The internet is an endless source of information, both vital and completely irrelevant. And diving in this sea of dense information where it’s easy to get lost, some sources of content prove to be golden nuggets.
Like the Instagram account with a rather laconic title “Not Common Facts,” which provides exactly what it says. With a mind-blowing 7.3M followers, it’s social media’s beloved destination for interesting, unheard, weird, and quirky facts to pump up that trivia muscle.
Below we selected a batch of the most entertaining ones that you may not have heard, so scroll down and upvote your favorites as you go!
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That makes this beautiful wedding dress all the more special.. Wow! Such a skilled woman...
I like the way they use reading to reduce the sentences of the prisoners with an activity that can help them in the long run. (The reading, not necessarily the book report writing.)
Makes sense that they do the book report writing though, it's to prove they really did read the book and didn't just sit staring at pages. I definitely would have tried to cheat if it lowered my sentence that much.
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Please tell me they call it "Sentences for sentences" or something like that.
Sentences for sentences. Part of the new Books for Crooks initiative.
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Yes for crimes like drug dealing or thief. But violent crimes like pedophilia, murder or rape should never have a shorter sentence.
I mean, if you're put away for life, the sentence is life. Where I live, sentences are notoriously long though also frequently cut short due to overcrowding. I'd rather have people getting out early because they're working on improving themselves rather than just that their number came up. If you're serving 20 years for murder, you'd need to write 913 reports to get your sentence cut in half. That's a large ask. I'd have to believe someone who devotes themselves to that grows as a person.
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Those are my last four reports: “The anarchist cookbook“, “How to get away with murder“, “Rules for radicals“ and “Ramsey in 10“. Am I free to leave now?
In America every time someone tries to enact any sort of similar positive system, prison officials pull out every possible trick, legal or illegal, to sabotage it. This according to my dad who was hired to help with just such a program. He said the level of hostility from the prison people to the program was horrendous and they eventually succeeded in killing it.
Well, it's not that simple. There were at least two projects to actually shorten sentences by reading. The prisoner had a list of books and was limited to one book a month in exchange for two or three days off their sentence. However, those were projects on two different states. The country however has a law from 2011 or 2012 that shortens sentences by one day every twelve hours the prisoner spends studying. The prisoner has to apply to be eligible for this and be approved by a judge. So... It is a thing here, just not as simple.
That's not a bad idea. It keeps their minds active and they can learn a lot from reading so they're better prepared to find jobs when they get out. And it might help them stay out of prison gangs.
Nice. I can read a 400 page book in a few hours, somehow I just need to kind of cross-read the page and my mind captures the entire story. Don't ask me how it works, never had it checked out, but it's really handy. I also remember the layout of a certain page and memorized my latin vocabulary as a "picture" of the page rather than learning the meaning of the actual word (pardon my english, it's not my native language)
I'm sorry but keep picturing gang bangers reading romance novels and home improvement/remodeling books. Moving out a wall for a patio deck, bringing more light and just make their cell more homey.
This is really cool. Prison is supposed to reform people, and change them, but too often it becomes torture and just something to try and survive. Reading can legitimately change one's perspective and life and so this is really amazing.
Do the Shawshank Redemption and Escape From Alcatraz get them extra credit?
we have to give them a work to do and learn, not only lie on jail bed to think...
did the math and it would take about 91 books to take off a full year. with nothing else to do in there, i'm sure it's possible
I hope there are limits-like types of crime-because many serial killers have been very well read.
Now get them to grow our food. Less time inside going crazy and we all get to eat.
Well, although it's true, it's also necessary to remember that Brazil is one of the most incarcerated countries in the world (more than 800 thousand people, 30% of wich are still waiting for the trial). Also, the prisons in Brazil have really bad structure, and are basically ruled by the militias and organized crime. They also have a really bad recidivism rate.
Wish it was 2 books for getting 1 week off. Shouldn't be Harry Potter books.
I could kill my worst enemy and be out within a year if I were a Brazilian citizen
As a Brazilian and a lawyer: no, you couldn't. It's not as simple as it's sounds in the text.
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‘To The Lighthouse’ by Virginia Woolf still wouldn’t be worth it. That’s time you’ll never get back.
