When it comes to trivia, you most likely won't benefit from knowing why James Michael Tyler got to play Gunther the barista in Friends or why a super-rich Swedish man bought a chunk of the Amazon rainforest. But on the off-chance that your local pub quiz master decides to ask about these things, better come prepared!
And an excellent place to do so is at "Mind Blowing Facts." This internet project shares tidbits of information about the world we live in and also includes complimentary photos to help these tiny lessons stick in our memory for a little longer. Continue scrolling and check out some of its most popular posts!
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What the hell is the matter with you BP!! Words like rape, suicide, death, dead, sex and kill are all normal everyday words used in the news, on TV etc. There is noth obscene or blasphemous about them. Behave like adults and have the decency to treat your followers as adults as well. Stop being so bloody anally retentive
What's crazy is that on YouTube your can't say thinks like anorexic, bulimic or eating disorder... but you can watch people like Eugenia Cooney literally slowly kill themselves while having an eating disorder on there. They won't demonize her for basically promoting Eating disorders and for her videos frequently coming up on algorithms for children and teens who suffer from EDs.... but you can't say the word itself. You can't say "child abuse" but you can literally watch videos of children being abused as well.... how f****d up is that.
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I was thinking same thing, not sacrificing millions but donating for a good cause.
Load More Replies... I rather think that that's an investment in people, not a sacrifice of money.
Because Bored Panda is ridiculous. Other than that, nobody knows why they censor it.
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bro just because you blip out one letter doesn't mean that mentally ill people wont be able to read the whole thing...
Not all millionaires are arseholes who uselessly shoot penis-shaped rockets into space. Good to know. This man is exceptional.
Amazing brother, son,and humanitarian. It would be an honor to know an help build beside him.
This man is the most considerate man in the world. I want to help him.
INVESTING millions of dollars! "Sacrificing" implies that he has just thrown the money away. He is investing in the futures of those families.
Lucky he was a decent footballer then isn't it because otherwise, being the US he would have had a snowflakes chance in hell.
Baton Rouge Police, not New Orleans. Either way, she was a true hero.
He 'sacrificed millions' helping those in need. What do you call it when millions are spent on drugs, parties, name brand clothes?
Imagine what a wonderful world it would be if Bezos, Musk, Gates etc had the same ethics as this fine man.
She was a Baton Rouge Louisiana police officer and worked along side my sister who is now a retired captain of this department. They even looked very similar so much so when she was killed some people began calling my mom's house to see if it had been my sister who was killed. She was actually working extra duty that night she was killed because she always said she worked so hard for her kids future. The city of baton rouge has a street named in her honor.
FINALLY!! After all the stories of the thugs in the NFL, a story of an NFL champion! Well done Warrick Dunn!
Why censor the word killed? Bored panda is getting beyond a joke now
This man showes us how to turn horrific experience in something good. God bless you Warrick!
All right, so now we are not supposed to write (or even say???) the word KILL. Why am I asking? What is wrong with people?
I'm sure in his point of view it wasn't a sacrifice but a contribution, sadly social media makes things sound overly dramatic in a negative way instead of an uplifting, positive way a lot of the time. I think it's awesome that he chose to help so many people with his money!
He did not consider this a sacrifice. He used his money to improve the lives of others.
www.wdc.org - visit his site, he is so much more than a philanthropist
This is all true. When he played for our NFL team, he bought homes for a lot of women in our area. Used to feature him on the local news sometimes.
Not all heroes wear capes but, I'd be honoured to meet a true life angel like this gentleman
I believe in his heart he didn't think of it as a sacrifice! Or he would've done it.
Ohhh no, the post got it wrong, he never “sacrificed” a single cent, what he did was invest in making his community a stronger more positive place. The wording here just goes to show how messed up perceptions can be and how subtle changes to wording can make a huge difference in impact
There are more than 633,000 homeless people in the US and there are more than 13.9 million vacant homes and counting in the US.... let that sink in.
I didn’t realise sacrifice was a commonly used synonym of donate. Wild
Sacrifice?! He did exactly what he wanted to do with his money. And WHY OH WHY are stories like this not daily news. You have to look for good stories like this.
Surprisingly, going through (and applying) random facts can also be good for your mental health. Experts say that playing trivia games can provide a dopamine rush much like gambling, but without the negative effects.
Even if the actual games differ, the benefits are there nonetheless. Whether we're playing Trivial Pursuit at home or attending a pub trivia night, the basic premise remains the same: we experience the thrill of providing correct answers to questions about lesser-known facts.
We have a similar gang here. They also accompany bullied kids to school to let their bullies know that a biker gang has their back.
"You get a rush or a neuroreward signal or a dopamine burst from winning,” John Kounios, Ph.D., professor of psychology and director of the doctoral program in applied cognitive and brain sciences at Drexel University in Pennsylvania, told Healthline. “I think whenever you’re challenged with a trivia question and you happen to know it, you get a rush. It’s sort of like gambling.”
What is wrong with people that they would do that to the poor bunny?
Actually, I think that cub is eating his leg while mama bear distracts him......
Kounios said the benefits can also be similar to those of playing a video game.
However, unlike gambling and even video games, Kounios said trivia is generally not a problematic habit.
“I don’t think there are any pitfalls,” he said. “Like anything else that’s fun, it takes up time.”
Imagine if other countries did that! It would revolutionise the world!!
