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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."
God this is me. I don't understand hiw I have my job but everyone tells me I'm good at what I do. I think I'm barley holding on.
Load More Replies...I would bet it's because people with imposter syndrome work a lot harder to feel like they are earning their position
This is me down to a tee!! I go to work and do my best at my job to the point where I'm now feeling like people take advantage. However I never feel comfortable with people telling me I'm great at my job (to the point I was promoted after a year of working at the place I work), as to me, I'm just doing my job!!!
Load More Replies...Probably because always questioning what you did is the pinnacle of perpetual self- improvement
Except this is in an unhealthy way that causes self-hatred and depression. A little bit of self-questioning is good but too much causes issues.
Load More Replies...Perfectionism gives rise to both facts -- doing well and not believing one is doing well.
Are they better at their jobs, or just in worse jobs than they deserve therefore they excel at them??
Incompetent people never express such doubts about their abilities...and lack any sort of feedback loop to get better at their jobs.
I worked with a boss who knowingly had this syndrome and told us about this. She was actually very good at her job but her anxiety was kind of pressuring for her coworkers.
i thought they would be worse depending on their job because they would be scared to work with other people
Well I wouldn't be pleased to know that someone with impostor syndrome just operated on me, or is the only pilot in the plane...
Load More Replies...I completed my PhD in 2.5 years, with the top grade possible, while I was Head of Higher Education at a large college. I still look back and wonder if I really did that and if I just sort of 'fooled' people into giving me the PhD. Why is that??? Maybe I went into a 'zone' that allowed me perfect concentration for the period and then fell back to Earth, where I could no longer imagine that level of mental activity again.
My life as a genius... Always thought it was my tiger Mom pushing me plus fear of failure. Therapist now.
So if I feel inadequate at my job- but I'm told I good at it - should I not be movin on up!
I had this for my first 2 years as an engineer, like who is trusting me to come out and actually fix dangerous stuff that could really hurt people, it went eventually and I was always good at my job.
How do we know the person that wrote this is the actual person that wrote this?
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
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?
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?