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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.
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.).”
Never stop CPR till the the paramedics arrive, it takes less oxygen to prevent brain cell damage than for the person to be conscious
Didn't know this! Hopefully nobody will ever need CPR from me but without this info I probably would have stopped after a few minutes.
Load More Replies...That is a very very long time to be performing CPR. It’s physically and emotionally draining to perform CPR on people. Kudos to everyone who has gotten trained
Yep. Happened to a work colleague: he had just turned 40, played soccer at a weekend. Collapsed with a heart attack. All of his soccer friends CPR'ed except two who were looking and giving directions to the ambulance which promptly arrived 45 MINUTES LATER (in a German city!!). He survived
Load More Replies...Why did it take 96 minutes for paramedics to arrive? I know its a rural area but still, it should of never have taken that long
North Dakotan here! Based on where Kent, MN is at (literally hugging the line with ND), it's about 30 minutes from the nearest city that would have ambulance services and if something else was going on in the area during that time, 96 minutes isn't off base. This is one of many reasons I don't want to live in a rural area again.
Load More Replies...Maybe things have changed, but at one time everyone in Seattle was required to learn CPR. I think that's a great idea.
Another one bites the dust works too, but is a bit macabre.
Load More Replies...It said rural Minnesota, but that does seem like a long time!!
Load More Replies...It's also okay, even taught and encouraged to do chest compressions only to keep the blood pumping. If you aren't comfortable or able to do rescue breathing, chest compressions alone until paramedics arrive can help save that life. My dad and I both survived sudden cardiac arrest because CPR was started (by bystanders) within the first 2 minutes after collapsing, along with paramedics arriving quickly with portable AEDS.
My stepfather collapsed at home, my then 67 year old mother did chest compressions only on him (with instruction from 911 operator) until police and ambulance arrived and took over. She's not sure how long it took, 8-10 minutes maybe? He was successfully resuscitated, had a pacemaker and defibrillator placed and today you would never know it happened. Those stories are too frequent but they happen. Don't ever be afraid to do compressions.
Load More Replies...I'm from northern MN. Almost everyone is CPR certified. Tons of first responders. It sounds like something that would have happened in my home town. Someone needing a first responder plus a Lifeflight was a standard any day of the week. You can land at the school, Gheen corner, or just down the Crain Lake road where the road makes a turn and has enough room for the rotors. The airport is kind of a haul so I wouldn't bring someone there. We spent half a year learning CPR when I was in school. We did it so much that I still get angry at movies and TV shows that do it wrong.
Fargo here. CPR came to me in Boy Scouts, then the USAF. Never let my card expire, I'm 62. Never know when, but I feel better knowing that I can give that last full effort to keep someone alive. And when I see it done wrong I'm in danger of breaking teeth. (Uff da!)
Load More Replies...I had a grand mal seizure in 2011 that resulted in cardiac and pulmonary arrest. I had two co-workers take turns doing CPR for nearly 12 minutes before the Rapid Response Team showed up. They, the Rapid Response Team, got written up for taking so long to get to me. They had demonstrated earlier that day, with much pride and bragging, that they could be at any place in the facility within three minutes, hence the name Rapid Response Team. At the time I worked in a major metropolitan trauma hospital with a reputation for being one of the best on the west coast. They were a great hospital, unless you were a lab employee.
You're, not your. And no, no one is kidding. Look at a US map. Up here in the northern plains, an ambulance might have to travel 150+km to reach a patient. This isn't Asia or Europe, space and distance have reality here.
Load More Replies...A lot has changed with the CPR process and if you haven't taken a bi-yearly refresher or ever taken cpr you should do it now through the American Redcross.
I'll be generous and think it was a small, isolated community. Or massive traffic problems. Took 45 minutes for paramedics to reach a heart attack victim at my brother's Xmas tree farm. Narrow mountain roads, lots of Xmas tree farms, weekend crowds.
Load More Replies...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.
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