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The world is a strange place. You think you know how it works, but all it takes is one good documentary, and you end up questioning everything around you. Maybe even your own existence.

Heck, if you're lucky, you don't even need a twenty-to-sixty-minute video to expand your horizons. A quick scroll might be enough. And it brings me great joy to tell you that today we are, indeed, fortunate.

Recently, Redditor Aden_Elvis77 asked other users to share facts that sound fake but are actually true, starting a thread that has become an online archive of some of the most interesting trivia you can find.

#1

People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread An infinite supply of food would not solve world hunger. We actually have more than enough food to end world hunger, the issue is with distribution/logistics.

honeybutterbuscuit , Dennis Siqueira Report

Kel_how
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We have a food waste issue

Paul Neff
Community Member
3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Technically, that is exactly what the author said. The food is being wasted because it is failing to reach the available consumers needing it. Points for rephrasing in a way that possibly reaches understanding for some.

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$cagsy
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

True. It's funny how capitalism can get food on the shelves for profit but won't lift a finger to get it to those that need it most. And this is not singling capitalism out. Every system is flawed because it's governed by people. Where there are people, there will be greed. There's always someone more equal than the rest, to paraphrase Orwell.

Lori Sandoval
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It doesn't help when the aid that is sent is stolen by warlords or corrupt governments instead of getting to the people who need it. It's happened in Africa (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0176268016301720) and more recently in Yemen (https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/12/1029542)

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Mike Crow
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is enough food for the world, problem is cheaper to let it rot than transport it to where it is needed. Plus some areas the local governments/war lords find it easy to control the people if they control the food supply.

Matt Upchuck
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"distribution/logistics"? Hell, the issue is greed and profit.

Sean Sean
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We have a greed problem, and you can apply that to almost every issue in the world right now.

Suna Amun
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Trust me, if some people were making millions off getting everyone fed, they would find a way.

MediumPimpin
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Warlord politics, too. They can't have the people they subjugate getting any kind of assistance.

censorshipsucks
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The issue isn't with distribution or logistics, it's with capitalism. If you make food unaffordable and make junk food affordable, you guarantee poor health and poor quality of life.

Lacia Lew
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Money also plays a very important role in ending world hunger. Who would want to go open McD in a backwards country where almost all of the customers can't pay for the food?

Danish Susanne
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The issue is more, that food will not be distributed to people who cannot pay enoug for it. Rather let it grow bad in cold storage facilities to support the farmers.

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    #2

    People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread More plastic flamingos exist on earth than living flamingos. The same is true for unicorns.

    Positive-Source8205 , Alan Levine Report

    Danish Susanne
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The difference being, that there ARE live flamingoes, yet. There have never, so far as is known, been live unicorns.

    Jude Corrigan
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sadly I believe there are more tiger toys than real ones.

    mark glass
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    Premium
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But more trolls on the internet than on all the lawns and under the bridges in the world.

    DrBronxx
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This fact is cheapened by the mention of unicorns.

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    #3

    People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread it took longer for humans to go from a Bronze sword to an Iron sword, than It took to go from an iron sword to the atomic bomb.

    Joe_PM2804 , Ricardo Cruz Report

    BetterBitterButter
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And if we don't tread carefully it won't take long to send us to ash age.

    Grant Barke
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can't wait to cruise the wastelands in my ex police interceptor hunting down bad guys, searching for guzzolene, water, food and women.

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    Chich
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." - Albert Einstein. (maybe)

    Paul Neff
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The problem here is that we are stuck accepting groups larger than a certain number, as a society. We keep creating, and demonizing, "them". "Them" is a concept that we need to overcome, before conflict resolution truly is effective. We will always be at war with "Them", so long as we keep defining others this way.

    Burnt Bagel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Separatism - and hence, Nationalism - is the greatest evil and our biggest threat.

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    Adam Jeff
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dates given for 'the bronze age' differ depending on the region, but it is generally held to begin in the mid-4th millenium BC, while the iron age began about 1200 BC. So it actually took longer for the atom bomb.

    Evangeline Breuer
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, I had to look this up too but maybe I have understood something wrong. The "First Sword" from was found at the earliest 5000 (3000BC) years ago. Bronze swords were used widely about 3700 years ago (1700BC), iron swords started being used 3200 (1200BC) years ago... there is 500 years difference between the two sword types. Iron was the metal of choice until about 1870 or 150 years ago, when militaries still used swords. The atomic bomb was invented 77 years ago. There is only 73 years difference between the use of Iron swords and the atomic bomb invention. So it is right but not 100% clear on the first reading

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    TotallyNOTaFox
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    36 years lie between the first motorized flight and jet planes

    anon panda
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And just 63 years between motorized flight and the actual moon

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    Justin Rogers
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's the information age. Any monkey can share with another monkey their crazy idea and make it work

    Don't even
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well yeah, technology and innovation are exponential.

    Stephanie Evans
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm pretty sure this fun fact is not a fact. https://www.martialartswords.com/blogs/articles/bronze-vs-iron-vs-steel-swords-evolution-of-metals

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    #4

    People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread Humans can smell some components of the smell of rain (the geosmin part of petrichor, specifically) far better than sharks can small blood in water.

    Ratmatazz , Anna Atkins Report

    Celena Camps
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I live in a rain forest area .. and love the smell of the rain. Also can sense the rain (hours before) is coming by the smell, moisture in the air.

    Detroit Citizen
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I live in Michigan and I am the same way. I can smell rain and feel the barometric pressure change. Fun fact leaves turn upside down before it rains (to collect water) so Ive used that to verify an incoming storm.

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    Phill
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Being a water hygiene operator (legionella etc), it’s actually amazing how many different types of scent water has. It does get to the point where you can guess what state the water is in based on what you can sniff out

    Robin DJW
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I live in a desert, and our rain is the sweetest smell known to man,

    Lacia Lew
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love smelling petrichor. It's like our beloved earth is being cleansed.

    BetterBitterButter
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The smell of rain makes me want to eat dirt/clay.

    Emmy Dumont
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do too, but ever since I was a little girl I say it's smells like worms.

    Jude Corrigan
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I get a headache when rain is due.

