50 Times People Came Across Something ‘Mildly Interesting’ And Just Had To Share It With Everyone (New Pics)
Not always do we want to squeeze the max out of the internet. Sometimes all we need is a calming scroll and some entertaining (but not triggering!) content. And sometimes it’s the mild kind of information that we seek.
In these cases, this corner of Reddit offers a perfect shelter. Known as “Mildly Interesting,” it’s a Reddit powerhouse boasting a mind-boggling 21.2M dedicated members. And it proves how something moderately interesting is all it takes to catch people’s tremendous interest.
Below we wrapped up a new batch of posts shared on the community, so scroll down. Also, make sure to check out our previous articles for more Mildly Interesting content here and here.
Bored Panda also reached out to Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, the best-selling author and CEO of Disaster Avoidance Experts who shared some interesting insights about staying curious and open to learning, as well as the benefits of it.
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Orangutan Enrichment Center With Water Guns
“Have you ever tried to learn something that you were bored by, and then found that nothing sticks?” Dr. Tsipursky wondered. “No wonder,” he added, “researchers find that curiosity helps improve our memory. That means if you want to have a good memory, it’s valuable to stay curious and open-minded.”
This Ambulance Has Stork Decals, One For Each Of The Babies Born In The Back
This Gravestone Is Shared By Twin Sisters: One Lived For Just Two Days, The Other For 101 Years
My Friend’s Dog Gently Puts Your Knee Into His Mouth When He Is Happy To See You
Moreover, Dr. Tsipursky, who’s the author of multiple best-selling books, including Leading Hybrid and Remote Teams (Intentional Insights, 2021), The Blindspots Between Us: How to Overcome Unconscious Cognitive Bias and Build Better Relationships (New Harbinger, 2020), argues that if you find yourself bored by a subject you are trying to learn something about, don’t force yourself to learn it.
On the other hand, it’s wise to first find something that makes you curious about it, and then learn it. “Curiosity is especially important as we age to keep a healthy mind. Curiosity can also help us make good decisions,” Dr. Tsipursky explained.
The Truck In Front Of Us Lined Up Perfectly With The Mountains!
A Clock That Shows Time By Using The Shadow Of The Person Who Stands On The Current Month
The Core Of This Dog Poo Bag Roll Says “Use Bare Hands Now”
One cannot ignore the fact that we live in times when there is so much information that people often lose focus. Many people, especially young, experience a lack of attention and distractibility, as well as the inability to concentrate. When asked what are his thoughts about it, Dr. Tsipursky said that challenges with attention and focus come from a lack of mental fitness.
“People go to the gym to train their physical bodies, but our minds are just as important – if not more important – for our success in the modern world, due to the overabundance of information and the fact that most of us do knowledge work rather than physical labor,” Dr. Tsipursky explained.
The Embers Of My Bonfire Look Like The Eye Of Sauron
Interesting Reflection Caught On The Colorado River In Austin, Texas. Almost Looks Like An Underwater City
This Bar Has A Chilled Strip To Keep Your Drinks Cold
So in order to improve your focus, Dr. Tsipursky argues, “it’s critical to pursue mental fitness by learning about how our minds can lead us in the wrong direction and practicing mental exercises to address these problems.”
We also asked whether some people are more naturally gifted with curiosity, to which Dr. Tsipursky explained that since one of the Big Five personality traits is openness to experience, the answer is yes. However, “all of us can learn to be more curious: genes are not destiny, they may explain only up to half of our mental abilities,” he concluded.
Taking My Turkey To The Vet
This guy's eyes are like, "Mess with my motherfudgin' turkey, I DARE YOU"
A Stack Of Cups That You Can Turn To Indicate When Coffee Was Brewed
Discovered A Piano... In The Middle Of A Hiking Trail
A Long Exposure Shot On My Phone Made This Ghost Train
A Lonely Remora Attached To My Leg While I Was Snorkeling
My Eggplant Has A Laser Marking Instead Of A Physical Sticker To Show It's Organic
My Dirty Coffee Cup Looks Like A Pine Forest
Opened A Roll Of Pennies And Found A 1908 Indian Head Penny
Hard to find in rolls, pretty nice. G4-G6 condition, worth a dollar or two.
