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“My Lord, I Had Forgot The Fart”: 50 Random Facts You May Have Not Heard Of Before (New Pics)
The internet and social media aren’t there just to entertain you—they have a lot of educational potential as well. When you take educational content and add an entertaining spin, perhaps mixing in a dash of weirdness as well, you get something that’s captivating.
The ‘Weird Facts’ Instagram account has been taking this approach for years and years. Today, we’re featuring some of the freshest, most unusual and intriguing facts about the world that the curators of the project have shared online. Scroll down to take a peek—these posts are something that might just pique your curiosity and awaken your inner researcher.
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Something that the ‘Weird Facts’ team pointed out in a recent post is the huge number of centenarians living in Japan.
The country has long been known for the longevity of its people due to a wide range of factors, from eating a healthy diet and leading an active lifestyle to being incredibly social in one’s local community.
As reported by the Japan Times in late 2024, the number of centenarians in Japan stood at over 95,000, according to the data from the health ministry.
This is a record high for the 54th year in a row. Back in 1963, when Japan began recording statistics, the country had barely 153 people aged 100 and over.
By 1981, the number of Japanese centenarians had already reached 1,000. It jumped to 10,000 in 1998. By 2012, this number stood at a jaw-dropping 50,000. It climbed over 90,000 in 2022.
Now, there are an average of 76.49 centenarians for every 100,000 people living in Japan. The areas with the highest number of elderly people living to be over 100 were Shimane, followed by Kochi, and Kagoshima.
Meanwhile, the lowest numbers lived in Saitama, Aichi, and Chiba. The Japan Times notes that the number of people turning 100 during the fiscal year 2024, running through to March 2025, stands at 47,888.
These individuals are given a congratulatory letter, as well as a silver cup to mark this momentous occasion.
Nippon states that there were 95,119 centenarians living in Japan as of September 1, 2024, an increase of 2,980 compared to the year before.
The vast majority of Japanese living to the age of 100 or more are women. They account for 88.3% of all centenarians, with men making up just 11.7% of the total.
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JessieJ&LilyLovebug 8 months ago
It should be mentioned that ship "injured" him by shooting him. Luckily, he wasn't killed.
There is a flood of information to be found online, so in this day and age, content creators and educators alike have to find new ways to stand out from the crowd. Walls of text and long-form content (while valuable in their own right) find it hard to compete with short-form ways of presenting info.
There’s a premium on internet users’ attention spans, so you have to find a way to be as concise as possible without losing the essence of your message.
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Hippopotamuses 8 months ago
I'll second this. Although very much a dog person, I'm more weary of small dogs than of large ones.
Aside from keeping your caption brief, it also helps a ton if you use a font that’s super easy to read, as well as high-quality images that grab your attention. Try putting yourself in your audience’s shoes and think about how you like to consume edutainment yourself.
There is no way that it’s possible to explain any topic in all of its nuance and complexity in a single social media post. However, it can be a good way to pique your audience’s interest and put them on the path of doing some independent research.
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If a topic sounds interesting enough, it makes you want to read up more on it. Or is that just us? It’s always a good reminder to look at multiple sources to examine how reliable certain claims are and to avoid as many biases as possible.
When gauging a source’s reliability, try to look at its track record, the type of information it relies on, whether it provides links to the original sources, how transparent it is about having made mistakes in the past, and whether it seems like it might have an agenda. Generally, a good source is one that looks at facts and doesn’t just present its opinions as objective truths.
Which of the facts featured in this post intrigued you the most? Which ones were completely new and unheard of to you, dear Pandas? Were there any topics that you were so curious about that you couldn’t stop yourself from learning more about them online?
What do you think inspires you the most to keep on learning new things, no matter how old you are? We’re always happy to hear from you! If you have a moment, share your opinions in the comments.
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Multa Nocte 8 months ago
I knew this man. He was incredible. It's really strange seeing a picture of him after all these years.
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The Scout 8 months ago
Legend has that a guest of Composer Johannes Brahms was once greeted by the sight of him at the piano trying to play a score of Richard Wagner, whom he did not hold in great esteem, upside down. Whenthe guest made a mention of this, Brahms said "I have already tried it the other way round - it does not sound any better...".
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Theo Blackwood 8 months ago (edited)
His name is Oobah Butler, he’s a film maker and author. I’d recommend searching for The Great Amazon Heist on YouTube. It was absolutely brilliant.
