The ‘Facts Encyclopedia’ Instagram Is Dedicated To Sharing “Unknown Facts Daily”, Here’re 40 Of The Most Fascinating Ones
With the rise of educational pages, it has become obvious that social media has so much more to offer than fakery that destroys people’s mental health and irrational obsession with looks. Accounts with random facts and trivia, cool historical photos and ‘did you know that?’ interesting stories seem to be popping up everywhere right now, because the demand is big. You see, it seems like people really want to get something useful out of their feeds.
This Instagram page titled “Factopedia” follows the trend by sharing “unknown facts daily” and “must-see stories” for their 111k followers. Their series of “Did you know?” posts is an absolute treat for anyone who’s thirsty for easily accessible knowledge.
Scroll down through the handpicked selection below, upvote your favorite facts as you go and be sure to check out more weird facts that might give you a fresh perspective and interesting facts about practically everything you might not have known.
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It’s no secret that all facts we find on social media have to be taken carefully. You see, with so much false information and fake news spread around online, it becomes increasingly difficult to tell facts from fiction. But in order to find out how to do just that, we spoke with Daniel Markuson, the cybersecurity expert at NordVPN, a while ago. He happily shared some insights into the topic, and they may help to train your eye to make sure you get legit information from the internet.
That was nice of her. It can't be easy to go off book like that when you are queen.
Daniel explained that there is no foolproof method to separate truth from misinformation. However, a general rule of thumb is to check the source’s credibility. “This particularly applies to social media platforms because they are optimized to increase engagement and lack appropriate gatekeeping features that filter out misinformation.”
“It is also important to weigh the claims against other sources. If a publication makes monumental claims that are exclusive to that platform, do not take them at face value,” he added.
In order to determine, you may want to look for some red flags. Daniel argues that unreliable news sources impersonate well-known ones by misspelling their names in the URL. “Similarly, they might use unconventional domain extensions instead of the usual '.com' or '.org.' In general, make sure that your news comes from established, well-known sources. These types of outlets get information directly from primary sources and must uphold their reputation.”
If you’re still not sure, Daniel suggests looking into the author, researching them, and making sure their credibility is up to par. “It is also important to weigh our own perception and not let our biases skew our understanding of events. Seek out differing opinions and try not to associate facts with ideological dogma.”
This is a misleading statement. It broadens the scale to the entire universe, which would include Uranus and Neptune where it rains diamonds. Nevertheless, I value wood much higher than diamonds.
You mean Jupiter and Saturn? Uranus and Neptune are frozen gas giants.
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Inside Saturns atmosphere it is raining diamonds constantly. Due to permanent storms in the upper atmosphere helium is burned to carbonflakes which are pulled to the core of the planet. The gigantic pressure turns these flakes into diamonds then until they get absorbed in the outer core made of liquid metallic hydrogen. I f*****g love space... pls adopt me Jean-Luc
In the entire Universe? They don't know that. Have they been to the entire Universe? No. So how stupid to make such a statement. They can't even make that statement about the entire galaxy.
Actually, diamonds are the most common gemstone found on the planet. DeBeers just keeps the price artificially high by controlling the supply, i.e., a monopoly.
And getting much more rare every day with the way we are burning the forests and cutting them down to build houses!!! We don’t need wood for houses anymore!! We can just use reclaimed wood or use plastic that resembles wood or use plastic bricks molded from recycled bottles that are stronger and more weather resistant than regular bricks!!!
also, diamonds are not that rare or valuable, there are other Stones/ gems/ crystals that cost more and are even more rare, Diamonds are just iconic
Diamonds aren't rare. The supply and thus the price are controlled by the suppliers. There are so many more gems that are genuinely rare and precious. Try tanzanite or ruby or emerald
Wh-who wouldn't realize this? "You mean we haven't found trees in space?? No way!"
well wood means life is possible on the planet. We only know of one planet with life on it and more specifically only one with wood. It also can be burnt to keep people warm and hence is useful for life support. Diamonds on the other hand are made out of carbon under high pressure and are only "valuable" because humans say they are. The conditions suitable to make diamonds exist almost everywhere that there is carbon and strong gravity, so pretty much every star system will contain diamonds.
