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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!

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. 

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

Let me just save this for when the argument as to why the south african rail service is a mess and also when our engergy minister says we can't change to clean energy. (just because those corrupt bastards have investments in coal mines)

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Nor
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

@ Sum Guy, they'll die if we do away with our wet coal and loadshedding. They also benefit and never suffer with loadshedding either, cause of them being MP's

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

11% of dutch energy is from renewables, 73% from fossil fuels (according to a quick google search). Where has this fact come from? How is the rail energy specifically wind rather than a mix? I'm sceptical

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

Those windmills aren't hooked up to the train grid - electricity is purchased with guarantees of amount produces in wind mill parks etc, which I never totally trust. But they do claim they use 100% electricity traceable to windmill farms in the Netherlands, Belgium and Scandinavia.

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

The "without any emissions" part is wrong. Total environmental damage vs output tells a different story. I build renewables

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

It's NOT a windmill... what is it milling? Its a wind turbine... completely different thing.

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

not exactly, aside from it is one cluster of windmills per train rather than a single windmill, this only works on days where the wind is over 25MPH, if it dips below that they activate coal and gas generators to keep the windmills moving at the min speed so they don't stall. Germany ran their own study on a system like this and concluded that the backup needs negated any positive affects, and it was more efficient to use another system

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

Lots if windmills are offshore. Average wind speed on the North sea is around 30mph.

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

I'm Dutch and this strikes me as extremely optimistic. From what the Director of the only Dutch nuclear power plant said on tv, the amount of energy needed by The Netherlands requires around 60 (I forgot the exact amount but is was at least 60) modern nuclear power plants. So how does this 'train on wind' work?

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

How much energy does it take to produce and maintain the windmill?

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

I don't think the Dutch would want to measure their performance in 'miles'. They'd more likely say '300 Kilometres'. Article written by a Yank?

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

Yet on our small island we have a totally inefficient public transport system with little to no use of renewable energy sources...the only thing in abundance is corrupt politicians.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have NEVER heard of this. But they have been using wind power for many, have they not?

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

Point of information: A key component of windmills is balsa wood. The only place on earth it can be harvested from is the Rainforest, usually through clear-cutting techniques. By supporting windmill technology you're sacrificing the Rainforest which is often referred to as the "lungs of the planet".

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

True, ahead of time on this.. but .. the high power line train has a power outage about 10x a week. And people can't get from a to b. And driving when the leafs have fallen or when it's -1°c , when it storms. That all gives a lot of problems. Like delays or even no trains at all for hours.

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

Between the Dutch and Japanese why don't we have a better rail syst5.

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

Not only that, the dutch came up with a wooden shoe to save shoe leather and fingers to plug dykes.

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

This is totally not true. Besides, the service is negatively known as totally unreliable, dropping service runs because of wet leaves on the tracks (every year), stopping in the middle of the grasslands as it stops running (while operating on diesel). forcing the passengers to walk 4 miles to the nearest station,

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

Why can’t the rest of the world do this?? Like especially New York City???

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

a) not true b) not windmills. Windmills are mills that are wind powered. These wind turbines do not mill anything. c) it is now well known that wind turbines cause severe sleep disruption d) it's not efficient enough to run our country on. It's a nice idea but hardly feasible to run our small part of civilisation on. I'm not anti. They can be great as an auxiliary source of energy, but they are hardly efficient, nor are they as environmentally friendly as they are made out to be.

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

And there are still people against windmills because they "make the landscape look ugly". Seriously? In Germany we have hundreds of them along the coast of the north sea - and I think they actually look pretty

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

But how many birds are killed by these brutal windmills? Love the Earth and it's creatures. Stop wind energy.

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

California used to have a rail system from San Bernardino mountains to coastal beaches. Car dealers formed a group to convince (bribe, threaten?) San Bernardino councils to abandon rail system... to help them sell more vehicles. They were persuasive. Rail cars were dumped in Santa Ana River and tracks covered in asphalt.

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

Last year the wind in the North Sea stopped for almost three weeks. Brownouts occurred in cities in the Netherlands, UK and France.

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

Now if they improve their accessibility for the disabled they'll be perfect

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

Tell that to anyone in North America and they'll assume there's no power when the wind stops. As if the wind stops.

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

Okay, Dutchies - I've always considered you the masters of water, but this as well?! This, my friends, is a progressive nation.

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

Clearly their laws are not written by the oil companies...

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

The Germans have the reputation for engineering, but the Dutch are up there.

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

North Europeans: the only folks with their heads screwed on right.

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

Big Oil is the root of all evil, and all of our problems and wars. Please quit sending your children to die and kill for them.

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

Compared to other trains, that is actually quite slow and inefficient.

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

Why do we persist in the nightmare of fossil fuels when we have so much we can do with wind, solar and water power.

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

"But what about the cancer and dead eagles," cried the "well-informed" American. /s

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

I presume they are able to do this because Holland is so flat (and, therefore, gets more wind). Would hillier countries be able to do the same? Honest question.

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

Well, it's usually pretty windy on top of the hills, it just depends whether you're willing to put wind turbines up there. Pretty much all countries could do this and much more with renewables, it's just a question of choosing an appropriate mix. If they don't have wind they've probably got sun or hydro.

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

This is brilliant. In the UK, Freightliner moved back to Diesel from Electricity due to the massively increased cost of electricity

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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.

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

And he is now a legendary character, whose death was sad and pointless. RIP big man!!!!

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

Haaaahaha the lawyer: "secondary reality tv personality". Perfect description.

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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.

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

Was this surprising at the time? I would hope there was safety concerns then too!

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

further more reasons y animal cruelty is wrong......animals literally save us humans....even tho v don't deserve them

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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. 

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

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.

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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.

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

awww//// elephants are cute........they also regard humans as cute ....the way we feel about puppies

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

Well...I'd say the punishment was effective. Rather than spending the time on more pranks he spent it on something productive.

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

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"

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

Interesting, although as a Brit who loves old buildings and has lived in quite a few old towns/cities in the UK I have NEVER seen this...

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

Oh! He was the person next to Rose and Jack in the movie Titanic when the last part of the ship was sinking

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

darn it........airlines r cleverer now......not that i could be smart enough to think of that on my own///

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

Dang, that's smart, lol. I'd need someone like that, too, half-asleep-me is a lazy chump...

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

"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..."

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

To be honest, most Austrians themselves didn't protest that much their own annexation by Nazi Germany.

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

Yeah, nice tale. Only it did leave out the part where they moved several times because discrimination was so bad... (In the US as well as in Germany)

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

The ents shall commeth to Lady Macbeth, the iron maiden, lord Macbeth's precious.

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

I have wondered how fish get to remote lakes without streams connecting them to other water bodies

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

Until you come home after an 11 month float and she s 6 months along

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

Her being successful must be a nice "up yours" to those nasty buggers.

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

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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