This Online Group Is Dedicated To ‘Mildly Interesting’ Stuff, And Here Are Their 50 Best Posts (New Pics)
Running all day long worrying about errands, work-life balance and keeping up with the never-ending pile of laundry often leaves not enough time to notice and appreciate the simple joys around you. And don’t worry if you recognize yourself. This happens to the best of us. Just sit back, take a deep breath, and come along on this journey to improving your day.
r/MildlyInteresting is exactly the place to see something unexpected and add it to your everyday life. Since its creation in 2012, this subreddit has grown into a community with 19.3M members who share the most original photos. From hypnotizing UV lights that disinfect hospital rooms to x-ray pictures of childhood teddy bears, there’s something for everyone.
After you’re done checking out some of the newest photos Bored Panda has compiled, just remember there are even more amazingly good pics here, here and here.
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This Message Stamped On The Squeaker Inside The Stuffed Animal My Dog Just Destroyed
For 10 years, the r/mildlyinteresting subreddit has just kept growing and growing into one of the biggest communities on Reddit. The moderators describe the page as being for “Mildly interesting stuff. Stuff that interests you. Mildly. It's in the name.” So in other words, it's not the most jaw-dropping or extraordinary stuff, but it's definitely not boring.
In a previous article one of the moderators, Cowbeller1, told Bored Panda that the most popular posts in the sub have something to do with luck: "Maybe you come across something interesting in your day-to-day life and remember to take a picture, maybe you're just lucky enough that something is interesting to the community. No real rhyme or reason aside from that," the mod explained.
Another moderator called RedSquaree said that original photos and titles are a key part of this online group. Their content is generated by the community and given that titles cannot be clickbait, there is a unique feeling of people seeing something mildly interesting and posting it.
Local Kmart Has A Doll With Down’s Syndrome
But what if you are so distracted that you don’t see the odd-looking things around you? Constant interruptions from our devices that keep buzzing every few minutes is just one thing that makes it hard to focus. And even when we’re able to concentrate on one particular thing, we might still miss other important details.
An experiment at Harvard University called "The Invisible Gorilla” showed a video where six people pass basketballs around. While you watch, you have to count how many passes people in white shirts make. At one point, a gorilla comes into the picture and leaves, spending nine seconds on screen.
It's hard to believe, but half of the viewers did not see the gorilla at all. They were so focused on one single act, the passes, that they didn't notice what’s entering their visual field. "This experiment reveals two things: that we are missing a lot of what goes on around us, and that we have no idea that we are missing so much,“ the creators of this study explained.
Our Teacher Had Us Do Word Searches In Asl To Practice Finger Spelling
Cafe I Went To In Indianapolis Is A No-Tipping Establishment
Also, it turns out that if you don't catch new information coming into your eye range within 1.5 seconds, you are unlikely to see it at all. Experimental psychologists Katherine Wood and Daniel Simons performed similar tests to the Gorilla experiment, they asked people to follow black and white shapes moving across the computer. “The most natural thing to assume is that the longer it’s there, the more opportunity you have to notice it, so we were quite surprised when it turned out that it seems not to help you very much,” says Wood.
I Snapped A Photo Of My Dog Through A Window Screen That Looks Like An Old Painting
My Daughter’s Bicycle Clarifying The Difference Between Austria And Australia
However, sometimes we're not doing anything at all and still feel distracted. It’s not uncommon that your thoughts start to cruise when you should be focused. And in this case, we can’t blame our electronic devices—according to the research of two Harvard psychologists, the main issue is our minds.
My Thai Food Came With A Chork
Today In Copenhagen There Was Car Free Sunday
I Bought A Tie Today And It Came With A Matching Face Mask
For the study, they created an app that contacts participants during their waking hours and asks them different questions. Researchers analyzed samples from 2250 adults and concluded that we spend almost 47 percent of our day "mind wandering," regardless of what we are doing. Also, psychologists found out that in their research, a drifting mind was generally the cause and not merely the consequence of unhappiness. As they put in their conclusion, “a human mind is a wandering mind, and a wandering mind is an unhappy mind”.
