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.)
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
Oh f**k this. Sorry if I seem a bit messed up, I only slept a couple hours.
from people I worked with I came up with a theory "organisation is the intelligence of dumb people" The people who had tidy desks, scheduled everything and where very methodical had no other skills. They could never solve a problem
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To the people saying "Then, I must be a genius": this is not how it works. Too much PS5 tends to have the same effect.
Using Elon Musk's photo here makes no sense. He more of a scammer than a genius.
This explains why I'm a disorganized insomniac with a mouth like a sailor xD
Me: *stays up until two am* “meh, if I wake up at 7 I still get six hours of sleep”
Then how come most of the foul mouthed, sleep deprived slobs I’ve met in my long life have been babbling idiots bent on destroying whatever brain cells they have left?
So that's why I am failing math. I just need to swear more! I already have a horrible sleep schedule.
This doesn't mean that if you're messy, stay up late, and curse, you're highly intelligent.
I guess I am mostly an idiot, I curse alot, but I am neat and go to be at 10:00 pm every night
Who came up with this? Really? All highly intelligent people have all 3 qualities? I don’t buy it. I guess I’m not highly intelligent
I KNEW I was very intelligent! Why does everyone see the messiness, late nights, and the need to correct my cursing as a bad thing? It's natural!
Find a photo of Albert Einstein's desk. It is a good example to back up this statement. I printed a photo of it and have it on my wall at work.
Correlation is not causation. A tendency is not an absolute. All of the slobs out there need to realize they aren't necessarily brilliant.
*looks at mess* if I was intelligent I would have gotten a more useful degree. Then again I didn't see myself leaving a big city for a small town that has absolutely no use for it!
So apparently I'm f-cking smart, it's definitely not 2AM rn
Huh, I stay up till past midnight, have books and clothes everywhere, and cuss when alone... All checks out.
Oh, so that's why I've got piles of books and papers around me like skyscrapers, I don't go to bed before 8 a.m., and I have the worst f*****g potty mouth. I feel better now!
I cut back on my cursing years ago but, I stay up all night and you can't walk through my bedroom.
sorry fell asleep at 2am and woke up at 5:55
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Two out of three ain’t bad. Start early, so I can’t stay up late. ps. Sorry Marvin and Jim
Haven't slept in two nights. Can't find the remote or have any clue if my apartment was ransacked by a pack of wolves because it always looks like this. And I could swear the tattoos of the entire friggen' f$&king US Military.
I have those characteristics, but the fact that I'm commenting on this site makes it clear I'm anything but intelligent.
This does not sound like intelligence. Falling back on cussing instead of applying the rich vocabulary of civilization and not being organized doesn't make anyone smart. Perhaps they just TOLD you this and you believed it. Messy children are NOT overly smart.
Want to see something funny tell racist I can't stand that African-American Elton musk then they say he's not African-American then tell he's from Africa and he lives in America
Yeah, I'm not buying this one. Meth heads do this and I don't consider them especially smart.
Many addicts are too smart for their own good so they numb(/dumb) themselves with drugs.
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There is nothing wrong with Elon Musk. He grew up poor and worked hard all his life and made a fortune. It is not piggybacking off the poor if you worked for all you have. If you actually took the time to research his life rather than automatically assuming he is evil because he is rich you would know this.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elon-Musk
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Correlation does not imply causation, aaaand Dunning-Kruger effect.
In other words, y'all aren't highly intelligent, you're just messy, stay up too late, and cuss a blue streak regularly.
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I'm a f*****g top level genius then! Insomnia has had its awful grip in me since I was about 3 - not slept more than 4hrs at a time unless medicated my entire life. I'm f*****g exhausted
F**k, i must be albert einstien then. My room is a f*****g mess and im falling asleep in class
That makes me a genius! Seriously though, my fiancee goes to bed at around 10pm, cleans close to the point of OCD and it is very rare to hear her swear, even when she is angry. She is a scientist. Our daughter is a slob. We found mouldy food and plates in her room she swore was not there. Has a mouth like sewer and works at McDonalds who don't trust her enough to cook fries
A lot of people who stay at the homeless shelter where I work are "highly intelligent" then.
I knew that I was a genius, this proves it......pfft bahahaha. Yeah right.
I knew it! The problem is, none of my friends, colleagues or my former professors seem to have noticed my brilliance.
And not particularly smart- Just born rich enough to buy Smart peoples achievements.
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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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