Let's Talk Facts

So you have the ideas whirring in your head, and you just cannot wait to put them into words for your next debate. Alas, despite the speech being eloquence personified, the ‘wow’ factor is missing, right? What you need is a little twist, perhaps, that will jolt the audience wide awake and hanging on to every word. For that, welcome to Amusing Facts.

Amusing Facts features a number of facts and figures on a wide variety of topics. To be very honest, the facts are not exactly amusing in the hilarious sense of the word. They are just some very strange and not-so-well-known statements about different places and people. Therefore, while they are not guaranteed to make you laugh, the website does claim that they are strange, weird and, well, useless in many ways.

All the information on this website is categorised in a number of sections, so you can directly visit the one which appeals to you. There are facts related to categories as diverse as household products, business, health, science, technology, sports, animals, edibles, art, history and entertainment. There are sub-divisions within the categories as well. For instance, edibles are divided into candy, cereals, coffee, cookies, fruits, ice-cream, pizza, vegetables and water. And, in case you are wondering what kind of facts would make it to the section on ice-cream, here is an example: “Great Britain has the highest consumption of ice cream than any other European nation.”

There are some more interesting sections on this website as well. There is, for example, an entire section dedicated to people who once made headlines and have been long since forgotten. This section traces the current doings of these long-lost-and-forgotten celebrities like Paula Abdul and Richard Marx.

Another amusing collection that this website hosts is that of strange news stories. Collected from various sources, these stories make for a highly incredulous read. Yet another section deals with dumb things people have done and the stories they have to tell.

Much as this website is indeed a collection of facts, stories and reports, whether or not they are as useless as the webmasters claim, is entirely up to what use you put them to. If you are simply using this website to while away your time, then it can actually get boring and a little clichéd after a while. But if you are a student and hunting down some additional information to add some spice to your assignment or a speech/debate, then this website will be invaluable to the nth degree. Of course, as usual, the humour section should be used with extreme caution.

To read up on some of the most amusing and strange facts from around the internet, log on to http://www.amusingfacts.com