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.)
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.
Arguably that makes you an even better person. You'd be doing it on purely ethical grounds rather than the self-interest motives of reaching Heaven or avoiding Hell.
Load More Replies...We can agree to disagree. Most Atheists I know are better humans than most Christians I know.
Imagine if you live your life as if one god existed, only to find out after dying that the one who existed was a different one, ready to condemn you for believing in another one :'D
Load More Replies...I personally think being a good person and doing good deeds and kindness to others without any expectation of a reward or fear of punishment is far more virtuous than just doing it because you're afraid of hell and want to get into heaven (which sounds so paralysingly dull I don't even want to go there anyway).
Actually my favourite Bible verse is the one that basically says "if you brag about your good deeds they don't count". Looking at you, you creeps who post videos of yourselves being nice to homeless people for likes.
Load More Replies...AKA Pascal's Wager, to which I always reply with something like: I'd rather go to Hell for who I am than get into Heaven for who I'm pretending to be.
You are a person who makes mistakes, that I know for certain. But you don’t have to pretend. You can genuinely care for people who treat you wrongly, genuinely want to do good for this world without pretending
Load More Replies...Isn't it odd, Christianity, when studied in depth creates atheists. There is no harm in believing in a Cosmic Creator but when you add Christian dogma it portrays the world as an unrealistic nightmare with a Creator as a petty, vengeful tyrant. This destroyes a person's ability to believe. Humanity would do well to remember religions are fanfiction and IF a benevolent Creator existed it would accept the myths humans create until we learn enough to change it.
Amen to that! I believe RIchard Bach said, "God created man in his own image, then man returned the favor." Humans, especially humans in positions of power, attribute flawed human characteristics to God, jealousy, hate, vengeance. I know many people hate the idea of an omnipotent being because of the horrors inflicted on us all by those who presume to "represent" God, as if that were possible. For me, the absolute perfection of design in creation tells me there is someone/something responsible. The ability to feel love and empathy is my proof. I know it doesn't end here. This is just a chapter in a much larger book.
Load More Replies...Which God? That's a title, not a name. Although, like multiple comments here, many seem to assume he meant Yahweh, but I'm still wondering. Could be Cthulhu for all we know.
I’m going to assume, though I don’t know everything, but I know that for Christians, God always is capitalized, and other religions just have names or lower case g
Load More Replies...so he was a coward? If I died and found that I was wrong I'd be happy to give him a telling-off for allowing auschwitz, cancer, etc.
"When god asks me why i sinned in life, I'll ask him why he made me so badly. And when he says 'My tools were blunt,' I'll ask, "Then why did you make so MANY of me?'" - Spike Milligan
Load More Replies...He ripped this off from Pascal's wager. Also Pascal's wager is famous or rather in famous for being severely wrong. Since it doesn't consider the chances of picking the wrong god. That is too say in this case there is a third option where Camus lives like there is a god. and when he dies he finds out that it is ala and not the christian god that actually exists and gets punished by believing in false gods.
It’s the same god. Islam, Christianity and Judaism all worship the same deity, they just don’t always call him the same thing. There might be an issue, with those, in following the wrong religious “law,” but not the wrong god. A better example would be God vs. Vishnu or Ra.
Load More Replies...If a god did ends up existing and it was one of the Cristian gods I still wouldn't follow the ba5tard as I'm more moral than it and its a absolute narcissist
I don't think, like some of the commentary here, that this is because believing in God makes you behave better (we all know that isn't true) but that living with the belief that a higher power is looking out for you, listening to your prayers and generally guiding is a comforting thing to believe in, as opposed to going through life believing that nothing has any meaning and it's all a random lottery.
God, or no God, I just strive to be a good person. It’s just the right thing to do.
It's thinking like this that allows religious ignorance to perpetuate itself.
It does not necessarily follow that he was Christian or anything. To live simply as "if there is a God" is to live a just life doing the best you can, for yourself, your family and the people around you. I have no god myself, and do not believe in any religion, but I would like to think I am a good person doing good things. I don't need a book of rules to tell me what to do.
