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A wonderful part about being alive in the information age is the ability to access, you guessed it, information in volumes our ancestors could probably not comprehend. A side effect of this is that there is simply so much to learn that you can encounter a new fact every single day.
We’ve gathered a collection of interesting posts from people who just discounted something recently. So get comfortable as you scroll through, perhaps jot down the ones that were new for you, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your thoughts and own experiences in the comments section below.
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#1
In 2001, a 13-year-old Boy Scout named Cody Clawson went missing for over 18 hours near Yellowstone Park. Clawson resorted to using his belt buckle to signal to planes overhead. Eventually, he got a pilot’s attention - and that pilot was none other than Harrison Ford - who rescued Clawson.
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#2
in his suicide note, mass shooter Charles Whitman requested his body be autopsied because he felt something was wrong with him. The autopsy discovered that Whitman had a pecan-sized tumor pressing against his amygdala, a brain structure that regulates fear and aggression.
#3
In 2015, a woman's parachute failed to deploy while skydiving, surviving with life-threatening injuries. Days before, she survived a mysterious gas leak at her house. Both were later found to be intentional murder plots by her husband.
#4
A group of horses were trained to communicate whether they wanted a jacket. All horses in the group successfully communicated that they did want a jacket when it was cold and did not want a jacket when it was hot.
Tabitha 1 year ago (edited)
We keep getting closer to making the fairy tale of Dr Doolittle look downright prophetic—-and I for one cannot wait until we can get ALL the T from the animals themselves. (You thought I was going to say right from the horse’s mouth, didn’t you? Well, I’m not limiting myself to only one species. I want to hear it from the horses AND all the other animals too.)
#5
Octopuses deliberately throw shells at each other. Researchers found that 66% of throws were made by females, often in response to mating attempts. For a creature with no thumbs or rotator cuffs, they had a 17% hit rate.
#6
In 1976 groundskeeper Richard Arndt caught Hank Aaron's 755th home run ball & tried to return it to Aaron but was told he's unavailable. The next day the Brewers fired Arndt for stealing team property (the ball) & deducted $5 from his final paycheck. In 1999, he sold it at auction for $625,000.
#7
The first African American woman to win an Oscar, Hattie McDaniel in 1939, wasn't even able to attend the premiere of the movie she preformed in due to it being held at a whites-only theater.
Belladonna Wexhome 1 year ago
She wasn't even able to sit at the same table as the rest of the cast during the awards ceremony and had to use the staff entrance cause the hotel the awards were held at was also segregated.
#8
A man named Göran Kropp from Sweden rode his bicycle to Nepal, climbed Mount Everest alone without Sherpas or bottled oxygen, then cycled back to Sweden again.
Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago
And copped an earful from his wife when he said he was just popping down to the shops to get some milk
#9
During a rap beef, Jay-Z wrote a diss song against Nas, describing him having an affair with Nas girlfriend. Jay-Z's mom was disgusted with her son's behaviour and made him apologize to Nas and his family.
#10
On April 18 1930, the BBC's evening news report simply said "there is no news" and then played piano music for the entire segment.
LinkTheHylian 1 year ago
Everything is news these days. Chris Pratt ate a cookie? News. Margot Robbie had a haircut? News. Jerry Seinfeld likes dominant dudes? News, but surprisingly not sexual news.
#11
Lady Gaga is the first woman in history to win an Oscar, Grammy, BAFTA & Golden Globe in a single year, in 2019 for her perfomance in A Star is Born.
SammyLawrence27 1 year ago
It might be the Gaga-obsessed homosexual part of me, but good for her. She deserves it.
#12
Chief Baker of the Titanic, Charles Joughin, survived by getting smashed on Brandy and calmly paddling around until dawn when he was rescued by a lifeboat. He was also one of the last people off the ship, riding the stern rail into the sea like an elevator.
SammyLawrence27 1 year ago
Another fun fact; He drank all the alcohol he could get from his room, Spider-manned his way up the side and onto the deck, then grabbed a bunch of women and Hulk-ed them off the side. He was one of the only survivors, because his blood alcohol content was so high that the harsh environment literally could not kill him.
#13
More people died taking selfies (379) than from shark attacks (90) between 2008-2021.
Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago
Is being attacked by a shark while taking a selfie counted twice in those stats?
#14
Muhammad Ali's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is on a wall instead of on the ground. This is because Ali, a devout Muslim, did not want people stepping on the name "Muhammad".
#15
In the early 60s, the US Coast Guard got letters from the public demanding to know why the castaways on the TV show Gilligan's Island had not yet been rescued.
#16
War pigs were used by the Romans because the squeals would scare war elephants into fleeing, and cause them to trample their own armies.
