https://github.com/thatsinewave/uselessfacts

simple web application that fetches and displays random useless facts from an API. Click the button to get a new fact every time!
https://github.com/thatsinewave/uselessfacts

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simple web application that fetches and displays random useless facts from an API. Click the button to get a new fact every time!

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/thatsinewave/uselessfacts
• Owner: ThatSINEWAVE
• License: mit
• Created: 2025-02-28T15:20:53.000Z (about 2 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-02-28T16:39:04.000Z (about 2 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-02-28T21:17:57.642Z (about 2 months ago)
• Topics: api, good-first-contribution, good-first-issue, good-first-pr, good-first-pr-first-contribution, good-first-project, good-first-prs, html-css, html-css-javascript, html-css-js, thatsinewave, useless, useless-facts, useless-machine, useless-things, useless-web, useless-websites, web-application, webapp, website
• Language: CSS
• Homepage: https://thatsinewave.github.io/UselessFacts/
• Size: 163 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: LICENSE
  • Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
  • Security: SECURITY.md

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# [UselessFacts](https://thatsinewave.github.io/UselessFacts/)

A simple web application that fetches and displays random useless facts from an API. Click the button to get a new fact every time!

![UselessFacts](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b3d859fe-2f04-4ec6-b9d9-1f53b8d9ba6d)



## Features

- Displays a random useless fact.

- Shows the source and the source URL of the fact.

- Each fact is tagged with a unique ID.



## ☕ [Support my work on Ko-Fi](https://ko-fi.com/thatsinewave)



## How to Use

1. Open `index.html` in your browser or [click here](https://thatsinewave.github.io/UselessFacts/).

2. Click the "🔄 Get a Fact" button to fetch a random useless fact.

3. The fact will be displayed along with the source and a link to view more.

## API

The app uses the [Useless Facts API](https://uselessfacts.jsph.pl/) to fetch random facts. The API returns a fact in the following format:

- `text`: The fact.

- `source`: The source of the fact.

- `source_url`: The URL for the source.

- `id`: A unique identifier for the fact.



## [Join my discord server](https://discord.gg/2nHHHBWNDw)



## Contributing

If you'd like to contribute to this project, please fork the repository and create a pull request.

## License

This project is licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE).