50 Random Facts That Sound Strange But Are True, As Shared By This Twitter Account (New Pics)
We think we might know everything there is to know about the world, but nothing could be further from the truth. All it takes is a casual stroll on the internet to remind us of this. There you are, looking at cat pics on your feed when you stumble upon a random fact or a cool photo that makes you do a double-take. You do a bit of background research and realize, heck, it’s actually all true!
The ‘WTF Facts’ Twitter page is a popular account that shares various science and history facts and pics that are as intriguing as they are unusual. We’ve collected a selection of their most interesting recent posts to share with you. Put on your thinking caps, scroll down, and enjoy!
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President Zelensky is a leader. Not a manager or figure head... a leader.
Founded back in May 2020, the ‘WTF Facts’ Twitter account has been educating and entertaining internet users for nearly three years now. It’s carved out a sizeable niche for itself on the social media platform. At the time of writing, it had 270.8k followers.
The founder of the page posts new content every single day, so there’s always something for the fans of the project to look forward to. If you enjoy the facts, be sure to follow the account for the freshest posts.
One surefire way to stand out on the internet is to find a mix between education and entertainment, just like the ‘WTF Facts’ account does.
Internet users end up learning a lot of things they’d otherwise probably never have heard about. Meanwhile, they also end up enjoying themselves and sending the facts to their friends, classmates, and coworkers. (Personally, we like to keep a list of cool and bizarre facts in our suits to wow guests at fancy dinner parties whenever there’s awkward silence.)
If there were more money in peace, than weapons, then they would.
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my little sisters friend was killed by that bastard. she was 5 years old and had just moved to dunblane. remove that bastards face, showing evil smill=ing is an insult to the families
Yeah, let's have a pic of the teacher and kids instead. They deserve to be remembered.
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We are too busy sending our thoughts and prayers to the victims families to have time to think about changing gun laws.
And as Bill Mahar so eloquently puts it: "Thoughts are the opposite of prayers".
Load More Replies... Please don't show the shooters picture. He doesn't deserve to be remembered
Absolutely, despite knowing about Dunblane and the fact that the losses are commemorated every year in Scotland I had, rightly, no idea who the shooter was.
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Australia had a similar thing happen in the 90s. The government instituted a "gun buy back" program for people to return their guns for money. It was in response the to Port Arthur massacre where someone killed i think 35 people. There was severe backlash to the Prime Minister at the time, John Howard, who knew it was (at the time) an unpopular decision but did it anyway for the good of the country. Edited for typo.
I never liked John Howard but for this I have always respected him, he acted so decisively and fast. Didn't agree with the decision at the time even though I had no personal interest in guns I felt people should have their own choice. I was wrong, he was right that's all.
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The right to bear arms was intended as a way to defend against the invading British. Now it's just twisted toward selfishness.
Just remember. One day these tortured students will be our law makers and the NRA is dwindling as Boomers pass away. The 2nd Amendment will be repealed when the children who grew up with active shooter drills are the law makers.
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Canada has some pretty strict gun laws, too, and getting tougher. We still get school shooting now and then, but nothing like what's happening in the State's. It's not like there are no guns and no gun violence, including among youth, but it's usually outside of school. There has to be a completely different factor, besides gun access, that is causing such a huge rise in school shootings in the USA that no one is looking at.
StrangeOne, my theory is bullying, online and in the school itself.
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As a UK poster it's worth noting that I had to google this man. I assumed this post referred to the Dunblane massacre (only because it's the only school gun massacre I can ever recall), but I genuinely had no knowledge of the name of the perpetrator. He has rightly been excised from our consciousness.
Yes, same. I remember Dunblane but never knew his name or saw his photo before.
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Even ONE school shooting is too much. Hide his face and name. Remember the children and teacher, not the cowardly bastard who killed them.
And if you mention the incident, no one remembers the shooter's name - not a gram of glory for him. He deserved to be forgotten.
Why show that bastards face?! My friends daughter was killed by this evil monster, she still can't say his name, this is insulting to all the families.
This just reinforces the fact that conservatives and gun-owners in the US care more about their guns, than they do about the lives of children.
Interesting fact: Tennis pro and Wimbledon champ Andy Murray was at that school at the time in a different class.
Catherine Gordon, the teacher at Dunblane whose quick thinking saved the life of her pupils. Mary Blake, the teaching assistant who managed to protect children even after being shot. Gwen Mayor, who was murdered while trying to protect her pupils. Remember their names, not his.
Aye let's talk their names God bless them all what a horrible way to go
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Please take down the picture of the perpetrator. Honour the innocent victims instead. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunblane_massacre
There was an awful follow-up news "exclusive" after Dunblane. Some rag of a newspaper did an expose of what the survivors were doing years after the shooting. The paper trawled their social media and published photos of the survivors, now young adults, going to parties, having drinks in their hands, dancing, kissing other people etc. The report basically said that 15 years after the murder of their classmates, this is how they remember them, trying to insinuate they shouldn't be allowed to enjoy themselves or behave like any other young adult. It was totally disgusting-thankfully there was a huge outcry about what an invasion of privacy this was, given that the survivors hadn't sought publicity and the paper apologised.
Meanwhile in the USA, Gun Lobbyists bought politicians and we have more guns and school shootings than any of us can count.
Oh wow. Imagine a country with common sense. Too bad America is a complete and udder failure with it's ridiculous gun worshipping cultists. Thoughts and prayers every time but zero action. So now a whole generation of Americans except to be shot during their school years with absolutely no end in sight. Sickening.
Sickening is right. Every time it happens, your politicians come up with the usual empty thoughts and prayers, and the most ridiculous suggestions-arm the teachers, have only one unlocked door in the building, have armed guards patrolling, have firearms drill, have local residents on call to be first responders. Next step will be have 2 students nominated as class protectors and they can be armed too, or something equally dumb. Stupid, senseless, doomed ways of approaching the pandemic of school shooting, none of which remotely begin to address the main issue.
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I think that was Dunblane in Scotland. Also, I believe that Andy Murray went to school there.
Fun fact: Despite its members being thoroughly trained, the US Army locks away all AR's, yet we have Republican members of Congress posing with them in the hands of children, due to the NRA's chokehold on the Republicans. Hypocrisy and immorality!
True, even private firearms need to be locked up in the Army.
Load More Replies... This was in Dunblane. One of the kids moved to safety was a six year old Andy Murray.
Meanwhile in the US, we've had almost 400 school shootings since Columbine.
Let's take this moment to honor the sacrifice of our brave school.children who lay down their lives to protect our right to bare arms.. fkn a 😭😭😭
Thanks for the lovely photo of the c*nt though. Still remember hearing it on the radio when my daughter was just a tot.
Also in Tokyo Japan guns are illegal so it has an extremely low crime rate and has been one of the safest city's in the world for years.
I'm in the US. When I was a kid n the 80's we had nuclear bomb drills and hid under our decks. My boyfriends kids now have active shooter drills. This is so sad.
In particular the UK government changed laws about ownership of Handguns, which (correctly) were seen as people killers
163 mass shootings in the U.S just since the beginning of the year! It is a terrifying time to exist. I am constantly afraid of sending my daughter to school and I avoid large gatherings and events. I really cannot stand living here any
They are the UK, and we LEFT them to be a FREE country. Freedom comes with risks. Taking guns away from good people only makes it easier for bad people to do harm. This 'school' story says NOTHING about what the crime rate is, by whom, etc. etc. Any maybe their schools all have locked doors now.
wow look at that, gun control works! hmmmmmm, side eyeing my country
The US government is owned by the NRA and everybody knows this! Some people are so driven to uphold the laws of the constitution that was written 2 or 3 hundred years ago and fail to understand we need a new constitution for the present or a least an amendment and I believe that assault weapons have no place in any society and we’re invented for a high body count in war!
Similar thing in Australia. We had the Port Arthur massacre in the early 90s. Government passed strict gun laws and we haven't had a mass shooting incident since. Why can't the US get their heads around this incredibly simple solution?
Hello, USA? Are you taking notes here? Same thing happened in Port Arthur Australia and Christchurch NZ. Although we did have a previous spree killer in Aramoana, the laws were tightened but not quite enough.
And why can't we (USA) learn from this? Oh yeah....."BUT MY RIGHTS!!" -MERICA
The majority of Americans would probably be willing to make a compromise about guns, if not for the NRA, their backing of candidates, and the expectations that the politicians they funded, if won, would be beyond pressured-almost blackmailed - to vote in the NRA's interests. Because the politicians want to be reelected over and over for some benefits to themselves. Without the NRA, I think the majority of Americans would ban ARs, M16s, AKs, etc. while keeping handguns. Only certain, extremely thorough investigation, into the person wanting one of those high power guns, would have to jump through hoops a little bit less extreme than Japan's gun ownership process. But the NRA won't do anything due to money.
And then there is my neighbor to the south of us, determined that every single thing is to blame except guns. Constantly saying that gun laws won't stop it. Yet won't even try. You have kids wearing bulletproof backpacks, talking of arming teachers, bulletproof doors, active shooter drills. They blame mental health yet take away any funding that could go towards mental health issues and then claim that mental health isn't important enough. I've heard DOORS be blamed. When Columbine happened I still remember what was being blamed. BUT NEVER THE GUNS! How is a near hatred for everything somehow justified yet nobody looks at guns?! Those are defended to death and protecting children is only an excuse when banning drag queens and books about gay penguins?!
And before people come at me, I'm not for banning guns. What I'm for is restrictions. I myself have a gun, but it's for protection, a simple hand gun, not an assault style weapon, those are weapons which are literally designed just to injure/kill as many people as possible per round, you don't need those for hunting OR protection unless you're in battle! There are weapons that never need to be in the hands of civilians and people who never need to have weapons.
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All it would take is for one nutter to shoot up a banking board meeting instead of a school for the us laws to change
The wonderful thing about Democracy. One day the young people who lived through this harrowing period of American history will be our law makers. Perhaps these dark days will change the American cultural obsession with guns. The NRA and its lobby will pass away and no longer influence our politics. These tortured school children will repeal the 2nd Amendment.
Ok, but if it wasnt for Americans with guns,, all you in the UK would be speaking German.. Are you gonna get rid of all cars because drunk driving? Is it the fork and spoon that made you such a fat a*s?? Do pencils misspell words?? This is a MENTAL ISSUE... NOT A GUN ISSUE
As a person with a mental health issue I am furious at having to continue to hear this. We are far far more dangerous to ourselves than to anyone else. And anyway, if it were a mental health issue, why are there now states all over the place wanting to remove the need for a waiting period, have a permit, let’s not even need an ID to buy one. Stop making it easy for us folks with mental health issues not even have to produce an ID when we buy one. That’ll fix the whole people with mental health issues having guns thing.
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Its working well... "A total of 50,434 offences involving knives or sharp instruments were recorded by police between October 2021 and September 2022 – 11 percent more than the previous year and 78 percent more than ten years ago"
Unpopular opinion: lack of gun control is a form of population control…
You do realise that Eddie Izzard meant that people with guns are far deadlier than people without guns, and therefore guns are a bad idea?
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It is not about British. And I agree with you in the matter of mental health care. But mental health problems are not the only problems here. The huuuuuuuuuge amount of guns among people is. It shouldn't be easier to get a gun than a beer in a pub.
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Are you saying the UK has a problem with school stabbings? Can you provide details, say, the number of mass school stabbings in the UK vs the number of mass school shootings in the US, adjusted for population size, and including number of deaths? Cos I don't think it's a problem. When I lived in the UK I saw not one story about a mass school stabbing. A lot of the US school shootings made the news over there though...
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Plot twist: he was a time traveler and saving the baby was a purely selfish act
At the same time, researching and double-checking absolutely every tiny tidbit of information can be incredibly time intensive. So you need to leave that for the fringe cases where your alarm bells are really ringing. In the meantime, try to evaluate the credibility of the source that’s publishing the information.
How trustworthy is the account, outlet, or reporter? How do they ensure the reliability of the information that they share? What does their track record look like?
In a similar vein, Charlie Chaplin once entered a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest...and came third
The fact of the matter is that there are no perfectly reliable sources; however, this doesn’t mean that all sources are equal. Though everyone makes mistakes, professional outlets make fewer of them, make corrections, and acknowledge if they’ve accidentally misled their readers.
So it’s always best to opt for reliable sources like Reuters, Associated Press, or The New York Times that employ fact-checkers and editors. These are always better choices than random, extremely biased, clickbaity websites that only care about getting views at any cost.
There are some signs that indicate that some facts or claims might be fake. Some of the red flags that you should look out for include things like the information being incredibly outlandish or unheard of before, or the facts coming from a source that’s either disreputable or completely unknown.
You should also listen to your gut: if something sounds too good or too awful to be true, it might just be. Look for some other sources that might back up the claim before you repost it: it’s very easy for misinformation to spread in this day and age because there are more and more internet and social media users. Even doing some minimal Googling is better than blindly accepting everything as fact.
Meanwhile, keep in mind that as our attention spans are shortening, content creators and news outlets are having to adapt to the changing needs of their audiences. People prefer short-form content these days because that’s what they’ve been consuming. It’s all a bit circular.
So you end up having to condense a ton of information into bite-sized posts, meaning some context gets left out. At the same time, long-form content and in-depth analyses still have a place in the world for those who want to learn things in a nuanced way, instead of having a very black-and-white perspective on life. Long-form content also has the added bonus—it can help restore our attention spans and ability to focus.
