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Some, like mathematician Roger Antonsen, believe that numbers are the key to understanding the world. (Antonsen even gave a brilliant TED talk to explain this statement, which I highly recommend.) And there's a Reddit thread that vividly illustrates the point.

It started when platform user JustinMGH made a post, asking others to share facts and stats that sound like obvious exaggerations but actually aren't.

Immediately, people started delivering fascinating, weird, and even disturbing titbits of information, changing each other's perspective about everything around them, even if ever so slightly.

#1

21 Facts That Seem Fake, But Are Actually Real, As Shared In This Online Thread The difference between million and billion is huge (relatively): 1 Million seconds = 11 Days 1 Billion seconds = 31 years

TheIshark , Sarah-Rose Report

MargyB
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Was only quoting this today to a workmate, scary!

SarDemMin
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And with all the billionaires in the world, we're still letting people go hungry, still letting people die because they can't afford health-care. And the list goes on and on

Jack Holt
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I know, I don't know what kind of illusion those people live in

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Comes up a lot these days when we talk about Billionaires and Millionaires. A Million dollars and I could retire. A Billion dollars and you could retire 1000 people just like me. 100 billion? Well that's 1oo,ooo people who would never have to work again. That's how math works.

Dominik
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To clearify, the word "billion" is defined differently, depending on where you are (not the translation between languages though, for instanace a billion translates to "1 Milliarden" in German). It may be 1,000 or 1,000,000 times a million. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales 1300px-ESc...eb-png.jpg 1300px-EScalas_corta_y_largasvg-637f6b92279eb-png.jpg

Ivo H
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s exactly what bothers me a lot. In Czech language, billion is (similar as in german) “miliarda” and “bilion” is 1000x larger. Causes large amount of ambiguity 🙄

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Mike Wilson
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

appears i am only 2 billion seconds old/

Grant Barke
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

1 Trillion seconds = 31,688 years

tHeBoRdEsTpAnDa
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you had a billion pounds/dollars/yen/etc and spent 10,000 every day, it would take over 270 years to spend it all

Yourname942
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And some people have hundreds of billions

Caroline Driver
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Are we talking a billion as a thousand million, or a million million. Also a big difference

Rob Williams
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And a trillion seconds is over 30,000 years!

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    21 Facts That Seem Fake, But Are Actually Real, As Shared In This Online Thread The budget to send to the Curiosity Rover to the Mars is less than the worldwide military expenditure for thirteen hours

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every time I think about the US Military budget I don't get sad, I get angry. $13billion for a Gerald Ford aircraft carrier? Absolutely insane.

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    RafCo (he/him)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What I'm hearing is, if we want the US to fund more space missions, we need to tell them that woke Antifa culture warriors have a base on Jupiter.

    Tim
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ehhh, more like, get there's oil there.

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    DEW
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To see this photo is amazing! If you asked someone where this was they would say the desert. The light just looks like earth!

    G M
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But we have to cut NASA’s funding and medical coverage for vets. Wonderful sense of priorities we have in America

    Aubrie Allen
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We could spend that money feeding, housing, and providing healthcare for people... but no, let's spend that money killing people and trying to show off our huge d***s! That world is so messed up.

    BOTW PANDA
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do we REALLY need a huge army? What's the problem with peace?

    Apatheist Account2
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sadly, the problem is that other people don't see it that way.

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    Trigga
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They gat money for war but can't feed the poor

    GPZ
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's no one to dominate/exploit on Mars

    Lee F.
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who needs healthcare when your taxes can fund Syrian children losing limbs?

    Couldnt_find_a_decent_name
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And they say we should stop wasting money exploring space

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    #3

    21 Facts That Seem Fake, But Are Actually Real, As Shared In This Online Thread Cleopatra was alive closer to the Moon landing than she was to the construction of the great pyramids.

    anon , Christopher Michel Report

    Tabby_Sohee
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’ve heard this one a hundred times and it blows my mind every single time… what a history

    Tacet
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And students were attending Oxford University while the Aztec Empire was still going strong.