The Wear And Scuff-Marks On This Boat Look Like An Island In The Sea
The Way My Mom Mows Crop Circles Into The Lawn
A Frame In The Middle Of A Lake
In the end, the most important thing is to notice when your thoughts begin to drift and try to stay present. Then you will start to notice the details even in the most mundane things. And if you do, make sure to capture it and share it with the world of mildly interesting things.
A House In My Neighborhood Has These Plaques Outside Commemorating Former Residents Who Became Victims Of The Holocaust
Siegfried: Escape attempt 1935, shot during the escape 1935. Paula: Deported 1942, murdered in Auschwitz. Ilse: Unknown fate. Rolf: Deported 1942, murdered in Auschwitz.
My Local Library Has “Binge Boxes” In The Film Section
Local Plant Nursery Has A Notice Translation For Teens
Oh that's giving me cringy flashbacks of the 90s when adults thought teens only understood rap and hip hop slang. It was painful then and painful now.
Solar Park Bench With USB Charging Ports
Someone Put Oogly Eyes All Over The Menu At My Local Starbucks
This Is A Mood Blanket. Each Line Is A Day Of The Year With My Average Mood
Never Thought It Would Happen To Me, We Were The Only People On Our Flight
Once I have been the only visitor in the cinema. Happened couple of years ago in Pristina, Kosovo. I can't remember the movie now
How The Fence Of The Garage Shows Which Floor It Is
A Tiny Brick Flat In London
This Clean Color Spectrum On My Floor Right Now
Every Vauxhall Car Built Since 2004 Have A Hidden Shark Somewhere In The Car. Found Mine In The Glove Box
The Clear Ice In My Absinthe Looks Like A Chunk Was Cut Out Of It
Our Refrigerator Is Supposed To Make Sphere Ice Cubes, But Instead Makes Death Star Ice Cubes
Chess Pieces Made Out Of Hardware
I Saw 4 Generations Of Honda Civics, In Order Of Age, All In White
Boxcar That My Great Grandparents Used As A Home
My Mom Has An Unopened Alice Cooper Record From 1972, Complete With Panties
Jenny’s Number On My Dash On My Old Truck
A Beer Can Fell Out Of Our Fridge And Landed Like This
This Book Has An Intermission
My Girlfriend Made A Stew Inside A Pumpkin
Dropped My Phone And The Crack It Made Kind Of Looks Like A Hummingbird
A Tree Guy Came Out Today…his Business Cards Are Made Out Of Wood
We Found A Missile While Out Blueberry Picking
UV Lights Burning The Room I Just Cleaned In The Hospital I Janitor At
Is it just me or does it look like something straight out of Dr Who?
Last Year We Had A Bag Break And It Dropped A 1.75l Bottle Of Vodka And The Pavements Been Clean There Ever Since
The Fate Of An Unfortunate Fly At The Mask Factory
In Italy They Got Free Water In Little Towns. You Can Choose Between Water With Gas, Cooled Or Regular
A Couple Pounds Of Razor Blades In My Wall. Apparently Old Medicine Cabinets Have A Disposal Slot
This Holder For My Oreos
X-Ray Of My Childhood Bear, Taken In The 90s
My Work Id Has Been In Its Plastic Holder For So Long That It’s Imprinted This Ghostly Image Of My Face
While At Aldi Today, I Saw These Hamburger Buns That Were Missing Their Bag...but The Expiration Date Was Stamped Right On The Buns
There Is A 23 Storey Building In Duisburg, Germany With Absolutely No Windows (German National Archives)
A 100 Sided Dice
The Cost Of Giving Birth In My Country
My Wife’s Engagement Ring Cut The Top Damn Near Perfectly Off A Glass When She Was Washing It
From the original Reddit post, top comment by u/t_bythesea: "Sorry, she may have thought that's what happened, but it's not. In machine cut glassware (especially if the glass is really thin) this is something that happens occasionally. There is a flaw in the glass that runs around the circumference and often not visible to the eye. Under pressure or extreme hot or cold water it can shear all the way around. while I'm sure her engagement ring is lovely. It would never cut glass like this. In 26 years of selling glassware of all styles, price ranges and quality, I've seen thousands of breaks like this."
