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50 Random Facts To Entertain Your Brain Cells, As Shared By “Quite Interesting” Twitter Account
There are nearly 8 billion people on this planet, and everybody constantly wants to know things. Whether you're into astronomy and the whole chicken or egg thing, or you're simply a curious person – all the answers that humankind can give you would probably be not enough, and it's absolutely understandable. We're floating God-knows-where around a bunch of fairly similar and large astronomical bodies while having to get up and go to work every single day – how could you not wonder about things?
However, sometimes looking for answers can do no good. An existential crisis can seriously mess up your whole nervous system, which is we have multiple options that can help us get away from reality whenever we need to. But from time to time, it gets rather samey and watching a show or scrolling through your feed doesn't keep you entertained anymore:
This is when a Twitter page with over 1.3M followers dedicated to "quite interesting" facts comes to the rescue: nearly 50K tweets worth of lightweight and educational posts that'll keep you occupied for hours. We've gathered a few of the best ones, but don't hesitate to use the comment section to add your "quite interesting" fact.
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Besides, the “Quite Interesting” Twitter page is actually a game show that currently broadcasts on the BBC Two channel. It started out in 2003 and already has 19 seasons. However, the quiz show has more of a comedic twist where well-known British personalities compete and score points not necessarily based on the correctness of their answers but the funniness. And as for the plot of the show, it focuses on the participants answering obscure questions, making it almost impossible to give a correct answer, which is why humor remains the main focus.
If you need an expensive ring, chances are you're making up for a lack of other, more important things in the relationship
I need a source or it is meaningless to me. I don't believe just random tweets by people. I suspect that will be the case for most of these.
It's not a random tweet though. It's from QI, a huge British television show focusing on weird trivia. It is fact checked.
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I think this is relative to your pay. You could spend £1000 on a ring, and that be one months wage. Or £10000 and that be two and a half months wages. The second is more likely to divorce. As the emphasis is on appearance and wanting things for how much it costs rather than being focused on the actual marriage. Same goes with the cost of weddings. The more expensive a wedding compared to your earnings, the more chance you have or divorcing.
My wife bought her own engagement ring, because I couldn't afford any. My wedding ring is made of titanium and cost me just a few bob. It's the sentiment that counts, not the amount carats.
Yet I'm actually glad mine were lost to p**n(he possibly sold the second set and 3rd single)as they were just part of the joke.
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I'd rather an expensive ring than an expensive wedding or wedding dress, the ring at least you'll wear and treasure for the rest of your life??
Purchase vintage rings instead! At local small stores, or antique stores.
citation https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/wedding-spending-432/
My mum bought their wedding bands for @ $100 in 1964. They've had lots of problems but are still married 57 years later.
We were pretty much still students when we got engaged, and my now husband bought us matching gold bands, mine has a tiny diamond. They served as our engagement rings and then magically became wedding rings after the ceremony. We are both very low maintenance. And have been happily married for nearly 14 years.
Look at the celebs and their multimillion dollar rings....this is quite true.
Because if it's about love, you wouldn't care if it's a cracker jack ring provided they gave their heart with it. When it's a monetary value of the ring that matters to you then you have no love.
It makes sense to me- paying special attention to convenances, trying to show off in front of your future wife and other people, reassurribg your status with money and generally making a show out if engagement are in my opinion not the best indicators if true engagement and caring about the other person. Same if it’s the future bride who demands an expensive ring
It’s just generally odd that people need a ring (and contract) to prove/evidence an emotion. If you love someone and want to be with them there is absolutely no need for either of those things, in fact the opposite.
Engagement ring = 2 pipe cleaners/pennies Weddings rings = two O rings in our respective sizes/less than a dollar each
Awesome, because my ring is plain and not expensive AT ALL!!! But I LOVE IT!!!
Right? My sister & her ex spent over $40k on their wedding and honeymoon (the ring was an additional $12k and she cheated on him ON THEIR HONEYMOON). She got so caught up in the planning of the wedding, she forgot to think about the MARRIAGE. That money would have been much better spent on premarital counseling/therapy. They were separated within 3 years, but are still legally married 20 years later.
I truly believe the more the wedding costs, the quicker the divorce. Never did understand this foolishness. Instead of a lavish wedding, I invested, and now enjoy my personal freedom from financial insecurity.
I spent 35 dollars on my engagement ring and we still got divorced, 10 yrs later and 3 kids I'll add.. I'm calling bunk on this one
This is factually inaccurate because the correlation is not linear. TL:DR - There are sweet spots and sour spots and they usually correspond to people reaching either beyond their income or having unreasonable expectations. On the bottom end - someone spending between $2000 and $4000 is 30% more likely to get divorced than someone spending between $500 and $2000 (the first sweet spot). Someone who spends less than $500 is twice as likely to get divorced than a ring in the first sweet spot. The second sweet spot is $4-5k. That first sweet spot is there because it strongly correlates to couples who say they have planned for their future prior to marriage. People who bought the ring in the sour spot right above it had the highest proportion of people said more money = more commitment. $2k-$4k is also the highest proportion of people who borrowed to buy in all groups under $50k. Less than $500 had the highest proportion of impulse weddings (engaged less than 30 days).
I wish I had a bigger one - we could have got more money when we had to p**n it to eat!
Hey. *tosses a Ring Pop to the love of my life* It's you and me, buddy.
That feels like correlation and the actual issue is people who can afford expensive rings tend to attract people after their money
Mine's a ruby (husband was shocked it didn't actually have to be a diamond, lol). It was $175.00 26 years ago. I cherish my ring.
Completely written by someone who is trying to cover up the fact that they didn't want to or couldn't spend a decent amount of money on a ring.
Definition of imposter syndrome: "Imposter syndrome is loosely defined as doubting your abilities and feeling like a fraud. It disproportionately affects high-achieving people, who find it difficult to accept their accomplishments. Many question whether they're deserving of accolades."
there obviously preparing for the international peanut butter famine of 2024
I don't know if it's true but I've heard ginger cats are mostly male.
Absolute nonsense, and when I tell my cats about this they'll come and beat you up
I'm pretty sure plumbers installed less known saxopipes in our house.
System of a Down's album entitled "Toxicity" was released two years before Britney Spears' song "Toxic." Just saying.
"Only"? Human beings have been around for 150,000 years and 1/15 of the total are alive now.
The tweets don’t have sources but boredpanda didn’t mention that the Quite Interesting Twitter is the one for the show QI which, while it does make mistakes and misrepresentations, has a hefty team of “QI Elves” which research this stuff. https://qi.com/elves
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I like theses because you can be stupid and funny which isn't a stretch for me! But I do Google a lot after - Is that a good thing?
The tweets don’t have sources but boredpanda didn’t mention that the Quite Interesting Twitter is the one for the show QI which, while it does make mistakes and misrepresentations, has a hefty team of “QI Elves” which research this stuff. https://qi.com/elves
Load More Replies... I like theses because you can be stupid and funny which isn't a stretch for me! But I do Google a lot after - Is that a good thing?