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    NakNakNak
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, but it seriously blows my mind just how ancient Ancient Egypt was. In what we call Ancient Egypt, they already had archaeologists trying to dig up the history of an even more ancient Egypt. Ancient. Egyptian. Archaeologists.

    Vanessa Panerosa
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She died a few years before the birth of Jesus. A Ptolemy who ruled at the very very end of the Egyptian rein. She was probably just as fascinated by it as we are. Except I’d give anything to see that lighthouse and marvel at that library!

    Jordan
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The most posted fact EVER

    SarDemMin
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And yet, so many people will read it for the first time and be amazed the way you and I were!

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    Kenny Kulbiski
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She was more Macedonian than Egyptian. She had no connection with the "real" Egyptians . Other than ruling their country.

    BOTW PANDA
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People just don't get timelines..

    Nea
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What a time to be queen!

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    #4

    21 Facts That Seem Fake, But Are Actually Real, As Shared In This Online Thread USA citizens privately own more firearms than all countries combined. Even more than most militaries.

    ChikNoods , Jamal Fanaian Report

    Drew
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "We nEed guNs to deFenD ouRseLVes fRom aLL tHe pEople wIth gUns"

    Lollipop Girl
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    (Paraphrasing Thanos) i used the guns to destroy the guns

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    Mr Red
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But let's blame videogames!

    cogadh
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fully half of those guns are owned by only 3% of the US population.

    XenoMurph
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But half are not. And many kept unsecurely or are in the hands of currently sane, law-abiding, and not angry people. Will ALL of those tens of millions of gun owners remain sane, law-abiding or peaceful tomorrow... unlikely.

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    Bitemabum
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another multiple shooting too.I would never visit this country ever.

    James King
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good. We have enough citizens who blindly believe propaganda as it is, we don't need more.

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    heidi hunt
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most of them can be found in Texas. Lol

    Marie Dahme
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or Wyoming. Back in the 70’s and 80’s wasn’t uncommon to see teenagers trucks in the parking lot of the high school with gun racks with fishing poles and rifles hanging in the gun rack. But that was like 40 or 50 years ago. And I grew up in a town of less than 800 people if that. The town is smaller now of course. But I’m sure things are different now. Times are a changin.

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    LizzieBoredom
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One young man falls off a roller coaster and dies so the Government is placing new regulations on Roller Coaster Construction. How many people have died from gunfire this week alone?????

    LizzieBoredom
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Since all mass shootings are committed by males, we just need to ban males from owning guns. End of problem.

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    Kevin Ber
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When you are preparing for a civil war against the "commies", the Liberals, the lizard people and "the man" as well as a government take over of whatever c**p town you live in, you need the guns. You know to feel safe and act like an unlicensed, untrained cop or a poor facsimile of Rambo. A lot of those gun owners also drink alcohol while shooting, have way too much camo themed anything, and love things with the word "tactical" in front of it. Tactical dinnerware was my favorite thing marketed to these gullible folks.

    Bitemabum
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And another multiple shooting yet again.Well done the good ol US of A

    Person
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, we really need to correct this.

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    François Carré
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Feeling the need to always be prepared for a bloody civil war, or any other kind of insane Fort Alamo situation, where you will have to kill your neighbour before they kill you. Such a sad way to live, such a horrific vision of the world if you just think about it.

    Becky Samuel
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And yet as a country they seem sadly passive about having terrible working and living conditions. It confuses the heck out of me.

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    #5

    21 Facts That Seem Fake, But Are Actually Real, As Shared In This Online Thread Pocahontas and William Shakespeare died less than a year apart less than 150 miles away from each other.

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    Captain Kyra
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Barbara Walters, Anne Frank, and Martin Luther King Jr were all born the same year.

    Jack Waltz
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Captain Kyra don't pay attention to Jordan this is actually the first I've heard of that. So thank you from one Bored Panda to another for stating that fact.

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    Robert T
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This puzzled me for a while, as they were clearly born on different continents. It turns out that Pocahontas lived in England for a time and became ill as she was returning to the States and died in Gravesend, which is not that far from Billy Wobbledagger.

