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50 Facts That You Might Have A Hard Time Believing, Shared In This Facebook Group
Today, we can find new information in mere seconds just with the tips of our fingers. A few Google searches, some quick clicks on different links, and you've got what you’ve been looking for. Although not everything that we learn on the Internet makes us particularly smarter, it can still trigger our desire to know more.
There’s a Facebook page called Unbelievable Facts that is described as a "source for the best bizarre, strange and extraordinary stories on the Internet." It’s a true powerhouse with more than 8.9M people who enjoy learning and sharing random bits of information. Like the fact that baking powder was born out of love or that aluminum is among the most recyclable materials ever created.
To show you just how interesting things can get, we have collected some of the best posts from their page. Continue scrolling and upvote the most mind-boggling ones!
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As the creators of Unbelievable Facts stated on their website, "What started out as a fun hobby turned into a full-time career." They created this page so that people all over the Internet would be able to resolve their random curiosities and quench that thirst for knowledge.
The project was started in 2012 by Gourav Gola, an engineering graduate, who wanted to "share his interests with the world, and the world responded just as enthusiastically". Since then, the project has been growing every day. Their goal remains the same as it was from the beginning—to bring the most remarkable stories to their fans and followers.
"Committed to finding and sharing the most fascinating facts, we create content around a plethora of topics—from science and entertainment to human history and society," the creators wrote. What sets Unbelievable Facts apart from other similar pages is their commitment to quality over quantity: "We always strive to provide you with the most authentic stories and facts. Our search for the truth requires us to spend hours on a single piece."
We humans are naturally curious—asking questions, finding something interesting, and encouraging others to explore it as well. According to a study by researchers at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, our information-seeking behavior is driven by the brain’s dopamine-producing reward system in the same way as money or food. In other words, our brain becomes addicted to information and wants us to seek it constantly.
“To the brain, information is its own reward, above and beyond whether it’s useful,” co-author of the study and associate professor Ming Hsu, Ph.D. told Neuroscience News. Research shows that our brain converts information into a similar scale as it does for money.
The paper focuses on studying curiosity and what it looks like inside the brain. The researchers scanned people’s brains while they were presented with a lottery with two financial outcomes, a gain and a loss. Participants were able to purchase information in order to find out the odds of them winning.
The results showed that most of the participants made rational decisions but they over-valued information in general. People wanted to know more not only because it benefited them, but also because they expected it to have benefits. "Anticipation serves to amplify how good or bad something seems, and the anticipation of a more pleasurable reward makes the information appear even more valuable,” Hsu said.
And he is now a legendary character, whose death was sad and pointless. RIP big man!!!!
The paper shows that sometimes we want to know things just for the sake of knowing. However, we’re constantly learning new things not only because it’s addictive, but also because it can make us successful. There are so many advantages to it: a career boost, new opportunities or at least transforming dull conversations into exciting ones.
According to Harvard Business Review, people who don’t give up too early and commit to learning report massive career benefits. If you wish to be one of those people, there are four crucial habits you need to improve.
First, focus on emerging skills. The world is constantly improving, and so should you. If you want to know what are some of the most important and relevant skills right now, don’t be afraid to reach out to experts in your field. Then, if you’re looking for an online course, try the one that's happening live—this way you could interact and collaborate with others. If a live course is not available, try convincing a friend to join you!
Was this surprising at the time? I would hope there was safety concerns then too!
further more reasons y animal cruelty is wrong......animals literally save us humans....even tho v don't deserve them
Also, implementing learning immediately will help the information stick in your mind. You don’t want to get stuck in "theory land", so find whatever opportunity you can to use your new skills. Finally, set a specific goal. This one is of the utmost importance: if you set your eyes on the prize, it will encourage you to keep going.
Additionally, after the second child was diagnosed prosecutors didn't think that it had anything to do with the death of the first child, so she ended up spending 2 years in jail. An episode of Unsolved Mysteries featuring her case got a biochemist involved that arranged for the first child's blood to be tested for the disease, which he obviously had. There's a bit more to the story, the first child's blood had been tested incorrectly during the initial investigation but this comment is already terribly long so I'll end by saying she sued the hospital and the lab, won a settlement, got her second child back and later ensured the head prosecutor couldn't win his re-election by donating to his opponent.
Thank you...I really wanted to know the full story.
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I know I'll be downvoted and this is not a Capitol punishment case but .. this is why I do not support capital punishment. How many innocent lives have been taken because of situation like this. How many have spent countless years in prison for crime in which they didn't commit. The justice system can and does fail us at times. I had an uncle who spent 27 years in federal prison for killing his wife. He went through many appeals and was released after finally figuring out she had been killed by a neighbor. He was not even in town the day she died. He lost 27 years of his life and died 7 months after his release.
