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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.
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
“ Object permanence is the understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or otherwise sensed.” Leaving this here because I had to Google it lol 😅
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This is obvious to anyone who has a moderately intelligent cat. My cat runs over ever time I open the drawer where I keep her laser pointer, so not only does she know that the dot comes from the object in my hand, she also knows where it is kept.
or even a stupid cat. Mine know exactly where the food comes from
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Oh for sure they do! My cat knows EXACTLY which toys are under which couch at all times.
Meanwhile, I've known a few dogs that will look away from you thinking that if they don't see you, you can't see them ...
yep. my Huskey. I could tell you stories. So many stories.
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It says that dogs have object permanence similar to a 1 to 2 year old human.
My dog definitely has object permanence. She knows exactly where the carrots and green beans come from and she waits in front of the refrigerator at almost the same time everyday to get them.
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I looked it up: "Object permanence describes a child's ability to know that objects continue to exist even though they can no longer be seen or heard."
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Predators need object permanence! Otherwise, when their prey successfully hid for a sec, they'd forget they were chasing it and starve to death soon enough, as this would happen with every attemt, every prey.
My cat loves Q-tips. I buy her the cheap ones.
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What I'm taking away from this is how people who deny Covid exists because they can't see the virus are dumber than cats.
My demon chihuahua definitely has that. He knows where the treats are and is constantly scratching the side of the cabinet and yipping like a little rat boy.
Of course they have. Like their "stash" of random stuff. If you find that stash they come and look really dissatisfied with you for taking "their" stuff. Or if you just glance at where you keep their food and don't feed them. At once.
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?