Diamonds on Earth are not that rare, particularly since the discovery of an enormous mine full of them in Kimberley S.A. in the 1800s. De Beers controls that mine, and therefore the Diamond market and keeps demand high so it can reap the profits. In recent years manufactured diamonds have begun to challenge this, which is good news IMHO.
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Fake news has become so widespread due to factors that concern both the content of the messages and the technological foundation of platforms on which the news is proliferated, Daniel told us previously. He explained: “Fake news is usually related to current affairs and makes remarkable, emotion-inducing claims. This, combined with the fact that social media platforms collect data on what kind of posts users spend the most time on and feed them content with similar characteristics, provides the perfect conditions for the spread of misinformation.”
The problem would be with maintenance. Could probably do the same in Australian deserts but because they are so uninhabitable and far from everywhere, it's just not feasible.
Right, because calling them "Strawberry Popsicles" could lead to some horrible confusion by folks seeking a lick for themselves.
Don't quote me on this coz I have never tried it but I have heard there isn't a huge taste to saffron and is mostly used for colour. So isn't it a bit of a waste of time, energy and money?
uhh...what? Ram Sethu is a natural rock formation. it was never built.
So instead of sewing we should teach bees to fly back and forth through fabric?
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All the misspellings and grammatical errors should make you wonder how many of these facts are fake
Did you know you probably can't remember the first Fact by now without scrolling back up?
Thank goodness for all of you here calling BS on this whole post. I thought I was going to be the only one. So many of these are misrepresentations at best, and just catagoricaly wrong at worst. Stay in school kids.
Examples: tiger pic missing, at least, melanistic color variation. The squirrel in a mask was an intentional gaff, the vid went around for years, no one was "terrorized:" you can even see the darn string in the pic. Flathead lake is that deep, but that pic is of about 10 ft of water. Oscar winners and nominees receive NO CASH, but they get a swag bag worth 150-200 thousand. This is well known. Yup, Project Immortality, (created by a video game bro-gramer,) sent Stephen Hawking's DNA into space; also playboy model Jo Garcia, so yeah, hell of an honor. Sending kids in the mail was never a practice, it was a stunt. The kid was sent one mile, and it was done to make a point about the lack of regulation in the brand new postal service. Ancient stone chain has been found in China and Egypt. Finally, if you have a stuffy nose from virus or allergies, ice will just make you miserable as your capillaries shrink on the congestion.
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#32 Bill Gates Periodic chart. Some elements are incredibly unstable and only exist for a fleeting moment. Others are so radioactive only tiny snouts could prove fatal and would present a massive security / health risk. So I don’t think he has a sample of EVERY element.
A lot of mistakes. Chinese never called India "heaven," they just transliterated Sindh.
All the misspellings and grammatical errors should make you wonder how many of these facts are fake
Did you know you probably can't remember the first Fact by now without scrolling back up?
Thank goodness for all of you here calling BS on this whole post. I thought I was going to be the only one. So many of these are misrepresentations at best, and just catagoricaly wrong at worst. Stay in school kids.
Examples: tiger pic missing, at least, melanistic color variation. The squirrel in a mask was an intentional gaff, the vid went around for years, no one was "terrorized:" you can even see the darn string in the pic. Flathead lake is that deep, but that pic is of about 10 ft of water. Oscar winners and nominees receive NO CASH, but they get a swag bag worth 150-200 thousand. This is well known. Yup, Project Immortality, (created by a video game bro-gramer,) sent Stephen Hawking's DNA into space; also playboy model Jo Garcia, so yeah, hell of an honor. Sending kids in the mail was never a practice, it was a stunt. The kid was sent one mile, and it was done to make a point about the lack of regulation in the brand new postal service. Ancient stone chain has been found in China and Egypt. Finally, if you have a stuffy nose from virus or allergies, ice will just make you miserable as your capillaries shrink on the congestion.
Load More Replies... #32 Bill Gates Periodic chart. Some elements are incredibly unstable and only exist for a fleeting moment. Others are so radioactive only tiny snouts could prove fatal and would present a massive security / health risk. So I don’t think he has a sample of EVERY element.
A lot of mistakes. Chinese never called India "heaven," they just transliterated Sindh.
