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40 Hard-To-Believe Facts Shared By The “Unbelievable Facts” Facebook Page (New Pics)
If you've never heard of a Facebook page called Unbelievable Facts, the chances are you have been on the moon. This powerhouse of social media is home to 8.9M followers who come there for “the best bizarre, strange and extraordinary stories on the internet." Some of the facts that get shared on the platform are so random, you never knew you needed them.
Today, we wrapped up some of the most entertaining bits of information that got shared on this page and let me tell you, it’s perfect fuel to build up your trivia muscle. So get your notebooks out, put your glasses on and get ready to feed your brain! Psst! After you’re done with this post, be sure to check out more unbelievable facts from our part 1.
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There are more than 1.9 billion websites on the internet. And that’s the data from 2018. I couldn’t find an actual number for today to quote, but it’s obviously many times higher. The thing is, there is an immeasurable amount of information that gets shared on the internet every day. When I say immeasurable, it’s because it was estimated that in 2020, the amount of data on the internet would hit 40 zetabytes. A zetabyte is about a trillion gigabytes, and it’s still hard to wrap your head around it.
So what does it mean for us, the end users? Well, there’s way too much information to choose from. Right next to every reliable fact that comes from a legit source we have tons of variants of it that are not true. More so, today, we live in the world of fake news, unproven facts, misinformation, questionable arguments, gossip, and conspiracy theories that get shared online and tend to spread even more quickly than reliable information.
With fake news and misinformation reaching new heights during the worldwide pandemic, it became clear that everything we consume online should not only be taken with a pinch of salt but rather a bag of it. Previously, Bored Panda spoke with Daniel Markuson, the cybersecurity expert at NordVPN, about ways to separate true facts from false information online which you may want to look at here.
The only "Captain Jack Sparrow". I personally will not pay to see another Pirates of the Caribbean" movie without Johnny Depp in that role.
Johnny is known to dress as Captain Jack and visit children's hospitals to entertain kids without any media following along, because he knows it brings even a small amount of joy to sick children
Because no matter the misplaced hate directed at Mr. Depp, he gives, and shows his true self by his generosity. The Feminazi contingent that continues to smear him are simply blinded by their own ideology- Men=bad! Woman=good! This c**p serves no purpose, Depp cheering up sick kids does. Simple as that.
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Oh with all the news coming out about the fake fbi agent, and the script she wanted these girls to read shes hopfully going to prison...but she's rich so I won't hold my breath... Ive known from day 1 he was innocent
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Believe it or not, I had the exact same thing happen to me (minus the dressing up as Jack Sparrow and donating $2 million). 20 hours of dehydration and puking led to my kidneys shutting down. At the time we concluded it was penicillin, but I learned afterward that E. coli can have the EXACT symptoms I had, including the kidneys shutting down (I'm sure the dehydration didn't help) AND that there was an outbreak in my area that week. Lettuce, which I know I had. (I remember it because I couldn't eat at that restaurant for about a year as a mental block from getting so sick shortly after.) Anyway we were going to go to the hospital if I wasn't better after 24 hours, but at about 20 hours (at like 4 a.m.) I was feeling so bad that we decided to go. In the car, my lips were turning blue. I was in the hospital for 19 days and on dialysis. I did donate a DVD player and smallish selection of movies to the ward that took care of me.
Johnny Depp is my favorite actor :) It is simply horrible what Amber Heard did to him :(
🎵there once was a man named Johnny depp who took the stand we won't forget. The roles he'd played in the pirates blade that made our childhood. Soon may the justice come, so amber can be sent to where she came from. One day when the trial is done he'll take his money and go🎵 that's a fun little song i saw on YouTube and it's a parody to the song sea shanty and this post reminded me of it.
johnny depp is a amazing man and it is a tragedy that he will never be jack sparrow again
Amber is the only person I will ever say I wouldn't be sad if she died.
