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.

The history of London

The world’s largest city in 1700 was London, and in 1800 London was the only city in the world with a population of one million. In 1900, London was still the world’s largest city with 4.5 million inhabitants.

Who invented paper?

The invention of paper is traditionally attributed to the Chinese Ts’ai Lun.