I agree, but sometimes, like that UK couple who beat and starved their little boy, and hours before he died he cried 'No one loves me!'. I would happily see them dead for what they did.
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OMG that poor woman. She lost her child and was innocent, convicted and and and. I'm going to google this.EDIT: Stallings gave birth to another child while incarcerated awaiting trial; he was diagnosed with methylmalonic acidemia (MMA), a rare genetic disorder that can mimic antifreeze poisoning. Prosecutors initially did not believe that the sibling's diagnosis had anything to do with Ryan's case and Stallings’ own lawyer failed to produce available evidence as proof of the possibility. After a professor in biochemistry and molecular biology had some of Ryan’s blood samples tested, he was able to prove that the child had also died from MMA and not ethylene glycol poisoning. Test samples were sent to several commercial labs that used the same method as used on Ryan’s sample. Nearly half of the test results were incorrect. After spending nearly two years incarcerated, Stallings was released in July 1991. Prosecutors decided to close the case two months later. Stallings sued the hospital and laboratories that were involved in Ryan's care and reached an out-of-court settlement.
It must have felt like an eternity, but I am glad they only stole two years of her life.
Load More Replies... So, if she hadn't had the second child, she would still be languishing in jail!
Also unfortunately true if the second child had never developed any symptoms.
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Hidden misogyny at work, and sadly not unique. A few years after this in the UK Sally Clark was found guilty of murdering both her children, based on 'expert' medical evidence that it was impossible to lose two to cot death. She spent three years inside before the verdict was overturned and the evidence disproved, but by then the strain of the losses, trials and how she (a solicitor and daughter of a prison officer, as well as a convicted child killer) was treated in prison had caused severe psychiatric problems and she died a few years later. Glad to say the doctor was struck off, and other women he'd testified against were released.
What an awful thing for someone who just lost their child to go through.
It was also made into a TV movie. David Ogden Stiers is the only one of the cast I remember without Googling it.
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Why are prosecutors so determined to keep people they have prosecuted in prison even when it's obvious they are innocent. You hear about this all time.
A number of reasons. For one, too many screw-ups and they'll lose their jobs. For another, they know if the wrongly convicted person gets out of prison, he or she will likely sue the pants off of everyone responsible, and last but not least, the overwhelming majority of US prosecutors are Republicans. Admitting a mistake just isn't in their DNA.
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This happens a lot in er for Eds since we dislocate so easily they assume abuse
Imagien: You are losing your child - the worst grief a person can have - and then are prosecuted for killing him. Hell on earth.
Whenever I hear stories like this I'm overcome with sorrow that grieving people are being wrongfully punished.
That poor woman, not only prison life but being accused of killing her own child, so sad.
So glad she is free and that she stopped the "dirt-bag prosector" from re-election.
But…. How could she even think she did that? What did she do? Feed it to him?
We all know that the Internet is obsessed with facts. No matter where your interests lie, you can definitely find something on the Unbelievable Facts page. And if it seems like you’re putting too much random information into your brain, just remember that living a life full of thirst for knowledge keeps you young and excited about the future.
awww//// elephants are cute........they also regard humans as cute ....the way we feel about puppies
omg that is so clever...i wanna name my cat 'doctor'....so I can issue a "doctor's" note claiming I am ill....."ill is my temporary name"
darn it........airlines r cleverer now......not that i could be smart enough to think of that on my own///
"It seems a shame to leave these massive bones lying around when we've scraped all the meat off, if only there was another use for them..."
To be honest, most Austrians themselves didn't protest that much their own annexation by Nazi Germany.
The ents shall commeth to Lady Macbeth, the iron maiden, lord Macbeth's precious.
I have wondered how fish get to remote lakes without streams connecting them to other water bodies
My mom is from Taos. She grew up in these pueblos. I had a chance to visit them numerous times. I have distant relatives that still live there. It's really quite special.
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Very enjoyable material, some of which I already knew, more of this please.
I've heard of some of these for years. Some I have not. Not saying I don't believe them, just interested. So I just go do my own research.
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Amazing facts. With the help of these facts, grow your Facebook account in a brief time.
Some of these I want a source for, others have actually been disproven, and the rest were cool
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20160418-spains-cursed-village-of-witches
Very enjoyable material, some of which I already knew, more of this please.
I've heard of some of these for years. Some I have not. Not saying I don't believe them, just interested. So I just go do my own research.
Load More Replies... Amazing facts. With the help of these facts, grow your Facebook account in a brief time.
Some of these I want a source for, others have actually been disproven, and the rest were cool
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20160418-spains-cursed-village-of-witches
