“Store Of Fact”: 50 Fascinating Bits Of Information That May Have You Learn Something New Today
Most of us are guilty of spending an infinite amount of time scrolling. Whether it’s your Facebook feed that makes you numb or another questionable article you can’t be bothered to finish, we’ve all been there.
Luckily, there is a way to add some value to otherwise pretty useless scrolling. Thanks to this educational account dedicated to sharing miscellaneous facts, history bites, intriguing mysteries, and trivia bits, we have an entertaining collection prepared for you.
With 28.3K followers on its Instagram page, the “Store Of Fact” project clearly found its audience who come in for daily entertainment.
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You go ladies! Can you imagine not being able to go to a soccer game just because you’re female?
Despite the educational value interesting facts promise to deliver us, it’s important to remember to double-check them and the sources they are coming from. This is because fake news spreads six times faster on social media than real facts. By trying to generate as many clicks as possible or even influence political views, it can be particularly dangerous.
In a previous interview with Bored Panda, Daniel Markuson, the cybersecurity expert at NordVPN, said that although there’s no foolproof method to separate truth from fiction, the best thing to be safe is to check the source’s credibility. “This particularly applies to social media platforms because they are optimized to increase engagement and lack appropriate gatekeeping features that filter out misinformation.”
Daniel argues that it’s vital to weigh the claims against other sources. “If a publication makes monumental claims that are exclusive to that platform, do not take them at face value."
It’s important to be aware that unreliable news sources sometimes impersonate well-known ones by misspelling their names in the URL.
“Similarly, they might use unconventional domain extensions instead of the usual “.com” or “.org.” In general, make sure that your news comes from established, well-known sources. These types of outlets get information directly from primary sources and must uphold their reputation,” Daniel told us a while ago.
There were a lot of unexpected heroes during lockdown, and he was definitely one of them. He made sure his students, and others, received the nutrition they needed to stay safe and healthy during their time away from school.
If you’re still not sure whether the source is credible, you may want to look into the author and research them in order to be sure their credibility is up to par.
This, of course, requires extra effort rather than mindlessly devouring information online, but “it is also important to weigh our own perception and not let our biases skew our understanding of events.” Daniel’s advice was to seek out differing opinions and try not to associate facts with ideological dogma.
When asked about the reasons why fake news has become so widespread, the cybersecurity expert said that it’s “due to factors that concern both the content of the messages and the technological foundation of platforms on which the news is proliferated.”
Moreover, fake news not only typically involves current affairs but also often makes remarkable and emotion-inducing claims. “This, combined with the fact that social media platforms collect data on what kind of posts users spend the most time on and feed them content with similar characteristics, provides the perfect conditions for the spread of misinformation,” Daniel concluded.
Seriously? Not one other person gave up their seat for her during two pregnancies? You just do.
And that's a big part of why some homeless people in the US refuse to go to shelters; their pets will go into overcrowded city and county shelters. For others, the problem is that their kids will be taken. If we're gonna tackle this problem, we have got to start seeing homeless people as PEOPLE, not just trash to be cleaned up.
I have gained a new respect for her. Bees are amazing creatures, and our future is intrinsically linked with theirs. #SAVETHEBEES!
And their stripes are like fingerprints - each tiger's markings are unique.
nope, not an odd chemical reaction. it's basically a diy skylight. in many villages where electricity is scarce, it can be pretty dark in some corners of homes and huts even during the day. so a diy skylight could help solve that problem. you drill/cut a hole the size of a coke bottle, fill it with water, a bit of bleach to keep the water from getting gross (and thus less transparent), and use a construction adhesive to secure the bottle and keep out rain. groups like "liter of light" [https://literoflight.org/] have helped pioneer this method around the world. they also get solar powered lights into the hands of those in need.
Ocular albinism that ONLY affect eyes... mmm kinda difficult it'll affect feet... ??
Well alrighty then. As long as it was consentual. They made a cute kid.
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Just spent 10 minutes reading fake "facts" :/
Load More Replies... after a while, it seems like the source "store of fact" (or the bp poster) just gave up and resorted to aphorisms.
BP doesn't create anything, rather it steals content from other websites.
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I would suggest everyone leave feedback about the quality of the article, above
I absolutely did. If you click "add a comment" when checking what needs to be fixed, you can tell them exactly what you want to.
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The beginning of this article was great but then it feels like the author got bored.
There wasn't one author. The content is stolen from other websites.
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This is what happens when you use Google to translate an article from India into English
The copious capitalisation of common nouns leads me to believe this source has a less than rigorous attention to detail.
Big words doesn't verify source material, but yeah these are all various levels of garbage
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Did the writer have a stroke halfway through? I feel like a fictional character reading someone’s diary that chronicles their descent into madness.
A lot of the so called facts are not, so don't waste your time. Love the one about the guy carry a horse for 3 miles on his back! Lmao 🤣
It's a true story about the guy carrying a horse but the circumstances are not how they tell it.
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People had lots of opinions about these, usually based on old information or no information at all. It took me an average of 30 seconds to look these items up on Google to determine whether they were true or not. The majority of them were perfectly accurate. Only a few were completely or partially fabricated. Now I know a bunch of things I didn't know 15 minutes ago. Funny how that works.
Just spent 10 minutes reading fake "facts" :/
Load More Replies... after a while, it seems like the source "store of fact" (or the bp poster) just gave up and resorted to aphorisms.
BP doesn't create anything, rather it steals content from other websites.
Load More Replies... I would suggest everyone leave feedback about the quality of the article, above
I absolutely did. If you click "add a comment" when checking what needs to be fixed, you can tell them exactly what you want to.
Load More Replies... The beginning of this article was great but then it feels like the author got bored.
There wasn't one author. The content is stolen from other websites.
Load More Replies... This is what happens when you use Google to translate an article from India into English
The copious capitalisation of common nouns leads me to believe this source has a less than rigorous attention to detail.
Big words doesn't verify source material, but yeah these are all various levels of garbage
Load More Replies... Did the writer have a stroke halfway through? I feel like a fictional character reading someone’s diary that chronicles their descent into madness.
A lot of the so called facts are not, so don't waste your time. Love the one about the guy carry a horse for 3 miles on his back! Lmao 🤣
It's a true story about the guy carrying a horse but the circumstances are not how they tell it.
Load More Replies... People had lots of opinions about these, usually based on old information or no information at all. It took me an average of 30 seconds to look these items up on Google to determine whether they were true or not. The majority of them were perfectly accurate. Only a few were completely or partially fabricated. Now I know a bunch of things I didn't know 15 minutes ago. Funny how that works.
