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.

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.

What is Camembert?

Camembert is a soft white mold cheese. It was invented by Marie Harel in 1791 and named after a town in Normandy.

How do whales sleep?

Whales sleep with one half of the brain at a time. This means there is always an awake half to take care of things like breathing.

Jeff Stinco

Jeff Stinco (lead guitarist in Simple Plan) is lactose intolerant.

Odense Katedralskole is the 6th oldest school in Denmark.