So this quote is for those people who say they strive to be good regardless of a god… I did not think of him saying it that way before. And it’s not a book of rules. Not the whole thing. The Old Testament is before Christ, before we could reach God easily. There were awful Pharisees following the rule book just to be showy… but that’s not what it should’ve been, or should be about. I wish people didn’t see it that way
Load More Replies...Man....... I'm atheist and I'm probably a better "Christian" than most people going to church every Sunday. I help others for a living (nurse), I've never done drugs or cheated in a relationship, I don't gamble or live well beyond my means, I haven't killed anyone, I don't spank my (now grown) kids or prostitutemyself etc. So if your fictional God wants to sit up there and judge me, denying me access to heaven because I didn't "have him in my life" (which I HAVE been told by Christians will happen), he really doesn't sound all that forgiving and loving, so........ not a guy I'd want to hang out with anyway 🤷♀️
He mainly judges us based on the Ten Commandments, and when Jesus came down He spoke of how you don’t have to physically murder someone to sin
Load More Replies...It's argued however that all you need to do to get to heaven is repent, I forget exactly what it is, but evidently it's very easy once you're up at the gates, awaiting judgment. But if anyone needs me, I'll be in hell roasting hot dogs.
Do not say things you won’t mean. Your hotdogs will be ash as soon as they’re taken out of the freezer, not really trying to joke
Load More Replies...First, do no harm. If everyone followed that premise the world would be better for all. I think we all know what harm is without a god telling us.
I doubt any deity would be impressed by such a calculating believer.
A god that demands and requires that its creation believe in it is no god at all as it has made itself weaker than its creation.
God (my God) does not need our praise or belief in Him. But He loves His creation and chooses to give us the chance to recognize Him or neglect Him. He could’ve just left us ignorant, and we wouldn’t know how awful our god would be because we wouldn’t know he existed. That’s worse
Load More Replies...I wrote a very long point in reply that would have been summed up much more effectively with your "Pfft"! :)
Load More Replies...God gives us hope .You don't need to live according to him becos there is no way to do that just remember him that he is with you ,always.You need to realise that no matter how much a person has achieved in his / her life they will eventually become old and die like everyone else.We humans think ourselves as supreme but there is a higher power above us believe it or not (Be it any religion).
In my English class we watched a The Bible Project video on Ecclesiastes, and that book’s main message is about hevel, how everything we work hard to obtain or attain on this earth amounts to nearly nothing when we die. Hevel can mean meaningless, or something that’s an illusion. Death is the equalizer. Whether you are wise or a fool, rich or poor, you will eventually die and 100 years from then you will be forgotten by the world
Load More Replies...Nah. Not me. If I'm only being a good person to stay out of hell, is that really me being a good person? Or am I simply doing it to appease others?
Notice that he said to live as if there is a God, nor that you have to believe in one. Still, Pascal's wager doesn't address that being good because you fear eternal punishment isn't the same as doing good because you know it's the better solution.
I’m agnostic, I don’t think there’s a god but I also can’t say there isn’t.. but regardless I will not regret my beliefs nor should anyone else!
I’m not saying this quote is perfectly right, but it holds a point. I would rather continue being in my relationship with God and if I die and find nothing, I don’t exist. But if I choose to be ignorant or neglect God, I would have missed out
Yes, I made an account to let you know what I thought. Think of me as a jerk, or forcing my religion on you, when I’m not intending to, that’s fine. Just be aware that you should know, KNOW for certain what a religion is about without having your personal opinion blinding you, or when you are blurting things that you have heard around about
Ah Pascal's wager - better get the right god. Allah is pretty imaginative. And don't even think about what Bel-Shamharoth has got in store for the unbeliever...
He was 100% correct. There is a God who loves us and hates our sin dearly.
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.
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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 😶
Load More Replies...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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