30 Random Facts That Seem Too Hard To Believe, Yet Are Completely True, As Shared In This Twitter Thread
It’s hard to imagine life without the internet and without being able to google answers to random questions that come to our minds during the day. The whole world’s knowledge, history and art is at our fingertips and we learn so much kind of useless but very interesting information.
The problem with it is that there are a lot of made-up facts. Sometimes it’s hard to distinguish between what is true and what is false because it can sound so convincing. On the other hand, the world itself is crazy and some events might seem so unbelievable that you would take them for a lie.
People on Twitter were sharing this kind of random knowledge that sounds fake but is true in a Twitter thread created by @EricMGarcia, who asked “What is a fact that sounds like a s**tpost but is 100 percent real?” These facts challenge the way we see the world and our current knowledge, making them sound preposterous, but they are very correct.
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People are curious creatures and we like to know things even though they don’t benefit us directly. Some of us even go to university to study things that don’t have true practicality, but we just desire knowledge in that particular field despite knowing that it will be difficult to find a job or apply that knowledge practically.
We get satisfaction from learning such facts like how two unrelated people lived at the same time in history or that all of the Solar system planets would fit in between the Moon and the Earth, even though it is useless information that you can’t use for your own survival.
sad but true. My self and my fellow people need to change a lot. I did not expect what would happen in the replies.Enter at ur own risk. I was stupid when I first posted this comment, and have grown. we all grow, in the end. good luck in your growth.
Speak for yourself. I ain't got to do nothing but work my three freaken jobs and still almost fail to make ends meet for my family. How is it my fault in any way shape or form that "Americans" screwed up so bad with all this crap? I don't have anything to do with it or any control over it and I'm sick and tired of people talking about how "we need to make a change" when I'm just barely freaking surviving as it is!
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Is that per capita? Because of course a country with a large population is going to have a large incarcerated population.
Good question, but yes per capita... and by a large amount. For the year 2022, I can find America at 629 prisoners per every 100,000 people. All of the runner-ups are dictatorships... but if you want to compare America to countries that are Full Democracies, then the next in line is Uruguay at 383 then third place for Taiwan at 219, (one THIRD of America's rate). And further down the list are countries like Australia 167, Canada 104, Finland 50...
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Largest *known* population. Nobody knows the real numbers from places like Russia or China.
So...you're saying there's no problem, because countries like Russia and China could be worse? xD Oh holy cow. THAT'S why the US sucks so bad in so many ways. Because, as long as some countries you don't like do worse s**t it's not worth changing anything, right? Always orientate on the bad examples, never on the good ones, because god forbid that the US learns anything from anyone else. Because gReAtEsT cOuNtRy In ThE wOrlD!!1!
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China has a population of 1.4 billion so a million people equals 70 per 100,000. The US has 639 per 100,000 people in prison. I don't defend China's treatment of the Uyghurs but it doesn't negate this fact.
Load More Replies... Even compared to China? Oh wait they don't bother imprisoning them there, they just "execute" them and sell the organs
So...you're saying there's no problem, because countries like China could be worse? xD Oh holy cow. THAT'S why the US sucks so bad in so many ways. Because, as long as some countries you don't like do worse s**t it's not worth changing anything, right? Always orientate on the bad examples, never on the good ones, because god forbid that the US learns anything from anyone else. Because gReAtEsT cOuNtRy In ThE wOrlD!!1!
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There really is no irony here. I don't believe it's ever been stated or implied that the phrase Land of the Free actually means that any person is able to do what they choose without any repercussions. While we're on the topic of incarceration though it would probably be more honest to say that the 'Land of the Free' has the smallest population of people incarcerated for speaking, publicly or otherwise, against their government.
Interestingly Finland either had the biggest per capita or the 2nd largest and almost overnight went from that to the smallest in the world by the adoption politically and legally of some very basic but highly poignant measures. Number one - no media sensationalism of any crime , no politicking of criminals and crime stats and most importantly all Judges to sentence with non custodial sentencing. The result of this overnight move was not only empty jails but all the crimes went down or disappeared as well, save for one statistic- drunken murders- the heavily armed outback type Finns have a notorious habit of getting rotten drunk and shooting each other.