There's a photo out there of a bear ripping into a tent. The photographer inside took a photo right before the bear killed him. It is the most terrifying photo I've ever seen. This may be #2.
Amazing. Good for him. Glad she was able to do that for him and he accepted.
Which of these facts, photos, and insights about the world made you do a double-take? Which ones did you find the most interesting? Share your thoughts and opinions in the comments, Pandas! We’d love to hear from you.
Meanwhile, if you’d like to enjoy some more interesting facts and edutainment, check out Bored Panda’s earlier features about ‘WTF Facts’ right here, here, here, and here.
Dang, that's incredible. Reminds me of the pictures of four seasons together! So pretty
I met this guy! It was actually a grain elevator that cut his arms off (according to him). He waited for the ambulance in the bathtub so he wouldn’t bleed on his mom’s carpet.
You can live your life like there is no god and still be a good person.
Read about karoshi, and then tell me this is a good thing. These people are napping at work because they're expected to work a twelve hour day.
Women with bigger breasts and butts would get the same discount as an obese person. I call that unfair.
Note: this post originally had 122 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.
To Jaz Wood and Brian: I need to introduce my hammer to you two. Relax. I just want to talk.
bp is not a real site, it's a psyops, i passed from plus 20 points to minus 40 yesterday and minus 550 today, based EXCLUSIVELY on few of the comments at this article, despite the fact I WAS UPVOTED for all the others. so either i suddenly became the earth's enemy and all satanists were awakened from their beds to downvote or someone in usaf cyberwings scrambled statistics in my particular case. after being accused of corruption, i feel free again. thanx to all that made this possible and said more about the human mound than they would have ever wanted, so much that they put themselves behind the line. and since they banned me and these are the last words of this account: i don't usually mix personal feelings with duty, but since there was so much hate directed to an evil purpose, i hope all that downvoted me would burn in hell - they were taking a stance, not just attacking randomly, maybe even voting for my killing.
In June 1985, On a flight from Trondheim to Oslo, a man highjacked a plane. The flight landed in Oslo, almost on time, and the hijacker allowed the passengers to leave but kept the crew on the plane. He then placed himself in one of the toilets, keeping a constant watch on his hostages, two pilots and three flight attendants. He kept drinking and demanded the attendants bring him more beer. About an hour after the passengers had left, airport police told him he couldn't have any more beer unless he gave up his pistol, which he did. There were no casualties, said the Aviation Safety Network. emoji-6421...752310.png 
Again; I come to Bored Panda to take a much needed break from the doom & gloom all over the internet. Kindly leave this, and "AITA" queries to the news aggregate sites and Reddit. PLEASE.
Don't think bp cares why you specifically visit it, Michelle. It's an aggregate site that rips off Reddit and twitter et al for clicks and advertising, think the only thing that'll change its content is its popularity, probably - so only click the articles you want is maybe your only recourse? Idk 😶
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To Jaz Wood and Brian: I need to introduce my hammer to you two. Relax. I just want to talk.
bp is not a real site, it's a psyops, i passed from plus 20 points to minus 40 yesterday and minus 550 today, based EXCLUSIVELY on few of the comments at this article, despite the fact I WAS UPVOTED for all the others. so either i suddenly became the earth's enemy and all satanists were awakened from their beds to downvote or someone in usaf cyberwings scrambled statistics in my particular case. after being accused of corruption, i feel free again. thanx to all that made this possible and said more about the human mound than they would have ever wanted, so much that they put themselves behind the line. and since they banned me and these are the last words of this account: i don't usually mix personal feelings with duty, but since there was so much hate directed to an evil purpose, i hope all that downvoted me would burn in hell - they were taking a stance, not just attacking randomly, maybe even voting for my killing.
In June 1985, On a flight from Trondheim to Oslo, a man highjacked a plane. The flight landed in Oslo, almost on time, and the hijacker allowed the passengers to leave but kept the crew on the plane. He then placed himself in one of the toilets, keeping a constant watch on his hostages, two pilots and three flight attendants. He kept drinking and demanded the attendants bring him more beer. About an hour after the passengers had left, airport police told him he couldn't have any more beer unless he gave up his pistol, which he did. There were no casualties, said the Aviation Safety Network. emoji-6421...752310.png
Again; I come to Bored Panda to take a much needed break from the doom & gloom all over the internet. Kindly leave this, and "AITA" queries to the news aggregate sites and Reddit. PLEASE.
Don't think bp cares why you specifically visit it, Michelle. It's an aggregate site that rips off Reddit and twitter et al for clicks and advertising, think the only thing that'll change its content is its popularity, probably - so only click the articles you want is maybe your only recourse? Idk 😶
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