Really nice, but it smacks of the rich people's idea of "I don't care until me or mine are affected by the same tragedy, then I get generous."
While I appreciate his reaction to the saving of his daughter and applaud it, I am also saddened that it took his daughter nearly dying for him to consider doing those things for a charity in the first place. It's like it's a classic example of "Until it happens to me or mine, I don't give a s**t what happens."
Right next to the false information, you find collective speculation, a worldwide phenomenon that happens when internet users (and people in real life) share, interpret, and make conclusions out of bits of information unproven by any legit source. Also known as conspiracy theories, they’re also used as ways to explain things that people simply don't understand or lack a better explanation of.
We spoke with Thomas Roulet, the Associate Professor in Organization Theory at University of Cambridge, who shared some interesting insights into the complex world of conspiracies. Roulet explained that conspiracy theories are first and foremost collective narrative and so, “they make people feel part of a group.”
According to him, “they are not necessarily trying to explain something they don't understand—in fact it might be something they understand very well, but the way to approach this thing, collectively, as a group defending a theory, strengthens their sense of identity.”
Moreover, the professor explained that conspiracy theories are particularly popular when they do address the unknown. Like, the “questions for which we don't know the answer (is there life after death? are we alone in the universe?) as they address both identity needs and our desire to have answers to persistent questions.” Roulet said that “The two are related—when people feel they hold answers that nobody else has access to (they feel they have access to a truth), they feel like they are part of an even more exclusive and higher-status group.”
When asked what role social media plays in how conspiracies spread, Roulet said that “the 'social' aspect is particularly important for the spread of conspiracy theories as adherence to them is driven partly by the willingness to be part of a group.”He added: “On social media, people can directly connect with people who hold the same beliefs and more clearly identify to that group. Social media will also help those communities structure themselves and be associated with specific artefacts (logo, images, memes, quotes, etc.).”
Wonderful! She paid it forward. She provided an opportunity for him to move forward. It's not about handouts, it's about a hand up.
This kind of contradicts the whole fish-memory-span thing…or was that only applicable to goldfish?
This is a great story, but man did her partner ever get the ring size wrong.
The inventor of the artificial heart was a famous ventriloquist. Maybe someone out there remembers his name.
Almost all phones were party lines back then. My grandmother still had a party line when I was a kid. You only knew if a call was for you based on the way the phone rang, and had to be careful what you said on the phone because you never knew which nosy neighbors might be listening.
False information. The bell does exists (google "oxford electric bell"), but it's function and endurance is no mystery to scientists. Basically it consists of two bells of opposite electric charge, with a metal clapper between. When ringing one bell, the clapper takes on a bit of it's charge, is then repelled but attracted to the other bell, where it takes on a bit of it's charge and is then repelled... The clapper transports electric charge between the bells in this process and will stop when they have an equal charge, but because the charge transported is very small it can run for a long time.
Note to self: bring an emergency elephant for the next trans-Atlantic sailing trip.
That's a Taiwenese Shinkansen, but anyway Japan has a network of highly sensitive seismometers which detect an earthquake as close to the source as possible and provide early warning to affected areas (and since 2018 updated warnings based on seismic observations as the earthquake's effect spreads). This allows systems like the railway network to take preventative action such as shutting down, and also results in alerts broadcast on TV, radio and to mobile phones. There was an earthquake last month which resulted in derailment, fortunately the train in question had already come to a halt due to a quake a couple of minutes previously.
Now women take in Japan the 500 km/h Shinkansen bullet train and they feel still fine.
Mythbusters did an episode on this. They ruled it was possible, but VERY hard.
Impressive! Having said that, and I know this is depressing, I can’t help but think that a woman might have a very different kind of trip…I genuinely hope one day it won’t make a difference.
I just saw a video of the Jonathan Ross show where Vin explains how his daughter got her name. It's very heart wrenching...have the tissues ready.
Are we sure this isn't the site where an alien vessel crashed millennia ago?