    David H
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, she and her husband John Rolf (Who was British) went to London, Rolf later moved back to America, and their son later became a leader who worked to make peace between natives and europeans.

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    LizzieBoredom
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    James T. Kirk, Luke Skywalker and Donald Trump are all fictional characters who might have been born on the same day.

    Michael Largey
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Typo. The third one is a frictional character.

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    ravn
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But only one of them was kidnapped...

    ravn
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of them was kidnapped.

    Katy Cordeth
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    C. S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley died on the same day JFK was assassinated, so their deaths went mostly unnoticed. Same thing with Farrah Fawcett; she passed on the day Michael Jackson did.

    GPZ
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Curious as to where they were when they died

    Nunya Bidness
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the Astrodome and the first teepee

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    #6

    21 Facts That Seem Fake, But Are Actually Real, As Shared In This Online Thread The original height of Mount Everest was calculated to be exactly 29,000 ft high, but was publicly declared to be 29,002 ft in order to avoid the impression that an exact height of 29,000 feet was nothing more than a rounded estimate.

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    LizzieBoredom
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    After you pass out from lack of oxygen, big is big.

    Mariaf
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    technically the entire Hymalaian range is raising every year because the Indian tectonic plate is subducting under the Eurasian plate thus pushing it up

    Snigget
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It does make me smile, in an ironic way, that the very people who refuse to use metres - preferring instead to measure things by how many football fields long something is - insist on spelling it meters.

    Octavia Hansen
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everest gets a little taller every year. It's where the plates of India and Russia come together, they are still crashing into each other and rising. In a few thousand years they will peak, then begin falling very slowly. There was a point when the rising mountains changed the entire world's weather pattern. That will also change again in future. What a world!

    v
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Appalachia mountains used to be about 8,000 feet higher as well. They're simply so old they've been naturally worn down.

    Larry XK
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or because the ancient collison raised Mt Himalayas and that collision continues today?

    David
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With headlines like the one below I think the cat is out of bag on that one. "Why did they add 3 feet to Everest? This new measurement means the world's tallest mountain technically reaches a bit higher into the sky than we previously thought. The measurement also stands as a de facto agreement between the two nations as to Everest's true elevation above sea level.Dec 8, 2020 "Mount Everest Is Now Officially 3 Feet Taller"

    Kevin Ber
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Americans won't understand unless you use football fields or skyscrapers for scale. Unfortunately it's too large for Bananas. It's hard to imagine something 49,714 Bananas high.

    Telepathetic
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are the Bananas stacked Side by Side or End to End ?

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    #7

    21 Facts That Seem Fake, But Are Actually Real, As Shared In This Online Thread The typical cloud weighs 1.1 million pounds

    anotherpoweruser , C Dustin Report

    Anyone-for-tea?
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Does that mean my water butt holds the key to my financial woes??

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It actually doesn't "weigh" anything. It may have a mass equivalent to 1.1 million pounds, bt mass and weight are not the same thing. Pounds are a unit of weight not mass. Weight has no meaning without acceleration. Mass does. Sorry had to get that out.

    Tim
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Weight is a force, derived from gravity. So the acceleration is 9.8 m/s2. A cloud has forced acting in the opposite direction that counteract gravity.

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    David Paterson
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a copy of "Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics". I should be able to calculate this for typical cumulus, rain cloud, storm cloud, stratus, cirrus. I'll get back to you.

    DEW
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How do you weigh a cloud?

    charli
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i still think i could carry it lmao

    GPZ
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Meteorologist have recently tried weighing rainbows but they're pretty light

    Laura Ketteridge
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah, most clouds are in international airspace, or not above the US, therefore a typical cloud weighs about half a million kilos. :D

    Larry XK
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Which is about 1102.31101 pound. Don't you understand conversions of mass?

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    Chris Keller
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm very curious what would be considered a " typical cloud", seems mighty arbitrary to me

    Tim
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm guessing a cloud of average size and density.