    If
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here and now (Po Planes, north Italy) I can smell petrichor after months of dryness. I'd tell you how sweet this experience is but not, there's a silly troll randomly downvoting so now I'm upvoting everyone becuse I don't like haters. Have a good rainy day!

    StrangeOne
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can smell it miles away from the city.

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    #5

    People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread James Garfield could write in Greek with one hand and in Latin with the other at the same time

    TheDangerHeisenberg , Aaron Burden Report

    Headless Roach
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd expect him slurping spaghetti - it's tricky to eat lasagna with both hands occupied.

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    crazy_stupid
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A hemispherical brain allows this where both sides of the brain work evenly. I have a friend who has this and there is nothing she can't do - makes you feel inferior though!

    Grant Barke
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not impressive, I can fly a helicopter using both hands and feet.

    tophei
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pft. I can make a bunny shaped shadow with my hands while tapping my feet to the rhythm of Happy Birthday. Beat that! 😊

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    Alex Kaufman
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pretty sure this is a myth. Look up presidents writing with two hands myth

    Yukon Charlie
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He was an incredible man, but all anyone ever remembers is his assassination

    Michael Largey
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He also came up with an entirely new proof of the Pythagorean Theorem.

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    Roy Zobel
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It wasn't Greek - it was ancient Greek. Just sayin'. ;)

    DrBronxx
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's just what he told people he was doing :)

    Timbob
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A friend, not me, can turn anything he touches to sh** !

    SPARKIZE
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    what sort of wizardry is this!

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    #6

    People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread I’m shocked by the amount of people that refuse to believe narwhals are real animals. I’ve got one tattooed on my forearm, so I probably get people talking to me about them more often than normal lol. It usually ends in me pulling up pictures on google, and them still being skeptical.

    cheechiie , пресс-служба ПАО " Report

    Mr.Kris
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They probably think the earth is flat too, lol.

    Stephanie Did It
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just shocking. I will be taking donations to raise narwhal awareness and fund a sanctuary for abused and neglected narwhals. $500 contribution minimum and you will receive a commemorative toothpick for your generosity.

    Cody
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What about a narwhal shaped toothpick dispenser? And when it runs out of toothpicks, it becomes a whale shaped paper weight.

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    Wheeskers
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Narwhals, Narwhals living in the ocean, causing a commotion cuz they are so awesome!

    Chich
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Narwhals, Narwhals Swimming in the ocean Pretty big and pretty white They beat a polar bear in a fight

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    Amy
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I did not realize narwhals were real for an embarrassingly long time. But I also believed it when I found out they were real.

    Belinda Czerkowicz
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same but different... I thought unicorns were real for quite some time as a kid. I was shocked when I learned they weren't. I mean, a horse with a horn seemed like it could be a thing, right?

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    idrow1
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Idk, I did my own research, plus my cousin's friend's daughter's boyfriend said they were fake in a post on facebook. It had 6 likes, so people must agree."

    The Big Dipper ⭐️
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah, narwhals, the horned potatoes of the sea!

    Péter Rózsahegyi
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People are stupid. They think a dolphin with an extra long tooth can not exist, but a vegetarian hiena with 3m long legs and 3m long neck can. That's the giraffe.

    Kat Min
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I never really looked at narwhals, until a tusk was used to stop a terrorist running amok with knives on London Bridge. And it was a murderer on a rare day out, not less, who grabbed the tusk that was mounted on the wall of a pub. One of the most bizarre news stories, ever.

    Upstaged75
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My sister in law had no idea they were real because she had only seen one in the movie Elf. :D But she believed us when we told her. I still like to tease her about it.

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    #7

    People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" marks the one and only time that Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny have ever officially appeared in the same place at the same time, as well as Daffy and Donald. All characters screentime between both companies was timed down to the frame to make sure they both had exactly equal amounts with their characters

    Yuni_smiley , epicurious_aussie Report

    UKGrandad
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, they didn't want Mickey or Bugs to suffer a bruised ego if one got more screen time. Cartoon characters are famously precious about these things.

    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They're reallly not narcissists - they're just drawn that way.

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's what sold Bob Hotchkis on starring in that movie. He got to be the only Hollywood star to film with Bugs and Mickey. Pretty cool when you think about it.

    Rachel Cobb
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Not patty cake... NOT PATTY CAKE!!!" 😰😱😱😱

    Jessica Cifelli
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of my favorite movies of all time!

    army_blink_girl
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just don't get that movie, really don't like it.

    Bored_Panda
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here's a reminder that downvotes are not to he used when someone doesnt have the same opinion than you, but when someone is being offensive or if it's one of those bots promoting a website

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    Carla McNeil
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mickey Mouse's nervous titter sounded completely psychotic in the scene. He's just too "innocent." In context with Bugs, who always knows what's going on, and given that the human character, Eddie Valiant, was falling to his death... ooh, it just made him sound like a murderous lunatic. Bugs has always been crazy, so no problem there.

    Jennifer Norton
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I work at a company that deals with licensing and I can tell you this was a HUGE feat! Licensors are a pain in the a*s about their assets and the fact that this actually happened is amazing!

    Joeshar
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Question: How does it work in this or other projects? Do they only sell the copyrights or send them their artists to draw, send their voice actors also?

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    #8

    People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread The average blood pressure of a giraffe is around 300/190. They need to have a high BP to get the blood all the way up the neck to profuse the brain with oxygen. I am thoroughly impressed by their cardiovascular system.

    anastasiaanne , Gary Bendig Report

    Headless Roach
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A giraffe must have a really big heart. Awww

    nerdy_panda
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    they do! their hearts are 2 feet long, weighing around 25 pounds. that seems pretty big for us, but for such large animals, i guess not really haha

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    Hugo Farr
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also, a giraffe has the same number of bones in its neck that a human has.

    Saint Thomas
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A giraffe's coffee would be cold by the time it reached the bottom of its throat. Ever think about that? No. You only think about yourself. (-The internet)

    MediumPimpin
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a dream about my history teacher in hs telling is giraffes had an auxiliary heart in their necks. It became one of those dreams that you forgot was a dream and becomes a memory. I tried explaining this to people who thought I had lost my mind. This was before the internet was everywhere so we couldn't just look it up. We debated this until someone questioned why my history teach was teaching about giraffes and it suddenly dawned on me that this had never happened. I remember seeing high school text book style illustrations of this in my history book and everything. Flat out never happened though. Brains are weird.

