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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

I went to a burger joint in Aachen Germany, and there was just casually roman ruins under glass in the bathroom, like it was no big deal.

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

There used to be a major Roman crossroads there, you can find similar glass floors in the surrounding towns. I really like the fact that you can see a part of history like that outside of a museum

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

Paperchase in Bath has the same thing to see Roman remains beneath the modern shop.

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

In Split, Croatia there are a number of spots like this. One is a bank, a other is a market, book store.... In fact, entire Old city centar is an Emperial Roman place made by Emoeror Dioclecian. And People have been living there for the past 1700 years.

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

Bookshop in Canterbury has the remains of a Roman underfloor heating system under it. They are shown through a glass floor in one room, pretty.

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

In Gloucester, UK, there is a transparent floor over some parts of the excavated Roman colony that used to be here. It was called Glevum Colonia, which gave rise to Old Glawster's name.

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

The Roman Bath pub in York has a glass floor through which you can see...a Roman bath

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

Some shops in Bath have glass floors, so you can see the Roman buildings underneath.

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

Don't "grab milk' - consuming animal milk equals arthritis, diabetes, heart diseases/clogged arteries, failing organs, various cancers......

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

In Prague are remnants of medieval bridge in subway station Můstek (Bridge).

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

There are hotels in the northwest of Spain which do this, Nothing new.

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

Creative solution. Here they would bulldoze the store and put up fences that block anyone from seeing the dig.

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

I suspect that there was a legal requirement to do this. Many cities have examples of this. In my city (Wellington, NZ) there is a ship and a Maori pa visible under glass floors in publicly accessible areas.

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

A shopping mall in Stirling, Scotland had something similar, when I was young. A glass floor allowing you to look at the remains of an ancient jail cell. I don't know if it's still there, it's been many years since I last visited the city.

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

There is an old bank building in Wellington, NZ with this as well.

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

You can visit the restaurant Flavio Al Velavevodetto in Rome, Italy and look at the mountain of amphora. 321137_17-...5c6923.jpg 321137_17-61f23685c6923.jpg

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

AFAIK it is Lidl store in Dublin city centre. When building the store, remains of Vikings settlement was discovered. Obviously, archeologists had to explore and research the site and then store decided to incorporate it into this.

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

So Cool! The last time I was in Vienna, they had uncovered an enormous Roman site. They excavated it, documented it and covered it up again.

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

The only good thing about creating the route of HS2? All the fantastic archaeological sites that have been uncovered. Personally, I would rather see the sites than have a horrible train line ploughing through our rapidly shrinking UK countryside.

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

Rewe in Mühlhausen has an old well under their ground that you can look at.

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

In Aarhus, Denmark we have a bank with a viking museum in the basement

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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 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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