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.

Taxi or Taxi?

Taxi is the international term, while Taxa is exclusively a Danish trademark.

What happened on the 11th of the 11th at 11am?

On November 11th at 5am, both sides signed an armistice, resulting in Germany’s ultimate surrender and a promise of early peace talks. On November 11th at exactly 11 am, World War I came to an end. For historical reasons, they wanted the war to end on the 11th day of the 11th month at 11:00. Therefore, the war-weary soldiers would continue to fight on until this time in 1918.

What can the Northern Lights do?

Northern lights can reflect coastlines even though they form 100 km up in the atmosphere. The explanation is that land and sea water have different electrical conductivity.

Is Langbortistan real?

Langtbortistan is a fictional country in the Donald Duck universe, the name of the country was invented by Danish translator Sonja Rindom.