We humans are curious creatures. For example, according to one survey, 73% of American adults consider themselves lifelong learners.
For the most part, they go about it in traditional places — at home, work, conferences, or various institutions such as government agencies or libraries. But through it all, the internet remains an important tool. So let's see what these folks have to share.
A few days ago, Reddit user Clean-Youth8369 asked everyone else on the platform, "What's one thing you accidentally found out that now everyone has to know?" and has received over 8,000 replies.
From hard sociologic data to human behavior tendencies, and even wholesome personal observations, here are the ones that got the most upvotes.
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The actual things that happen when you declaw a cat. It’s like amputating fingers. They often get early arthritis and back problems because it changes the way they walk completely. It’s insanely barbaric and any vet who participates in the practice knowing the results is immoral and evil.
In Italy is prohibited, like any not-necessary surgery on animals
A million seconds is eleven days. A billion seconds is around thirty years.
Cows have best friends
You have to get revaccinated for whooping cough as an adult. I didn’t know this until I caught whooping cough in my late 30s. It was honestly one of the worst things I’ve ever been through. I slept outside in a tent as I was keeping everyone awake. I would cough until I either vomited or passed out, and this went on for weeks. I broke a rib and split intercostal muscles. You’re supposed to have boosters every 8 - 10 years as an adult, and it really made me understand how babies and small children can and do die from the infection.
It starts out very much like a simple cold, slightly sore throat and runny nose. It then progressively gets worse with a cough and tightness in the chest.
Now, every time I get a slight cold, I produce a horrible cough that sounds like a braying donkey, even when I feel fine. I wish I knew about needed to get a booster vaccine, now I tell everyone!
I had mumps when I was 23. Was the most I'll I've ever been. I had five weeks off work. People don't realise that having a "childhood disease" as an adult is worse than having it as a child.
If there’s some sort of horrific injury at an accident scene, like a limb sliced off or a decapitation, emergency workers who are first on the scene will warn the other workers on their way so they can mentally prepare for it.
So if you’re reporting an accident, be explicit in describing injuries so your people can prepare.
Brass doorknobs sanitize themselves. Glass doorknobs hold bacteria.
When putting your fitted sheet on your bed go opposite corner to opposite corner. Like youre making an x. All my life I’ve struggled with the fitted sheet coming off the mattress and my bed sheets becoming a mess until a few weeks ago when I read a comment on Reddit. It’s changed my sleep and comfort in my bed.
i don't know why this blows my mind. but if you have a problem with working out a percentage, flip the numbers and see if it makes more sense.
5% of 200 is the same as 200% of 5,
80% of 50 is the same as 50% of 80.
Try it. It's awesome!
I get that most people don't realize/remember but you sort of learned this in elementary school. Maybe as far back as 3rd or 4th grade. It's called the commutative law: 5+2 = 2+5 and 5x2 = 2x5. If you make one of the numbers you're multiplying a percentage or fraction you're still multiplying 2 numbers.
It takes the average abusive relationship survivor about 8 tries or breakups before they successfully leave their abusive partner for good.
And they’re at the greatest risk of being killed when they leave their abuser.
Makes sense- the abuser may not like the fact that the survivor is breaking free from them and may take it out on them.
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Congratulations! I’ll be celebrating my 20th freedom anniversary next month.
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Codependency. There's a support group for codependents. CoDA meetings. Therapy for trauma to help with PTSD and self worth ect. & CoDA meetings. Don't be afraid to start over and build your life from ground up. Your also not alone. Therapy is important otherwise you'll end up with another abusive man/ woman. Emotional abusive is the same thing as physical. Just because they don't hit you doesn't mean they're not hurting you. I know anxiety keeps me from going out even when my life's at risk. It's hard. I know. I got a whole lot of mental health problems that keep me down. I have no family for help and can't even drive. No job. No insurance. A Lot of women would be homeless if they walked out especially if their partner is the source of income. I don't even have a co signature to rent my own place. Seriously my family is dead so I mean NO relative support. Sometimes it's just easier walking on the egg shells to have a roof over your head and food.
I’m the one who walked away and is homeless. Writing this from a shelter. Walk away.
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When I left my abuser I was told it was an average of 7 years. I got out in 4
Mine would break up with me every other month or so for about 6 years. I took him back every damn time. Except the last. I met my current fiancé that same week and he is most likely the reason I am finally free. He gave me the strength and courage to leave. We've been together 4 years and have a baby on the way now. Even if he and I don't work out for some reason, I'll always love this man and could never thank him enough for Saving me and my two kids from that mess.
I heard a lot of, “why didn’t you just leave?” Please don’t ask abuse victims this.
I know why you left, Angeldust. I’m so glad you did. I did too. ❤️
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I guess I was one of the "lucky" ones. We got home from a "disagreement" at a mall. He parked the car, and the voice in my head told me that if I went in the house, I would not come out alive. I just told him I was going for a walk and just left.
And safely. Cannot forget safely. Sometimes the issue comes down to how to leave safely and that takes planning and outside help more often than not.
Also keep in mind that people who have been abused at any point in life is more likely to be abused again in a future relationship if they don’t get help to emotionally unpack the past and move forward.
