# Useless trivia!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-trivia/187647>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 11, 2003, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-trivia/187647 "2003-07-11T04:38:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Atlantis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@Atlantis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atlantis)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-trivia/187647/1 "2003-07-11T04:38:42Z")

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A giraffe has the same number of bones in its neck as a human!

Sigmund Freud had a pathological fear of ferns (yes, the plant)!

It is illegal to enter the state of Wisconsin with a duck on your head!

In some city or other in Chicago, or maybe Nevada, law states that if you wish to commit a crime you must phone ahead to the Chief of Police telling him or her the time and place of the intended crime!

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**Author:** ![Atlantis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@Atlantis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atlantis)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-trivia/187647/2 "2003-07-11T04:43:57Z")

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I apologize, that was just some Meaningless Pointless Stuff I felt I Must Share.

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**Author:** ![Nvme77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Nvme77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nvme77)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-trivia/187647/3 "2003-07-11T06:25:26Z")

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The Temptations sing back up on Rick James’ “Super Freak”