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Random Useless Facts

A true-but-pointless fact whenever you ask.

😄 FunHEALTHYchecked 10h ago
AUTH NONECORS ✓AGENT ✓HTTPS ✓COMMERCIAL ?

Returns a single random trivia fact as JSON, complete with source attribution and a permalink. English and German are supported via a language parameter. Keyless, CORS-open, and cheerfully unnecessary.

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Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 90 · healthy
Uptime history
96.1%90 days
98.3%30 days
410P50 · ms
1877P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 120 ms, slowest 1395 ms, most recent 152 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://uselessfacts.jsph.pl/api/v2/facts/random

{
  "id": "06ebc654e87e8fc4630233516161234f",
  "text": "There are over 58 million dogs in the US",
  "source": "djtech.net",
  "language": "en"
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://uselessfacts.jsph.pl/api/v2/facts/random"
const res = await fetch("https://uselessfacts.jsph.pl/api/v2/facts/random");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://uselessfacts.jsph.pl/api/v2/facts/random")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 6HealthyFULL DOCS ↗
Monitored path responding — GET /facts/random410 mschecked 10h ago
GET/facts/randomPROBED

A true-but-pointless fact whenever you ask.

GET/facts

One or more random facts.

GET/fact

Single random fact.

GET/list

Paginated list of resources.

GET/facts/1

Facts details by ID (example: 1).

GET/facts?limit=10

One or more random facts.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

Random Useless Facts: common questions

Is Random Useless Facts free to use?

Yes — Random Useless Facts is a free fun API. Free tier: Free — limits not published. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Random Useless Facts need an API key?

No — Random Useless Facts needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call Random Useless Facts from the browser?

Yes — Random Useless Facts returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is Random Useless Facts up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, Random Useless Facts is healthy with 96.1% uptime over 90 days and a 410 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.