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    #8

    21 Facts That Seem Fake, But Are Actually Real, As Shared In This Online Thread 80% of Soviet males born in 1923 didn’t survive WWII.

    anotherpoweruser , Signal Corps Archive Report

    Nea
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I so wish this was a massive exaggeration.

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know. They threw there bravest and best into a meat grinder. Probably going to be downvoted for saying this, but they are repeating history right now in Ukraine as well.

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    Badulesia
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This image shows an US army vehicle entering a french town (Meaux) in 1944. + why is the electric pole (right) cut ?

    Bob La Capra
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The halftrack previously visited Larry and Curly

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    OnAFreakingRollercoaster
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Putin's well on the way to repeating history. War is horrible.

    Ray McArdle
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They practically won the war. Plus, they sacrificed so much doing so.

    Anna Te
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My grandfather was born in 1929 in the Soviet. He was lucky, because he was to young to be drafted. He celebrated his 93 birthday this year. His 9 older cousins are died in the war.

    Stannous Flouride
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Stalin's decision to kill almost all his top professional military personnel is in no small way responsible.

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    #9

    21 Facts That Seem Fake, But Are Actually Real, As Shared In This Online Thread 1 in 2 Australians will get skin cancer in their lifetime

    Wibbles20 , Caleb Russell Report

    Boreddd🇺🇦
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Australia proves to be super f*****g dangerous once again

    Jason
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Forgot all the things living outside that can kill you. Just walking outside can

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    Agfox
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can confirm, am Australian & had a squamous cell carcinoma removed from the back of my left leg 10 days ago

    SarDemMin
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hope you make 100% recovery and hope the cancer never returns! F*ck cancer.

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    MargyB
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Tasmania the weather is colder than the rest of Aus but our sun is stronger. You'll burn even if you think it's cold

    Jack Holt
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Indeed. As soon as you feel the sun, the burning statts

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    cugel.
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've had 11 I think, so I'm dinky di, true blue, fair dinkum Aussie. (Oi)

    T'Mar of Vulcan
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    White South Africans too. My father died of melanoma.

    The Happy Hijabi
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's true. I was 12 when I was told that I had some moles that were melanomas. The doctor couldn't even cut them out until I was much older, so I just had to live with cancer in the back of my neck for most of my teen years.

    Nancy Tate-Leach
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    nuberiffic
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The UV index where I am today is 13. 10 is considered "extreme". And it's only just starting to get hot.

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    #10

    21 Facts That Seem Fake, But Are Actually Real, As Shared In This Online Thread Neutron stars are so dense that if you dropped a gummy bear from one meter away it would hit the surface in a microsecond with the force of 1,000 nuclear bombs.

    Endless_Vanity , Kevin Gill Report

    ThatG
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One teaspoonful of this matter weighs more than 3 billion tons. If we were capable of dropping a small piece of neutron star onto the ground, it would slice through Earth like a bullet through cotton and come out the other side.

    Purple light
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry, didn't realise I dropped something. I'll try to be more carefull next time.

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    Leo Domitrix
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you're one meter away, you have much bigger problems than dropping your Haribo!

    LizzieBoredom
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I tried to duplicate this by throwing gummy bears at my cat but had to stop when I became dizzy from blood loss.

    Alecto76
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is terrifying. But why does the word "neutron" make me wanna dance? EDIT: Neutron Dance - Pointer Sisters- Thanks Google!

    Paddling Panda
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And now it's in my head. 💃🏼🎵🎶

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    karl briggs
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How or why do they come up with these random hypothesis?! Ha ha

    Xottel
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'll make sure to have a tight grip on my bag of gummy bears when approaching a neutron star. 😅

    UKGrandad
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is just cruelty to gummy bears.

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    #11

    21 Facts That Seem Fake, But Are Actually Real, As Shared In This Online Thread The state of Maine has more Black Bears than black people.

    The_Real_BenFranklin , Patrick Connelly Report

    oktopus
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This does actually appear to be more-or-less correct, depending on the estimation of the bear population and the accuracy of the first Maine demographic statistics which popped up in a quick web search. Also, with the same caveat, there seems to be approximately one black bear for every square mile of Maine.