    RL R
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Hi Johnny, how are you? My blood pressure is great, man...if I was a giraffe :-("

    Keley Babs
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They hate the largest left ventricle to heart mass ratio of any animal.... to get that blood up that neck

    Daniele Ribolla
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    it isn't a heart... a turbine pump! 😊

    Stephanie Paich
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to work as a pharmacy technician. One day, after an incident, corporate sent out mandatory training stating that dogs take about 10 times the dose of thyroid medicine humans do and to be sure not to change what the vet wrote if people brought their pets' prescriptions in.

    Cara G
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Giraffes have the highest blood pressure of any animal on earth - land, sea, or air.

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    #9

    People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread A single coal power plant produces more toxic waste in a year than every nuclear power plant has ever made.

    ob-2-kenobi , Jason Blackeye Report

    OhnoI’vebeencensored
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Slightly misleading, the nuclear waste is much more toxic but has a much smaller volume/mass, so is much easier to contain. The coal plant just spews toxic gases into the air and dumps toxic ash in sludge ponds. Not to mention carbon emissions. A more revealing statistic is the comparison of deaths per terawatt hour of electricity generated. 24.62 for coal, 0.03 for nuclear. Source: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/death-rates-from-energy-production-per-twh

    Jorge Gonzalez
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually no. The ash of many coal plants is actually low level radioactive. So in fact some coal plants emit more radiation than nuclear plants. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/coal-ash-is-more-radioactive-than-nuclear-waste/

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    Seedy Vine
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Let's just agree that nukes and coal could both end all life on the planet.

    Frank Hassler
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We need more well-engineered nuclear power plants in safe places to help us curb climate change.

    Timbob
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And if you put every automobile in the world, made since January 1, 1900, bumper to bumper, on a very long road, some idiot would pull out, and try to pass everybody else !

    Paul Neff
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is partly an issue because people seem oblivious to things which cause harm slowly over time, like the example of the frogs in a pot slowly being boiled. Nuclear power is way more flashy in stories, simply because the term nuclear is so scary to many.

    Joeshar
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not a nuclear fan but there's a conspiracy about oil tycoons who force every kind of media to spread negative marketing of nuclear energy since the first plant. Interestingly there is a pattern in nuclear accidents for every generation to remember.

    Edgar Rops
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No need for conspiracy, just capitalist logic: nuclear power plant is a long-term investment - five years to build, if you REALLY rush it, expensive to construct, expensive to run. Oil and coal generate profit now, as the infrastructure is already there, so called renewables - in a very short term and are less labor intensive.

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    Stephanie Paich
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nuclear is the way we're gonna have to go someday. It's the best option by far in terms of reliability and sustainability, and honestly there's no reason not to start switching to it now.

    Mike Crow
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I question this as they have to get rid of the nuclear waste somehow and dumping it in the ocean has been a favourite for years.

    Peter Korsten
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Name one exploded coal power plant with a 30 km exclusion zone around it.

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    #10

    People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread Anne Frank, Martin Luther King, and Barbara Walters were all born in the same year

    Crooooow , F. Ferro Report

    BetterBitterButter
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anne Frank a life that was cut short by evil and yet we know her name across the world. Dr King didn't live for very long as well and we know him through whatever he did in that time.

    Felicia Allen
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Martin Luther King Jr was an American Baptist minister and activist, one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his death in 1968.

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    Cara G
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I learned this week that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King paid Julia Roberts' labor and delivery bill for her parents when she was born. Apparently, the Roberts parents owned a theater company outside Atlanta that was racially integrated and the Kings, at the time, were having trouble finding a program for their children that was desegregated, or that would even accept Black children. The Roberts' gladly took the children into the program and not long after, were in somewhat of a difficult financial position when Julia was born. The Kings very generously helped them.

    Serial pacifist
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also Malcolm X, Margaret Thatcher, and Pol Pot.

    Bob La Capra
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Audrey Hepburn, Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Mad Dog Vachon. The list goes on and on.

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    Lisa T
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I only realised a couple of year ago that Anne Frank was born the same year as both my parents

    Notyomama
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know who might want to know this, but there is rose bush by the name of Coretta Scott King and it is beautiful. It is also a good rose for the southeast part of the US. I'm not sure how it performs in other climates.

    lauralett50
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most people know this,as Eleanor Roosevelt encouraged all the young girls to read the dairy of Anne Frank.

    backatya
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    why is Barbara Walters included with these two?

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    #11

    People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread Platypus glow under blacklights

    KingZaneTheStrange , Meg Jerrard Report

    Kel_how
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What can't platypuses do?!

    Scp_049
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not just that, but they glow in a similar color to the color used for Perry the Platypus in Phineas and Ferb. Dan Povenmire knew that platypuses were that color before science knew.

    Will Tiernan
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And as they produce milk and lay eggs they are one of the few animals that can make their own custard.

    Monday
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ....how is this a real animal and yet "horse with horn" is fiction?

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    Rayisnotokay
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    a platypus…….PERRY THE PLATYPUS!??

    ace lesbian demigirl(she/they)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    CAN PERRY GLOW??????? as Scp_049, said below that's the colour that platypi glow, but what colour would perry glow?

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    Toejam of Funkotron
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How do you turn a Platypus into a soul singer? Put it in a microwave until its bill withers..

    LapCat
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aren’t they also poisonous? I could be totally wrong but swear I’ve read this somewhere.

    der sebbl
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are indeed. Their stinger is located at their elbows iirc. Not deadly but infuses terrible pain as I have read

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    Asher Tye
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The platypeople just got everything.

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    #12

    People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread Komodo dragons usually reproduce sexually, but females in captivity have been known to reproduce by parthenogenesis, without the need for sperm.

    Dusty_Roller , Spencer Weart Report

    K- THULU
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Watch out guys, we're one evolutionary leap away from being obsolete.....

