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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.
I use sunflowers as beanstalks. That was invented by the squirrels that visit us.
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I would do that but unfortunately, corn really needs an awful lot of water to grow and is not appropriate in places that are threatened by drought in the years to come.
I live in a place not threatened with drought, but the municipal water is so expensive that most people here no longer plant vegetable gardens.
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Sooo... question is: do modern farmers benefit from this knowledge by imitating this or do they ignore it?
A lot of independent/ self sustaining farmers do this and crop rotation to keep land fertile. Corporate/ large scale farmers are paid not to and provided with fertilizers to use instead. I worked the agriculture industry for more than a decade as a researcher.
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I read the Indian in the Cupboard XD. Yes, it was the Iroquois tribe who made this system.
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My great grandad always planted pumpkins beneath his grape vines to protect them from frost which was very successful. He experimented a lot with companion planting to get the most out of his farm. Being in the Mallee region of Victoria, Australia, grapes were always the main crop though.
When I was an avid gardener, I sought out this type of information to make my job easier.
They also planted tobacco every other row to act as a natural pesticide. Nicotine is one of the most powerful poisons to bugs.
Corn, beans, and squash eaten together forms complex protein, a nutritional necessity.
Beans, corn and squash together provide all the amino acids you need to survive. That's the final payoff here.
Indigenous people of the Americas have contributed so much to world food (think about potatoes and chocolate for instance!), and are generally very under-appreciated and unrecognized in terms of their agricultural brilliance. So many historians try to say that people of the Americas 'weren't technologically advanced'; bull****. Their technology laid in other areas, like agriculture. People are only just recently starting to recognize how efficient the traditional planting methods are.
I try to make a pot of 3 sisters vegetable stew every late summer in honor of this indigenous practice. It's delicious!
I can testify to this - precise in every word. There's documentation in great quantity.
I learned in school that these crops were grown together, but not the explanation for *why* it was done.
I do okra, tomato, and eggplant. Makes a delicious stew. My squash and corn didn't come up, don't eat beans.
Which "Native Americans"? Which tribes? They were not and are not a monoculture.
The three sisters are found in LOTS of Native American cuisines including cuisine from the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Oneidas, Chickasaw, Hopi, and Navajo -- just to name a few. I appreciate what you're trying to do here and agree that Indigenous nations definitely aren't a monolith. On this specific topic though, there's lots of resources (and terrific recipes) available. Do some googling.
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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.
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
