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Running through our daily routines with a burden of endless commitments weighing down on us, few of us find a moment to look around. To really look at things that surround us. In this rare moment, not dissimilar to a meditation of some sort, you may find stuff you have never seen before.

Like, realizing that your rug looks like an exact version of a napkin, or that your jaw from below looks just like your nose from above. Call it random, but a whopping 18.4m members of the subreddit “Mildly Interesting” totally swear by it.

Created in 2012, this online group has a devotee following on Reddit and it’s kinda crazy when you think how comparatively little it offers. It’s not “super” interesting, not even “really” interesting; the things posted here are “mildly” interesting, which makes them a perfect balance between two poles of the world, interesting, which is rare, and uninteresting, which is all too common.

So we hand-picked the mildest of interesting things from the subreddit for you to scratch your head over how random, yet cool some stuff in this crazy world is.

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My Dog’s Shampoo Is Tested On Humans First.

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Turns out that the phrase “mildly interesting” has been used way prior to the “Mildly Interesting” subreddit's launch in 2012. According to Know Your Meme, its first uses online can be traced back as early as July 2005. Just like today, it has been used to describe things that “are not completely captivating, but worth checking out.”

Know Your Meme reports that on July 10th, 2005, the site X-Entertainment compiled a list featuring “mildly interesting” print adverts found in '80s comic books and magazines.

However, it took 7 more years before internet culture really caught up with the phrase, which has become a household name to describe anything that causes “mild interest” in viewers.

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Buried Christmas Lights

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This Finnish Bread-Brand Put A Mask On Their Mascot

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Today, “mildly interesting” has grown into a sort-of internet trend with numerous Twitter accounts where people share pictures, videos, screenshots, and whatnot that best capture the essence of the phrase.

The huge popularity of the “mildly interesting” trend may have to do with the fact that it refers to the very middle ground that connects intriguing content with something bland and not worth sharing.

In the online culture where exceptionally original, rarely seen, and super captivating content is increasingly rare, “Mildly Interesting” offers a comforting space to quench one’s thirst for browsing through quite, but not too interesting stuff.

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My Bathroom Window Looks Like A Painting

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A Lizard Fell From The Ceiling And Left This Dusty Imprint On My Wireless Charger.

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My University Has A Rack For People To Lock Their Skateboards!

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Taking Quotes For A New Neon Sign For The Bar I Work At And One Of The Companies Brought Their Neon Pallet

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My Freezer Produces Ice Spheres Rather Than Ice Cubes

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My Town’s Library Is Under Construction, So They’re Using An Old Grocery Store As The Temporary Library

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My Mom Has A Mark Twain Novel Written Under His Real Name

My Mom Has A Mark Twain Novel Written Under His Real Name

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Our Wedding Bands Are Laser Engraved With Each Other's Fingerprint

Our Wedding Bands Are Laser Engraved With Each Other's Fingerprint

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Covid Vaccine Being Delivered Via Ice Cream Trucks And Police Escort To A Hospital

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I Restored A Beat To Hell Old Pair Of Doc Martens I Found Lying Around My Neighborhood.

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The Hospital I Work For Was Originally Designed To Be A Hotel

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Making Breakfast This Morning, A Broken Yolk Formed Around A Bubble To Create A Reverse Egg.

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My Flatmate Placed A Mirror To Get Sun Into Their Room

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Found These 110(?) Year Old Crayolas In The Back Of A Family Secretary Desk. The Pack Still Has The Crayons.

Found These 110(?) Year Old Crayolas In The Back Of A Family Secretary Desk. The Pack Still Has The Crayons.

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My Rug Looks Like A Giant Version Of My Napkin

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My Tires Have Percentages Cast Into The Rubber That Slowly Appear The More Miles You Drive So You Know How Much Tread Depth Is Remaining.

My Tires Have Percentages Cast Into The Rubber That Slowly Appear The More Miles You Drive So You Know How Much Tread Depth Is Remaining.

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The Thorn That’s Been Traveling Through My Fingernail Since July 18 Completed Its Journey In October

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Burned Out Microwave Bulb Left This Smoke Pattern Inside

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The Machine That Made This Penny Must’ve Missed The Coin Face By A Bit

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My 100% Complete Collection Of Every LEGO Shield Ever Made

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These Handles Don't Connect To The Floor So The Floor Can Be Cleaned More Easily.

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Me And My Brother Made A Bridge For School That Held 65 Pounds!

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Found My Great Grandpa’s Wwii Air Force Goggles With Wwii Dirt Still On Em

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At The Back Of This Intel Sticker You Can See The Processor Architecture

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My Girlfriend’s China Was Made In Occupied Japan.

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At My Work, We Have Bags Of Pure Oreo Cream

At My Work, We Have Bags Of Pure Oreo Cream

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My Jaw From Below Looks Like My Nose From Above

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In Autumn, My City Has A Public Service That Comes By And Sucks Up The Leaves You Rake To The Curb

In Autumn, My City Has A Public Service That Comes By And Sucks Up The Leaves You Rake To The Curb

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This House I Toured Had A Hidden Entrance To Their Utility Room

This House I Toured Had A Hidden Entrance To Their Utility Room

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We Have A Bedroom For My Dog Under The Staircase

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The Old Escalators Of Wynyard Train Station In Sydney Now Hang From The Ceiling

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This Art Made With One Way Mirrors In My Town.

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These Cardboard Things Used Instead Of Packing Peanuts Or Bubble Wrap

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I Hit A Ticket Jackpot And Started Redeeming The Tickets Before They Finished Dispensing.

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I Have Hyperhidrosis, Which Means My Hands And Feet Sweat A Lot. This Is How My Hands Usually Look

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A Little Girl's 89 Year Old Footprint In My Driveway.

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Planes Flew Over My School And Made The Playstation Logo In The Sky Today!

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I Have Banknotes From Every Country In The World

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Totally Alone On The Brooklyn Bridge!

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My Pizza Was Delivered With Tamper Evident Stickers

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The Uniformity In The Way This Black Pipe Is Ran.

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My Friend’s New Surfboard Was Made To Look Like A Baguette.

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Just Found Two $1 Coins From 1881 And 1898 In My Coin Drawer

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This Very Old Bottle Of Cocaine We Found In My Pharmacy

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All Wired Up For A Sleep Study

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My Almost Closed Computer Lid Looks Like A Futuristic City At Night

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My Passport Versus My Wife's New Post Brexit Passport

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Old Folding Fan Without "Under God" In The Pledge Of Allegiance

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This Can Of 20th Century Air

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This Full Sized Barbie Jeep

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I Own A North Korean Banknote With Supreme Leader Kim Il Sung’s Birthplace Shown On It

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The Same Wooden Cover On The Building, But One Part Is Under The Balcony. 10 Years Of Weather.

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Picture Of What Looks Like A Flaming Sword In My Fireplace.

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This Office Calendar That Hasn't Been Touched Since The Pandemic Started

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Each Square Represents One Week Of An 88 Year Life Span. Tracking My Progress

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This Versatile Lawn Chair Cup Holder Thing Aka Swiss Army Cupholder

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Found My Grandpa Nazi Uniform Buttons

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Accidentally Burned My Thumb On A Hot Screw

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The Inside Of An IKEA Desk Top.

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Nazi Plate That I Found Buried In My Great Grandmother’s Garden

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