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If you ever feel like you’ve seen it all, done it all, bought it all, then you clearly haven’t spent enough time on the internet. We might spend way more time online than your average Panda, but even we get surprised by some of the things we stumble across. To say that these make us do a double-take would be a disservice: there’s a third take and a fourth one, too.

One page that really caught our attention is the ‘Yup That Exists’ project, found on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and elsewhere. ‘Yup That Exists’ documents all the bizarre and unusual things that “you never knew existed.” From strange facts and products that will raise more eyebrows than we can count to wonderfully weird things that you’ll want to share with your friends.

Scroll down for the best of ‘Yup That Exists,’ and upvote your fave pics, dear Pandas. If you have a moment or two, we’d love to hear which of these things you were most surprised by. So drop on by the comment section.

More info: Instagram | Facebook | TikTok | YupThatExists.com

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

nzambi matee — a nairobi-based 29-year-old entrepreneur and inventor — is the founder of a startup that recycles plastic waste into bricks that are stronger than concrete. called gjenge makers ltd, her company initiated following the development of a prototype machine that turns discarded plastic into paving stones

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The ‘Yup That Exists’ project is very popular online. It has branched out to all the major social media channels and dug its roots deep. For instance, on Facebook, it’s amassed a whopping 711.6k followers.

Meanwhile, the ‘Yup That Exists’ project has over 401k followers on Instagram. Whereas on TikTok, it has over 554.8k followers and has collected over 14.8 million likes across all of its videos. Say what you like, but strangeness clearly sells, especially when paired with interesting information. And the entire project has won over the hearts of many an internet user.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Amazing! I love that they thought about how to be inclusive here. What a great project.

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However, you describe the things in this list—peculiar, odd, downright bizarre, or even aesthetically challenged—one fact remains: they’re eye-catching. They stand out. They hook you and reel you in because they’re so far away from the norm.

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Earlier, Bored Panda spoke about this with Swiss design experts Jonas Nyffenegger and Sébastien Mathys who run the Ugly Design Instagram project. According to them, they have a love for ugliness that keeps growing, meaning the line between ugliness and beauty gets blurred. And that helps content stand out from the crowd.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or you could decorated a tree in your yard if you have one. Does not have to be indoors.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It assumes that there are forms of life that are not sentient (aware of one's own existence) that are ok to be cooked alive. I feel all life is equally valuable, if not equal tasting. Respect the life given.

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"It appears more and more of our followers have completely lost their taste. That’s a good thing. It means they’ll have to find it again. It will most likely be forever changed,” they told us.

Jonas and Sébastien explained to Bored Panda that different designs stand out from the crowd on social media. “When seeing an ugly design rather than perfect aesthetics (as defined in the 21st century)—scrollers takes notice,” they said that unpredictability wows viewers.

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Some people even take bizarre designs to a whole other level by incorporating them into their homes and gardens. History teacher James Hull and landscape architect Bede Brennan, the founders of another popular Instagram page that celebrates weirdness in gardens, told Bored Panda that just because something has a funny vibe, a weird aesthetic, or is different doesn’t necessarily make it bad. 

"We love the way people put themselves out there with their gardens. Gardens are a really personal thing and are always on display out the front of your home. They require huge amounts of effort and upkeep too," they said that even ugliness has artistic and aesthetic merit.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wait, you can read books in Minecraft? Sorry, I've never played. Mostly Nintendo games and point-and-click adventures on Steam.

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"Certainly, there is something about the ugly aesthetic which stands out on Instagram, a garden doesn’t have to be classically beautiful to stand out, make you happy, or be a landmark in the real world either," James and Bede told us that the peculiar really does stand out on people’s social feeds.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, that's the first time I have seen someone putting a wool product to use in order to cool down.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

how it works: they carefully prune the branches of Kitayama cedar trees, ensuring the remaining shoots grow straight upwards. this results in round and straight timber (taruki) like the trees in the picture. harvesting takes around 20 years and the trees can grow up to 100 shoots at a time. (source: greenqueen.com.hk)

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's all well and good until a tiny piece of cloth gets caught in it and stops it dead. Captain has to dive down and spend 15 minutes trying to get it unstuck by going backwards a bit and forwards a bit.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Epic!!!! (duh, reread the title....owe it to the 1 am Bored panda browsing) I used oatmeal boxes.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hate things like that and I don't even smoke. I fully support smoking bans in public places where your smoke can harm others but what I do with my body is not the business of a nanny state government.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's the same with the Youth Hostel at the Rocks in Sydney! Not only can you see the historical dig site underneath, but there are glass cases in the common room displaying various artefacts.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not ''to another city'', it's to Lublin, the very city where the Polish Lithuanian alliance treaty has been signed, inaugurating 400 years of union between the two countries

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Chuan-Bin Chung is an art lecturer at the Shu-Te University of Taiwan giving Anatomy of Arts and Painting Skill classes.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All is nice and fun during the day. Running into one in dark is a whole new story. 😬

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This must've taken quite an effort to make, even the details are all there. I love it!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The books will soon be in the British Library, to join the rest of the Parthanon in the British Museum ;o)

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

fight fire with fire, except with the vaccine. Get the f****n vaccine you pussy.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not in Japan. They don't have insane anti-vaxxers there. Most if not all of Asia is very concerned with health

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Provided that isn't "no" to vaccine or mask mandates, fine I guess.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fortunately the Japanese have cultivated a courtesy habit that encompasses masking.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Japanese culture is built around courtesy, meaning it's difficult, if not downright impossible for most Japanese to say 'no' to anything. (This explains why Japanese employees work so much overtime - because it's seen as rude to actually leave when the workday ends - and why death from overworking is rampant.) Now, though, this religion is giving them the ability to say 'no' without societal repercussions and it must be so freeing for people.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Historically this is pretty true, but I know plenty of people here in Japan who don't have too much trouble speaking up, or just acting like straight-up arrogant f***s.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm a member of The Satanic Temple for exactly this reason. If you're going to look it. Please make sure you get the correct organization. The Church of Satan is not the same.

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Kevin Warner
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm already a Minister of the Universal Universalist Church LOL

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

2005 - Pastafarianism, 2013 - The Satanic Temple, 2015 - Motohiro to People

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Sofia Park
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Do you even go to church???" "No mam." "Well why not?" "For religious reasons!"

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Ara
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So polite the Japanese. I say it anyway, and my eternal life isn’t,… well, on track.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Japan is the only country that has a word for “death by overwork” – karoshi ...

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Mya Lugar
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why does it have to be region to keep people from being "required" to have their humanity brainwashed from them. What about moral compass and ethics?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If they're straight up admitting the religion is fake, does it carry any legal weight? I don't claim to know Japanese law. US courts have wrestled with this periodically, taking the position that it is not the role of the courts to decide if a religion is true or false, but they will decide that a religion is genuine versus a sham to take advantage of religious exemptions in the law.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why do people need a "religion" to say no? I have no problem saying "no. I'm an Athiest. It goes against my beliefs"

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When you have to dumb yourself down with all the idiots following a religion!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Due to personal reasons I'm unable to be polite to fücking idiots who cite their religious beliefs as a means to avoid doing the right thing

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In the US SCOTUS doesn't care what the religious canon is. As long as you claim your insane belief is a genuine religious belief they're okay with it. Unless it's not a christian religion.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Religion ruins everything. Why not use common courtesy and accept peoples answer without questioning their motives?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In more barbaric times religion introduced what we now call common courtesy, and take for granted.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah it was a twitter or fb account or something and programmed to read the comments and tags from other people and learn human behaviour from there - they made the mistake of telling people this mf existed 😂

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