    Katrin Krueger
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I agree, as long as the animals don't line up for census, I think it's more an educated guess than a fact

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    Biofish23
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is not at all surprising. Although fair number of people live along the coast, most of Maine is very sparsely populated forest. The demographics of Northern New England are slowly starting to change, but have always been very very white.

    zef rose
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also in Maine (and probably everywhere else) here are more black cats than black people. there are more black beetles than black people, there are more black birds than black people, shall I go on?

    Larry XK
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So what? South Dakota has more cows than people. Black or white

    Luna Crow
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd wager Oregon has a similar ratio

    Caiman 94920
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Californian here, went to Maine for first time, so weird, motel housekeeping, white kids, busboys & kitchen staff in cafe, white kids, saw 1 black person in the 5 days there, no Latinos, no Asians.... here in Bay Area there is so much diversity

    O.M.Miki
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    so with this kind of irrelevant logic is it save to say that antarctica has more while bears then white people?

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    #12

    21 Facts That Seem Fake, But Are Actually Real, As Shared In This Online Thread Vatican city has a population of 2 popes per 1 square kilometer.

    Darghy , Presidenza della Repubblica Report

    Wouter Van den Broeck
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Vatican City is about 0,5 square kilometre big (or small), having 1 Pope on half a square km equals 2 Popes per square km.

    Laura Ketteridge
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is not correct, and hasn't been so since Pope Francis was en-popened. There are currently two popes in the Vatican (the current pope - Francis, and the pope emeritus - Benedict). Vatican City is 0.49sqkm in size. This means that per square km, there are 2/0.49 popes, or 4.08 popes.

    imontape
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought it was darth vader in the background at first because of the shape

    Two_rolling_black_eyes
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know its pedantic but its actually 4.55 popes per square km. Vatican city is only 109 acres or .44 sq km so the density is actually higher. Density stats for very small areas and very large areas when combined with very large or very small number of individuals are meaningless because they skew horribly. On the other end of the spectrum, density stats say the sun doesn't exist. The sun is .0047 AU wide and the solar system is 79 AU wide for a density of .00000594 suns per solar system.

    Richard Keel
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's 4.1 Popes/km² 2 Popes in 0.49km²

    BOTW PANDA
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yea because it is like 1 sqare kilometer.

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    #13

    21 Facts That Seem Fake, But Are Actually Real, As Shared In This Online Thread More silent films have been lost than saved We live in an era where everything is saved, and it's hard to imagine such a massive loss of creative material. Plenty of films are lost, as late as the 1970s too.

    ahhh_zombies , Richard Hsu Report

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah. They were printed on celluloid and celluloid rots. It's made from cotton. Durable, but not durable enough to last centuries.

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    Groaver Andout
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yet Adam Sandler's films are still available. It's a cruel world!

    SarDemMin
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The injustice of it all! I love silent movies.

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    Richard Graham
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Martin Scorsese's Film Foundation claims that "half of all American films made before 1950 and over 90% of films made before 1929 are lost forever." Deutsche Kinemathek estimates that 80–90% of silent films are gone; the film archive's own list contains over 3,500 lost films. A study by the Library of Congress states that 75% of all silent films are now lost. While others dispute whether the percentage is quite that high, it is impractical to enumerate any but the more notable and those that can be sourced.

    fogharty
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Television shows have also been lost.

    Kate Haslam
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    1970s? Try 2008! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Universal_Studios_fire

    Stannous Flouride
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thinking that "everything is saved" because it's stored somewhere as 1's and 0's is delusional. I just received an email from the Internet Archives that said: "Digital Books Don’t Last Forever Ebooks are immune to dogeared pages, cracked spines, and coffee rings… but in some ways, they can be extremely vulnerable to the passage of time. Why are digital books more fragile than physical ones, and how can we prevent them from being lost over time?"

    Freya the Wanderer
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Having so much in digital format makes us more vulnerable. An event that causes massive and long-lasting power losses, such as a repeat of the Carrington Event, will seriously screw us. This is why I promote the concept of the Knowledge Ark, a low-tech way to save our high-tech knowledge - as well as the best of our culture.

