40 Interesting Facts About Practically Everything You Might Not Have Known, Shared By “Fact Point”
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The internet is full of knowledge and often picking up fun and intriguing tidbits of information is something we can’t avoid. Luckily, we enjoy learning new things, and we know that you do too. After all, studying about the world not only satisfies our curiosity but also helps us unwind and forget about our daily troubles.
So let’s take a deep dive and learn some of the most surprising truths from Fact Point. This Twitter account, self-described as the ‘House of Amazing Facts’, is dedicated to sharing the never-ending supply of cool trivia and enlightening their 419.9K followers along the way.
Scroll down to see some of the best posts we have collected from the account, be sure to learn a thing or two, and upvote the ones that surprised you the most! And if you’re hungry for more mind-boggling facts, check out our recent posts about them here and here.
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Bored Panda has reached out to the founder of the account, Amit Baghel, to learn more about the project and the inspiration behind it. He told us that the journey of Fact Point began in 2014 when he regularly started posting short snippets describing interesting, little-known facts on social media.
Amit admitted that he loved to read about the fascinating tidbits of knowledge—and the more obscure they were, the better. “I would collect articles on facts like others would collect coins or stamps,” he said.
Initially, Amit managed his hobby alone by posting short extracts from the information he read online. “Later on, my brother Sandeep Baghel also started assisting me with social media strategy ideas and suitable graphics,” he revealed. “With consistent posting over time, backed up by some canny research into our audience’s preferences, the accounts grew quickly across platforms.”
“Much of our content comes from closely monitoring the levels of user engagement in order to keep our audience happy,” the founder told Bored Panda. “We do not perceive any difficulty in managing the account.” On the contrary, they love to be a part of it by sharing exciting knowledge with their followers.
“After managing Fact Point successfully on Twitter, we started a page on Instagram with infographics dedicated to facts,” he said. The content they post is unique and verified with multiple credible sources before publishing. “This has solidified the presence on the platform and turned it into one of the biggest communities for inquisitive minds on Instagram.”
When the founder noticed that people were eager to learn new fascinating things about the world and their community started quickly growing, they spread onto other platforms. They created a new Facebook page and then launched a YouTube channel.
“During the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown, we also started a YouTube channel for Hindi-speaking users from our home country.” And it seems there are even more plans ahead since Amit revealed that they plan to launch a website and a mobile app quite soon.
When asked why so many people enjoy learning new facts, the creator revealed that it’s always useful to discover new things. “We believe that the more knowledge we gather about the world around us, the greater is our understanding of our place in the Universe.”
“Factual information on any subject is crucial for our existence in this world,” he continued. “If our perceptions about the world are based on false premises, it is obvious that we shall have a hard time preserving life and happiness.”
“In this era of fake news, we feel that our audience supports us because we go to great pains to ensure that the information we post is verifiably and justifiably factual in nature,” Amit added. They set up another account on Tumblr “where details of our sources are openly displayed for anyone to inspect and dispute if it can be proven to be mistaken or inaccurate.”
I disagree. My IQ is considered genius-level (just barely, but it qualifies) and I spend WAY too much time worrying about what others think of me. There are a lot of factors that go into that need for approval. Childhood can trump smarts every time. Every. Time.
Can I just clarify if you worry AND get peer pressured, or just worry? My IQ is also quite high and my first thought was 'this must be nonsense' then I realised that while I worried about what people thought a lot I also don't give in to peer pressure at all when I disagree with something
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Only a moron thinks they're the smartest person in the room. A genius understands there is much to be learned.
Oh, come on! You can be, and sometimes most likely are, the smartest person in the room. Saying it out loud if you are asked is stating a fact, not being arrogant or bragging. Smart people have to stop trying to be humble and own their intellectual prowess, because the stupid don't stay quiet and are getting the leading jobs and fůcking up the world.
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My husband must be out of this world genius - the dude gives absolutely zero f***s about what folk think of him
I would say the same for mine except I thing we are confusing correlation for causation. Lol
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This is constantly being proven in the states right now. There is a conman running around doing rallies every so often....
but it's listed under 'Fact point' and it's on the internet?
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I'm getting more intelligent by the year. By the time I'm in my 80s running around in a candlewick bedspread and fascinator, I will be stratospherically intelligent
This is a misrepresentation of the data. The study showed that people with higher EMOTIONAL intelligence resisted peer pressure, not "higher IQ".
We're also more depressed because we see the world for what it really is.
I think its more the ability to deduct consequences and false logic of following someone else than a lack of concern for what others think. The Salem witch trials and nazi Germany didn't happen because everyone was stupid. Its because there were more consequences for not following the group. If you can come up with 5 bad reasons and 3 good reasons in the instant you hear it, you're more likely to reject it (5 out of 8 or 62.5%) than someone who only comes up with 2 good and 1 bad ( 1 out of 3 or 33%). Both people came up with the same three consequences (look cool, will like me, won't like) but the more intelligent has another 5 (cut 20 minutes off the trip, we could die, can't afford the premium increase if we crash, etc) to influence them. Its why many of us become more resistant to peer pressure as we age. We gain more experience, regardless of intelligence, that allows us to see more of the possible outcomes. If you saw your little brother twist his ankle on a dare jumping out of a barn when you're 17, you're less likely to jump off a cliff into a water filled quarry when you're 24.
