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Someone Online Wondered: “What’s A Random Fact You Think Is Worth Sharing?“, And 30 Users Delivered
Every person wants to know everything there is to our existence. Small things, big things – it doesn't matter as long as we constantly feed our minds with bits of information. Besides, knowing stuff is good even if you understand that you'd probably never need that knowledge. Just think about it, curiosity is an essential part of our everyday life, all that social media, magazines, books, TV shows – we're always learning, yet we're never fully satisfied.
We want to know exactly how the universe was formed; we want to know if we'll be stuck in traffic on the way back home tomorrow and whether that new movie truly is as great as people say it is. Our brain constantly processes things, and sometimes all you need is to read about some facts to have a good night's sleep.
A member of one of Reddit's online communities asked fellow Redditors to share a few random facts that folks absolutely needed to know. The post received over 7K upvotes and 5.1K comments, revealing things about everything and anything.
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Eugene Aldrin, the father of the famous moon landing astronaut Buzz Aldrin, not only witnessed the Wright brothers’ first flight but also went to see his son land on the moon in his lifespan.
We’ve been quick!
Corgi is a translation of the welsh for dwarf dog. Cor gi. In the Mabinogion, the welsh book of myths and legends, corgis were the battle steeds of fairies
Human's ability smell petrichor (smell of wet earth from rain) is greater than a Shark's ability to smell blood in water.
Microorganisms called actinobacteria are mostly responsible for this lovely smell; the smell is because of the alcohol they produce after decomposing organic matter.
the first 1080p video on youtube was the muppet's rendition of bohemian rhapsody
Honeybees can be trained to sniff out land mines in war zones! Obviously dogs can do it but to avoid blowing up poor unsuspecting doggos, they figured out that bees could do the same thing and swarm the area without setting the mine off to alert people to its presence
Tigers are orange and black to humans, but to animals with hooves, their prey, they appear green and black and blend in with the jungle around them.
The figure in Munch's 'The Scream' is not screaming but is, in fact, reacting to hearing the scream.
Bob Ross was a Drill Instructor. When he stopped working as that, he promised he would not raise his voice at someone again. That's why he was so soft spoken.
Some people don’t have a inner dialogue, some can’t picture in their mind, and some have / can do both.
I can do both, but I really can’t imagine having no inner dialogue...what’s their brain doing all day?
Lamborghini started making supercars because Enzo Ferrari was being a jerk to Ferruccio Lamborghini.
The sun is not yellow. When viewed outside earths atmosphere it is white. It only looks yellow due to our atmosphere "pulling" the blue light out, leaving it looking yellow. It's an illusion.
NASA purposely edit pictures to look yellow so they look familiar to people.
There are more people living in California than in the whole of Canada
There are so many different varieties of apple that if you ate a different one every day for 20 years you will still not have eaten them all.
If you type the word "askew" into the Google search box, the entire page will tilt slightly.
Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards. Their wings can rotate 180 degrees in every direction.
I... Somehow picturing that low-key terrifies me. It's just so weird... Then again nature is full of surprises, just look at owls and their 360° turning heads. Why didn't humans get any cool sh*t like that? I am still mad at mother nature for taking our tails away, I want a tail god damn you!
That the patent for the fire hydrant was lost in a fire
Fun Fact: There’s a single fire hydrant in San Francisco that’s painted gold because it was the one that put out the last of the fire from the 1906 earthquake.
Elizabeth II has been Queen of England for 70 years. Only 9% of the world's population is older than 65. This means that only about 1 out of 12 people in the world today have lived in a world where she was not the queen.
For a while, King Bhumiphon of Thailand was in the forefront...but then he died
If you find a four leaf clover then there is a good chance you'll find more not too far away.
Dogs that are slightly underweight live an average of two years longer than dogs that are slightly overweight.
