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.
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!
My tongue will start to hurt, or I’ll get cankers if I eat too much!
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The enzymes name is bromelain. Bromelain is a type of enzyme called a proteolytic enzyme.( just means that it digests protein) It is found in pineapple juice and in the pineapple stem. Bromelain causes the body to make substances that fight pain and swelling. Bromelain also contains chemicals that seem to interfere with tumor cells and slow blood clotting.
if that's true - that's pretty cool reason for me to keep eating pineapple.
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some people are more tolerant of the enzyme than others. my mom can eat it with no effects, while it makes my dad's mouth bleed, and it makes my mouth feel tingly
Crazy, i feel bad for your dad! i just get tingly when i eat it
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Unripened pineapple that still has green on the outside, I swear it contains more of those enzymes. I left a pineapple to ripen until it was golden and didn't get that prickly sensation.
Eat your fresh pineapple with a sprinkle of salt. No tingle, no pain. True story.
Only fresh, not canned. Also this is the reason Jello (gelatin dessert) made with fresh pineapple will not set.
Cooking and canning processes destroy the enzyme, you should be safe
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If god intended us to eat pineapples, why are they covered in spikes? Proof god isn't real.
Pineapple is actually a succulent cactus from the Peruvian desert.
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In Soviet Union, you eat pineapple. In Capitalist America, Pineapple eat YOU!
Was that an "in Soviet Russia" joke... Put through the "in Soviet Russia" joke?
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I googled this about 10 years ago to find out if I was allergic, As long are you remove the core, plus a little bit extra from the middle you're fine. No more burning.
I kind of have this except my tongue feels kind of weird and sour. I'm pretty sure it's because of the acid or something
When I was diagnosed with ulcers, doc said stay away from pineapple for that reason.
This is true. I’ve always kind of disliked eating fresh pineapple, because it gave my mouth this weird, tingly feeling. It doesn’t affect my husband, so I thought it was just me. Last year, about 3 days before Christmas we found the Pinkglow pineapples. They are kind of small, pink pineapples that come in a lovely box. They are somewhat expensive, but were the sweetest, most mild pineapple I ever had. I could eat a lot of it without getting that weird, acidic factor.
And WHAT variety of Pineapple? And how ripe (or unripe??
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I once ate some pineapple, and broke out in massive hives, the doctor said, I had eaten one that had absorbed, the chemical spray, horrible experience !!!
That is called OAS. Oral allergy syndrome. It is NOT NORMAL for a person to eat a food/vegetable/fruit and have it burn. It's NOT an enzyme. It is the protein. The protein mimics a pollen that the person is allergic to. I'm fine with pineapple, but Kumquats make my mouth all hot, itchy, and burning.
Huh. I can eat an entire pineapple without problem. Guess I am lucky then.
It makes my tongue feel like it has little prickly hairs embedded on it. So now I only eat two, or three pieces of pineapple at any given time.
As a cocktail waitress in Hawaii I hadvto push A LOT of pineapples onto glasses...my thumbnail has never recovered...people working in Pineapple 🍍 canning factories there had very visable scars...
my tongue starts getting itchy.....dunno if that's the pineapple eating me.
It makes my whole mouth bleed.....but I love pineapple so much, sometimes it's worth it!
I've had to quit eating fresh pineapple because of,that. Canned doesn't seem to have the same effect. Heat must alter the enzymes or something like that.
I very much dislike all things pineapple and really wish I did like pineapple
It's called Citric Acid. Vitamin C. Serving size is 1 gram per week. A standard slice of pineapple contains four grams of C.
correction: it doesn't hurt, it tingles. the enzyme is destroyed by your stomach acid. thank god but still that is a good way to tenderize meat!
never understood the "pineapple does/doesn't belong on pizza" argument cause imo pineapple doesn't belong on anything.
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I make jams and conserves as a hobby. Pineapple is a bastard to get to set, you need 2+ times the pectin to get it to set. And even then it'll unset but makes great ice cream topping.
I always thought it was the citric acid. Too many kiwis do the same thing to me.
Cut the pineapple up, then soak the pieces in salt water, drain then eat. no more hurty mouth.
Pineapple is my favorite fruit, but yeah, your mouth definitely feels like it's been through something if you eat enough of it
Some years back The Pineapple cure was a trendy way to lose weight...
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.
Wonder if they ever fed them to any German world leaders... y'know, the hotdog sausage (frankfurter) being German xP
Are hippos the major killer of humans in African countries where they exist? I.e. they kill more humans than any other animal?
This story is make a little more sweet by the fact that they had become enemies during the several presidential elections, but had grown to be friends again eventually despite entirely different views on how America should be run.
If you know how a kitchen should be laid out by just glancing at the room, are you counter-intuitive?
Ghandi sickens me to the core. He was a hypocrite, treated women as objects and forbade married couples from having sex, or even touching each other. Look it up. Typical powerful man behavior that has always been and likely always will unless we continue to bring to light these historical atrocities and demand the truth be told!
Iommi cut off the tip of one finger, which did affect his playing, but he didn't "invent" heavy metal.
The Beatles reunion is a big deal especially considering that Pattie Boyd was George Harrison's ex wife and the inspiration behind the song Something
Jeb Bush is the guy that invented Head-On (apply directly to the forehead). Bill Bellichick is Kim Kardashian’s latest boyfriend.
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.
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.
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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