‘O mighty reservoir of useless information! Nothing about thee is more wonderful than this, that thou daredst to remain uneducated. Who shall say that thy supremacy among men is not due to thy being ...

For some reason or another, we tend to accumulate knowledge that is pretty useless. These trivial facts, however, can be fun to share even if they don't have a purpose. One curious user on Reddit ...

Filtering out useless information can help people increase their capacity to remember what is really important, researchers said on Wednesday. Scientists at the University of Oregon have demonstrated ...