A world of meaningless facts

Welcome to meaninglessfacts.com, where we collect meaningless facts about everything from people and animals to crazy rules and laws.

How fast is a snail?

It takes a snail 637 years to migrate from North Jutland to Spain at a rapid pace.

When was the first Christmas tree in Denmark?

In Denmark, the first Christmas tree probably dates back to 1808, when Countess Wilhelmine of Holsteinborg Estate near Skælskør lit candles on a fir tree during the Christmas season.

Battle in the vineyards

During the Allied fighting in Northern France, July 1944, the Counts demanded that fighting be kept away from the best vineyards.

Do ostriches stick their heads in the ground?

Why do ostriches stick their heads in sand? Actually, they don’t. They’ve studied 200,000 ostriches for 8 years and not one ostrich has been found sticking its head in the ground or trying to.