Komodo dragons are the largest animals in the world capable of reproducing asexually
Also, if you’re bitten by one the chances of you dying from infection is exceptionally high because they have so much dead matter on their teeth
Whenever you learn a new skill, like learning to play guitar or learning to skate, new connections are formed in our brains in the neurons.
It was forbidden to ride on moose in sweden until 1973. An old law forbade such for fear of rebels
There was a short period of time when Picasso and Snoop Dogg were both alive together.
The first person to write about tofu in the English language was Benjamin Franklin.
It's against the law to use an elephant to plow a cotton field in North Carolina.
What about if you trained the elephant to drive a tractor and attached a plough?
Finland isn't scandinavic, its nordic (its not random but people still think its scandinavic)
A platypus makes venom. One of several interesting things about them.
When a person receives a kidney transplant they don’t take out the old kidneys, they just shove em to the side and leave em in there.
No. They do not shove them to the side. That's ludicrous. The two original kidneys remain in place and will ultimately shrink and become completely non-functionable.. The new transplanted kidney is placed, typically, in the lower right abdomen which is then connected to the bladder. There will always be a small pooched out area visible where the new kidney resides. My son is a transplant recipient. We are forever grateful for his anonymous donor who left this world.
(Former 25y transplant professional- you’re spot on … the kidneys are also often flipped to accommodate connecting arteries and veins and ureter- Knowing your son is doing well makes every minute of the calling worth it as well as fulfilling the gift of his donor … keep on keepin on…!!
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Wow! That's amazing. There are so many people who are waiting for a healthy kidney. Perhaps we all want to leave something behind, to feel that we have made a difference. The priceless gifts from my son's donor saved a total of seven lives. We can only hope to be so remembered.
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I'm currently on the transplant list for a kidney. My left one is where is supposed to be and my right one is behind my pelvic bone, so they'll put the new one where the right one should be. They biopsied the left, but can't get to the right, so we're assuming, since I still produce urine, that all of the function I do have is from the left. And why do I need a kidney if I still produce urine? Well, it's not a lot and what is produced is not filled with the toxins it should. I'l lucky because I can be a little more lenient with my fluid intake, whereas others are limited to 32 oz./day. That's it.
I received a kidney transplant on 10/9/21. Now I have three kidneys. The new one is located just above the fold between my right leg and abdomen, like where a pants pocket would be. I am very grateful for the donor who was able to give both kidneys to people. I am doing well.
Shelby, it is great to hear that you are doing well. My son is nearing his three year transplant anniversary. The first year was so very hard, but with time he became more tolerant of the immunosuppressive medications and their side effects. Be good to yourself. Each day you will get stronger. Donors and their families deserve our highest honor and respect for their gift of life. I am sending hugs and well wishes your way.
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It's a kidney shaped bear given to kidney recipients.... It means congratulations on your new kidney, here's some comfort for your recovery....
Load More Replies... I’m just going to go out on limb here and say that it’s a good thing kidneys don’t learn by example...
This is true. We have a family friend who has FOUR kidneys now. His two natural ones, that failed, in their natural positions, his first transplanted one, that eventually failed as well (after many years), and his newest transplant, that is working wonderfully, one on each side of his abdomen. He's skinny, and you can see his stomach sticks out a little, where the transplanted ones are. They feel kinda hard, lol. But as Joanie below said, no, they don't shove the old ones to the side. It's safest for the patient to just leave them alone, and put the new ones in, in front.
My transplant kidney is not near the site of either of the ones I was born with. It's at the front of my torso, about belt line. Apparently it's easier to put in there.
I have been a registered organ donor since I was 18 (30 yrs now). I pray that when the time comes I can make a difference in someone's life.
When I was going through all of the clinical protocols for my transplant, I asked about this. The surgeon told me it would be very complicated and unnecessary to take the original kidneys out, and in order to make connecting the new kidney up to the urethra easier, it's put in the abdomen in the front.
I don't know what's worse: you posted something this wrong or that people will spread this more than the truth.
