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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

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

Hate to break the news but the biggest arms dealers were and still are The United States, Russia, France, Germany, and China. But you've got to bash communist countries, so that's good.

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

AK assault rifles killed several millions(!) of people since invented. "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."- J. Robert Oppenheimer after the first successful nuclear explosion.

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

The quote is actually from the Hindu scriptures when Lord Vishnu takes on his multi armed form and tells the prince Arjuna "I am become death, the destroyer of words" Oppenheimer used the quote, but it is not his.

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

Automatic Kalashnikov model 47. Designed so that if Russia were ever invaded again-the people would have something decent to fight with. Cheap to build, incredibly reliable, and beloved of dictators globally

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

He is from my city, Izhvesk in Russia. He invented the gun in this very city.

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

His guilt-ridden question to himself should be, "Why did I invent the AK-47?"

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

And his answer would be 'because my country had just lost TWENTY SEVEN MILLION people in a war and I was hoping to stop that happening ever again'.

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

The M16 is a subpar weapon the Kalashnikov, but hating Communism is so ingrained in the US, we aren't allowed to have them in the US Military. Instead we have black ink Bic pens as a part of the uniform (will get in trouble if you don't) to push firing pin back when it jams. It jams all the time. They'd rather have troops in combat die from jammed weapons than buy a Communist (superior) weapon that our enemies have.

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

Pro tip - if you don't want something you invented to be used to kill millions of people, maybe DON'T INVENT SOMETHING THAT CAN KILL MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. Jeez Mik.

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

Seriously? You never once suspected Russian guns would somehow make it out of Russia?

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

Yeah. Okay. Now go build your own version of the Winchester Mansion and lament. Ugh.

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

This is the same story of many inventors whose inventions were used for harm by unscrupulous people, instead of the intent of the creator.

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

I don't know much about it, but did Operation Cyclone have anything to do with it?

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

The winchester gun inventor said the same thing and that is why he haunts his wife in their old house

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

fantastic weapon. YOU can throw it in the mud and it still fires. Only 9 parts to it, easy to break down and clean.

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