"Land of the free" is nothing of the kind if only more average Americans travelled the world and saw their country from an outside perspective. No other country in the world spends 20% of its tax budget on a bloated (socialised) military and then expects its citizens to pay through the nose for private medical insurance that might not even cover their treatment.
When prisons are corporations, they lobby governments to equip the justice systems with cash to help them succeed.
Sadly, the most wealthy nations and empires create monsters that can't seem to grasp basic legal codes. Whatta going to do? Great wealth creates great greed, and citizens act up and get locked up.
Because America’s Government loves to kiss the ass of every CEO, and embraces backwards thinking which is why for profit prisons became the norm only to have public outcry put s halt to it. Our founding fathers would be incredibly horrified ag thrr Ed current state of our country
Some more interesting facts: In 2020 alone, the U.S. incarcerated population fell by 15%. Throughout the Deep South, Hispanics are actually LESS likely to be incarcerated than white people; The racist, unearned bad reputation comes from where TV shows and movies happen to be made: in California, they are twice as likely as white people, and in New York, they are three times more likely than white people to be incarcerated; Murderers of black people spend far less time in prison than murderers of white people, but for not the reason you might think: more than 90% of murderers of black people are other black people, and a black murderer is half as likely to receive, for instance, a life sentence than a white murderer.
Another thing we can thank Republicans for. Privatized prisons have to be profitable to remain in operation. This, predictably, creates a demand for prisoners.
It also has the largest population of people in the world who believe that they are "Owed" or that criminal activity is an easier way of life than actually working. That and Democrat run major cities have taxed and regulated many of the large manufactures who employed tens of thousands of people in the past out of business.
Cootie did you not see the skin color of the people who are awaiting trial for their participation in the January 6th inssurection. Or are you also colored blind to white people too? Note one person died and it was a Black woman who was not participating in that foolishness. What about the crimes the Sackler family committed to cause the opioid epidemic. Knowing their pain meds Oxycodone and Oxycotin was bound to make a patient addicted and overdose. But they still kept pushing the drug out for their profit. When they got caught and turns out they knew the harm they were causing bu just didn't care they got full immunity in exchange to the information they had on their pharma company and others like Johnson & Johnson. They get to keep their billions and literally get away with a mass murder. Because they were rich, white, and had political connections and the judge went along with it and got her cut. Tell me how many Black politicians get caught in criminal fraud, money laundering, sex trafficking, off shore accounts, treason, overthrowing democracy, and governmental corruption. That long list of people being held in contempt of court for their proven involvement in the insurrection contains one Black man supreme court judge Clarence Thomas. And the rest are all rich white men and women. Some who also serve as supreme court judges. White people commit more crimes but are less likely to get caught as often as a Black person or POC because law enforcement is conditioned to look pass white people being potential suspects. White people blame crimes on Black people when a white person committed the crime all along e.g. The central park 5 shooting.
Is it true? Sadly, yes! Here's one link. There are several that back up this info. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/08/16/americas-incarceration-rate-lowest-since-1995/#:~:text=The%20World%20Prison%20Brief's%20data,564%20inmates%20per%20100%2C000%20people).
That's what you get when you combine a large population with an effective judicial system that you can't bribe your way out of.
I read somewhere that there is a call to put less in jail in the US. Problem is that around 40% are there for domestic violence. I mean, most are there for good reason
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LET"S GO FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOOOOM /s
What in the statement "Land of the Free" would keep people from breaking the law?
Load More Replies... You do know that only Americans actually refer to America as land of the free or believe that that is a thing don't you?
You do know that out of 330 million Americans, not a single one gives a sh!t what you think, don't you?
Load More Replies... Not even close to the truth when you factor in Russia uses Siberia as a giant prison and China has massive prison camps
A whole lot of people are in for drug-related crimes, which is dumb since prison will not help them at all.
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9% of African American men have served at least 15 *consecutive* days in solitary confinement by the age of 32 (it's around 4-5% for Hospanic men and 1% for white men). Solitary confinement is recognised as a breach of human rights and should only be used as a case of last resort. Not only is vast damage being done to the mental and physical well-being of the American population, but it's a convenient way to remove voting rights from a significant percentage of the population, no? A large portion of the manufacturing industry also depends on the (ridiculously) cheap captive labor force, whichis just revolting tbh.
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Information seeking is actually not just a human trait. Every animal explores its surroundings and wants to know things about their environment and other living creatures that are near. But curiosity is the yearning to know the answer and that is what sets humans apart.
