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.

What is the human resting heart rate?

The average person has a resting heart rate of between 70-80 beats per minute. Over the course of an average life, that adds up to around 3.5 billion beats.

What was a night man?

The Night Man was the executioner’s assistant and the one who emptied the city’s trash cans at night.

How has the Earth’s climate evolved?

The Earth’s climate as we know it today is a rarity. Over a long period of time, 10% of the time with a climate like today, 10% with a two kilometer thick ice (ice age), and 80% of the time we have tundra landscape like Siberia.