Olausson was born on 6 November 1971, on
Tjörn, Sweden, where he was also raised. He was educated in
computational linguistics and worked as a
webmaster. From 2003 Olausson collected
factoids, a term that has been compared to "
urban legend". He has described and published these on the Internet and in several books. The first book was published in 2008, and book number three in the series has been translated to Norwegian. Olausson was a board member of the
Swedish Skeptics Association on various occasions and from 2017 to 2018 he was chairman of the association. From 2012 he was a board member of the association's
Gothenburg chapter and from 2015 its chairman. In March 2017 he left his role as chairman, which was taken over by Karin Noomi Karlsson. Peter Olausson died on 26 October 2023, at the age of 51. ==Books==