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    Mat Hall
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/501607/wipe-out-when-bbc-kept-erasing-its-own-history

    okpkpkp
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lots of Harold Lloyd's movies are still around thanks to some foresight. I think his granddaughter controls the release of some of the early silents. I have a few recorded. I have laughed so hard that I have cried at some of his antics. If you have the time you should watch.

    Octavia Hansen
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Consider that not every film is worth keeping. Something old is not automatically better. Most libraries before 1800 were filled with religious books, opinions, propaganda and those of no significant information worth passing on. Most music that has ever been played had no way of being recorded, also doesn't make everything worth keeping even if it is. Cherish what there is and look for private collections. One source many years ago was found in Alaska. Movies played there were not returned but thrown into a pit. The cold preserved most of them. I question how much digital information will be saved when the format changes again, and a lot of movies now are not worth watching or saving. Do you even remember the Oscar winning movie from last year? The punch was the biggest news . . .

    Persephone
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ummm... burning libraries comes to mind. Many documents and creative or scientific material have been lost... Library of Alexandria for instance. Sadly, this is nothing new.

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    #14

    21 Facts That Seem Fake, But Are Actually Real, As Shared In This Online Thread Monsters Inc was released closer to the fall of the Berlin wall than to the present day.

    setsomethingablaze , HarshLight Report

    Headless Roach
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tell me I'm old without telling me I'm old

    Michal Pifko
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And not just a bit closer. It's 12 vs 21 years. In fact, anything released in 2005 and earlier is also closer to the fall of the Berlin wall. For example: The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Harry potter 1-4, Corpse Bride, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Madagascar, The Chronicles of Narnia: The lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and many more

    SarDemMin
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow! You did your research! Thanks for educating us folks 🤘

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    Auntriarch
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This doesn't make me feel old. Which means that I'm really old

    DrBronxx
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When you have a list that includes Cleopatra, the pyramids and the moon landing, this fact isn't impressive at all.1989 isn't that long ago.

    Thomas Ewing
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Berlin wall has been 'fallen' for more years than it stood.

    Mikkel Madsen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hardly a fact worthy of being in this company.

    Larry XK
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well look at that wall in the picture, it's still standing.

    MarieL
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    lol - because I don't see the fall of the Berlin Wall to have been "that far back in time." I remember standing in front of the Wall in the 1980s and intuitively knowing that it would be gone by the turn of the century.

    Vicki Parkes
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think Mike's face about sums up my feelings on this!

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    #15

    21 Facts That Seem Fake, But Are Actually Real, As Shared In This Online Thread All the ants in the world weigh about the same as all the people in the world.

    Rheul , Anton Darius Report

    Headless Roach
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also, they work extremely hard and live only about 8 days, while turtles don't do shït and get to live 150 years. Let it sink in.

    DEW
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We had ants in our house this year. They were every where. In my bedroom, kitchen, bathroom etc..I'd be sitting in my bed and in the crook of my arm I'd feel a pinch. I put my arm down and there was a ant. They have a pretty good bite. It does sting. I would crush it and then they smelled like old damp wood. It was very off putting. I usually catch spiders or moths and take them outside. I feel bad for the ant.

    LizzieBoredom
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We could eat them but they get stuck between your teeth.

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    DrBronxx
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a "yo mama" joke in there somewhere.

    Mrs Irish Mom
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because there are a heap load more ants than people 🤷

    Thomas Ewing
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If all the 8 billion people on Earth were melded into one giant human, what would the dimensions of that person be?

    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So for each human, there's an ant who weighs the same. Hmm. I wouldn't have guessed that.

    Lisa B
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am imagining my own weight, in ants. Shudder.

    Tom De Paul
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Does human inactivity lead to longevity? Gee, I certainly hope so.

    Richard Nichols
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not actually true. https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29281253

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    #16

    21 Facts That Seem Fake, But Are Actually Real, As Shared In This Online Thread Nintendo existed at the same time as the Ottoman Empire.

    roussell131 , Minh Hoang Report

    Thomas Alskit
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But as a playing card company.