My Hands After Washing The Dishes For 20 Minutes
My Brother Caught A Fishing Pole With A Fishing Pole
Notepad Made From Thin Sheets Of Wood
My Hotel’s Sun Canopy Is Connected To A Wind Meter, Which Automatically Causes It To Retract When The Wind Speed Becomes Too High
A Hard, Very Thick Beard Hair I Just Pulled Out Of My Face, Next To An Average Beard Hair
A Fruit-Fly Walked Across My Chocolate Peppermint Pattie As It Cooled - Leaving Foot Prints
My Ruler Has A Raised End So It’s Easier To Pick Up
There's A Roulette Minigame At The Frankfurt Airport Baggage Claim
This Gummy Bear Monstrosity I Just Pulled Out Of A Fresh Bag
Finally Dug Up The Slippery Stone Block Outside My Door, Turns Out It Was A Headstone
A few years ago, my dad built a cabin on the back of his property. After completing the fireplace, he realized that the stone he'd split to used as supports for the mantle had a very faint 'George' engraved on it. He found the stone on the property, but there are no known graves in the area. He thinks he must have accidentally picked it up once while helping my uncle clean up the old graveyard at their church. My uncle is the groundskeeper there. My dad vaguely recalls them scooping up some brush and stones from under a tree, and then bringing them back in his truck and dumping them on a corner of his property to get them out of the way. He thinks the old headstone must have gotten knocked over and moved around over the years until it ended up in the brush pile at the back of the cemetery. The stone isn't very big, certainly not like a modern grave stone, and given its unusual shape and faint markings, it's easy to see how it went unnoticed.
This Implant And Screws That Came Out Of My Knee...
I Accidently Triggered A Man Overboard Buoy We Found On The Beach This Morning
This Tig Weld
I Bowled In A Bowling Alley That's Stayed Nearly Unchanged Since 1958. Frye's Lake Lanes In Concord, Nc
Vending Machines In Switzerland Sell Pregnancy Tests Called "Maybe Baby"
The Wonderful Nurse Who Did My Lumbar Puncture (Spinal Tap) In The Hospital Let Me Take A Picture Of My Cerebral Spinal Fluid!
A "champagne tap"! Meaning there is no blood in the sample. Kudos to the tapper!
The Printer In My Office Uses Little Paint Balls Instead Of Cartridges
Going Back Through Sewer Inspection Photos And I Realized Something Had Been Looking Back At Me From The Bottom Of A 12-Ft Deep Sanitary Manhole
My Nana Has Been Using The Same Deck Of Cards For 10 Years And They’ve All Grooved To Her Hand Placement During Shuffling
The White Streak In My Hair. I’ve Had It Since I Was A Little Girl
A Piece Of Glass From The Twin Towers That An Officer From The Scene Brought To My High School
A List Of American Amendments That Were Never Approved
Pulled The Card Quickly To Her Face Right As I Took A Photo Resulting In Capturing Both
Accidentally Recreated My Kitchen Counters Pattern On A Plate While Seasoning A Burger
I Drive This Vehicle A Mile Under The Surface Of The Earth
I Have Muscle Hypertrophy (Muscles Grow Big Without Excersize). I Got Botox In My Jaw Yesterday Because Of This
There’s Another Lid Inside My Vitamin Water
This is a reused not recycled plastic bottle. In my country we usually put the cap in the bottles so that we can prevent reuse, and prevent contamination and spread of germs.
