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

I read somewhen in the past that if this is a female tree, it's gonna stink like hell. Anyone to confirm this?

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

Smart! Gives people incentive to toss them in there rather than on the ground where they don't biodegrade or could start fires.

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

No a murmuration is just a cloud of starlings. Any one we see shapes in (like clouds) is just in our brain, they're NOT trying to look like predators.

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

Resin art is so cool. I've watched so many videos on YouTube about it.

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Starry night -theme is everywhere to be found. Clever, hypnotizing pattern, but I'm personally bored seeing it everywhere.

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

I love that they are called teeter-totters. In the UK we call them see-saws.

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

Pretty cool. Now all we need is my local KFC committing to READ THE ORDER NOTES and stop ruining my snack wraps with that goopy excuse for cheese. But yeah, cool.

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I've always wondered how they are able to "tell"/validate that this is indeed a new shade of blue. I mean, to the human eye, it must be pretty impossible to tell it apart from other close shades?

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

Wait, that's edited, isn't it? I've seen the picture before and it was just the blob without the lines.

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

How do you clean it? Everything little thing will get caught in all the nooks and crannies.

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

Please someone tell me that I'm not the only one confused about its practical use

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supposed to be getting one built on top of a shopping centre near me , not free though

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I guess manholes in Romania go to different kinds of places than the ones I have to deal with...

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

Wait, the f****n Smurfs movie had a whole real town paint their houses blue. For the Smurfs? stepping over the line a bit.

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

What if the cat already sits on the table?

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

It would be really dumb to do something like that. Plants even needs resting time.

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I just visited this site and it is incredible. I've been losing faith in humanity during the pandemic and reading what people are writing in their most vulnerable and open state is so beautiful. It's exactly what I needed today.

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

Much like the Himalayan Monks that create beautiful works of art to destroy as to never put value on material items.

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It's the Big Birthday Blowout, for those of you trying to watch it now.

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

Is it just me or do most of these seem to come from Japan?

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

Seeing a chunk of penguin, almost like a table runner, does not give me "happy feet" or invoke any heart songs.

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I can't tell how big they are. If only there was some universal measurement system that OP could have used to show the scale.

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

Can it digitally print hair to a bald spot, asking for a friend :)

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

Is it just me or does Nefertiti look somewhat similar to a famous cartoon character? Particularly in profile and particularly in yellow.

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

just put in his head the A.I who became racist and we have a show

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Good luck Ukraine. Thoughts and prayers. Scary times we're living in.

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all comments are - so lemme say, there's someone who made a pencil globe, ill attach the pic/vid ok pencilglob...f6584c.jpg pencilglobe-61f20b7f6584c.jpg

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a burger you cant eat with your hands and bite is a crime against burgers

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Yes. And it disappeared this last year... without a trace. Apparently.

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

Cruel. Fish get stressed out easily, and this insensitive cage would certainly do just that.

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