Penguin Reserve.
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The world's largest nature reserve for penguins was created unintentionally. The Falkland Islands were heavily land-mined in the Falklands War, making the beaches off-limits to humans and large predators. But penguins are not heavy enough to trigger the land mines, so the beaches became a safe haven for thousands of them.
UselessFactsBadlyDrawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn@pixelfed.social
2025-11-30
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #246: Nigel Richards.
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#scrabble #nigelrichards #frenchscrabble #boardgames #wordgames #trivia #french #didyouknow #butwhytho #strangebuttrue #webcomic #comics #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
Nigel Richards memorized the French dictionary in 9 weeks and won The World French Scrabble Tournament in 2015-all without ever learning how to speak the language at all.
Useless Facts, Badly Drawnuselessfactsbadlydrawn
2025-11-30

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #246: Nigel Richards.
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Nigel Richards memorized the French dictionary in 9 weeks and won The World French Scrabble Tournament in 2015-all without ever learning how to speak the language at all.

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