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If we allow our curiosity to roam around freely, it can take us to interesting places, both in real life and online. Like the Instagram account 'Facts And Science.'

Just like the famous subreddit 'Today I Learned,' it doesn't limit itself to just one subject and revolves around a vast specter of themes, ranging from human behavior and popular culture to the animal kingdom and beyond.

Being huge fans of trivia, we at Bored Panda decided to go through the account and hand-pick our favorite posts. After all, if 381K people follow it, the content has to be worth it, right?

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Um, that's a f****d up law. However I'm happy this little girl now has a loving father.

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Going through obscure facts isn't just temporary fun. Turns out, 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. 

Even if our trivia games differ, the benefits are there. Whether we're playing Trivial Pursuit at home or attending a pub trivia night, the basic premise remains the same: we experience the thrill of providing correct answers to questions about lesser-known facts.

"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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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I miss Freddie. What a shame the medical advancements we have now didn’t exist in the 90s

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I’ve heard this several times, and I really hope it’s true. But I have never read of it on anything other that general knowledge posts. I have never seen any actual source material for it.

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Kounios said the benefits can also be similar to those of playing a video game.

However, unlike gambling and even video games, Kounios said trivia is generally not a problematic habit.

“I don’t think there are any pitfalls,” he said. “Like anything else that’s fun, it takes up time.”

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His little face just made my morning. I'm going to go squeeze my good puppy right this instant.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Famously goes back a long way in the German military tradition- for officers at least- right back to the Austro-Prussian war in the 1860s when supposedly a Prussian officer defended himself from reprimand by arguing that he was simply "following orders". His commander, Prince Frederick Charles, reportedly replied: “His Majesty made you a Major because he believed you would know when not to obey his orders.”

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A librarian from California, Sarah Kishler, loves trivia games and enjoys attending a monthly pub trivia night in which a team of librarians participates.

"Learning facts so that I can get better at trivia is definitely a passion of mine," she told Healthline. "Getting a question right is definitely very satisfying to me."

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Symbiosis..... Working together for the good of both species here... Nature is fabulous

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Over the past decade or so, pub trivia nights that are popular in the United Kingdom appear to have grown in other parts of Europe and the United States.

Enthusiasts like Kishler enjoy getting to interact with people at these events, especially compared to electronic trivia games.

She has learned that doing well at these social trivia games gives her "a feeling of validation" and increases her self-esteem.

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It looks like some rare steampunk gem that they need to power their cities in a utopian future :D

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What a great thing to do! It's often extremely difficult to re-integrate into society when no one will employ you. Well done Gordon

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"I love general knowledge, geography, literature, music, science trivia," Kishler explained. "I just love to accumulate knowledge. I like the exercise that it gives my brain and memory."

She doesn't think of herself as a competitive person but nevertheless enjoys getting a bit amped up at trivia games.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Locate the problem, offer a solution. I really wish all schools acted like this instead of just calling the police on children that don't attend

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“People really like to have some expertise on something and the brain is very good at focusing on things that you’re interested in,” Deborah Stokes, Ph.D., L.P.C., B.C.N., a psychologist in Virginia, who focuses on neurotherapy, also told Healthline.

According to Stokes, learning large bodies of knowledge can often start with trivia. And people who are interested in trivia can be brainy, have a high IQ, and be smart on a lot of levels.

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However, Kounios said that people aren’t necessarily better at trivia games just because they’re more educated.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why does the human species say, oh look something beautiful, I must try and k!ll it!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Aussie's most popular TV star, he just won the gold Logie. Our equivalent of an Emmy?

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"Some people soak up facts,” Kounios added. "Plenty of people with a lot more education may not remember what they had for breakfast yesterday morning."

"In typical people, my observation, not backed up by any research, is that their interest in trivia is confined to topics that they are generally interested in. So if a person is very interested in history, then they may either seek out history trivia, or they might just naturally pick it up in the course of learning about nontrivial aspects of history."

Stokes also pointed out that trying to retain information about things we're interested in can be like a good exercise for the frontal cortex as the brain ages.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unless your face literally looks like this you have no business complaining about wearing a mask.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

While that's really cool, my mind is hiccuping on the fact that 3 million dollars can only cover 33 students, meaning that a full lecture hall earns a college a couple million of suckers paying 90K plus to try to have a successful life.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Marie Curie is not radiating joy, and Einstein seems relatively bored. Not as much as Niels, though.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm sorry 4 years? Is it just me or does that seem like a long time to put some lights in windows connected to a small pc?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not really. The contract includes a lot of binding clauses, and the final product can only be a noncommercial, short (<45 min), short movie non meant for distribution. It comes with a lot of strings attached regarding the ownership of related IPs, including original ones from the filmmaker, that are transferred to mr. King on agreement of the contract. I am not saying it is a bad thing per se, but the way it is stated here overlooks a lot of the complexity of the contract involved.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The first time I saw the movie I thought it was Timothy Olyphant. It's the second time I realized it was him.

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That must be such a pain in the neck when he wants to buy a beer or... do literally anything only grown-ups are supposed to do, really. "Are you lost, sonny jim?" "No, I work here." "Very funny - where are you parents." "I'M THE MANAGER!" "You're playing truant from school, for a more-like." "Ugh."

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hope she won big. Those are pretty long odds. (....is my entry for the stating the obvious contest)

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