While I don’t enjoy playing most board games (bored games) I do enjoy playing Trivial Pursuit. That’s because I appreciate trivia; you know: “details, considerations or pieces of information of little importance or value.” That’s how the dictionary defines it.

Sadly, my brain stores more of this kind of information than important stuff like how to make a million dollars or why dogs howl at the moon.

The Internet has made harvesting trivia easier than ever and here a few of the things I have reaped recently —

You know that frustrating feeling when you’re trying to explain something and you forget a specific word you know you know? There’s a word for that. It’s “lethologica.” That’s the kind of stuff you can learn from the Internet and it may come in handy someday.

Historians claim humans have been performing dentistry since 7000 BC which makes dentistry one of the oldest professions. Just one of the oldest professions.

One of my favorite meals is macaroni and cheese. I learned from the Internet that our Canadian neighbors eat more macaroni and cheese than any other nation in the world. A Canadian friend told me about poutine (french fries and cheese curds topped with a brown gravy) and now I’m even more anxious to dine in Canada.

I read on the Internet that an animal’s yawn is based on how large their brain is. The bigger the brain, the longer they will yawn. Crap; now I’m timing my own yawns.

Trivial fact: females are better at distinguishing colors while males excel at tracking fast-moving objects and discerning detail from a distance.

In Zimbabwe it is illegal for citizens to make offensive gestures at a passing car. That law would be useful in Iowa, too.

Iceland, I have read on the Internet, has such a small and isolated population that many Icelanders are related. Accordingly, Iceland has a dating app that stops you from hooking up with your cousin. They could have used that app where I grew up.

This spring I had an opportunity to view the tulip beds in the city park in Orange City. Dutch people love their tulips. Did you know that in 1634 tulip bulbs were a form of currency in the Netherlands? I’ll give you six tulip bulbs for a Dutch letter.

Researchers claim that the average human blinks his or her eyes around 20 times a minute. That’s over ten million times a year! No wonder I’m so tired.

Spread across our lifetime most people spend an average of one whole year sitting on the toilet. That may have changed since the invention of the cell phone. Along those lines, on average you pass enough gas in one day to fill a party balloon. Shouldn’t that be a potty balloon?

Heckle and Jeckle, a pair of magpies, were among my favorite childhood cartoon characters. Did you know magpies are considered among the most intelligent animals in the world and the only non-mammal species able to recognize themselves in a mirror test?

When I was a kid I liked to dig holes in the ground, sometimes thinking I was digging a hole to China. It is claimed on the Internet that digging a hole to China is theoretically possible if you start in Argentina.

I have heard television characters use the term “brah.” I learned from the Internet that the term is Hawaiian pidgin, short for brahdah (brother) and was popularized by surf culture. It may surprise you to know that I am NOT a part of surf culture, brah.

It is reported on the Internet that some banks have therapists known as “wealth psychologists” who help ultra-rich clients who cannot mentally cope with their immense wealth. I think I could handle that.

Experts claim your nose is always visible to you. Your mind ignores it through a process called Unconscious Selective Attention. Speaking of noses, I’m proud of mine; it’s hand-picked.

One more weird fact you should know: if you sneeze while traveling at 60 m.p.h. your eyes are closed for an average of 50 feet. Sneeze quickly.

There you have it — a new supply of information of little importance or value. I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I did.