    Luna Crow
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only for reproductive purposes, but there's currently an overpopulation of humans. I got fixed, but I still like going through the motions

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    Debby Keir
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Usually with parthenogenesis, the offspring would all be female clones, or sterile, I think.

    Ela
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All female, yes, but not exactly clones, and not sterile. They tend to have less genetic diversity than the parent and may run into trouble with recessives. But for surviving the species a generation or two until a mate can be found, its not bad.

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    David H
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    with massive genetic problems with the "clone" generation, seen in a few other reptile species, and one fish species.

    Danish Susanne
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But I think the fish species overcomes the problems by mating with males of another related species. But still they only get female offspring.

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    Stephanie Paich
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But try explaining that to her husband who got separated from her. "I swear baby, I didn't mate with anyone else!"

    Timbob
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, some cheating wives have tried that line too.

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    #13

    People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread Shaq 3-point stats. He made: 1 in his career

    berlinheroes , Cubahora Report

    Michael Largey
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's only one more than the number of Kentucky Derbys he's won as a jockey.

    Ploploplop
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He was a center. His job was to literally stand under the basket. When was he supposed to take the ball past the three point line?

    Tim
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It happens sometimes. It's uncommon and they usually give the ball right back to a ball handler, but some centers can hit that shoot at the top of the key.

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    LapCat
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But he’s great at selling car insurance and Icy Hot.

    HardieBoysMama
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't forget Frosted Flakes! And Papa John's pizza. He owns a house right behind my son's high school and he owns several of the Papa John's franchises around here, which is McDonough, Georgia...a suburb about 30 minutes southeast of Atlanta.

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    Shannon Hawks
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Shaq in 2024. now there is a presidential candidate

    Connie Marciniak
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When did the three point rule take effect?

    Laurel Danalewich Reinoehl
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cecil Fielder played professional baseball for 14 seasons. Stole two bases.

    Andy Frobig
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I were covering 2nd and saw Cecil Fielder coming, he would have gotten three.

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    SealOfDisapproval
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He hit his 3-pointers with 50% accuracy that season.

    HoRace
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s more than the number of free throws he made, isn’t it?

    AlexJ
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's almost the same amount as free throws..

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    #14

    People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread Our eyes view everything upside down, but our mind flips it right side up

    alexisallore , Paul Savage Report

    Paul Neff
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Up and down are imaginary concepts, in the absence of a reference point. We just create a reference point arbitrarily.

    StrangeOne
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Our up and down reference point is the ground and gravity. Scuba divers in murky water rely on seeing the direction of bubbles to indicate where the surface is. Some get narcosis and think they're swimming to the surfaces but are swimming deeper.

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    Giles McArdell
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You also have a blind spot and lines from blood vessels in the image which your brain filters out. You can find your blind spot (see https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chvision.html), it can be pretty freaky the first time you do this.

    AnkleByter
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The brain filters out all sorts of things it thinks we don't need to see right now. That's the same reason you don't see your nose most of the time, even though if you look at it (or think about it) you see it perfectly fine.

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    Ivo H
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And if you have glasses that flip the image upside down, the brain will quickly adapt and flip it the 'right' way up. Then when you take them down, you see flipped image for a while, until your brain flips it again.

    Ikonye St. Jude
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Someone kindly explain or leave a link to an good documentary on this. I don't know how to frame this as a search query and afraid to be sucked down an ocular rabbit hole 🐰

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    Good Luckas
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You know what would be cool? If you could turn it off. Like if you were reading something upside down, you could just turn it off and see the thing right side up without turning your head like really awkwardly.

    Ela
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I learned to read upsidedown, sitting across the table from my brother. I can read either way without trouble and am always surprised that many people can't.

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    Brendan
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Genuine question: how does the brain decide which way is the "right" way up?

    Giles McArdell
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I imagine cause and effect, if you move in one direction but the image you see does not seem to match the motion then your brain will start forming new paths and trimming old ones until the two agree.

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    nerdy_panda
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yep. the light reflects off of the retina, which kind of acts as a mirror in a sense. the new image that is reflected is what we actually end up seeing. it's all very fascinating how it works

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    #15

    People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread The northernmost point in Brazil is closer to Canada than it is to the southernmost point in Brazil.

    prof_dynamite , Lara Jameson Report

    Agfox
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Similarly, the easternmost point in Brazil is closer to Africa than it is to the westernmost point in Brazil

    RafCo (he/him)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one I did not know, so I did the math. The closest point in Brazil to Africa is roughly from just north of the city of Natal to the coast of Sierra Leone. This is about 2,900 kilometers. From Natal to the westernmost point in the Brazilian state of Acre (on the Peruvian border) is roughly 4,300 kilometers. So Natal is WAY closer to Africa than to Peru. Out of curiosity, the distance from the northernmost point of Brazil to Nova Scotia is just under 4,300 km. And from the northernmost point to the southernmost point is just over 4,400 km. This stretches from Guyana/Venezuela to Uruguay. Brazil is the 5th largest country by area, after Russia, Canada, China, and the United States. For fun, here is Brazil rotated and super-imposed on Europe. The entire Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea fit easily in our northern states. Screenshot...de-png.jpg Screenshot-2022-11-02-at-20613-PM-6362b1ae55bde-png.jpg

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    UKGrandad
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The US capital is closer to the UK than it is to the 50th state, Hawaii

    RafCo (he/him)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a big country. What most Americans have a hard time believing is that nearly 50% of South America speaks a language that is not Spanish. And because the population of Brazil is so large, Portuguese is the second most spoken romance language, as far as first languages go (more people speak French, but as a second language). I often hear Americans talk about the "big three" romance languages as Spanish, French, and Italian, but more accurately it would be Spanish (470 million), Portuguese (250 million), and French (150 million). I say Americans here, but it's possible that European perceptions are similar.

    RafCo (he/him)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For some context, Brazil has a population of about 215 million. Population of all of South America is 440 million. So about 49% of South Americans speak Portuguese, and 86% of lusophones (Portuguese speakers) live in Brazil.

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    Bob La Capra
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The southernmost point of Canada (Middle Island in Lake Erie) is further south than all or part of 22 US states

    ojjunior
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So the longest land border Brazil shares is with France. Impossible? Just google it.

    dev mehta
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Halifax in East coast of Canada is closer to London than Vancouver.

