Okay, anyone who doesn’t enjoy feeding their brain with fresh random facts, raise your hand! I clearly sense a silence behind the laptop, and it’s no wonder that educational social media has become so popular lately.
While wasting much of our lives on the screens, we at least get to learn something useful to pump our brain muscles or get ready for trivia battles. And if you’re one of the facticionados (does this word exist?!), you probably know the Twitter page Uber Facts very well already. With a whopping audience of 13.6 million followers, it’s an ultimate powerhouse for random knowledge nobody knew they needed.
According to the account’s description, it features “the most unimportant things you'll never need to know,” so you get the fun aspect of it. Below, we wrapped up some of the most interesting bits of knowledge shared on the page, so I leave the stage to them!
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I hope the cat got a medal and lots of treats for her good deeds
That is a great idea - encourages people to do good by showing them exactly what good they have done so far.
With educational social media accounts getting more and more popular every day, you start to wonder how many of them are actually legit. After all, no so-called “fact” shared online can be taken as it is, as we have to remind ourselves that fake news spreads six times faster on social media than facts.
Also known as fake news, these pieces of disinformation can even be used as a political tool and weapon, and poses a real danger to those with an untrained eye. Sometimes, however, the information gets so disseminated that you may not even suspect it's faulty.
So to find out how exactly an average Internet user like us can learn to separate true facts from false information, we previously spoke with Daniel Markuson. Markuson is the cybersecurity expert at NordVPN and he shared some very useful tips and insights. Markuson explained that there is no foolproof method to separate truth from misinformation.
But a general rule of thumb is to check the source’s credibility: “This particularly applies to social media platforms because they are optimized to increase engagement and lack appropriate gatekeeping features that filter out misinformation.”
When it comes to determining if the news source is credible, there are some telling signs to look for. It turns out that, often, unreliable news sources impersonate well-known ones by misspelling their names in the URL. “Similarly, they might use unconventional domain extensions instead of the usual “.com” or “.org.” In general, make sure that your news comes from established, well-known sources. These types of outlets get information directly from primary sources and must uphold their reputation.”
But honestly, who would tell their boss they´re getting an abortion? This is a very intimate topic and I am sure for assumption of costs there are some forms to fill and some Becky in accounting that would gossip to others about it. At least that would be something I wouldn´t be willing to risk..
A cat, too. I sometimes feel like the hole in my life since I lost my little guy will never heal.
When asked about the reasons why fake news has become so widespread, the cybersecurity expert said that it’s “due to factors that concern both the content of the messages and the technological foundation of platforms on which the news is proliferated.”
“Fake news is usually related to current affairs and makes remarkable, emotion-inducing claims. This, combined with the fact that social media platforms collect data on what kind of posts users spend the most time on and feed them content with similar characteristics, provides the perfect conditions for the spread of misinformation,” Daniel concluded.
I can confirm, my father cooked more often than my mother and now I am doing the ironing :-)
I always say I’m a terrible liar and clearly lie about tiny things that I won’t get in trouble for just so I can get away from the bigger trouble by lying like a mastermind. Oh man, what did I do with my life?
And gun manufacturers. Maybe they're even one and the same.
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As a gun owner and firearms enthusiast, I completely support comprehensive background checks and red flag laws. I also encourage politicians to change the laws on private gun sales, and strict penalties for Straw Purchases.
Same. I will also add that gun stores should have to have high line security and/or it should have to be ul standard and inspected and updated yearly.
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They say, "Guns don't kill people. People kill people." Actually, that's not true. It's bullets that kill people. So I propose letting people have all the guns they want, but locking up the bullets. People who shoot animals claim that it's not about killing - it's about the thrill of the hunt. Well, go ahead and sneak up on a grizzly bear with an unloaded rifle, if you looking for a thrill.
I've been hunting since I was 10, I have never heard some say that.
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I agree. But background checks will only work in a handful of cases. It's only the start of preventing gun violence. The real problem is our healthcare system & lack of affordable healthcare. People also don't lump in gang violence as a gun issue when we talk about gun control & background checks. Which the majority of gang violence will not be prevented by background checks since most guns being used by gang members are illegally obtained from the black market. It also doesn't prevent people dying & leaving their guns behind to family members who shouldn't have them. The next issue is poverty & systemic racism.... people in gangs & such usually get involved in these things because they need money to survive & the racial discrimination in the US makes it that much harder for POC to get ahead in life. POC don't have the same opportunities as white folks. So yeah. Background checks is a start but it's not going to prevent the majority of gun violence.
