ADVERTISEMENT

Your teacher, mom, and virtually any adult with a thoughtful mind would never approve of Twitter as a learning tool. And how would they with this whole infinite source of the not-very-serious side of the internet where memes, jokes, and burns are roaming free?

But people are proving them wrong by sharing incredible facts brought to them by Twitter that should have been put in the textbooks. From realizing the symbol “&” is a ligature for the word "et" to finding out that an 18-inch pizza has more of a good thing than two 12-inch pizzas, these are some of the facts that could have been part of my wisdom bank this whole time.

So scroll down, upvote your faves, and after you’re done with this post, check out our previous list of 30 random facts that will make you feel "today years old."

#2

Interesting-Facts-Learned-From-Twitter

jasonhickel Report

Add photo comments
POST
fabianabarrientos avatar
hispanic! at the disco
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And still today, Natives are being harassed by police for protesting there peacefully. Nothing much has changed..

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu

Look, I am not saying we should believe all that Twitter has to offer. But it turns out, the things we were taught at school are not so innocent either. Some facts we still believe to this day are complete myths, and they had better be laid out bare before you become "today years old" to realize they aren’t true.

You probably would place a pretty high bid on the fact that Columbus discovered America. You’re not the only one. A 2005 survey showed that 85% of Americans believed Columbus discovered the continents and only 2% correctly answered that he couldn’t have discovered America because it was already inhabited by Native Americans.

#4

Interesting-Facts-Learned-From-Twitter

juliamacfarlane Report

Add photo comments
POST
whitehart avatar
Whitehart
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Caligula declared victory and his soldiers brought back chests full of seashells as proof.

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#5

Interesting-Facts-Learned-From-Twitter

thesahilshah Report

Add photo comments
POST
chimeraxe avatar
Gareth Graham
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The London Underground maintain several stations that trains never use. They are reserved for TV and movie locations so as not to close down functioning stations

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT

Another fact which turns out to be a myth is the tongue map idea, which suggests that different parts of our tongues identify different kinds of tastes. However, the University of Florida Center for Smell and Taste stated that “the locations of those taste buds aren't in accordance with the 'tongue map.'” And even if taste buds are indeed receptive to certain types of tastes, the difference in reality is tiny.

You've probably heard how Einstein failed math in school and was not an A student in general. It turns out, the only exam he failed was an entrance test to the Zurich Polytechnic he had to take in French, which he didn’t speak well at the time.

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
#13

Interesting-Facts-Learned-From-Twitter

minutephysics Report

Add photo comments
POST
chi-weishen avatar
chi-wei shen
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A small group of wooly mammoth existed on Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean until about 2000 B.C.

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#17

Interesting-Facts-Learned-From-Twitter

Museum_Facts Report

Add photo comments
POST
mishte_tine avatar
Mishte Tine
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She’s also small and behind a ton of protection. She’s beyond amazing.

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#18

Interesting-Facts-Learned-From-Twitter

yourpappalardo Report

Add photo comments
POST
ambroise-lescop-2 avatar
Shelp
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

...which is perfectly logical if you have French or Latin as your first language

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#20

Interesting-Facts-Learned-From-Twitter

Okeating Report

Add photo comments
POST
sergiobicerra_1 avatar
Sergio Bicerra Descalzi
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Read a funny story about him. He used to pay meals with checks. People didn't cash them cause Dali's signature was more worthy than the pay, so he got many free meals doing so. Not sure if its true, but like this story.

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#21

Interesting-Facts-Learned-From-Twitter

fermatslibrary Report

Add photo comments
POST
copper-fractions avatar
Tiny Dynamine
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Did you know you can get free extra pizza slices if you cut your pizza into 8 pieces instead of 6? ;)

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#22

Interesting-Facts-Learned-From-Twitter

MaaloufMD Report

Add photo comments
POST
oshasherif3414 avatar
Aisha Boudy
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Googol Plex (it's a number) is so large that if u wrote each of its zeros on separate atoms in the universe, there won't be enough space to finish writing all the zeros.

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
See Also on Bored Panda
#23

Interesting-Facts-Learned-From-Twitter

LenaInMN Report

Add photo comments
POST
saurin_91 avatar
Saurin Apriliawan
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My identical twin cousin just told me that, although wearing exactly the same clothes and has quite similar voice, their toddlers can still tell them apart.

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#24

Interesting-Facts-Learned-From-Twitter

sunny Report

Add photo comments
POST
tehbonz avatar
B
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But how would we know? It's not like, 'Oh hey Bob, it's you - high five!' or anything. They're surly little guys.

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#30

Interesting-Facts-Learned-From-Twitter

terpityderpity Report

Add photo comments
POST
martti avatar
darksidecookies avatar
Chris Müller
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The majority of lakes where flamingos live have extremely high salt concentrations. The only source of fresh water for some of these birds comes from boiling geysers.

Load More Replies...
kainbri avatar
Brian Kemboi
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is common in Lake Bogoria, Kenya. This is from a Kenyan.

bagladyele avatar
EA
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Feel sorry for the poor birds who failed the experiment :(

gerry1of1 avatar
Gerry Higgins
Community Member
3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How do they find this out? Are scientists using government grants to pour boiling water down water fowl throats? "Nope, penguins didn't live... Try a flamingo next"

celslade_1 avatar
CelSlade
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wanna know who discovered this, and what exactly they thought they were doing

jennifernewton_1 avatar
jenjie.newt
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Who went around checking which animals can drink boiling water?

kate-starke avatar
PhantomBuni
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s handy. I make pasta often (the dry pasta packages) and my arms tremble when I have to lug the pot to the sink and strain it. Me: Pasta’s done Me: *Chugs the entire pot of water* Flamingos: - . -

neakybird avatar
Cathy Proctor
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So what idiot gave them boiling water just to see if they could?

klerandre avatar
Randy Klefbeck
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Someone was hanging out in a southern hotspring a long time to discover this.

vicki-perizzolo avatar
Vicki Perizzolo
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

in caustic soda lakes -- they do very well there too - safe from predators -- check out the Planet Earth series ..lots of amazing animals out there.

ericameyers99 avatar
Erica M
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In ancient Rome, flamingo tongues were considered a delicacy

james_fox1984 avatar
Foxxy (The Original)
Community Member
3 years ago

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

And they know this how? Would have been bad if they tested this theory and the poor flamingo/s were injured.

veni_vidi_vicky avatar
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu

Note: this post originally had 47 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes.

ADVERTISEMENT
See Also on Bored Panda