Gorilla Glue Completely Dried Before We Used Any Of It. Cut It Out Of The Bottle
All The Trash I Found In 25 Square Feet Of My Forest
Tributes Left At The Grave Of John Bonham (LED Zeppelin Drummer)
Found This Cat Wandering Around Lowes (Big Box Home Improvement Store)
Clearing Out My Recently Deceased Grandfather's Attic And Found Just Over 200 Grams Of Gold Powder
200 grams of gold powder = $11,143 USD value, according to google, today Dec 2, 2022
I’m Staying In A Scottish Village Called Dull. It’s Paired With Boring, Oregon
This Target Cafe Hasn't Changed Since The 90s
A Person In Medieval Armor Just Standing In The Middle Of Detroit
Took This Picture Of An Infinity Mirror In The South Australia Museum Today
The Shadow From This Plant Makes It Look Like There's A Decal On My Friend's Car
This Person Riding A Cow Though The McDonald's Drive Thru
Logo On A Chair Has A Small Chair Hidden In It
I Got A Waterproof Cast On My Ankle Today
It has a zipper! If it’s waterproof, when do you need to use the zipper? Edit: Thank you for those not judging me. I’ve never seen one of these before and I just didn’t know. I appreciate you guys! Side note: anyone interested in seeing tan lines after they heal? 😄
My Dog Left A Perfect Snoot Print On My Dress
This Guy At Work's Huge "Dad Wallet"
This Seafood Place Called Nordsee Puts Their Ketchup In A Waffle Cone
Report Card From My Great-Grandfather In 1926
I Added A Different Kind Of Soap To This Near-Empty Bottle, And The Original Soap Rose To Form These Little Mushroom Things
My Local Cinema Has The Carpet From The Shining
Opened Up A Lighter And There Was Just Another Lighter Inside
Official 10 Code Cup I've Had Since I Was A Kid
Hotel In Jordan, No Bible In The Nightstand, But A Sticker Telling You Which Direction To Pray
It Got So Hot In My Grandma's House That The Candles Melted
A Line Of Campus Bots Following Me At My College
This Traffic Light In Germany Has A Little Girl And A Camel As Signal Lights
2,600 Year Old Fur-Lined Leather Coat
A compelling piece of evidence in favor of using leather for clothing rather than plastics. One well-made leather jacket will last for a lifetime, whereas plastic starts to break down into microplastic flakes after relatively few wears.
This Football I Found In An Old Archive States It Was Made Without The Use Of Child Labor
Starting To Lose The First Joint Crease On My Ring Finger After Being Splinted For 7 Weeks
Anti-Circumcision "Intactivists" Demonstrating In My Town Today
This Squirrel I Saw Had A Little Canister Strapped Around Its Neck
My New House Has A Little Moving Staircase That Leads To The Washer/Dryer
These Cups Have Chips Under Them To Prevent Refills
I Found A Pair Of Antipaparazzi Pants At The Thrift Store
Found A Sword On A High Shelf In My New House
The Stirring Pattern Formed Over Time In My Coffee Cup
My Wife Has Diligently Kept A Journal Everyday Since 2000
Right Eye Is -2.50 Left Eye Is -17.00
Friend Visiting From Overseas And A Bartender In Town Have The Same Tattoo
My Local Grocery Store Sells Ostrich Eggs
I Flew Over Burning Man Last Night
Wingsuit I Found At A Thrift Shop
The Way The Light Shines Through The Thinner Parts Of The Door
I Have An Entire Brick Of North Korean Money
My Hotel In Istanbul Served A Whole Honeycomb For Breakfast
This Second Hand Book I Bought Online Has A Ticket To The 2000 Sydney Olympics Inside It
The Shadow Of This Bath Faucet Looks Like A Sitting Frog
My Neighbor’s Auto Repair Shop Has A WW2 German Helmet For A Chimney Cover
There’s A British Section At My Local Publix
We have american food and japanese food in my local store in Finland! The American ones taste so bad!
