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This Twitter Page Posts Random Interesting Facts, And Here Are 40 Of The Best Ones (New Pics)
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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It was only after he was gone that I realised in every picture, even when he was smiling, his eyes were so sad. :(
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.
"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.
I've worked with Denzel and he is such a wonderful person. Gracious. Kind. Stand up guy.
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.”
Dolly is so amazing. My grandsons get a book each month from her literacy program.
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.
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."
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.
Wish I could sprout a coupla cobras to watch my back. Especially walking home at night.
This can also happen with people you really like. My partner's chewing can drive me nuts.
How many pandas here realised during the lockdown that your partner's breathing is very very very annoying?
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That explains why my kids have started to complain about how each other breathe or swallow.
I don’t agree with this. The dipshit I can’t stand just walks like an asshole
Does this also work in the opposite direction? As in, when you like a certain person, everything they do is simply endearing to you?
I think it can work in reverse also. I met a guy who came across as a jerk when I first met him. Had to work with him and it was a drag. After a couple months, I understood more and began to like him. We dated a while til he had to leave the country for a new duty station.
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Makes sense, since we also choose our actions, whether we’re conscious of it or not. That’s the reason why it’s a good idea to take a moment to let your better sense catch up with your knee-jerk emotions before acting on them. Takes a little effort—-or CBT—-to retrain yourself to do that, but it’s worth it.
Why even give that person head space. You're only annoying yourself ???
I wish that this sentiment was more widely aired. People should worry about their own stuff and learn to put minor annoyances aside rather than dwelling on them. I'm sure their own habits are just as annoying.
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Because of how they walk and breathe, obviously. D'uh. (/s, just to be sure)
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This rocked me. I used to say this all the time--as a joke, but man, it is true.
How about we don't treat each other like crap or badly. Until they actually do something to us or until they behave badly? Just a rational thought.
This usually happens if you're a knuckle dragger who is raised by fools....or an obese Boston Lawyer who owns a trumpet. or, a deadbeat dad who is a NAzi
Psychology is merely opinions posing as science. Many, like this one, are common sense.
I wonder if this explains why when you dislike someone, you end up hating their name.
Yep. By the time I got a divorce, every single sound my husband made annoyed the hell outta me.
That's awesome. And I thought I was doing well learning to tie a tie on YouTube
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
What an adventure and accomplishment. Imagine who you'd be at the end? Where are my hiking boots...
If he's South Africa's most infamous robber, why does the police board say ""Fort Lauderdale"?
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Very interesting. There are some really good people in this world. We need more like them.
Very interesting. There are some really good people in this world. We need more like them.