Well that casts a new light onto anti-vaxers and non-mask wearers. Aren't they going against the grain for what they believe, without peer pressure from others!
I grew up on a rough housing estate full of tracksuit wearing wrong-uns and I was a punky metalhead from a early age, I didn't follow the rest of the kids on my estate. Being an alternative kid was always about not caring what people thought.
If you don't have intelligence, there is always knowledge. If you have no knowledge, at least you are smart enough to know that you know nothing.
So that is why I was never tempted to smoke, drink or do anythink other kids did, even if noone liked me. I'm autistic and social stupid but have a relatively high IQ.
And THIS explains the number of people resisting the covid vacccine drug trials.
I'd love to see the scientific reference to this. (Not that it matters, but I actually DO score very highly on IQ tests.)
yea me 129 IQ and i dont care wat people think of me but i am 1IQ away from gifted
Seems like there is some qualifiers and data missing from this one.
I think my IQ may have increased with age lol, I don't give a fig what people think of me anymore! Not since I cut the maternal unit and other toxic people out of my life! I did whatever she wanted for the sake of a quiet life because if you didn't do things her way she made your life a living hell! I did that for years until I just couldn't anymore and ended up having a meltdown! So, cutting toxic people out of your life is also good for your IQ too lol!
Exactly. I only care about the approval of those who are important to me, but do not depend on that either.
I don't even understand the desire to succumb to peer pressure in other people. I have to pretend I care otherwise people will think I am weird. I don't think it is intelligence just very specific brain deficiency.
Everyone is the smartest person in the room until they open their mouths!
I'm as dumb as pig poo 200 lb overweight and have a face like a personified fart and I still don't care what people think of me. The way I see it is you're entitled to your opinion and I'm entitled to ignore it 😊
Unless you live with a childhood trauma that taught your brain things such as "you're good of nothing, you can't do anything right, you don't deserve anything" etc. - in which case you will always be looking for approval of others (until you overcome the trauma). According to neuroscience, it's not related to IQ, but to survival skills and ability to adapt.
Im not that smart yet i dont care about peer pressure. Its called being unfashionable 😅
So that’s why I never smoked weed or did drugs when all my friends did…who knew I was a “C” student but I was smart!!
check the source. this does not hold true. too many examples of less-than-genius people proving this false. a prime example of 'don't believe everything you read'.
But exhibit the majority of anti-social behaviour, abnormal fears and strange personality Disorders. Sheldon Cooper was the television epitome of the cost of that intelligence.
So I'm super smart because I don't give s**t? Or am I just a bit of an a*****e?
And also less concerned with the DISAPPROVAL of others. Known as the "Musk Effect" or the Bezos Bias".
bro i got mostly 8/9's in my GCSE'S meaning i'm not stupid, but due to my social anxiety, i get easily peer pressured and care what people think about me
Huh. I guess I'm. . . A genius? 🤷 lol I told people I thought "weird" was a compliment, I knew the dangers of everything, and nobody ate with me already. 😅
I want to see the research on this. At first glance it doesn't seem like it could be correct - it seems more likely that personality and upbringing would be bigger factors than intelligence. But since I don't think my own brain is always right, I would like to read more about how they came to this conclusion.
This is so true. I've never bowed to peer pressure and my IQ is 148.
Bet loads of Bored Pandas do that too😉. I do, especially with bread or chips. If its a chip butty then my songs become operatic.
THIS!! THIS IS THE REASON MY MOM WON'T LAUGH AT MY JOKES YESTERDAY! THIS!
Well, this isn't quite fair on the mosquito. The mosquito isn't killing anyone itself, it is transmitting a disease. By that rationale, humans should carry the can for all human-to-human transmitted diseases, on top of murders, wars, car accidents etc., bringing their total into the millions.
I watched the vid, not only she performed wonderfully, she had a perfect landing, as well. Bravo!
In Germany, when a holiday falls between a workday and the weekend, say Thursday or Tuesday are the holidays, then the Fryday/Monday are holidays too. "Brückentage", bridge days, is the name of this. The whole thing is called "verlängertes Wochenende", enlonged weekend. And in Scandinavia, if a holiday falls on a weekend, it is free the next Monday. This is so to give the people more free time.
I thought this sounded like BS, so I googled it. Turns out there *was* a study that showed the brain is flooded with CSF during deep (non-REM) sleep, and while the researchers who discovered this think that it *might* have a flushing or cleaning effect, there still needs to be a lot more study/research to determine that for certain. Still, an interesting discovery: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/deep-sleep-gives-your-brain-a-deep-clean1/
Wikipedia: Eigengrau (German for "intrinsic gray"), also called Eigenlicht (Dutch and German for "intrinsic light"), dark light, or brain gray, is the uniform dark gray background that many people report seeing in the absence of light. The term Eigenlicht dates back to the nineteenth century, but has rarely been used in recent scientific publications. Common scientific terms for the phenomenon include "visual noise" or "background adaptation". These terms arise due to the perception of an ever-changing field of tiny black and white dots seen in the phenomenon. Eigengrau is perceived as lighter than a black object in normal lighting conditions, because contrast is more important to the visual system than absolute brightness. For example, the night sky looks darker than Eigengrau because of the contrast provided by the stars.
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