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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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.
Are you talking about people who take their díck rockets to space?
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In the expression "Swedish billionaire", I believe "Swedish" is the real operative word that might explain this beautiful gesture (and mind), in the sense that it's not driven by capitalism. American billionaires should take note.
at that rate it would cost 56 Billion dollars to buy the Amazon Rainforest. Bezos could do that and still only have 120 Billion dollars left over.
If you're right about that, it's mind-boggling and really puts the amount of money he has in perspective.
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For years Libertarian Enviromentalists had suggested this, and GreenPeace fought against it (they insisted only govt solution were acceptable), and even got some countries to make doing this illegal. However the Libertarian Enviromentalists partnered with this man and others to protect rain forrests.
What was the reason GreenPeace wanted a government solution?
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If I was a millionaire this is EXACTLY the s**t I would do. A man in the US is doing this out west to preserve the prairies to "rewind them" he was also some tech mogul and retired just to do this. Watch Simon Reeves: North America on discovery+ ... Simon visits countries and continents in order to visit places & people thay most people have never heard of or seen and shows different issues going on in different places, social, political, environmental, economic etc. it's such a great show. Definitely check it out.
WTF, why do we (the Stares) get all the selfish millionaires, and worst yet, billionaires while Sweden gets these kind of millionaires.
I'm sure there's a bunch of good ones in the US too, but I hear you. It does seem like there's a cultural difference and Sweden, comparatively speaking, places more importance on community, shared humanity and environmentalism.
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Meanwhile, Jeff Bezos ejaculates his money into orbit with his giant space d**k.
First one that should do that is Bezos, he took the name of this rainforest and never paid any for it.
Except... I don't know, but I would be somehow uneasy if HE was the OWNER of the rainforest.... If he would do that, he should also gift it to ... someone responsible and compassionate.
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I read how a photographer purchased a rainforest that had already been deforested. He paid a native/local to watch the land, allowing him to develop his own crops that would safely grown with the rainforest he was to replant, I hope it worked. The photographer had to sell his cameras etc. to set it all up.
Uh? I am swedish and never heard of him at all. Must be a very discreet one to stay away from media, sure I would have remembered his name.
One of our billionaires has become the largest owner of farmland in America. Not to preserve it but to be able to control what will be grown and made available for us to eat.
But... but... TV says all rich people do only evil things all the time...
I hate how people practicaly have buy their way to save a small chunk of the rainforest
The Amazon Forest needs to be protected from government ownership. It belongs to all the Earth The health of the forest effects the health of all the planet of which it is as a precious, vital organ. More people must get involved to protect it and the people there and reforest it and revive it and treasure it. It’s almost all gone.
Follow up mind blowing fact: The Amazon Rainforest soil is not that fertile and if it wasn't for the thousands of tons of sand and minerals that blow over from Africa each year, there would be no Rainforest. Think about it. It rains so much in the Amazon all the topsoil washes away. The Sahara desert replaces it and the eroded fossils in the desert contain nutrients.
I'll give you 3 guesses - what did the logging company spend the $14 million on? My first guess is they didn't stop logging and go on vacation for a year. I admire his idea but buy the forest before the logging company does so they don't get free money to do more logging. That $14 million in the bank doesn't eliminate the contract for Brazilian mahogany they have with Home Depot.
How many jobs has he created in hiring a staff to take care of the forest?
Lots of corporations, airlines etc are buying up huge areas of the rainforest. They claim that it is saved from logging, therefore offsetting their carbon footprint. It’s a flawed system as it’s difficult to calculate how much co2 is saved, or which areas would be logged. It allows consumers to buy without a guilty conscience.
Yup--great example to millionaires everywhere--and there are similar initiatives that non-millionaires can donate to
Let us hope the logging companies have any scruples and honors is property lines.
And court systems put thousands of thieves out of business, what's your point? In both cases some people suffer but there is a greater public good.
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So what? Who cares, if he's trying to actually save the forest?
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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!
