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?
I‘m glad I‘m not a seahorse. I can barely manage to walk in the morning.
::GASP:: WHAT?!? I am so shocked. I cannot even believe it! You mean to tell me.... :-/ I am seriously just blown away! This is the most upsetting news I have heard this millisecond. My entire existence is a lie. Flabbergasted does not even cover it......
Here, take one of the homeopathic pills against shock! Theyll help
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Here's what astrology means to me. I don't believe in it, but I don't think it's c**p either. I follow an astrology site that gives positive messages. This month, I'm meant to be more assertive. I do not believe in the stars and signs and shits, but if I can make my life better by working on these advice, makes sense. Worked for me last year. November asked me to end toxic relationships. I finally had the courage to do so, and felt lighter. People love to hate astrology, but it has its positive sides.
Astrological sign is based on what imaginary collection of stars called constellation was behind the sun when you were born.... if you had been born a couple of thousand years ago that is.
I'm not huge into astrology, but I've noticed that every single Aquarius meme I see is accurate af.
Tell that to Sri Lankans. They can only marry, if the astrologers give them the "right" prediction based on their astrological signs.
I actually got to know a girl from there who wasn't allowed to marry the man she wanted and was afterwards seen as 'touched'. Fortunately she was highly intelligent and against all odds got a degree although she came out of severe poverty and afterwards went abroad to work in a humanitarian programme.
Load More Replies... ok but to be fair they don't know how well those couples actually got along
It's almost like the time of year you are born has nothing to do with your personality.
Sometimes, well, actually always....I wonder why so much money is being spend on these ridicules researches when just about everyone with a bit of common sense could have told that... All that money could have been used on so many better things, like cancerresearch for example...
To be fair, the quote just says "researchers". It doesn't mean they got a grant for it. It could just be some science-minded folks with access to a public records database and some simple programming skills. This sounds like something I'd do if I was bored for an afternoon.
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Now I'm curious if they used the corrected astrological math or the widely-accepted-but-flawed traditional math. I mean it's BS either way, I'm just curious.
I think Astrology is just for fun. I don't take it seriously. It can be a fun tool for creating characters in writing though.
Put the horoscopes away people , try personality tests instead
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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