Obviously, it started with humans wanting to know their surroundings to survive and it was what helped us develop and achieve the advancements that actually are practical and useful for our lives. The Encyclopedia Britannica claims that “Over thousands of years, only the most curious people reproduced, leading to the characteristic curiosity of modern-day humans.”
He's lucky he wasn't disemboweled. Beware the evil Ostrich foot! ostrich-de...2d33cf.jpg 
Yet there are more stars than grains of sand. Astronomy stops making sense after you reach scales like these
Now curiosity doesn’t have that practical aspect, but we seek it because our brain rewards us for getting to know more. The Encyclopedia Britannica explains, “Researchers have determined that dopamine, the brain’s reward chemical, is intricately linked to the brain’s curiosity state. When you explore and satisfy your curiosity, your brain floods your body with dopamine, which makes you feel happier. This reward mechanism increases the likelihood that you’ll try and satisfy your curiosity again in the future.”
There are actually two types of curiosity: epistemic and empathic. Epistemic curiosity is the one that makes you research something you want to know about more and empathic is the one that drives you to get to know what other people think and feel. And the more you encourage both types of curiosity, the easier it is for you to learn even more.
We couldn’t have come this far as a species without having curiosity and without trying to learn things that might seem useless or illogical. The best part is that our brain itself makes us feel happy about knowing things and learning.
So did your brain ward you for reading through this list? Which fact surprised you the most? Do you know of any other facts that sound very bizarre but are actually true? Share them in the comments and upvote the facts that made your brain release the most dopamine!
In 60 or so years, this will be "There was only 66 years between the invention of Twitter and the apocalypse."
I sense a disturbance in the force....nope that's gary's blood.
Not exactly though. The first device that we would recognize as a "fax" came in 1880 with Shelford Bidwell's 'scanning phototelegraph'. It was able to scan a 2D original document, rather than previous machines which required an operator to manually trace over the original with a stylus
Beckett lived in the same village, and had a truck. If he passed the village kids walking to school, he would stop and let them hop into the flatbed of his truck and he would drive them to or from school. But it wasn’t singular to Andre, it was any kid in the village.
That's because there has technically only been one Democratic senator from Vermont, Patrick Leahy (Bernie Sanders is an Independent). He's been a senator since 1974.
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Pluto has volcanoes made from water, not lava. It is also so cold there that nitrogen is solid at the surface. There is a possibility that Pluto may harbour life. The moons Europa(jupiter’s), Enceladus and Titan (saturn’s) have a chance of sustaining life
Better, and lesser known, than any single item in the post. Thank you.
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The most common type of person to die from a gunshot wound in America is... a married, white male over 50, with physical health issues. A fact about suicide that nobody talks about.
Women are four times as likely to attempt suicide than men, just far less likely to be successful because they tend to use less violent methods. This is suspected to be because women care more about the affect they will have on the people who find them. Anyone who tries to pull out the old chestnut about "cry for attention" can go take a long walk off a short pier and to see if they can find their empathy and humanity.
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I am dumb, what does sh!tposts mean? the word itself, i what word you implied.
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A rather interesting post, I am a senior who is happy to learn more, thanks for the information !!!
A fact is a fact, numbnuts. Ours are just as good as yours.
Load More Replies... Pluto has volcanoes made from water, not lava. It is also so cold there that nitrogen is solid at the surface. There is a possibility that Pluto may harbour life. The moons Europa(jupiter’s), Enceladus and Titan (saturn’s) have a chance of sustaining life
Better, and lesser known, than any single item in the post. Thank you.
Load More Replies... The most common type of person to die from a gunshot wound in America is... a married, white male over 50, with physical health issues. A fact about suicide that nobody talks about.
Women are four times as likely to attempt suicide than men, just far less likely to be successful because they tend to use less violent methods. This is suspected to be because women care more about the affect they will have on the people who find them. Anyone who tries to pull out the old chestnut about "cry for attention" can go take a long walk off a short pier and to see if they can find their empathy and humanity.
Load More Replies... I am dumb, what does sh!tposts mean? the word itself, i what word you implied.
Load More Replies... A rather interesting post, I am a senior who is happy to learn more, thanks for the information !!!
A fact is a fact, numbnuts. Ours are just as good as yours.
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