The CFO of my company, his wife has 5 kidneys in her. Her original two, her sisters, fathers and husbands. By the time she'll need a new one there will be an artificial one available.
There is also promising research in the use of pig kidneys as well as innovations in blood type matching. Well wishes to you and the wife of your CEO.
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The entire statement sounds like a FB researcher posted this 'fact' after a lengthy 2¼ minutes of scrutinous data analysis from a dubious spammy website as forwarded to them by Uncle Bob ...
Never mind about all that, where can I get one of these adorable kidney bears
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Well I've never heard of or seen a car produce sausages
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Ruby and sapphire are the same mineral, corundum. Ruby is corundum in a narrow color band between strongly orangy-red and strongly purplish-red. Sapphire is every other color of corundum, and corundum forms in just about every color imaginable.
Orange sapphires used to be pretty cheap and they're gorgeous. They're still relatively cheap compared to rubies and blue sapphires.
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I googled it and Google says it is not possible, but I promise, I grew 1.5 inches after 40.
perhaps your posture improved & you started standing at your full height instead of slouching?
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did you know that there are more planes in the ocean than boats in the sky? ;-)
Commercial turkeys have been artifically inseminated for so long they look to humans for sex. If one stands in one place in the barn for too long hens will smother each other trying to get bred.
Splinter-free toilet paper didn’t exist until the 1930s. Before that, people used tp that gave them butt splinters.
In Wales they used newspaper, and were so called the black bottoms. In the middle east, I heard they used sand paper so got called the red bottoms.
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The first mention in fiction of what we would recognise as a cell phone is in the 1948 novel "Space Cadet" by Robert Heinlein.
Apples are related to roses, bromeliads are related to pineapples, hedge apples are related to mulberries, and jack fruit are related to breadfruit
Tomatoes and potatoes are related to deadly nightshade.
Load More Replies... I was in the grocery store tonight and had my ear buds in. Queen had just finished as I pictured the head rocking scene from Wayne's World. Immediately following was the Muppet version. I was getting the weirdest looks laughing so hard I was almost in tears. When Miss Piggy finished it off, I wouldn't have been surprised if 911had been called on a 51/50.
Well I've never heard of or seen a car produce sausages
Load More Replies... Ruby and sapphire are the same mineral, corundum. Ruby is corundum in a narrow color band between strongly orangy-red and strongly purplish-red. Sapphire is every other color of corundum, and corundum forms in just about every color imaginable.
Orange sapphires used to be pretty cheap and they're gorgeous. They're still relatively cheap compared to rubies and blue sapphires.
Load More Replies... I googled it and Google says it is not possible, but I promise, I grew 1.5 inches after 40.
perhaps your posture improved & you started standing at your full height instead of slouching?
Load More Replies... did you know that there are more planes in the ocean than boats in the sky? ;-)
Commercial turkeys have been artifically inseminated for so long they look to humans for sex. If one stands in one place in the barn for too long hens will smother each other trying to get bred.
Splinter-free toilet paper didn’t exist until the 1930s. Before that, people used tp that gave them butt splinters.
In Wales they used newspaper, and were so called the black bottoms. In the middle east, I heard they used sand paper so got called the red bottoms.
Load More Replies... The first mention in fiction of what we would recognise as a cell phone is in the 1948 novel "Space Cadet" by Robert Heinlein.
Apples are related to roses, bromeliads are related to pineapples, hedge apples are related to mulberries, and jack fruit are related to breadfruit
Tomatoes and potatoes are related to deadly nightshade.
Load More Replies... I was in the grocery store tonight and had my ear buds in. Queen had just finished as I pictured the head rocking scene from Wayne's World. Immediately following was the Muppet version. I was getting the weirdest looks laughing so hard I was almost in tears. When Miss Piggy finished it off, I wouldn't have been surprised if 911had been called on a 51/50.