The Tube On My Expanding Foam Can Cracked, Resulting In This Mess. The Glove Is Irremovable
Go to a modern art gallery and leave this lying around. Secretly film how many people come up to 'appreciate' it.
The Hot Tub In My Hotel Room Fills From The Ceiling
My Dog And I Are Taking The Same Medication
I Got Cash From The Bank, And All The Bills Were In The Same Sequence
$250 Of Tacos Come With This House
My Friend Got Stung By Something
You Can Get Beer [instead Of Sprite/Cola] With Your Chicken At KFC In Poland
![You Can Get Beer [instead Of Sprite/Cola] With Your Chicken At KFC In Poland](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/6358e3b589576_sp2dzfsx76t91__700.jpg "You Can Get Beer [instead Of Sprite/Cola] With Your Chicken At KFC In Poland")
Well, in Germany you can get a beer in a movie theatre. Edit to ask: Not trying to be snarky, but how did no one register the Pulp Fiction reference?
These "Virtually Indestructible" Totes Collapsing Under Their Own Weight
Found Out Through Home Inspection That The Toilet Is Plumbed With Hot Water, Interesting Infrared Image
Random IP Address Printed In The Middle Of A Word Half Way Through This Book
Connecting to that address won't get you much since it's a local address (google RFC 1918) which will never be routed on the internet. In fact most home routers will have a default network on 192.168.1.X.
The Amount Of Cameras In The New Amazon Fresh Store Is A Little Orwellian
Starch Lines Above The Water Make Up The Exact 2D Outline Of The Potatoes Below
I Got A Whole Potato In A Bag Of Waffle Fries
The Way My Skin Tries To Re-Pigment In The Summer (All Of The Little Dots Are New Pigment)
I will always think that people with vitiligo have incredibly beautiful skin. Their skin is like a work of art.
My Dentist's Waiting Room Has A Picture Of The Building Next Door Going Up In Flames 11 Years Ago
There Is A Dog Under The Silver Paint On My Fridge Magnet
I Cut Open A 10 Year Old Rubber Band Ball And Found That It Had Fused Together
Walmart Shipped A 90lb Kettlebell With No Packaging At All To My Home
That's good... the kettlebell needs no protection--- but the other shipments do!
Saw A Cloud That Looked Like Obama, (Louisiana)
This Huge Restroom In A San Antonio Tx Store
The Plane That I Flew On Did Not Have Any Livery (Colors, Logos, Or Branding)
This Billboard In Springfield, Mo For A Gas Station That’s ~8 Hours Down The Road
These Two Men In A Fender Bender Are Dressed In The Same Colors As Their Cars
Could be worst lol, wave a tradition here during carnaval its called the " transvestite " night, men dress like women and women of course, dress like men, só a coleague of mine hás amazing pictures hes girlfriend took during a fender bender lol, where you can see him talking to the Police on a very sexy purple lingerie with Nice black stockings and very fashionable black stilletos shues lol
Pizza Hut, Papa John’s And Domino’s All Have A Store Next To Each Other In Wokingham England
A Customer At My Work Paid With A Series 1934 $100 Bill
Found A Mass Grave Of Pokemon Cards At The Bus Stop
My Tanlines Make Me Look Like I’m Wearing Necro-Pants
My Old Next To My New Clogs
Apparently You Can't Park This Rental Car In Milwaukee County
Car thefts in Milwaukee County are 368% higher than any surrounding counties. Which is higher than any national average.
My Vaccine Card From My Time In Us Army 2002-2005
I Found Out My Veneers Don’t Glow In Blacklight
My Oyster Had A Little Crab Inside It
Our last living Christmas tree had a bird's nest with an egg in it that didn't hatch. We have been using artificial pine ever since.
