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50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective
I don’t know about you, Pandas, but cool facts are like Pringles to me: once you have one, then you want another, and soon enough you just can’t stop yourself from having more and more. And I’m not the only one with an appetite for learning new things!
A whopping 1.2 million people follow the ‘Weird Facts’ Instagram page and they can’t get enough of the tantalizing trivia it shares on their social media feeds. We’ve collected some of the most interesting history and science facts shared by the page for you to enjoy as well, dear Readers, so have a scroll down and upvote the ones that you found interesting and surprising.
Did any of these facts change how you view the world? Did you by any chance know every single fact in this article? Do you have any cool trivia to share with all the other Pandas? You can share your thoughts, feelings, and opinions in the comment section. Ready to learn some awesome stuff? Let’s go!
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The ‘Weird Facts’ Instagram project eventually grew so large that its founder decided to branch out and create a trivia learning app. There are over 900 random, interesting, and genuine facts that you can learn and then wow your friends and family over dinner with. Some trivia might sound strange, true, but it’s all been double and triple-checked by ‘Weird Facts.’
Bored Panda has analyzed the topics of media literacy and how we can distinguish between true and false facts in quite a lot of detail before. Last week, I spoke to Steven Wooding, who is a member of the Institute of Physics in the United Kingdom, who elaborated on what kind of mindset a true, curious, impartial scientist ought to have.
"Scientists have to be curious about how the world works and persistent in their work, as it may take years for it to pay off. Creativity to imagine what might be possible and attention to detail to gain knowledge are also very important," Steven told Bored Panda during an interview.
"We have to be open-minded to new facts and let data guide the way, rather than just what we think. On the other hand, we should also be critical of data. One experiment doesn’t make a fact. A fact comes from experiments that can be repeated and verified many times over."
According to the researcher, the advent of internet newsfeeds and platforms like TikTok and Twitter has shortened our attention spans. As a result, we tend to have a lower tolerance for long-form content that requires more focus and energy from us.
This is wholesome for the father and daughter. But it's sad on so many levels. Not only is this discrimination against single and gay parents, but they are also treating disabled children with so much disregard. I'm happy for the father, but there is so much to ponder about here.
"If you feel you are time-pressured, it’s probably only natural that you don’t want to invest a chunk of time on one article but instead scan the headlines to get lots of little bits of information. I have certainly noticed myself being less likely to read a long article unless it’s something that genuinely interests me," he said that on the one hand, we’re saving time, but on the other hand, we’re staying at a very superficial level of information.
"The negative impact is that we won’t reach a deeper level of understanding of something and end up missing out. This is ironic, as people today rush around trying not to miss out on things," Steven told Bored Panda.
Forget just letting him off the hook - he deserves a goddamn medal for that.
"It’s essential to have a growth mindset and realize that you probably know very little. We can only gain more profound knowledge of the world by investing time in exploring it. This issue goes back to short attention spans, which gives us a broad, but shallow spread of knowledge. Take the time to read a book on a subject, and you are bound to learn more," the expert gave some advice, urging everyone to build their patience for content that isn’t just bite-sized.
Meanwhile, entertainment and pop culture expert Mike Sington from Hollywood explained to me that there’s a broad range of red flags we have to look out for that might indicate that a fact or a source might be unreliable.
"Red flags to watch out for that a claim may be fake: it's outlandish, it's too good to be true, you haven't seen the claim anywhere else, you've never heard the source, the source isn't reputable, you can't find two other sources making the same claim, your gut tells you, ‘this can't be true,'" Mike told shared with Bored Panda.
"The rise of social media has decreased the reliability of information because misinformation can spread so quickly before it can be corrected," the expert said that one basic thing we can do to check the reliability of a fact is… to start off with a simple and humble Google search. We should be on the lookout for additional sourcing and evidence. If we can’t find anything, we should remain skeptical.
"Do this and think before reposting or you may be contributing to the problem. Amplification doesn’t make a claim true or accurate," he said.
an article from oct. 2021 : “physical wounds were healing, but the (post-traumatic stress disorder) is manifesting itself more all the time.”. The most beautiful is his response after accepting shooter's apology : “I am not God to make the decision to kill him or not. That’s not my decision. My decision is to be a better person and to change the world for every kid. I don’t want this to happen to anybody again. It hurts. It hurts. It really hurts. So, I am just going to keep going. That’s it.”