I hope they give them books that can educate them on good, usable things for when they get out
If we do this In the states republicans will say democratic doing anything to get criminals back on the streets
This is hard to believe. Brazil is a dictatorship, and many in prison are extremely literate political prisoners. They already read and are not getting out early.
Super! I hope they are also working on literacy, bc inmates who did not learn to read in the first place don't deserve to lose this opportunity.
This is incredible. I wish the US was more concerned about rehabilitation than punishment. Here we are more likely to outlaw every book besides the Bible of the religion worshiped by the Warden.
Prisons have libraries fool and they find god because they finally have time to search
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Some people will find reading a book (and writting a report!) much better than these 4 days...
I would be out in a week. I swear. I'm a person with a history of being a bookworm.
Every fact we stumble across on social media has to be taken with a pinch of salt, so that's why we must fact check it. You see, whether it's COVID-19, climate change or migration — fake news spreads six times faster on social media than facts. Those pieces of disinformation, known as fake news, are harmful. They are partially or often completely false and deliberately disseminated to influence political views or generate as many clicks as possible.
The danger of fake news is the fact that to an untrained eye, the average internet user, it’s very difficult if not impossible to separate it from credible information. To find out how exactly we can separate true facts from false information, Bored Panda spoke with Daniel Markuson, the cybersecurity expert at NordVPN, who shared some very useful tips and insights.
It's also great for the economy. Giving people more opportunities to go out, vacation, spend money etc. does wonders to the economic cycles -- and it makes happier employees.
While there is no foolproof method to separate truth from misinformation, a general rule of thumb is to check the source’s credibility, Daniel said. “This particularly applies to social media platforms because they are optimized to increase engagement and lack appropriate gatekeeping features that filter out misinformation.”
“It is also important to weigh the claims against other sources. If a publication makes monumental claims that are exclusive to that platform, do not take them at face value,” he added.
When it comes to determining if the news source is credible, Daniel said that sometimes 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.”
If you’re still not sure, Daniel suggests looking into the author, researching them, and making sure their credibility is up to par. “It is also important to weigh our own perception and not let our biases skew our understanding of events. Seek out differing opinions and try not to associate facts with ideological dogma.”
I’ve never seen this picture and I’ve got to say, this is F***ing scary as s***. Like, there is absolutely no question as to this lion’s intention and it really strikes me that humans can read faces of different species so well; and also that the exact same expression can be read on the face of a human. That’s probably part of why I found it so scary. It reminded me of a human. “Here’s Johny!”
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 always wake up before my alarm, but that means i cant sleep in on weekends either
Just spoke with my mom about this very thing at 2:30am this morning. We all do this but when it is over such little things that are easily resolved or are in the process of being handled it will enhance anxiety, stress, and depression. It is not worth it. We only have one shot at life and why let smaller b******t take you out.
Well they found out a lot of the centenarians are actually people who died and whose families never reported it to keep collecting pensions. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-11258071
My wife would look at the floor, because I probably did something inconvenient.
Sometimes I fall asleep and jolt up thinking someone called meh but nop😅
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I wonder if Bored Panda knows what “facts” are and they they have to have some sort of substantiated proof before peddling them as “facts”? Some social media account doesn’t count as a “source”.
Nope. No editing. No fact checking. Just some bored teenager slapping stuff into a list.
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Hi BP, I hate to be blunt, but all your censorship is giving me a sexual death orgasm. I think I need pills and Marijuana.
Why are normal, common, everyday words being half-assed censored? This is a sincere question. Can anyone provide an answer?
What a lot of rubbish. Most of this stuff is made up, badly worded or distorted.
Cause everybody knows, if it's on the internet, it has to be true
And this stuff was on the Internet, and now is on it again, here, so it's extra true!
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I wonder if Bored Panda knows what “facts” are and they they have to have some sort of substantiated proof before peddling them as “facts”? Some social media account doesn’t count as a “source”.
Nope. No editing. No fact checking. Just some bored teenager slapping stuff into a list.
Load More Replies... Hi BP, I hate to be blunt, but all your censorship is giving me a sexual death orgasm. I think I need pills and Marijuana.
Why are normal, common, everyday words being half-assed censored? This is a sincere question. Can anyone provide an answer?
What a lot of rubbish. Most of this stuff is made up, badly worded or distorted.
Cause everybody knows, if it's on the internet, it has to be true
And this stuff was on the Internet, and now is on it again, here, so it's extra true!
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