    Ruth Hempsey
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And you can fit the British Isles inside Alberta. I tell the folks back home that and they're gobsmacked. 🇨🇦 🇬🇧

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    oktopus
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Japan is closer to Russia than it is to either Korea or China.

    Fred L.
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, there are still disputes between Japan and Russia over islands. Of course Japan also has that issue with China.

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    Headless Roach
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, that's the logic of big countries.

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    #16

    People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread Every single person on Earth could have about 950 square feet in Texas and leave the rest of the world completely empty. (Not that anyone would want that!)

    Murky-Purple , Marcy Reiford Report

    Grant Barke
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With Texas gun laws it would be a blood bath.

    G C
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Have you ever been to Texas? Have you even met one of us?

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    Frances M
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That sounds like a lot until you realise it just over 30 feet by 30 feet and you could still (potentially) smell their farts.

    Michael Largey
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah, the Fart Radius distance calculation. Again, we Americans will use literally anything to avoid measuring with the metric system.

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    Marek Čtrnáct
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I had square feet, no of my shoes would fit, though...

    kitten levels tokyo
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When Alaska was made a state, Texas complained bitterly because it was no longer the largest state in the US. Alaska finally got tired of it and told Texas to be quiet or Alaska would divide itself in two which would demote Texas to being the third largest state.

    Do Mo
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And, if those folks were all in Alaska they could have the same 950 square feet - PLUS, there'd still be room for the state of Texas beside them!

    Michael Largey
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Someone from Texas insisted to me that if all the snow in Alaska melted you'd find the state that remained underneath was actually smaller than Texas. Like I said, he was from Texas.

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    Hobby Hopper
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'll take my 950 sq ft in the Guadalupe Mountains, please.

    Den Ver
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But remember, we need the rest of the planet for plants which give us food and oxygen and there are other resources humans need. It's easy to see there is a real human overpopulation problem when all of our needs are taken into account -- it's not just about physical space.

    Hobby Hopper
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    True, but nobody's saying it's *practical*.

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    Joseph Kastorff
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    at least not in texas. Give me land in Oregon or Montana, and I'd be happy

    Yukon Charlie
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like my feet the shape they are, thank you, and I certainly don't need any more

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    #17

    People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread Carrots were purple in medieval times.

    MermaidandtheKraken , Darya Pino Report

    BetterBitterButter
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Purple carrot are still around aren't they?

    kitten levels tokyo
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No. This is the only surviving photo from medieval times.

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    Jameson Legate
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this is true, the reason is that farmers cultivated them to be orange to honor their king, I belive it was the earl of orange. someone fact-check and correct me if I'm wrong.

    John Barber
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What rhymes with purple?. What rhymes with orange?. Coincidence?. I think not.

    Shagun Srivastava
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    hirple and sporange, of course (they're actual words i swear)

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    Joeshar
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I heard that the carrot we know today has been first produced in Netherlands. The orange color on their original flag should come from that. Not from the orange fruit :)

    Jonathan Kilpatrick
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They were made orange to honor William of Orange

    Falcon dimi
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All thanks to the dutch we have orange carrots

    Ryan Winters
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was too busy watching the knights bash each other to pay attention to the carrots. Quite a show!

    Giles McArdell
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Purple, white and yellow were their earlier colours. Apparently White was unpopular as it's easily confused with parsnips.

    AW
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    it's just the skin that's purple. I planted some in my garden this year. I skinned one and it was orange like a regular carrot. Parsnips, on the other hand, might have color all the way through.

    Auntriarch
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are ones that are purple all the way through, but rarer

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    Trond Hermansen
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At least in Viking age Scandinavia carrots where white or yellowish. Wild carrots, which are white (but very small), are still growing in Scandinavia.

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    #18

    People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread Almonds are from the peach family.

    RifleShower , Nacho Fernández Report

    Erin Geiger
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you look inside the pit of a peach, the center looks just like an almond

    DE Ray
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do not try eating peach pits, though. You likely don't have the cyanide tolerance built up for it to be a good time.

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    LapCat
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🎶 Millions of almonds, almonds for me, millions of almonds, almonds for free 🎶

    Becky Samuel
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Millions of almonds, destroying California's water table, millions of almonds, burning homes and wildlife every summer.

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    Marek Čtrnáct
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And wild almonds are deadly... As can be the kernels inside peach or apricot pits if you eat too many of them. (If you don't, the DO taste almondy.)

    Annette Easton
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some brands of amaretto are actually made with peach pits and not almonds.

    WishIWasAFlapperGirl
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also pink peppercorns are from the cashew and pistachio family!! Look out for those allergic to nuts, especially tree nuts!!

    majandess
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ooh! Good to know! I was totally unaware. Also, Szechuan pepper is in the citrus family.

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    majandess
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ... Which is actually the Rose family. The rose family gives us a LOT of produce: almonds, peaches, apricots, plums, cherries, apples, quinces, pears, nectarines, loquats, raspberries, blackberries, salmonberries, boysenberries, strawberries, and of course, roses (and rose hips).

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    #19

    The Italian name for the movie “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” roughly translates to “If You Dump Me, I Delete You.”

    Sunny64888 Report

    Agfox
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Lost in Translation"

    tuzdayschild
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not really. That sums up the plot pretty well.

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    RafCo (he/him)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Brazil it was "Brilho Eterno de uma Mente sem Lembranças" or "Eternal Light of a Mind without Memories".

    Valter
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "The Shawshank Redemption" in Italy is "On the wings of freedom". "Silver Linings Playbook" is "The positive side". "The Immigrant" is "Once Upon in New York". "My own private Idaho" is "Beautiful and damned". "There will be blood" is "The Oilman". And so on... monica-636...164c40.jpg monica-6364c32164c40.jpg

    Mario Strada
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's more "If you leave me, I'll cancel you" but the spirit is the same.

    Grant Barke
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This made me laugh, ha ha ha. I needed that.

    Gionanna
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a whole lot of movie titles that Italian adapters changes into "if you dump me...", "If you marry me..." Etc. Meh.

