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Some of you might remember the Twitter account WTF Facts from Bored Panda's earlier post but if you aren't familiar with it yet, all you need to know is that it shares weird but interesting trivia.

From celebrity life and movies to archeological finds and history, WTF Facts covers a wide range of themes, and reassures its 130K followers that all of the information which appears on the account is fact-checked and verified.

It's been a while since our last publication about this fun online project, so we thought it's the perfect time to revisit it and help you replenish your thirst for knowledge. Enjoy!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It was only after he was gone that I realised in every picture, even when he was smiling, his eyes were so sad. :(

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At first, you might not know what to do with this information. But I have two words for you: trivia night. As Jaya Saxena wrote in GQ, no one can claim to have invented "knowing random stuff for fun," but the trend gained a lot of traction in the 1970s. While the original Jeopardy! daytime game show premiered back in 1964, the nighttime syndicated version started airing a decade later, around the time when pub trivia began to take off.

Of course, pub quiz nights have evolved and a lot of that change has been organic, the first formalized version came about in 1976, when Sharon Burns and Tom Porter peddled quizzes to pubs in southern England.

At first, the idea was to give bars a way to get people inside on slow nights, but the concept of pub quiz turned into a cultural phenomenon. In the U.S., groups like Pub Trivia USA and America's Pub Quiz organize city- and state-wide competitions, often with serious cash prizes.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank goodness she felt the same about him. Could you imagine traveling for 4 months through 8 countries just to find out that your love was unreciprocated?

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"We don't want people to walk into a bar and feel like they can't contribute for a round," Cullen Shaw, co-founder of the NYC Trivia League, said. "If there's a really difficult 17th-century poetry question, maybe there's one person in the bar that knows that, but a sports question comes up after that and they let someone else answer. That's what's fun about team trivia."

But you don't even need a team to participate now. Hundreds of thousands of people log on every night to play HQ, and though the app can be glitchy at times, it hasn't stopped folks from trying to claim hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars in prize money.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've worked with Denzel and he is such a wonderful person. Gracious. Kind. Stand up guy.

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But learning obscure facts isn't just fun. It's also good for our mental health. For example, experts say that playing trivia games can provide a dopamine rush much like gambling, but without the negative effects. 

"You get a rush or a neuroreward signal or a dopamine burst from winning,” John Kounios, Ph.D., professor of psychology and director of the doctoral program in applied cognitive and brain sciences at Drexel University in Pennsylvania, told Healthline. “I think whenever you’re challenged with a trivia question and you happen to know it, you get a rush. It’s sort of like gambling.”

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dolly is so amazing. My grandsons get a book each month from her literacy program.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think he also got his hair shaved at the side with the same pattern as the kid's surgery scar

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Kirsten Kerkhof
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And well-deserved too. That man is an absolute legend. And anyone who says they can switch channels when they hear his voice is a liar. There, I said it.

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Kounios said the benefits can also be similar to those of playing a video game. However, unlike gambling and video games, Kounios said trivia is not a problematic habit.

"I don't think there are any pitfalls," he said. "Like anything else that’s fun, it [just] takes up time."

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is so beautiful. Do you think our grandchildren would see it from those hills?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is worse than it sounds- he was in the cold and dark in the capsized boat which sunk at a depth of 30 metres. When rescued he had to stay in a decompression chamber for 3 days before he could breathe normally again.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not trying to be a conspiracy theorist, but have you noticed how Dave Grohl and Nirvana's drummer look like identical twins?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wish I could sprout a coupla cobras to watch my back. Especially walking home at night.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Do prisoners receive free health care in the US? If so, I can see why someone would go to these measures. I've seen how much hospital bills can be, that must push many US citizens into bankruptcy. E.g., What's an elderly man with cancer going to lose by doing this?

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Carrie Laughs
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yep. You get people commit crimes in the UK for a bed for the winter rather than endure homelessness in the freezing weather. Probably happens in lot of countries.

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Johnny Pierce
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's a national embarrassment someone felt they had to do this just to see a doctor.

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Steph Harrison
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In the UK it's common for homeless people to commit petty crimes towards winter so they don't have to spend the winter months on the streets.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"what are you in for" "life" "dang you kill someone?" "no I robbed a bank for $1" "and they gave you a life sentence?" "no it's the only place I can get the health care to save my life"

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is so sad. Americans dont take care of their citizens but tax the hell out of them. 🤬

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's crazy to me that "we" spend soooo many tax dollars on the military but veterans can't get proper health care when they get back. It's so wrong.

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Michaelangelo S.
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would personally like to thank all of the politicians, other government employees, pharmaceutical companies, and insurance agencies for making it this convenient to obtain health care. It's great knowing the patient's wellbeing is the primary concern as opposed to the millions or even billions of dollars there are to be made.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident. Perhaps if the US had medical coverage, they wouldn't be #1 in incarcerations.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It explains why so many people are incarcerated in the US. "I'm not feeling well. Guess I'll have to rob a bank to get some medical care."

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A guy in Malaga tried that to get his creditors of his back but he didn't steal any cash so he only spent the night in the jail. I also hear a story of a man that wanted to get a way from his wife and rob a bank but he didn't take much cash so only got house arrest!

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is utterly sad and also ridiculous that he had to go such lengths...

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is one of the saddest things I have ever heard. :-( How utterly desperate do you have to be to be forced to do this? The fact that he had to do this in order to receive medical care, is the true crime here.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a Canadian resident who was born in France, I find this absolutely absurd and heartbreaking...

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Norah Reilly
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yup, our whole approach to healthcare or, simply caring for each other, here in the U.S. is f**ked up beyond description.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Jokes on him, access to healthcare in American prisons is abysmal.

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Tom Susala
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He should become a Republican and lie his a** off...he'd be a ZILLIONAIRE today!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember hearing a story about a guy that did this, but his reason was to stop paying child support for about a year or so, well since it’s a federal crime he think he got like 10 or more years, now was that worth it??

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Strange, now 10 years later 1/2 of S. America is coming over our border for free food & M/Cal.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't upvote this because it is just so sad, but I guess it should be upvoted so people can see it, and maybe vote for action?

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Ciara Stone
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If the judge didn't let him go after giving him healthcare, they're heartless

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Ian Reynolds
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't blame him a broken system requires bizarre schemes to get the simplest benefits

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What a shitty country would treat it's citizens like that?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But Obamacare was supposed to give everyone healthcare?!?!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This can also happen with people you really like. My partner's chewing can drive me nuts.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's awesome. And I thought I was doing well learning to tie a tie on YouTube

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Of course if you work for Google, you'll see your spouse and kids maybe 2-3 times a year...

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

gets you downvoted on boredpanda- nobody likes to hear about blind people getting a cheese grater for a present and then thinking it to be a violent story

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wonder where he was fitting his bit.. I'll see myself out..

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What an adventure and accomplishment. Imagine who you'd be at the end? Where are my hiking boots...

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If he's South Africa's most infamous robber, why does the police board say ""Fort Lauderdale"?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not only was AK-47 sold abroad (in huge amounts), but several other communist countries started producing their own versions of the gun (which were also exported). That's how.

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