Not a TAAT, but following on from the thread about people having a lack of general knowledge. Reading it got me thinking about the time when my friends are I had played pub quizzes and I'd known random information that they'd had no idea on (because I love a random fact!). They wiped the floor with me on sports and pop culture so we're all even 
What are your weird and wonderful random facts?
Mine is that peanuts are not actually nuts. They are legumes.
Also - bananas are curved because they grow towards the sun.