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    #20

    People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread Strawberry is not a berry but banana is

    Meowsommar , alleksana Report

    Grant Barke
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A strawberry is a multiple fruit which consists of many tiny individual fruits embedded in a fleshy receptacle.

    Paul Neff
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Banana present for scale. (Had to say it)

    WishIWasAFlapperGirl
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Couple of fun facts for you. Tomatoes, cucumbers and anything with a seed is actually a fruit!! The strawberry is the only fruit that has its seeds on the outside.

    Rigor Moreno
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a tiny strawberry, based on the banana scale... :D

    Jill Hojnacki
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I started presented this to my 1st year biology majors (university) as being good bar-bet fodder. After that, the odds of them recalling it correctly for exams increased remarkably.

    Headless Roach
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Look how big the strawberries are!

    LandAhoy
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, big and bland. Smallest ones are the tastiest, especially wild ones.

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    Kel_how
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What constitutes a berry?

    Khara Mei
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A simple fruit from one flower produced from a single ovary containing many seeds. Strawberries use multiple ovaries, so they are botanically speaking an aggregate fruit.

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    Rodney Jefferyes
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Strawberries are berries. They are unique because their seeds are on the outside but I am pretty sure they are still berries. Bananas are herbs. Where did these "facts" come from?

    SarCaustic
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Virtually all bananas grown in Guatemala, in Latin America in general, and around the world for export are genetically identical.

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    #21

    People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread Sharks are older than trees

    com2420 , GEORGE DESIPRIS Report

    Grant Barke
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That explains why wood is not a food source for sharks.

    Mentally unstable on a table
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes. That is most definetly the only reason sharks don't eat trees as food /s

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    UKGrandad
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is far too vague. The class of animals we call sharks evolved earlier than the class of plants we call trees.

    Ember
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    …..but are they older than my grumpy husband?

    Alienking06
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the evolutionary time line, sharks appeared on earth before trees.

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    Evelyn Haskins
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No No. Sharks evolved before trees!

    T'Mar of Vulcan
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They're also older than the rings of Saturn.

    Danish Susanne
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That isn't true. I just googled it. NASA has found, that the rings are 4,5 billion years old. not the 100 mio. years that was formerly believed. So the rings are approximately the age of earth itself.

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    Dodomaster Lord of chickens
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They also used to live in freshwater swamps I believe

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    #22

    People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread The number of ants on Earth has a mass greater than all birds and mammals combined

    InquisitaB , Marco Neri Report

    Manny_Flawz
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What about uncles ? I'm leaving now.😂

    Chewie Baron
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same with beetle, but the mass of all the beetles, outweighs the rest of all the creatures on earth.

    Jan Olsen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A number don't have mass ....

    Kyle Drury
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Holy s**t. Total MASS, not total INDIVIDUALS. Crazy!

    Marie
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And some ant species farm.

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    #23

    People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread Black pepper is a stone fruit, similar to an apricot

    Dreadsin , M Mahbub A Alahi Report

    harpling
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But do ground apricot flakes add zest to food?

    DE Ray
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same problem with peach pits above - apricot seeds are high in cyanide.

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    Yeah, okay.
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So if we dry the pit of the fruit to get black pepper, what does the fruit taste like? Is it edible?

    Penny Tent (she/her)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow! I guess you learn something new everyday! That’s very interesting!

    Evelyn Haskins
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not. A pepper had multiple seeds encased in the fruit. An apricot has only one!

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

    The thing that makes pepper spicy is the mold. Learned this from a cancer patient who was not allowed to eat pepper dieing chemo.

    Duane Martin
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Either way... Neither makes sense to me.

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    #24

    People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread The Rope Around The Earth Problem Take a rope tied tautly around a basketball. Now the rope must be lengthened so that there is a one foot gape between the ball and the rope at all points, as if the rope is hovering a foot away around the entirety of the ball. How much must the rope be lengthened to accomplish this? 6.28 Feet. Now take a rope around tied tautly around the equator of the earth. We have the same goal for the one foot hovering gap around the entirety of the earth. How far must the rope be lengthened? 6.28 Feet. ​ This is so counter intuitive just about no one will believe it until shown the math

    -Slartibart , The New York Public Library Report

    Kel_how
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No point showing me the math because I most certainly wouldn't understand it. I'll take you at you word.

    Ace
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Circumference is directly proportional to radius, so a change to radius of 1 unit will always change the circumference by 2pi units.

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    UKGrandad
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I did not believe this so I did some maths. Circumference is found by multiplying the diameter by pi (C = πd). Adding another foot around a circle increases the diameter by two feet, and no matter how large or small the circles are,, whether they're 1000ft and 1002ft or 20,000,000ft and 20,000,002ft, that two-feet difference always adds just 6.28ft to the circumference. Mind.Blown.

    lauralett50
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But how many bananas does it take to go around the wot.? That's what I want to know!

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    Den Ver
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In both cases, the new diameter/distance across the rope circle is increased by 2 units (feet) -- one on each side ("see" or draw it) ... multiply this by pi to get the new Circumference. -----> 2 x pi (3.14) = 6.28 unit increase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (This works with all units . . Feet .. Meters .. Bananas)

    Mark Fergel
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can't wrap a rope around the earth because it's flat. ;) (JK)

    Stephanie Paich
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well yeah, the gap is adding the same distance to the rope's diameter in both instances, so the amount of extra rope you need is the same. The original length of the rope is irrelevant.

    EP
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This explanation is the easiest to understand

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    Duane Martin
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yup. Hurt my brain. Still confused

    StrangeOne
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm stuck on why you need a gap between the rope and ball.

    Seedy Vine
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is this a math word problem? Maybe math IS the problem!

    Mel in Real Life
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Huh? sorry I drifted away there for a moment.

    $cagsy
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry, I'm gonna need to see the math.

    Foxinamug
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you assume the original radius is r1 Original circumference = 2π(r1), New circumference = 2π(r1 + 1ft), New circumference = 2π(r1) + 2π(1ft), Take away the original circumference from the new one to get the difference in length: Difference = (2π(r1) + 2π(1ft)) - 2π(r1), Difference = 2π(r1) - 2π(r1) + 2π(1ft), Difference = 2π(1ft) = 6.28ft approx, As the radius always cancels out, the change in circumference is always 2π times the air gap no matter how big the object is.

