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UberFacts says it shares "the most unimportant things you'll never need to know" and I have to admit, that's a pretty accurate description of its content. Launched in 2009, the Internet project provides people with random facts on all kinds of topics.

From the number of janitors in the US with PhDs to the genius way Swedes protested their government classifying homosexuality as an illness, these titbits of information will make you an expert on trivia in no time. So grab yourself some broccoli (random fact: the vegetable is rich in vitamin K, and a few studies in older adults have linked a higher vitamin K intake to better memory), continue scrolling, and upvote your favorite entries!

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As it turns out, there are some biological reasons behind people's desire to "store" trivia in their brain and the rush of excitement they feel when they get the chance to use it. According to psychologist John Kounios Ph.D., it's a lot like playing roulette, too.

"You get a rush or a neuroreward signal or a dopamine burst from winning," the 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."

He said the benefits can also be similar to those of playing video games. However, unlike gambling and video games, trivia is generally not a potentially dangerous habit, Kounios said.

"I don't think there are any pitfalls. Like anything else that's fun, it takes up time."

Moreover, retaining information about things we're interested in can be like an 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," Deborah Stokes, Ph.D., L.P.C., B.C.N., a psychologist in Virginia who focuses on neurotherapy, said.

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So there you have it, folks. Browsing trivia isn't a waste of time. It's a mental workout!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mark Hamill is such a good guy. I appreciate him as a voice actor as well.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Liechtenstein was invaded by Swiss armed forces on at least four occasions, they took a wrong turning, for two of which Switzerland apologized and Lichtenstein had no idea why.

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nevermind Trump making me miss Barack Obama, he even makes me pine for the days when GW Bush was in power. George and Michelle's easy-going friendship demonstrates that democrats and republicans are not mortal enemies, as Trump would have you believe. A good leader unites his countrymen, not divides them like der Drumpf.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like that he was that confident in his ability to turn her off that he took his stalker out to dinner

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is still in practice today. Der Drumpf calls it "fake news".

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JuJu
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Germany, the term still stands. USA prefer "fake news".

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BusLady
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can't wait for this election to be over with. Each side trying to demonize the other. Fake reports flying everywhere.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Trump has studied Hitler for years. He had "My New Order”, a printed collection of Hitler's speeches, as bedside literature. That's how he came up with his "fake news". He also used the same tactics as Hitler did: find scapegoats to blame, tell the same lies over and over again and incite to violence without being too obvious about it.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's nothing Hitler came up with. Every dictator does that to keep up his political strength.

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Natasha Chick
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I get what people are saying but if the news is wrong then it should be called out. And the news is wrong a lot. They tend to publish their retractions at the very bottom of the page so that no one sees it but it happens aaaalll the time.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The cheeto has taken a lot of life lessons from Hitler.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, this is true, which makes it even worse when I see Trump quite literally imitating what Hitler did. BTW, I'm German

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It was used by a lot of groups https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lying_press

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Katinka Min
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And the new extrem right wing party in Germayn, the AfD, used the exact same term so much it made its way back into mainstrema vocabulary :-/

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Meami
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sounds like someone else we know. And it's not the only idea he's taken out of Hitler's playbook.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That sounds all too familiar - Drumpf came too darn close to being an American Hitler...exactly the same way. Maybe it's genetic

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And sadly to this day people in Germany march through the streets shouting this while distrusting the world that there is a global pandemic. Sure enough, there are valid reasons this must be true... The economy of many countrys struggles endlessly, many many people are suffering, dying, losing ther jobs, homes and health. So yes, I bet our governments all had nothing better to do than make up an pandemic so they can plan something in secrecy. Obviously....

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A kid steals a candy bar from the grocery store and man goes into a bank and steals everything in their safe and all jewelry and money from every customer in there. Both are thieves, however one is MUCH more impactful than the other. They may all "do it", James, but one has been proven to "do it" WAY more than the others....and only ONE side sued for the right to lie to their audience. Cant dismissively "both sides" this one away...

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The Nazis also had their Brown Shirts burn, loot, and murder to intimidate Germans into voting for them. Fortunately, Americans aren't letting the BLM and Antifa thugs working for the Democratic party intimidate them.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Only one party is using guns and intimidation to try and stop people from voting, and that’s the party of trump. Please stop lying, it’s so gross how trump cultists outright lie to try and manipulate others.

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NAZI or National Socialist German Workers' Party.... Key word there is SOCIALIST. Calling a potato a potato doesn't make Trump a NAZI. Calling Trump a NAZI because he does not support your socialist agenda is exactly "Lying Press" Get it right.

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If fake news is fake, calling it fake is not wrong. The media has a bias problem. Many of the stories they run are propaganda/heavily biased/ or just wrong. Stories like the Covington Kids get mass press and then it turns out that the media failed to do even the barest of due diligence before trying to ruin the lives of kids for political reasons.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is a difference between actual fake news and calling it fake news cos they don't kiss your ass and write great things about you because you want them to..

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not calling out either side here because i completely support peoples right to protest. But 7% of thousands of protests can still do quite a lot of damage and at least 25 people have died from protests / political unrest.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If dreams are that medically reliable, the evil purple minion inside me should be born soon

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Trump is an idiot.......Wow who the F**K knew? Damn this honesty just spills out of my mouth.....

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There are more terrorist attacks/threats on US home soil than terrorist threats/attacks from other countries. This is why their gun laws are pathetic, you are more likely to be accidentally shot by your own gun than by a terrorist from another country.

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Goes to show that just because someone is a janitor doesn’t mean they aren’t educated and also just because you have a PHD doesn’t mean you will get a job in that field. I am curious to know how many refugees also have PHD’s that aren’t recognised in their new home.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Censoring a town name is next level stupid. It's the town name! That's the whole point of it.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I too, am hated because of my superior plumbing skills 😞. I feel you Mario.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s okay the US voting system is flawed anyway, some peoples votes don’t even count because of the state they live in.

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