I noticed the casinos in my state have big pictures of the big jackpot winners. In permanent paint on permanent walls. Because winners are apparently just that rare. And we all know that if someone starts to win they get kicked out or charged, like these guys, with crimes. Why I never understood why anyone likes to go to casinos to gamble. I mean, I have a toilet at home. I can just throw the money there and push the flush lever, and save the travel money.
He seems not to have been that content with designing war machines, though. Most of his more advanced drafts have fallacies that are either too absurd or too well hidden to be coincidences. The mentioned tank for example would have been impossible to turn around as opposing gears would have blocked each other. A genius like Leonardo simply would not have made such an error - except if he wanted to keep his drafts from being used. It is also possible that he built flaws into his drafts to keep them from being copied or stolen.
Fun job. Walking around all day, “My word, what a handy trolley! I have my hands free, these wheels are just super fun, yes indeed, I could wax lyrical about this wondrous invention all day. I say, you there! What time do you close? 6? Excellent, three more hours of going wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee……..” [disappears down the aisle]
And......did it help? Google it is. EDIT- no such luck. It's only at one facility and they don't say if it's successful or not.
They left out the best part of the story! To quote Tumblr user 30-seconds-to-marx: "The breaking point that incited his plan of escape was being forced to watch Barney reruns all day, everyday at his care center. Sitting in front of the TV, he learned to tell the time by the shadows on the wall. If he had time he could know when Barney would end. With the ability to measure his days, he was able to pull himself out of the void and ultimately start down the path to recovery. Today, Martin can communicate whatever he wants with the help of a computer program, but there's one thing he can't articulate: "I cannot even express to you how much I hated Barney." This guy's pure hatred for Barney the dinosaur literally pulled him out of a locked-in state.
No such thing as an ex-marine, you are a marine for life. There are however 'retired' marines.
Yeah sadly they would lead short animals in that would suffocate and die (being closer to the ground and heavy gases), to prove they were "holy".... although I doubt they had a full understanding either.
This may have been due to the water being boiled to brew the coffee, isolating this man from bacteria and intestinal parasites.
I wish this one was attached to the one higher up! ETA: I am glad he had the means to sue them, he deserved the royalties.
Apparently he was a total d**k to his family though, so not the best plan ever.
When I last heard this story it sounded like it was Jonah Hill’s own idea, not the studio’s taking advantage of him. While the latter does seem more plausible, I wonder which it is…
The problem is your body can't break apart enough carbohydrates from the protein fast enough to keep itself alive. It does this by stripping an ammonia group from the each protein molecule. And then it has to get rid of the ammonia. This is why cat pee smells so strongly of ammonia - cats are obligate carnivores whose livers can break down a huge amount of carbohydrate from protein compared to humans.
Surely the company can make an app or something with GPS for anyone who wants to use it. Maybe a drone or special guides scattered around the maze ready to help anyone who was lost. Why waste the time of emergency services.
Sure, but the fact that her whole story was pure, complete fantasy from start to finish was a hint too. How she was found not guilty is incredible.
I betting they weren't called "murder bottles" until way after the fact. Germ theory was still so new, and medical and biological science had not caught up. And there was no such thing as consumer protection laws. So there was so much people didn't yet know. And before judging these folks, think about how even know, at least in the U.S. politicians in the pockets of corporations will pass laws to prosecute doctors for telling mothers about things in the water, air, and commercial products, that are a clear and present danger to theirs and their babies' lives.
Man, my town needs this. Here it seems like a misanthrope designed the timing of the traffic lights to ensure you could never get through the town in a decent amount of time.
If you knew some of the batshit, irresponsible ideas some American leaders had about what they could do with the nukes while they thought they had a monopoly, you might see the kid's point. Still you'd think there'd be better people to give it to than the Soviets.
I'm so shocked that someone with so little personal and professional integrity also holds almost no relevant credentials.
It may be covered in pure white gold, but it is not made of pure white gold. The metal is to soft.
