I'm proud of my useless knowledge...

Got into a discussion with a couple of people at work about "useless" knowledge, those facts you know which never really seem to come up all that often in life, but you're still proud to know.

For example, I pride myself on (as silly as it sounds) knowing all 50 states, their capitals, most European and South American capitals, Navy history, U.S. history, World War II history, ongoing unmanned space missions and virtually every funny line from the first seven or eight seasons of The Simpsons.

So what useless knowledge do you proudly possess?

 

Colleges attended by every NBA player from about 1990 on, and the lines for virtually every 80s movie.

 

Knowing the names of virtually all the players from the 1971-72 NHL season.

 

Knowing why Richie Petrie's middle name is "Rosebud."

 

the reasons given for invading Iraq

 

David St. Hubbins believes virtually everything he reads.

 

BWUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

 

too many random baseball statistics, like that rogers hornsby hit .424 in 1924.

 

I know all this. I wish I didn't.

 

Too late. For the rest of your natural life, unless Alzheimer's should hit, you're going to wonder why you remember JDV's supposed IQ.

 

I know that a high percentage of the cats at Hemingway's home have six toes.

I know more about the X-Men than any girl should.

I read the Silmarilion and know the backstory of Luthien and Beren.

 

I know you don't mean that it's actually useless, but I don't think a lot of that stuff you know -- states, capitals, geography, history, science -- is useless. That's stuff everyone should know. (Sadly, our society is a long way from that.) Truly useless knowledge is knowing whether Britney Spears is in or out of rehab today, or knowing where Anna Nicole Smith is buried.