#17
That 'Rocky' (1976) was inspired by the true story of Chuck Wepner, a local boxer from New Jersey who was set up for a dream fight with Muhammad Ali. Wepner quit his job to train full time, and against all odds, lasted 15 rounds with the champ. Stallone was in the audience.
T.O.S.o.R. 1 year ago
Stalone wrote the script and it almost didn't get made into a movie due to many rejections.
#18
Most animals can see UV light — humans being blind to it is the exception not the rule.
#19
Steven Spielberg desperately wanted to release Schindler’s List in 1993 in time for the Warsaw Ghetto anniversary. But Universal wanted him to finish Jurassic Park first. To keep Universal happy, he had George Lucas oversee Jurassic’s post-production while he’s filming Schindler’s List in Poland.
#20
While dogs may not pass the traditional mirror test, they do pass a "smell mirror" test, suggesting they understand the concept of 'self'.
#21
Squirrels terminal velocity is so low they can fall from any height and survive.
Data1001 1 year ago (edited)
I just saw someone claiming this about house cats the other week, as well -- although as I recall, it had to be at least a certain height so that they could "right" themselves in the air. Lower heights than that (whatever that was) would be problematic. As I recall. Of course that could all be completely incorrect.
Bookworm 1 year ago
It's not entirely true of cats - they have a lot more body mass than a squirrel, so falling at terminal velocity probably wouldn't turn out as well. It is true that cats can only land on their feet if the fall is long enough to give them time to turn.
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Maartje 1 year ago
Well, this is funny. This week I had to drop off a squirrel at Animal Control to be put down; the poor thing was suffering from some serious neurological disorder, resembling the behavior that animals exhibit when they have rabies. I figured it was either roundworms on the brain OR rabies and the officer told me "oh we get that a lot, they fall out of trees." I knew this TIL already and know that she was wrong. Either way, the squirrel was dying and had to be put down.
Blue Cicada 1 year ago
THANK YOU for getting proper assistance to end the suffering. You did let nature take its course. It is human nature to alleviate suffering in other animals.
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The Panda society 1 year ago
Please please please go to You Tube and search for Mark Rober squirrel. Awesome squirrel experiments (I can't find the words to make that sound less creepy but it's not creepy). Engineering humour. Watch it when you have 15 mins spare, especially if there's a 10 year old nearby. No squirrels harmed.
Anxious Aardvark 1 year ago
Having seen mice fall from 4-5 stories, hit the ground, bounce and take off running? I imagine the squirrel's wiring causes it to immediately go *FLUFF* increasing drag. Apologies if that should be resistance.
Max Fox 1 year ago
I actually saw a flying squirrel in flight once. - it was practically coming straight at me. It first looked like a dirty-white trapeze, coming at me, zipping a meter or so past me, hitting a tree trunk, and then resolving into a squirrel which had just landed. Still one of the most amazing sights I have ever seen in nature, and I have been in some amazing places.
Anxious Aardvark 1 year ago
They're wonderful to see up close. They also have very sharp teeth & powerful jaws, which makes perfect sense.
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Heffalump 1 year ago
No they can't. They can survive the _impact_ of a fall from any height, but will die from lack of oxygen if dropped from high enough. Also, they do poorly when being dropped into active volcanoes.
Analyn Lahr 1 year ago
So they fall off the telephone wires but only die because they get hit by cars before they can shake it off?
Michael Largey 1 year ago
How far a squirrel can fly depends on how forcefully Bullwinkle throws him into the air.
RabidChild 1 year ago
And, despite stupid old scientists disproving it, I believe they make 3-point landings like super heroes.
Jeff Rhodes 1 year ago
I've read that they would not die from the fall but starve to death if dropped from several thousand miles
axle f 1 year ago
....what if a major league pitcher threw them down at the ground from the top of the mound? I bet they reach terminal velocity then, little bastards...
#22
Korean serial killer Kim Sun-ja laced her friend's tea with cyanide, causing her to vomit. She told her friend that she would feel better if she drank more of the beverage, but her friend became suspicious and refused, becoming the only known survivor of 6 poisoning victims from 1986 to 1988.
#23
The reason why animal shelters are full of huskies, is because of the TV show Game of Thrones. Everyone wanted their own real life dire Wolf, but then abandoned them after they realize how much work they are.
sofacushionfort 1 year ago
Something similar happened in 1996 with 101 Dalmatians. A breed that needs lots of exercise
#24
French geologist Michel Siffre, who in a 1962 experiment spent 2 months in a cave without any references to the passing time. He eventually settled on a 25 hour day and thought it was a month earlier than the date he finally emerged from the cave.
#25
If you tune your radio to 91.9 FM for one city block in Montclair, NJ you can hear a looped recording of "I'll Make Love to You" by Boyz II Men which has been broadcasting for at least 13 years straight.