    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nintendo also existed at the same time as the ottoman D**k Van Dyke always tripped over at the start of his show.

    Abby
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ahh good old turquoise 3ds. im so sorry I killed u. 2011- 2021

    David K
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OK, challenge accepted: Beretta (famous Italian manufacturer of firearms) existed before 30 Years War and to this date operates under the same name.

    Bob La Capra
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kongō Gumi Co., Ltd, a Japanese construction company, has been in business since 578.

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    Unnamed Hooman
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have that exact 3DS! I still play Tomodachi Life and Animal Crossing New Leaf on it!

    RafCo (he/him)
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is a company in Japan called Kongō Gumi, which has been operating since 578 AD. It is one of the first companies in Japan to use concrete with wood for the building of temples. There is also a Ryokan (think Bed and Breakfast) in Japan that has been owned by the same family since 717 AD, passed down through 46 generations.

    Jordi Sharpe
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The company I work for was founded before our country's (Canada) birth.

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    #17

    21 Facts That Seem Fake, But Are Actually Real, As Shared In This Online Thread You could walk from North Korea to Norway and only pass through one other country. Also, your feet would be a little sore.

    SexAndCandiru , Samuel Rios Report

    Jen M
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I had to wear cardboard as shoes!"

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    Jen M
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I get the impression noone is able to walk away from North Korea... ?

    XenoMurph
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yea, landmines, then best you could hope for is to hop to Norway.

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    Laura Ketteridge
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The only crossing point on the Russia-North Korean border is the Korea-Russia Friendship Bridge. It is a rail bridge, not designed for foot passengers. But, I suppose a person could walk whilst on the train. :) From border to border, Google Maps estimates it would take about 2060 hours walking. If you were to walk 8 hours per day, 5 days a week, you'd get it done in under a year. :)

    Michael Largey
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never mind the sore feet. If you find yourself in North Korea, immediately head for Norway, and don't stop anywhere until you get there.

    Iampenny
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Assuming you could actually leave N. Korea...

    Perendinator
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Probably won't be true for much longer though. FU Putin

    Wayne Sharpe
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I didn't know north korea has a border with Russia. It's only around 10 miles long, so I guess I never noticed it on a map.

    King Cheetah
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And this country name is Mordor!

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    #18

    21 Facts That Seem Fake, But Are Actually Real, As Shared In This Online Thread Radio astronomer here! You exert more energy when you unfold a single piece of paper than we have collected in *all* the radio waves we have *ever* collected from outer space.

    Andromeda321 , European Southern Observatory Report

    Jade
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I AM STRONGER THAN SPACE! Well, anyone who can unfold a piece of paper is, but still.

    Tacet
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do love the story of one of the "unexplainable" deep space microwave signals that was detected. Turned out very explainable. Someone was opening the door to the breakroom microwave before it had stopped and the brief burst of microwave radiation that occurs while the magnetron is still on and the Faraday cage of the door is opened befor it switched off was enough for the radio telescope to detect .

    David Gripon
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Apparently, he's not familiar with the movie, "Contact".

    LizzieBoredom
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I doubt very seriously aliens use radios.

    Larry XK
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Whatever they use it must be based on wave propagation or the laws of physics as we know it are all wrong

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    Zander Porbanda
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Radio waves are light we can hear. Infrared waves are light we can feel.

    James King
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can't hear radio waves. You can hear sound waves.

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    LizzieBoredom
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    3 years ago

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    #19

    21 Facts That Seem Fake, But Are Actually Real, As Shared In This Online Thread In a room with 23 people there is a ~50% chance that 2 people share a birthday

    Phllips , CONG TY THIEN YOGA Report

    waddles
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    funnily enough, my twin and i don’t share a birthday, or even a birth month. she just LOVES to say “i’m a month older than you LISTEN TO ME I AM WISE”

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    Emma S
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've met loads of birthday with my birthday. I went to school with two people who were born on the same day as me. That's what happens when your birthday is in September 🤣

    Alicia M
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good point. I was getting ready to say that some months have way more birthdays than others. My birthday is in late January, and I rarely meet anyone with my birthday.