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XenoMurph 8 months ago
So I had serious doubts about this, so I fact checked it. Here is the letter he did indeed send: Hell, March 13, 1919 Now, to be exact, at 12:15 (earthly time) on next Tuesday night, I am going to pass over New Orleans. In my infinite mercy, I am going to make a little proposition to you people. Here it is: I am very fond of jazz music, and I swear by all the devils in the nether regions that every person shall be spared in whose home a jazz band is in full swing at the time I have just mentioned. If everyone has a jazz band going, well, then, so much the better for you people. One thing is certain and that is that some of your people who do not jazz it out on that specific Tuesday night (if there be any) will get the axe.
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Tucker Cahooter 8 months ago
My take away from that is that I should always take an axe with me if I go for a walk in the woods
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Nitka Tsar 8 months ago
I never heared this in Poland, but I‘ve read it loads of times in English on the internet
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Hippopotamuses 8 months ago
This fact makes me less surprised that the company was facing bankruptcy.
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Multa Nocte 8 months ago (edited)
NBC News: "There was no fire, state police told WNYT-TV. The man had consumed LSD and cough medicine and thought his neighbor's home in Saratoga County was being consumed by flames last Thursday, officials say. He went around his Halfmoon neighborhood banging on doors and yelling about a fire, WNYT reported." "He went around his Halfmoon neighborhood banging on doors and yelling about a fire, WNYT reported. When no one would help, he drove his black BMW sedan through his neighbor's fence, went to the back door and smashed through it to retrieve the dog. He emerged triumphantly with the large white dog, and responding officers found him standing outside the home with the dog in his arms, police said. "He believed that the residence was on fire and he was rescuing the dog," State Police Troop G spokesman Mark Cepiel said. The man, 43-year-old Michael Orchard, was arrested on charges of burglary and criminal mischief. He was jailed on $15,000 bail."
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AtMostAFabulist 8 months ago
Is the guy in the picture levitating? Jumping on a trampoline? Blown upward from the force of his farts?
James016 8 months ago
It's a still from when Andre the Giant farted on the set of The Princess Bride.
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FreeTheUnicorn 8 months ago
Escaping being a separate crime independent of whatever you were originally jailed for is a legacy of slavery.
PokemonPengu 8 months ago
I read about this (Unfortunately I do not live in Germany, I live in orange man land, so take what I say with a grain of salt), I think you can't be punished for trying to escape, but can be punished if you steal anything, which does include your uniform
Hippopotamuses 8 months ago
This is very strange. Presumably, this applies to pāedophiles and mūrderers, as well. So, what happens if they actually do escape, and offend again? Do they just go back and resume their sentence as though nothing happened? If they're technically allowed to try to escape, it probably wouldn't affect their parole either!
Ahnjunwan 8 months ago
No, the escape itself is not illegal, everything happening else wich is illegal is still illegal, that means, if you escape by hitting somebody, you would be punished for the a*****t but not for the escape
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Nikki Gross 8 months ago (edited)
99% of the prisoners that try escape prison in the US are VERY bad people. It's a rarity for short timers or those there for lesser offenses to be dumb and attempt an escape from prison. My BIL was a Correction Officer for decades, from Minimum Security to SuperMax, some of the crimes people were there for would make you sick. My BIL ALWAYS, treated people with respect, he was one of the most popular guys on whatever cell block he was working on. Three things, #1 Prison Hierarchy is a REAL thing, pedõphiles and any people that hurt children or the elderly are at the rock bottom of the food chain. #2 That's the reason, most of those offenders are usually kept out of General Population is too protect them. #3 Someone there for an "Exceptionally Heinous" crime against children, some CO's will look the other way, delay response time or on extremely rare occasions, have a paperwork mix up, so they end up in Gen Pop instead of solitary/protective confinement.
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Tucker Cahooter 8 months ago
You couldn't do that safely any more. She would still get to the destination okay, but then you would run the risk that the postal worker delivering her would just toss her over the fence
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Hippopotamuses 8 months ago
Isn't this potentially dangerous for drivers with colour perception issues?
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Shawn Hall 8 months ago
This is why I always order a small fry (called "little") from them, still plenty. They are quite tasty, cooked with 100% peanut oil.
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Undercover 8 months ago (edited)
I gladly announce, that my boyfriend and I will live forever! 😊 /j
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Hax Deschain 8 months ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3DbmBrArTY This one is Fake, in the Origin a Hoax of the Guinnes World Records, It didn´t exist a Veronica Seider. Look at the investigate Video, there it be explained.
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