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    #25

    People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread A French guy once ate an entire airplane.

    CauliflowerDaffodil , Khamkéo Vilaysing Report

    BetterBitterButter
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Was that airplane shaped like baguette?

    Headless Roach
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I also want to know how much wine it took to flush down the metallic aftertaste?

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    AffenpinscherMom
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the most random WTF informational text in have ever read

    $cagsy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And they criticise us Brits for our bland food. Outrageous.

    tophei
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I‘d rather eat a plane than jellied eels… 🙂

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    Snorkeldorf
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wouldn't try it. Airplane food is never very good.

    Cpt Snuggl
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dude...my buddy and I have talked about this since we learned about it when we were in high school! We're 33 now. Just occasionally go, "yeah...but a dude are a PLANE"

    KJ
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can imagine that wasn't much fun coming back out the other end.

    Robert T
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Apparently not. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Lotito

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    Chris
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We need more details about this...

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    #26

    People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima released an amount of energy equivalent to the conversion of 0.7 grams ( about the weight of a paperclip) of matter into energy.

    tazzietiger66 , US military Report

    Ivy Johnson
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That seems so small - but its genuinely terrifying - a gigantic amount of energy is required to translate energy into mass

    3 Owls In A Coat
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait are we talking about turning energy into mass, or matter into energy?

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    RafCo (he/him)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's that whole E=MC2 thing. The amount of atomic energy potential is the amount of mass multiplied by the speed of light squared. And the speed of light is a big number.

    Cara G
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Raf, you are impressing the hěll out of me today with all these knowledge bombs you're dropping (pun very much intended). Not that I don't typically enjoy reading your comments but you're coming in hot today! 😎

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    Grant Barke
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, there must be enough paper clips in the world to wipe out our solar system for all eternity.

    Allan Breum
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Which is why Matter/Antimatter reactions are so energetic. They literally turn matter into energy.

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    #27

    People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread Everest is nowhere close to being the farthest away from the center of the earth. The top of Chimborazo in Ecuador is 2.1 km farther away, even crazier is that Chimborazo isn't even the highest mountain in the Andes.

    SkinnyObelix , Michael Clarke Report

    Robert T
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the oblate spheroid again, isn't it.

    Penny Tent (she/her)
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, or as I like to think about it, it’s because the earth is shaped like a slightly deflated ball

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    UKGrandad
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because the height of a mountain doesn't account for its base's height above or below sea level. Mauna Kea is over 4000 feet taller than Everest but its base is far below sea level on the Pacific floor. Everest's peak is the highest altitude above sea level, making Mauna Kea the world's tallest and Everest the highest. The peak of Chimborazo is furthest from the Earth's centre due to its position near the equator. Because the Earth is not perfectly round but is slightly oblate, the equatorial bulge puts the land further from the Earth's core than the land further North where the Himalayas formed (and are still forming).

    Unknown
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes....told my friend who lives in hawaii now.... I climbed the tallest mountain on the east coast(USA). And the tallest in x, x, x, other states this year!!!! Then he enlightened me to Mauna kea and blah blah blah. So yep.

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    Horst
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everest also isn’t the tallest mountain. It’s the tallest ABOVE sea level, but the true tallest mountain is Mauna Kea in Hawaii. It’s shorter than Everest above sea level, but that’s because half of it is pretty much submerged in water. The whole stretch from the ocean floor to its peak makes it about a mile taller than Everest.

    Pieter LeGrande
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So at times Chborazo is closer to the sun.

    #28

    According to the Doomsday argument, there is a 95% chance that in the next 9120 years human civilization will die out.

    SheikhYekaterinburg Report

    Marek Čtrnáct
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Note that this is "civilization", not "species".

    Khara Mei
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Doomsday Argument is specifically about the extinction of the human species (and doesn't use the term "human civilisation" actually). Human civilisation (which is here only the way that the poster on reddit described it, not the Argument itself) describes the entirety of the development of the human species. Either way, it does absolutely mean the extinction of the human species.

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    Deborah B
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you look at human collective behavior, it's not a question of whether civilization is going to die out, just when and how. I would say 9120 years is wildly optimistic. My estimate would be 300 years.

    Danish Susanne
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Then you are stille much more optimistic than I am.

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm placing my bets on a LOT sooner than that.

    Grant Barke
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because by then the human race will have downloaded themselves into the internet where they will live for eternity in a world of make believe and bliss. We will truly live in paradise.

    Justin Trouble
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Was really really hoping for it to end this weekend.

    Luna Crow
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And according to some climate change studies, it'll happen a LOT sooner than that..

    Nicole Holt
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think it will take that long :)

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    #29

    People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread Your brain can’t really distinguish between imagination and reality.

    Darya_Jaen , MART PRODUCTION Report

    $cagsy
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mine can. In my imagination I'm a Platinum-selling rock star with a bevy of groupies and a fleet of sports cars parked at my huge mansion. In reality, I'm an out-of-work football coach, living off cereal with a wife and a dog. It's quite easy.

    alias D.
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes it is possible to differentiate reality and imagination because in one you’re an omnipresent God and the other is super depressing

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    Khara Mei
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    BS, it absolutely can. Afferent information (reality, which is perceived through our senses) is processed in an entirely different way by the brain to efferent information (self-generated by the brain, imagined). Surprise is a conflict between afferent and efferent information. This difference is, for example, why you can't tickle yourself.

    3 Owls In A Coat
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I dunno man, I keep having this very boring but incredibly vivid and realistic recurring dream where I go to the store and buy milk, and then when I wake up and go to the fridge I am surprised to see no milk 😅

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    Sonja
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is too little information to really comprehend the phenomenon. This refers to false memory syndrome. If your imagination is close enough to reality, it can form a false memory. And our brains are unable to distinguish between those false memories and real ones. This happens because our brains have a mechanism to fill in gaps in our perception, like filling out the seconds we miss when we blink, and that mechanism can cause us to perceive an imaginary memory to be true. It's not like we imagine something and just don't realise we're imagining it. But if, for example someone would insist we've been with them on a trip and provide us details of what happened on the trip and we tried our hardest to remember the trip that process of filling the gaps can kick in and we imagine the trip and don't realise it's not a real memory. This happened during the satanic panic, where therapists and police asked extremely leading questions unwittingly implanting false memories in kids.

