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We don't know about you, but we love it when random fascinating facts catch us off guard at times. For the most part, a lot of us tend to enjoy and are entertained by surprising or strange tidbits of information from the fields of science, history, and even some like pop culture.

Here is a collection of some random and entertaining trivia that can pique your interest if you've happened to turn into the family's glorified quiz master and are getting ready for the holiday weekend full of family gatherings. It's also perfect to use at your upcoming dinner party (holidays aside).

A page on Instagram called ‘Did You Know?’ collects and shares interesting and unusual facts that are guaranteed to surprise you in one way or another. And if this post isn't enough, we urge you to check out our previous post sharing some of the best facts from the page!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Do they do it on a park bench wearing dark glasses and trenchcoats? Please tell me they do it on a park bench wearing dark glasses and trenchcoats!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Man. Joe has dysentery real bad, someone should take care of him. Wtf wants to nurse a guy through dysentery? No one that’s the problem! Wait, don’t we have a baboon around here?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is a pretty cool factoid (micro was one of my favorite subjects in college) but it's not exclusive to influenza; viruses in general have a coating called a capsid that protects the material inside while allowing it to attach to the host cell and replicate/infect.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Me too, so is my kid and she is a real smart kid. She feels like she is dumb sometimes because she isn't good at maths and science, but I have explained to her that there are lots of kinds of intelligence. She is great at art and creative writing; I was the same as a kid but nobody ever told me I was smart xD

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Life as an adult has stressed me out so much, I don't know how to daydream anymore 😢

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

“All people dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake up in the day to find it was vanity, but the dreamers of the day are dangerous, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.” Paraphrased from ― T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i stare off into space worrying about who the f**K am i, does that count

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It can be an issue when you're working a job where you're needed right away at any point and need to communicate with others. You get so lost in your mind and then if you're not paying attention to little details you could end up making a hassle of a mistake.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Me: I'm such a daydreamer! I bet I'm so smart! Also me, trying to do math: Help I forgot what a square looks like

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Me lol. This ans the forgetfulness ig I'm just f*****g Einstein at this point but I don't know how that helps me find the car keys

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes but I day dream instead of grasping the concept of something 😬

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We did it! We fooled them. Now we get more time to be Spaceman Spiff

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, what can it mean To a daydream believer And a homecoming queen?

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's actually not surprising to me. The main way radiation kills living organisms is via DNA Damage. The most susceptible is DNA being decoded, as unused DNA is curled up and will less likely be damaged by radiation. The faster stuff grows the more susceptible to radiation damage (that's why radiating tumors works). As a bonsai is by design being kept withing very strict growing boundaries it has a much higher chance of surviving radiation than a normal growing counterpart. Plus fact: there is a bacterial species called Deinococcus radiodurans which as you may have guessed ist extremely durable towards radiation, they do this via very good DNA repair mechanism but also low metabolism and division rates.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Y’all this is really random but it’s 11:11 and it’s also almost Christmas. So I guess make a wish

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I may have tricked you but I tricked you into thinking that you tricked me(repeat seven times with progressively louder tones)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm fortunate enough to be in this category. Love her like crazy.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Guilty as charged. But there has been so many deaths in my life this year.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember this exact moment!! I thought it was so awesome, like literally awe-some lol

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ravens are considered to be among the most intelligent of birds (along with other members of the corvid family, e.g., crows, jays, magpies, etc.). They make and use tools and can solve simple problems.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Makes sense. Character relations often leak into relations amongst actors. Same reason actors playing love interests often fall in love for real.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A $50 bet, per Snopes. For the curious, here is a list of the 50 words that appear in Green Eggs and Ham: a, am, and, anywhere, are, be, boat, box, car, could, dark, do, eat, eggs, fox, goat, good, green, ham, here, house, I, if, in, let, like, may, me, mouse, not, on, or, rain, Sam, say, see, so, thank, that, the, them, there, they, train, tree, try, will, with, would, you.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

10 verses of there’s a hole at the bottom of the sea plays in the background

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Aside from the hypothesis being 80 years old, little dogs living half this, and chickens also being an outlier - us having longer lifespans than 35 years is nothing to do with modern stuff. People historically lived to 60/80/90, General Cao Cao was 65 when he died in the 3rd century of a brain tumour. Lif expectancy was lower in the past but that was because of the high infant mortality rate bringing the number down, not people dropping dead in their 30s.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But, we all knew it was the genie. He's even obviously voiced by Robin Williams, the voice of the genie.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All of this was very normal in this period. He was just following the fashions. (Men COULD wear wigs, but they also often styled their own hair.)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've spent my kid's entire childhood telling other parents this, they all just think I'm an idiot. Oh well.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What I can't figure out is how people climbed on and got them going. It's not like a "normal" bike where you can stand with it propped between your legs and push off ..

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