Would be even better if they had a social and healthcare system that allowed them a few days off to take care of a sick spouse. After 30(!!) years of hard work that needs to be possible without having to worry about daily income. You shouldn't have to rely on stranger's charity for that.
Sometimes we think of the brain as an endless library, whose shelves house our most precious memories as well as our lifetime's knowledge. But is there a point where it reaches maximum capacity? In other words, can the brain get full?
The short answer is no. Brains are more sophisticated than that: a study published in Nature Neuroscience revealed that instead of just crowding in, old information is sometimes pushed out of the brain for new memories to form.
I know a few billionaires in this country who could take a page from this guy.
This kills me. It just kills me. Gratitude, it seems, is forever for some.
Scientists wanted to investigate what happens in the brain when we try to remember information that’s very similar to what we already know. (This is important because similar information is more likely to interfere with existing knowledge, and it’s the stuff that crowds without being useful.)
So they examined how brain activity changes when we try to remember a target memory, that is, when we try to recall something very specific, at the same time as trying to remember something similar (a competing memory).
Researchers taught participants to associate a single word (for example, the word sand) with two different images – such as one of Marilyn Monroe and the other of a hat.
They discovered that as the target memory was recalled more often, brain activity for it increased. At the same time, brain activity for the competing memory simultaneously weakened. This change was most prominent in regions near the front of the brain, such as the prefrontal cortex, rather than key memory structures in the middle of the brain, such as the hippocampus, which is traditionally associated with memory loss.
How horrible that everyone in that kid's life failed to provide basic information or support
The prefrontal cortex is involved in a range of complex cognitive processes, such as planning, decision making, and selective retrieval of memory. Existing research shows this part of the brain works in combination with the hippocampus to retrieve specific memories.
If the hippocampus is the search engine, the prefrontal cortex is the filter that determines which memory is the most relevant — this suggests that storing information alone is not enough for a good memory. The brain also has to be able to access the relevant information without being distracted by competing pieces of data.
"Just because I am alone, does not mean I am lonely." One of my favourite quotes but I cannot remember who said it.
However, don't be scared. In daily life, forgetting actually is actually beneficial.
Imagine that you lost your bank card. The new card you receive will come with a new PIN. Research in this field suggests that each time you remember the new code, you gradually forget the old one. This process improves access to relevant information, without old memories interfering.
So, next time you think that you can't do anything big because you are too small....
Very few people would have the guts to do this. I hope he was not harmed in any way.
I was fortunate to see Notre Dame before it burned. I am glad its beauty has been restored.
The umbilical cord was wrapped around the baby’s neck, so the doc threw on a gown and shoes and ran to her room to help.
And I just discovered that one of my friends who barely finished high school is an antivaxxer who "refuses to put poisons in his children's' bodies" because clearly barely graduating high school gives you a superior understanding of science than that of the people who dedicated their lives understanding how organic chemistry works!
Its so sad the US refuses to implement social programs like free child care and free higher education because it fears "socialism" when it's clear these programs make huge impacts. But there is always money to bomb some poor brown people
R.I.P. Everyone who died in 9/11 and in the years after as victims of the US retaliation of 9/11.
https://worldoftanks.eu/en/news/history/Mariya-Oktyabrskaya-story/ For more info.
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A positive page. Like it a lot. Stop censoring words though. Suicide, kill, die etc are all words that are in use daily in our countries, stop being so weak. If the story is about death or suicide then they deserve to have the full weight of the language that fits.
Especially if the person's life was lost in service of a higher cause eg the kids that donated their organs etc. It reduces the impact of that act.
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Ireland has never forgotten the Choctaws’ generosity. Now Irish people are reciprocating by donating to a fund for Navajo and Hopi communities hit by Covid-19. Soul family.
What a wonderful thing to read about. Won't hear about it here on our News programs. All of them are so biased.
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Why is Bored Panda sensoring certain words? We know what they are, so why sensor them? Bad words meanings don't change, so sensoring them makes no sense.
I don't know why I put an S in censoring. I thought it looked wrong. Sorry.
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NOOO ITS OVER!! I really loved this article and it made me feel very very happy inside. Thank you for spreading joy throughout this world! :)
I'm about to quit This Thing. To obscure letters in some words is ridiculous. They weren't obscene, just life. This will probably be deleted!
A positive page. Like it a lot. Stop censoring words though. Suicide, kill, die etc are all words that are in use daily in our countries, stop being so weak. If the story is about death or suicide then they deserve to have the full weight of the language that fits.
Especially if the person's life was lost in service of a higher cause eg the kids that donated their organs etc. It reduces the impact of that act.
Load More Replies... Ireland has never forgotten the Choctaws’ generosity. Now Irish people are reciprocating by donating to a fund for Navajo and Hopi communities hit by Covid-19. Soul family.
What a wonderful thing to read about. Won't hear about it here on our News programs. All of them are so biased.
Load More Replies... Why is Bored Panda sensoring certain words? We know what they are, so why sensor them? Bad words meanings don't change, so sensoring them makes no sense.
I don't know why I put an S in censoring. I thought it looked wrong. Sorry.
Load More Replies... NOOO ITS OVER!! I really loved this article and it made me feel very very happy inside. Thank you for spreading joy throughout this world! :)
I'm about to quit This Thing. To obscure letters in some words is ridiculous. They weren't obscene, just life. This will probably be deleted!