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run like a rabbit first chance and take your pet(s) with you!! Children is a no brainer - that goes without saying
Insect repellent works best if sprayed onto your clothing, shoes, and hat instead of only where your skin is exposed. You won't sweat it off, it absorbs into the fabric so holds more residue instead of bouncing back off into the air. And pay close attention to how long it's supposed to last. Most insect repellents contain two primary ingredients. If it says it lasts six hours? That's how long the first ingredient lasts to repel insects. At which point the weaker ingredient is no longer masked: it attracts insects. Reapply regularly if you're in a place that has insects carrying disease. Do not wait for the first bite to alert you that you need to put on more. Set a timer or check your watch. Stay safe.
Your home-made remedy is not going to save you from malaria or whatever else is in the area. Choose deet, choose the strongest concentration, check the package.
You can ship bees in the mail!!!
I was waiting in line at the post office, and the clerk came back with a package, and the customer says, “No, these aren’t my bees. Is there another one back there?” And I thought, “Holy s**t. Not only can you ship bees but enough people do this that it could result in a bee mixup. What in the actual eff.”
I got on the phone and told everyone I could think of.
A hot spoon on a bug bite distroys the protein that makes it itchy and subsequently the itching stops!
needs to be like 60°C which will also slightly burn you. Also, there are dedicated battery powered "heat-sticks" for this (and cold sores)
That plants take in CO2 and break it apart and take the carbon and turn it into stems, leaves etc. they literally build themselves out of the carbon in the air. This is how plants are carbon sinks, and why burning plants (fossil fuels) releases the carbon back into the atmosphere. I actually didn’t realize they built their bodies with the Carbon they take in from the air!
I forget the exact percentage, but a ridiculous number of those diagnosed with ADHD as adults are diagnosed after their child receives a diagnosis first.
Just to be clear, this is just the diagnosis. Edit: For further clarification, I am saying that Adults do not develop ADHD as a result of their kids having it. Rather, the adult had it all along, but was never diagnosed.
I have aphantasia, didn't figure it out until I was in my 30s. I thought when people said like imagine or picture something it was a figure of speech. Had no idea everyone has brain pictures and a very small percentage of people have no visual imagination or what's called aphantasia.
That any A.I. smart enough to pass a turing test is smart enough to know to fail it on purpose.
And here we are using CAPTCHAs to prove to computers that we are human. (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart)
Sudden hearing loss. It happens overnight in one ear, can happen at any age and they don’t know the cause. But if they treat it in 48 hours you have a good chance of it returning- the longer you wait the less likely you’ll recover anything.
It's called sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) and if you experience it you need to go to the emergency and insist on seeing an ENT immediately. You need a high dose of prednisone and hyperbaric oxygen therapy if available. If treated within the first couple of weeks there is a good chance of recovery, but it dwindles to near zero chance shortly after that. Don't listen to anyone who tells you to just rest, get exercise, etc.. You can and will lose your hearing in that ear permanently.
Anyone old enough to remember when old dog s**t will turn white? It doesn't happen anymore because they made a change to the dog food.
I thought that was part of the process of it breaking down! But i haven't seen white dog poop in quite a while, indeed. How odd.
If you want to reheat white rice and have it be just as tasty as the first time you cooked it put it into a strainer and pour hot water over it. It comes out like you just cooked it and all fluffy again. (Preferably really hot water from like a kettle)
Same thing for leftover pasta. I pour some (near) boiling water into the container, stir it around for a few seconds then use the lid to drain the water. That save the trouble of cleaning a strainer or colander. PS. IDon't listen to Uncle Roger. f you try to reheat rice in a colander instead of a strainer you can expect a lot of the rice to go through the holes along with the water.
Feeding your cat higher quality food, or going to a raw meat diet (with assistance from a veterinarian), will make your cat's poop and pee nearly and sometimes completely odorless.
Robins see their reflection in your glasses and go into attack mode.
Robins are very violent. They can kill other robins in territorial disputes. https://www.birdspot.co.uk/bird-brain/do-robins-fight-to-the-death
People who use sign language have accents.
It's less of an accent but more of a dialect! Different signs in different regions :) You can also "mumble" in sign language, which is when you sign a bit unclear. I'm not deaf myself but learned it for a year and it's stunning how you have the element of time and space incorporated into the language. We cannot do that in spoken word.
Buffalo sauce is just hot sauce with butter.
Only one in ten family fortunes survive to be passed to a third generation.
If you want to win Monopoly, be a shark, buy everything you touch if you're low on cash mortgage properties to buy more properties. Don't bother buying hotels, buy all the houses as soon as possible so nobody else can.
Owls have eyetubes, not eyeballs
Which is why they can turn their head so much to compensate for their eyes being fixed.
Not everyone has internal monologue
I sometimes wish my inner monologue would shut up. I can't hear myself think.
The fuel gauge on a car’s dashboard often has a little arrow on one side of it. It indicates which side the fuel cap is on .
We had cows and slaughtered one for meat. I thought it would make it easier to eat, as I simply cannot stomach the cruelty of mass production. Anyway, the way that the steers mother reacted was horrifying. She was in the next paddock over, but afterwards she ran over to where it happened and screamed. She pawed at the earth for weeks, crying. It haunts me. I can’t actually believe how we process animals.
You thought that slaughtering an animal, within proximity of a herd member, would be a good idea, and wouldn't affect the other herd members??? You are a fecking idiot! The most basic humane method is Isolate, incapacitate, relocate, then dispatch.
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