You're right, it's a complex problem that needs a lot of different answers. Similar to car safety. We have seatbelts, air bags, car seats for kids, road engineering safety, speed limits, enforcement, licenses and insurance laws, etc etc etc. No one thing is going to bring down gun violence rates.
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I heard something about how in Japan, they have to do full background checks, psych evaluations, and interviews with friends/family/neighbors in order to get a gun.
While it sounds good in theory the fundamental flaw of universal background checks for private sales they simply cannot be enforced. A private sale is by definition, private. If a person privately selling/transferring a firearm does NOT perform a background check (or just refuses), who but the buyer & seller know a transaction took place? There is no magic device at BATF HQ that sounds an alarm when a background check is NOT performed. How can you enforce a law when you cannot even tell when it's broken?
"Private" in this legal context means a sale from a person who is not a business/gun dealer, not that they have a guarantee of anonymity. It's similar to the terminology of a private car sale. I can sell my car to another person. I'm not a car dealer. That doesn't mean it's anonymous if I follow the law. I sign over a title. That transfer is registered. It's a private sale, but not anonymous. In my state, I could sell a gun to another person, though I am not a gun dealer, but that transfer is facilitated by licensed gun dealer who runs the background check. Now, as you say, there is no magic device at BATF HQ. I am physically able to sell a gun for cash with no trace of the transaction. I would be breaking state law if I did that. Just like people drive unregistered cars. They are breaking the law. I could also sell you a kilo of cocaine and no alarm is going to sound at the DEA. That's how crime works. A lot of it goes unpunished until someone is caught in the act, with the goods.
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Background checks are obviously not enough. Restrict sales to hunting fire arms only. No one has any reason to have anything else. All gun owners should be made to be part of a gun club at the very least. Start a new national registry of fire arms, then seize and destroy any arms found that are not recorded.
I bet that sounded much more effective in the original German
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Except for the politicians who won't do their job, which is to represent what their constituents want.
The problem is the NRA is a massive contributor to political fundraising. It’s not that Americans don’t realize there is a serious gun problem, the problem is those in charge we’re just paid MILLIONS by the 12% who make money from the industry. .. like politicians. Now tell me where the REAL problem lies (emphasis on “lies”)
Sadly, see: https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2022/07/10 9E2E3066-8...d-jpeg.jpg 
Well duh. I don't believe guns should totally be taken away (The government can never be trusted, I think everyone can agree they're all liars) but to give a gun to someone with a history is just dumb
This is proof that it is all politics and not a right or left issue. I know many gun owners that support that.
yes, and there are background checks that already happen... People like to forget that
It doesn't matter what the people want, it only matters what the gun manufacturers want. The name of the game is capitalism and money is the only thing that matters.
The idiot Americans stand out, they're the ones America's known for. Some Americans actually have common sense
So if they are the minority why are the sensible majority not safe? Why do the laws favour the idiot minority?
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Can someone please explain for non Americans. Are there not mandatory background checks for every gun purchase?
There are for every purchase except for person to person transactions, i.e. Gun shows and private transactions.
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We have Universal background checks. That is from a dealer. Now if it is a person to person buyer, the background check depends on the state.
I‘m glad I‘m not a seahorse. I can barely manage to walk in the morning.
Did you know? Tony Soprano used to get a lot of calls from real life "wiseguys". Someone once called to criticize him for wearing shorts in the show. "A don never wears shorts," they said. Tony never wore shorts after.
Well cos it's normal to love and hug your kid. They feel safe and accepted.
That is actually fascinating. Alarming that it can affect the brain in such way, but fascinating nonetheless.
For the sake of context, is "mass shooting" defined as more than two people shot in the same incident, or is it a higher number? I'm not being flippant, I want to know the definition as commonly understood (there's a difference in defining murders as spree, mass and serial, and I wanted to know if shootings are the same)
Which means cashiers in the US are running 20 marathons each year, or more than 1 and a half each month.
Where was this fact when I punched that mean girl who stole my colouring book back in 1st grade?
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Problem with a lot of these facts on Bored Panda is that you can't really know whether they're true.
No, but you can be certain that people believe them. Which in the modern world counts as a fact.
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No, but you can be certain that people believe them. Which in the modern world counts as a fact.
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