#26
When “Star Wars” officially debuted in theatres on May 25th, 1977, George Lucas was so busy approving the film’s advertising campaigns that he forgot the film opened that day. That same evening, he went out for dinner in L.A. with his wife and saw crowds lining up to see the movie.
#27
John Von Neumann worked on the first atomic bomb and the first computer, came up with the formulas for quantum mechanics, described genetic self-replication before the discovery of DNA, and founded the field of game theory, among other things. He has often been called the smartest man ever.
#28
In 2016, an Oregon man essentially dissolved inside a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming after he accidentally fell into it.
#29
Lou Bega, singer of iconic Cuban song Mambo No. 5, is a German man of Italian & Ugandan descent. His only interaction with Cuban culture was a vacation to Miami as a teen.
#30
A dude in the middle ages wrote a book claiming that witches were stealing men's penises, putting them in a nest, feeding them oats, and keeping them as pets. He was in part responsible for starting the European witch trials.
#31
Craigslist generates over $600 million in revenue annually with only 50 employees.
⨺⃝ ~Just-A-Black-Cat-Lover~ ⨺⃝ 1 year ago (edited)
I bought a cat off of Craigslist before. Yup, you heard me right. A CAT. She's 14 now
#32
Philanthropist and engineer Avery Fisher was motivated to start his own company after, identifying a way to save his employer $10,000 a year, was immediately denied a $5/week raise.
#33
12 years before taking their fans to court for sharing their music, Metallica released the "$5.98" EP, titled to stop their record label and music stores from overcharging fans - the record came with a sticker warning 'DO NOT PAY MORE!!!'—a direct jab at music industry markups.
The Phantom Stranger 1 year ago
Weird Al directly attacked Metallica's lawsuit with the line "Don't download this song--even Lars Ulrich knows it's wrong!", in the song of the same name, which Al then posted for free download on his own website.
#34
Combining 50mL of alcohol and 50mL of water doesn't make 100mL.
Jill Rhodry 1 year ago
Ok, I needed to look this one up - it comes to 96mls - because ethanol molecules are smaller than water molecules and fall between the space of water molecules.
#35
Louis XIV had an elephant at Versailles, a gift from Portugal's king in 1668. The animal became part of the Ménagerie, the palace's zoo, and was fed 80 pounds of bread, 12 pints of wine, and two buckets of soup daily. It is the only African elephant recorded in Europe between 1483 and 1862.
Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago
This is the guy they should have got to paint the battle scene depicted earlier
#36
If you feed a human body to pigs, they will eat just about all of it except the teeth. Several murderers in rural areas have used this fact to their advantage.
k1ddkanuck 1 year ago (edited)
Robert Pickton died this week after being beaten into a coma in prison. He fed his victims to his pigs. I literally laughed out loud when I read the news. My only regret is that he slipped into a coma. I wish he had been brutally conscious, every single moment, as his disgusting useless life slipped away. I hope it was as painful as it possibly could have been, and that he soiled himself in fear while it happened. I also hope his violent death brings some peace to the 49+ mostly indigenous women whose lives he ended for his own sick enjyoment, as well as their surviving families and friends.
#37
The largest unfinished church in the world, the Sagrada Família, began construction in 1886. It is expected to be completed in 2026, nearly 150 years after it began construction.
Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago
I bet the owners of the second largest unfinished church in the world will be happy when it is
#38
If you have a fear of bridges, you can hire a service where someone gets behind the wheel of your car and drives you across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, a 4.3-mile stretch in Maryland known as one of the scariest bridges in the world.
Tabitha 1 year ago (edited)
My husband has me, so doesn’t need to hire anyone. We live in Maryland, so do go over that bridge when we have to go to Baltimore. He has always taken care of all spiders who dare to come into the house for me because he cares about my well being, so I have no problem doing him the favor because I care about his well being.
#39
Actress Alicia Witt's parents were found frozen to death in their Massachusetts home in December 2021.They refused help on home repairs repeatedly.
#40
A French Socialite Named Blanche Monnier Was Imprisoned by Her Family in a Secret Room for 25 Years, From 1876 to 1901. According to officials, Monnier had not seen any sunlight for her entire captivity.
#41
In 1964, 17-year-old Randy Gardner set the world record for sleep deprivation by staying awake for 11 days and 25 minutes, providing valuable insights into the effects of extreme sleep loss on the human mind and body.
#42
1700s Persian emperor Nader Shah kept fried peas on his person at all time, which he would eat if he didn't have time to prepare a proper meal.
#43
In 1993, James Scott purposely damaged a levee and caused a massive flood of the Mississippi River only to stall his wife from coming home so that he could party.
#45
Schizophrenic hallucinations vary across culture, western illusions usually being more violent and harmful.
