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This is a classic but I had to make sure it was in this community.

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[โ€“] sleen@lemmy.zip 38 points 2 months ago (3 children)

So when was walking invented ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿค”

[โ€“] Agent641@lemmy.world 77 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You're not gonna believe this, but...

[โ€“] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Interestingly when he died he donated his body to be made in to crisps (or chips if you like guns).

[โ€“] Kyatto@leminal.space 8 points 2 months ago

It's just a cheap imitation now though, ever since they ran out of walker the chips/crisps are nowhere near as good.

[โ€“] BatrickPateman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I see a certain connection to a minor figure from Christian religion.

[โ€“] morrowind@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think you're in the minority here, I've never heard them called crisps outside of British areas

[โ€“] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think only the USA and Canada use the term chips.

As you say Great Britain uses crisps, as does Australia, New Zealand, India, and South Africa. Although, I would imagine that most countries with a foreign language would use something closer to crisps too.

You guys are always in the minority when you decide to do things a little different. Like you weird date format for instance.

[โ€“] morrowind@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Huhโ€ฆ I stand corrected. When I did a search it said those specific countries too.

Now I wonder why everyone else went a different way, or where they were first made.

[โ€“] sdcSpade@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Nancy Sinatra created a new pair of boots and when her boss asked what purpose they served, she had a full song and dance prepared to pitch her idea.

[โ€“] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So when was song and dance invented?

[โ€“] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Around the time of gayness. Not sure if it was before or after.

[โ€“] Agent641@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Symbiotic evolution

[โ€“] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Ya, that's what they do.

[โ€“] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

When Billy Strides tried to shuffle along twice.

[โ€“] Anticorp@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This is a myth. Running was invented by Nike in the 90's to sell more shoes.

[โ€“] RandomVideos@programming.dev 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This is a myth too. All of human history was invented in 2020 to make people think a time before covid19 existed

[โ€“] evidences@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

This is a myth too. The entirety of the universe was created last Thursday, we just think it's older than that because it was created specifically to look older.

[โ€“] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

This seems plausible.

The original marathon runner Pheidippides was actually speed walking to Athens.

[โ€“] shalafi@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

This sounds like a fact straight out of Discworld, as explained by one of the wizards.

[โ€“] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Flying was invented by standing up, and then standing up again before sitting down.

[โ€“] Unleaded8163@fedia.io 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

No, you've got it all wrong, flying was invented when someone tripped, fell, got distracted, and forgot to land.

[โ€“] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 months ago

all you have to do is try to hit the ground and miss!

[โ€“] morrowind@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Nah that's just floating. Haven't mastered that one yet

[โ€“] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

fun fact: jogging as an acriviry was said to have been invented by Jeremy Bentham, the famed philosopher who's had his body stuffed and preserved at University College London.

he apparently called it "post-prandial circumgyration".

(thanks, the unbelievable truth.)

[โ€“] Etterra@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Somebody's been salting the training data. Accidentally or on purpose, it doesn't really matter lol

[โ€“] 0laura@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

no, this is a result from Quora.

[โ€“] cricbuzz@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

im sorry, what kind of test would this be?

[โ€“] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 4 points 2 months ago

I've wondered since childhood where that saying came from, thanks for clearing it up. :-D

[โ€“] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Maven@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

No actually! This joke was originally posted on Quora in like 2017? I think?