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    DEW
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I heard about this in school. Never had anyone had mine. Now I didn't know until I was in my teens that the neighbor I had lived next to for 15 or 16 yrs.old had my birthday. Also oddly enough when I turned 16 I was walking to my bus and found $16 all fanned out on the rain soaked ground. I started looking around and nobody was there. The money was wet from the rain. It really freaked me out to be honest.

    XenoMurph
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was behind a guy in the supermarket, buying a bottle of whiskey. It's my birthday tomorrow he said, I'll be 49. The next day was also my 49th birthday. Weird. I didn't buy whiskey though. We had an interesting chat.

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    Vellami
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember sharing same birthday with 3 classmates in high school.

    harurand
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    does that mean that 46 pple in the same room there is 100% chance ? :p

    XenoMurph
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No only if you had 367 people it would be 100%

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    the shy platypus from nextdoor
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even though I googled it and I am not the worst in this kind of mathematics (sorry, I don't know how to call it in English, I'm not native) I still don't get how it works. Can somebody please explain? :3

    chi-wei shen
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The calculation is as follows: For 1 person the chance is 0% or the chance that no one has the same birthday is 100%. For the 2nd person the chance of having a different birthday than everyone else is 364/365 (I use the rounded value 365 to make it simpler). For the next persons the chances are 363/365, 362/365 and so on. For person number 23 the chances are 343/365. If you multiply these numbers (365/365 x 364/365 x … x 343/365) you get a chance of 49.3% for all of them having different birthdays and 50.7% that at least two persons have the same birthday.

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    Apatheist Account2
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I share a birthday with Graham Norton, Jonathan Agnew and Robert Downey Jr. We're so similar.

    Squidiotcats
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My sister and I share a birthday. She's 3 years younger than me.

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    #20

    21 Facts That Seem Fake, But Are Actually Real, As Shared In This Online Thread According to former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, every two days human beings create as much information as we did from the dawn of time until 2003.

    mortal19 , Chatham House Report

    Tothetaint42
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Doesn't make any sense. Needs better context

    Headless Roach
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We constantly produce data: commenting on BP, making online payments, taking pictures, registering heartbeat on smartwatches... the volume of this (vastly useless and unprocessed) information is so huge, that in 2 days we produce more data than we did cumulatively before 2003.

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    LizzieBoredom
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Big difference between 'information' and 'useful information'.

    Robert T
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Depends on your definition of information! I suspect that a large proportion of what we create today is just cat photos!

    Telepathetic
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Swap out "Information" with "B*llsh*t"---There. Fixed it

    Yugan Talovich
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most of it is kitty cats, puppy dogs, and porn.

    Tacet
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Weather, stocks, anything that needs a supercomputer, ect. Global average my dude when the majority is all automated. The amount of data that is individually created personally will be a fraction of a percent compared to all the data that is auto generated without any human input.

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    Nea
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Read this one earlier so easier to digest.

    Paul V Fleming
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    it's all the data collection that's being collected on us. it's a shame.

    Katy Cordeth
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    3 years ago

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    #21

    21 Facts That Seem Fake, But Are Actually Real, As Shared In This Online Thread Samsung is responsible for 25% of South Korea's GDP

    klxander , DennisM2 Report

    Abby
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I see that. smart phones ,watches. appliances, TVs. and used by so many ppl. I hope the new fridge were getting comes with some free kimchi.

    Cuppa tea?
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Shipbuilding, heavy machinery and other industry. Not just electronics.

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    B Martin
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    LG, Hyundai, & Lotte make up the rest

    GPZ
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This lacks some context. Samsung produce more than just electronics/phones/tablets and white good. They are involved in ship building, running and maintaining(including bulk ore carriers, oil tankers, ferries, container ships)/maritime architecture they produce cranes, wind turbines and a whole lot of other stuff

    Tacet
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Samsung is basically as powerful in GDP terms as the SK government. And it's technically a family company.

    Mark Sheffield
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a weakness, not a strength

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