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It doesn't matter if you're 7 or 77 and who the current president is—there's always room for learning. Whether we're talking about a new skill, language, or simply broadening our understanding of the world, the knowledge is out there. All you have to do is seek it!

The online project "Mind blowing facts" is a good place to start. It runs on multiple social media platforms, sharing random trivia about the human psychology, the animal kingdom, Hollywood, and pretty much everything you can imagine.

Since millions of people follow it on the internet, we thought you'd like to check out their content as well, so continue scrolling, and have a look at some of the most popular posts "Mind blowing facts" has made so far.

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Cactus Leather

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Digging up obscure facts isn't just 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.

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Porkchop The Search Dog

Porkchop The Search Dog

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"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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Rescued Elephants

Rescued Elephants

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

When an elephant from a herd dies, the other elephants surround it in a circle, paying tribute. Elephants from other herds will often join if they had "met" on the trek to find water as they remember the scents of other elephants their entire lives. Having known a few elephants in my life I truly believe that they know the souls of people they love. Just my opinion. I think they felt his death and needed to honor him. There are many exceptional documentaries about elephants on PBS, Animal Planet, Blue Planet, and Nat Geo.

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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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Teaching A Cat

Teaching A Cat

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

I never underestimate the intelligence of a cat, but how often do they follow directions? That was amazing.

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Lions Save A Girl

Lions Save A Girl

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

I love animals! Can't always say the same about my own species though.

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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 participate.

"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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Elephants Have Feelings Too

Elephants Have Feelings Too

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Steve Buscemi

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June’s Very Own
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not all hero’s wear capes. Some wear a helmet and uniform….and ride around in a big red water filled truck:)

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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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Robin Williams

Robin Williams

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June’s Very Own
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He was such a brilliant, thoughtful, funny and caring man. He did so many selfless acts on so many different occasions. He deserves the utmost respect. Rest In Peace ❤️

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The Loyalty Of Dogs

The Loyalty Of Dogs

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New Type Of Calligraphy

New Type Of Calligraphy

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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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Street Dogs

Street Dogs

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

Except for the bit where the whole theory that wolves fight for supremacy in a pack and that the strongest wolf becomes the leader has already been debunked. Especially by the guy who came up with it.

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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.

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Lead Levels

Lead Levels

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

Side fact: The guy that came up with idea of putting lead in petrol to stop engine knocking also came up with the early CFCs that f***s the ozone layer and later died from getting caught up in his own machinery he'd developed to help him get out of bed after becoming sick with polio... saw it on QI once :)

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Fashion In Animals

Fashion In Animals

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Beehive

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June’s Very Own
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s a very smart contraption. But I’ve only heard of it just now, something so useful should be more widely advertised

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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.

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

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Taking Care Of A Crocodile

Taking Care Of A Crocodile

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

That's actually really sweet. Every animal really does have a unique expression and capacity to love. Makes me want to be vegan.

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Hero Dog

Hero Dog

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South Pole

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

you can time travel at any timeline, may only be an hour, but...

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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."

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"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."

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A Greek Priest

A Greek Priest

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

During the Holocaust in Greece, the entire, 275-person Jewish population of the island of Zakynthos was not deported after Mayor Loukas Karrer and Bishop Chrysostomos (1890–1958) refused Nazi orders to turn in a list of the members of the town's Jewish community for deportation to the death camps. Instead they secretly hid the town's 275 Jews in various rural villages and turned in a list that included only their own two names. The entire Jewish population survived the war.

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Stokes 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.

"That’s the first thing to go with injury or with age if we don’t use it," she said.

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Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz

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

wait really? that's actually pretty cool, terrifying we can come up with inventions to manipulate ourselves in such a way, but still cool

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Of course, it's completely understandable if all the stress and negativity sometimes drains your brain of the desire to learn and exhausts it instead.

In an earlier Bored Panda interview, Lenore Skenazy, the president of Let Grow and the founder of the Free-Range-Kids movement, said that before we can become curious again, we have to do the hard part: get off the couch. Force yourself out the door. Why? Because beyond your four walls, things are never exactly the same. Weather, animals, people, sounds, smells, clouds—they’re all swirling about."

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Sergeant Stubby

Sergeant Stubby

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

Little known fact. The German soldier could have easily escaped but felt too bad depriving the little guy of his moment.

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Star Wars

Star Wars

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June’s Very Own
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lmao, so glad to know it’s not just me who makes the sound affects whilst playing with light sabers.

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Lying Competition

Lying Competition

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

We wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between their speeches and the lying contests

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River In Nova Scotia

River In Nova Scotia

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Recovered Solidier

Recovered Solidier

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