Aurora 1 year ago
I read a study that suggested that this was because we have more stigma associated with schizophrenia and hallucinations. In cultures where people who have hallucinations are seen as more connected with the spirit world, and often become shamans etc, it's much less common to have negative associations with it, and so it affects them in less harmful ways.
#46
29 bars in NJ were caught serving things like rubbing alcohol + food coloring as scotch and dirty water as liquor.
#47
When "New Coke" was released Pepsi gave their employee's the day off and ran full page newspaper ads to declare victory in the cola wars.
Captain Kyra 1 year ago (edited)
It was to disguise the switch from sugar to high fructose corn syrup. Edit: Apparently that is an urban myth. Shrug, they still don't use sugar in the American market.
#48
In Rosario, Argentina, the home city of Lionel Messi, people are banned from naming their children ‘Messi’.
Luke Branwen 1 year ago
If you do, it probably gets Messi. Jokes aside tho, it's probably for the best since involving a literal newborn in this toxic celeb culture is a Mesi'd-up thing to do (sorry).
#49
Fox took video game clips from YouTube to use in an episode of Family Guy and after airing, Fox's automatic search robots accidentally flagged the original clips with a copyright claim and the videos were taken down. The videos were later restored when the mistake was pointed out.
#50
Akira Toriyama originally planned to end Dragon Ball after the dragon balls were collected, which happened in chapter 19. Dragon Ball lasted 519 chapters.
Zedrapazia 1 year ago
He also wanted to end it again in the Cell Arc, but the publisher said no, leading to the Boo Arc as the actual finish off, and explains why the Cell Arc is so messed all over the place. Goku should have also stayed dead originally, but had to be brought back due to his popularity being essential to sell the manga. Originally, Vegeta was supposed to take the lead, but was replaced with Gohan due to his mean personality. However, Gohan wasn't popular at all, and as the publishers still didn't want Vegeta in that place - even though he had become the fan favorite at this point - Goku returned.
#51
Cockroach dust plays a part in why so many inner-city children have asthma.
waarimelone 1 year ago
For those who wondered (like I did) what 'cockroach dust' refers to, it is the airborne particles of saliva, feces and shedding body parts of cockroaches. The asthmatic reaction provoked by this is similar in nature to a dust mite allergy.
#52
Mike Tyson went bankrupt in 2003. Despite having earned $400 million from boxing, examples of reckless spending included $6.3 million on luxury cars and $580K on his 30th birthday party. He has improved his financial situation and now receives $900K/month from his cannabis company, however.
LinkTheHylian 1 year ago
I'll give him $500 million if he offs both Paul brothers when his fight is rescheduled.
#53
Napoleon, despite being constantly engaged in warfare for 2 decades, exhibited next to no signs of PTSD.
#54
That performance artist Marina Abramović created a piece called "The Artist Is Present" in 2010 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, where she sat silently at a table for a total of 736 hours over 3 months inviting museum visitors to sit across from her and make eye contact without speaking.
StPaul9 1 year ago
It was very good. It concluded with a reunion with her long time partner Ulay. Some people smiled and took it well. Other people tried to break her. Some were even abusive and nearly attacked her. After that, they installed security. The point was that here was a woman, or a person. Do what you will. She cannot do anything back. What would you do? And some people proved they would be jerks.
#55
In April 2018, Robert Pope completed the Forrest Gump run, in which he ran across America 5 times in 422 days of running. It is estimated that he ran 15,607 miles. As his first act after finishing the run he proposed to his girlfriend.
Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago
I would have thought that his first act would actually be to have a drink of water
#56
Helios 522 was a case of a "Ghost Plane", the cabin didn't pressurize and all but one on board passed out from hypoxia. The plane circled in a holding pattern for hours driven by autopilot before flight attendant Andreas Prodromou took over the controls, crashing into a rural hillside.
sofacushionfort 1 year ago
The flight attendant managed to steer the aircraft away from crashing into Athens
#57
There was a famous Japanese game show in which diehard baseball fan contestants were locked individually in small rooms for an entire baseball season: if their favorite team won each night they got dinner for the evening, if their team lost the lights would be turned out until the next win.
#59
Brazil turned Pelé into a national treasure to stop him from leaving the country to play soccer in Europe.
Rafael Lombardi 1 year ago
Not True, how could Brazil make a person a national treasure? Never heard of that here. Well, we made him one our idols, but that national treasure thing is nonsense
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General Anaesthesia 1 year ago (edited)
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Justin Tyme 1 year ago
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General Anaesthesia 1 year ago (edited)
Be careful with "factoids" scraped from Reddit, Faecesbook, TikTok, Instagram, X-creta et al. Their amusement value may be high, verify before trusting.
Justin Tyme 1 year ago
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Freya the Wanderer 1 year ago
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