The Sun Bleach On My Side Gate
Mcdonalds Is Desperate Enough To Put A Job Application As Their Tray Liner Paper
In Aerial Photograph Of My Grandparents Old House From The 70s, There’s A “Ghost” Truck In The Grass
Car Key Fell Off Night Stand And Onto A Half Plugged In iPhone Charging Brick
Goodwill Store Is Making Halloween Costumes By Adding Fake Blood To Wedding Dresses
Or they found a clever way to make a buck after cleaning a crime scene
I Bought A Prawn The Size Of A Dinner Plate
My Hotel Room Had A Ronald Mcdonald Statue In It (Hyatt Regency Chicago)
My Prescription Sunglasses Are Like Half An Inch Thick
One time, after we switched to a new glasses provider, they refused to thin my lenses since I wasn’t of a certain age (the other place did it just fine since I was 4- I was 14 then). They weighed TWO POUNDS on my face. We didn’t stay with them…
I Sweat So Much At The Gym Today That I Kept Leaving Human Disney Sweat Stamps With My Hoodie
Forgotten Can Of Pumpkin Puree Had Developed Some Cultures After About A Couple Of Months
Some Food Takeout Place In China Delivers Food In Clay Pots
I Found The Geographic Center Of The United States
My (New) Adidas Slides vs. My Dad's 20 Year Old Ones. Design Unchanged
My Church Does A Grape Instead Of Juice/Wine For Communion
This Big Ass Toilet At The Hospital, Normal Size Urinal For Scale
My Omelette Is Exactly Two Slices Of Toast Wide
My Impossible Vegetarian Nugget Had A Piece Of Wood In It
The Mcdonalds “Sausage” Sticker Fits Perfectly Over My Air Conditioning Knob
Double Decker Couch We Made
My Husband Broke His Leg When He Was 4 Years Old. He Kept The Cast
The Collection Of Things I Found In My New Suit
My Thumb Looks Like A Toe And Is Exactly 1 Inch Wide
Mildly interestingly, in Danish, the word for "inch" is "tomme", which means "thumb".
The Original Puppymonkeybaby Is On Display At Pepsico Headquarter
This Grocery Store Has About 50 Different Types Of Mayo
In my country there are two leading mayo brands and a few niche others. Funny thing is that there's an ongoing war between fans of the two leaders with a lot of memes involved.
Neighbors Have A Monster Truck In Their Driveway
To all of you saying it's cool - why? All I can think of is a) what swamp do you live in, b) fuel economy/ stability issues and c) overcompensation much?
edit: I'm asking an honest question, wasn't trying to be nasty. Just scratching my head trying to figure out why this is "cool".
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My question would be: how much does the cab sink down when a person gets in?
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I swear whoever made that just hotglued the wheels and springs to an already-existing truck bed.
My Car Rental Key Has A "No Marijuana" Symbol On It
My Wife's Bag Of Dried Squid Pieces Had An Entire Complete Squid
A very dry Zara. Throw some moisturiser there from time to time, dear.
Found Like 250 Rounds Of Rifle Bullets, Pistol Ammunition And Shotgun Shells In The House I Recently Bought
Ordered A Speaker From Target And They Delivered It With The Security Device On
These Are Most Of The Exit And Fire Safety Signs I Collected Over The Past 2 Years
My Uber Eats Order Came With A Little Baggie Of Salt
Our (Not Cheap) Airbnb Has A Tip Jar
There Aren't Blue Froot Loops In The Canadian Version
Difficult to create a suitable, healthy and cheap blue food dye alternative to the American poison
I Accidently Pulled Out A Cluster Of 5 Beard Hairs All From The Same Follicle
Some of these don't have enough context, some of these make my tummy feel weird, some of these are kinda sad, and some of these are nightmare juice. .
Some of these don't have enough context, some of these make my tummy feel weird, some of these are kinda sad, and some of these are nightmare juice. .