    Sonja
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those memories weren't true, those rituals never happened, but it only came out when a girl remembered very vividly an abuse by her grandfather during the questioning, but the following investigation showed that this couldn't have happened because the grandfather was already dead and the kid was somewhere else during the time the rituals were supposed to have happened. Proper investigation showed that all of the allegations could be quite easily disproven. Alleged victims that were said to have been killed during the rituals were alive etc. After that, research showed the false memory syndrome and strict rules for questioning were implemented to avoid it.

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    Mike Crow
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Somedays I prefer imagination of reality.

    TheDemonicCat
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most days I prefer imagination over reality

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    Jaaawn
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pretty sure we've all been questioning reality at one point or another in recent years.

    UKGrandad
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's why many people who claim to have had weird experiences such as seeing ghosts, alien beings, demons or religious figures vividly, for example, refuse to believe they were possibly hallucinating, because the brain sees unexpected hallucinations as reality. Expected hallucinations - those induced by knowingly taking hallucinogenics - seem real when they're happening but once the effect wears off the brain processes the memory of them differently because it knows the cause.

    Khara Mei
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hallucinations however are SENSORY experiences, not imaginary ones. Reality is perceived by the brain through sensory information - afferent information this is called. Imaginations created by the brain are efferent information and are processed differently by the brain. As hallucinations are sensory experiences, they are processed as afferent information at the time no matter the cause. This actually proves that the brain processes imagination and reality separately, not disproves it.

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    Headless Roach
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Therefore it's so much easier to go brainless

    Richard Nichols
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If the physicalists/scientistics are right, then that's false because I *am* my brain and *I* can distinguish between imagination and reality.

    Riteaidbob
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That explains Democrat voters.

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    #30

    People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread The shortest commercial flight in the world lasted 57 seconds. It was a Loganair flight between two Scottish islands, Westray and Papa Westray. It was recorded the shortest commercial flight, with the distance of 1.7 miles.

    AnneKellyy , Josue Isai Ramos Figueroa Report

    Kel_how
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine getting to the airport hours early for a 57 second flight 🙃 But honestly, seems like a ferry would be more economical.

    Frances M
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not with the waters and cliffs around there…

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    Alan Gale
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have done it on the way to Westray, years ago. Today, you can get a certificate for the trip. The service was begun before daily ferries.

    Thomas Alskit
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Legend has it that the passengers are still trying to get to the end of the in-flight movie...

    Andy Frobig
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Have they tried a big slingshot?

    Mrs Irish Mom
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Shortest flight in the world was prob kylie Jenners 🤦‍♀️

    Yourname942
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder how much it costed (manpower, fuel, electricity, ticket prices, etc)

    Alexandra Davis
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can still catch this flight daily, Noel Phillips did it recently and recorded it.

    Ruth Hempsey
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Guy called Tom Scott has a video on his YouTube channel of doing this flight. Interesting and very brief. 😉

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    #31

    People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread Crickets’ ears are on their legs

    Eli_JMI , Miguel Á. Padriñán Report

    mcborge1
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not a cricket, that's a grasshopper. Grasshoppers ears are called Tympanum and they are on the body under the closed wings and not on the legs as with crickets.

    Lakota Wolf
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not sure what Penny posted in her comment, but if she didn't mention this: BP is NOTORIOUSLY terrible with their stock images XD I agree an accurate fact needs an accurate image... but BP is abominable with the images they use. A lot of times they're straight-up wrong, or disturbing when taken in context with the post they're paired with :<

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    Headless Roach
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "How do you call a cricket without legs? A deaf cricket". No, that does not sound like it makes sense.

    Robert T
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think the answer is "Anything you like, he can't hear you."

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    Giles McArdell
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why crickets never wear corduroys, the "wiff, wiff, wiff" would drive them crazy.

    Riley Quinn
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, someone's obviously not an entomologist.

    Rigor Moreno
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here in Asia, that's delicious when fried to a crisp! :D

    Timbob
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not surprising. Some people’s brains are in their a**!

    Serial pacifist
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also, the brains of many guys are between their legs.

    Philenzortia
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “I can’t hear you, please talk to my knees”

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    #32

    People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread The guy who played the villain in Karate kid 3 ( Terry Silver , Thomas Ian Griffith ) is actually 7 months younger than Ralph Macchio , ( Daniel LaRusso). It’s weird because the karate kid was still supposed to be under 18 and the villain was supposed to have fought in Vietnam.

    TheRedMarin , Columbia Pictures Report

    Kel_how
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And in Cobra Kai, he looks way older than Daniel

    RafCo (he/him)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think the actor that plays Johnny is also younger than Ralph Macchio.

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    Jennifer Johnson
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Johnny was the good guy and soooo much cuter! he still looks good now in Cobra Kai

    Gerardo Oliván
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ralph Macchio is actually 4 months older, Ralph Macchio was born in11/4/1961 and Griffith was born in 3/18/1962.

    dab
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and you're using space in my head now for absolutely no good reason

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    The CIA made a heart attack gun.

    Dear-Smile Report

    xL3af
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    we need more informationn

    harpling
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was a dart gun that fired a pellet of frozen poison. When the poison melted, it would enter the bloodstream and mimic the effects of a heart attack gun. Because the actual pellet melted, there would be no evidence except a tiny hole. It was supposedly developed in case Richard Nixon started abusing his power. https://oddfeed.net/was-there-really-a-cia-heart-attack-gun/

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    UKGrandad
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Point any gun at me and chances are I'd have a heart attack.

    Dixie Lee
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tell me when they make a clean the house gun

    Louie
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It shoots cheeseburgers at you

    Den Ver
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique

    lauralett50
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why is this not surprising. The CIA came up with crazy stuff during the cold war.

    Ace
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Poison dart using a specific shellfish toxin, that was supposed to be undetectable back in the day.

    Andrew R Davis
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Presented the victim with a hospital bill

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