Found Out I Can See My Veins While I Was Testing My Wyze Camera For Water Damage
Me At 22, 32, And 41 In The Same T-Shirt
This Is How Much An Emergency Ambulance Ride Ended Up Costing Me In Germany (10.00€)
This Tinier Than Usual Bag For My Breakfast Burrito
An Elderly Customer Came In Today With A Mcdonalds Vip Card
These Seats At Logan Airport That Don't Prevent You From Laying Down
In The Netherlands, Cool Ranch Doritos Are Called "Cool American Flavour"
This Restaurant Puts A Mesh Net Over Your Lemon So When You Squeeze It, No Seeds Get In Your Food
Saw A Payphone With The Telephone Still Attached
Found Kit Kat Key Lime Pie Limited Edition For 25¢
Shopping tip: Those tags are from the clearance shelf of a Walmart. If you're up for cheap surprises, this is where all the experimental flavors and brands of various products go to die. I found some key lime Twizzlers there myself - tasted great except for the creamy filling which no Twizzlers should have.
An Original, Sealed Copy Of Bruce Willis’ Debut Album
The Gym I Go To Is Renovating. They Knocked A Few Walls Down And Revealed It Used To Be A Hollywood Video
These Are Plastic Things Used To Keep A Dead Person's Eyes And Lips Closed For A Funeral
Maybe just keep the coffin closed instead of feeling like you need to gawk at a corpse of someone you once knew. I'd never want to see my loved ones dead.
Coworker Found A "Motion Picture Use" $100 On Our Construction Site
Still Have My Wtc Admission Ticket And Penny-Machine Coin From 1998...
Almost 3 Years Of Collecting Balls From Fountain Pen Ink Reserves
The Servers At This Restaurant Noticed I Was A Lefty, And They Laid Out A Set Of Left-Handed Silverware
This Unoperatonal Escalator Leading To A Black Void
I Found A Pile Of Snail Shells In My Car Engine
This Perfectly Stocked Grocery Store, The Day Before Its Grand Opening
The Beer I'm Drinking Was Canned Earlier Today
I 3D Printed A Tesla Supercharger But For My Phone
4g Data Is So Cheap In India That You Get 2gb Free With A ₹20 ($0.27) Pack Of Chips
Us Bank Notes Are Actually Slightly Color Coded. I Boosted The Saturation In The Pic
Concrete, Wa High School Is Built Over The Roadway That Leads To It
We Visited The Largest Bench In Germany
My Wife Is So Organized She Packs Zipper Bags With Her Outfits For Each Day On Vacation
Better hope the weather man was right then before she ends up in shorts on Saturday's blustery storm.
Red Wine Vinegar Attracts Almost Twice As Many Fruit Flies As White Wine Vinegar
are you really sure though? These are just the casualties, not the survivors. It could very well be 'survivorship bias'
This Church Under Water In Italy
My Son Received A "Business" Card From A Classmate
Original iPhone Camera vs. iPhone 13pro
Archived The Perfect Self Retaining Cable Wrap
This Single-Serve Packaging Of The Body And Blood Of Christ
Sons New Wireless Gaming Mouse Says "No" Instead Of "On"
Accidentally Ran Over My Bluetooth Speaker And Let Out The Magic Smoke
This Traffic Light Is Showing Solid Red And Green At The Same Time
Basketball I Got 5 Years Ago vs. Basketball I Got Today
I Found $10 While Scooping Sludge At My Wastewater Treatment Plant
My Anatomy Teacher’s Bathroom Pass Is A Human Leg Bone
My Son's Spongebob Activity Book Is Missing The Word Squidward In The Word Search
This Big Ole' Ball Of Wasabi
Costco Sells A Tiny Sachet Of Saffron In A Bulk Sized Spice Container
A New Hole In My Bathroom Floor
My Milk Jug Has A Spot To Hang A Tool To Slice The Bag Open
Just curious but why use bags, especially when the cartons can be recycled.
Where did the one with the veins on the baby monitor go? It gave me a heart attack the first time I saw it at our own :D.
Where did the one with the veins on the baby monitor go? It gave me a heart attack the first time I saw it at our own :D.