Mike said that sources like Associated Press, Reuters, and The New York Times can be considered to be trustworthy. "They employ fact-checkers and editors that ensure the information they post is correct. They’re basically doing the research and homework for you. There are literally too many online sources to list that can’t be trusted and should be avoided. Anyone can basically post anything they want… proceed with caution," he told Bored Panda.
"Our attention spans have been reduced to mere seconds at a time because that’s the way information and entertainment is fed to us now. People get tiny bite-sized bits of news by scrolling a Twitter feed, they entertain themselves by scrolling quickly through Instagram and TikTok. It’s creating a habit that doesn’t have to be," he said.
Honesty is the best policy and pay off!!! So thankful for this lady's kindness to help make a change in this mans life. Very wholesome
it is wholesome but quite sad that he had to rely on funds from others, instead of the government (likely the U.S.) doing something to help homeless people, as the U.S. has a number of empty houses and the funds to spare it
Load More Replies...I work with homeless people. Some of the homeless folks I know would try to return the ring; others would p**n it as soon as possible. Homeless people are just as honest or dishonest as any other group. (Edit: BP edited "p**n" which is what you do at a pawnshop - trade something for money. It's not a bad word.)
It’s also a chess word. BP censors are completely out of control!
Load More Replies...I would love for a general terminology change here. This man isn’t a begger. Nobody is born a begger. That’s a circumstance that our f****d up system pushes a ton of people into.
System created poverty, aye. Poverty is a very effective tool to destroy independence, nurture weakness, and goad people into relinquishing their dignity and freedom for meager handouts.
Load More Replies...It's how they got so rich. That, along with raping and pillaging and colonizing, etc.
Load More Replies...🍀💟The homeless man must have had a big heart and respect for love sentiment.
I think she realized how homelessness is only 1 illness or hospital bill away for a lot of people. Goddess Bless her.
This proves that just because a person is homeless doesn't mean that they are heartless. Don't judge a person by his situation - you don't know the whole story, you're reading the cover.
See most of these men were in the military and I have PTSD just because they’re homeless does not mean there are bad people .I lay the fault on our country ! They should never have to work ever again just enjoy their life and their children and grandchildren they fall to save our country They deserve that
AHHHHH THIS IS SO AMAZING THE WORLD SUCKS BUT INDIVIDUAL HUMANS ARE SO BEAUTIFUL
It's refreshing to hear stories like this.There are alot of these stories that turn out to be scams. I hope Mr.Harris continues to be blessed for doing the right thing. $4k is alot of money to most people. It's like a million dollars to a homeless person and he still did the right thing. He has a true heart of gold.
I hope this is a genuine story. The reason I say that is that I remember one just like it a few years ago that turned out to be nothing but a scam perpetrated by all the people who profited from it. I hope this one is real, because I hate it when assholes ruin sweet stories like this.
I think this is the same story. He had to sue them for the money because they took trips and bought new BMWs with it instead of giving him what they collected. They were the assholes and I think they went to jail.
Load More Replies...Isn’t this the story in which it turned out the woman set it up as a means for the Gofundme and kept the money? My apologies if I’m mixing them up…!
See? There are still decent people in this life. He could have easily pawned the ring. She could have easily taken it back and just said "thanks"... But they BOTH did not only the right thing, but went above and beyond. True kindness transcends race and gender and just sees the human being.
America, where we abandon the mentally ill to die on the streets, then talk about it as though it's a housing crisis.
Bravo for acknowledging and honoring this man's honesty,and doing something to help him.
Now that is karma in action .. on steroids! Fantastic for both parties 👏
I pray he was able to become self-sufficient and found the way to a better, safer, more meaningful life.
I've been homeless before, so I know the absolute joy that's of ft. Thank u so much kind lady!!
In my opinion if you lie then you heat and steal. But this is simply a wonderful man who was down on his luck. He did the right thing which proved his honest nature disproving what some might think of the homeless. I'd love to hear how this man is doing today. They truly helped each other and the payback was amazing. Wishing Billy Ray all the best
He must be so proud of himself. Not everyone on the streets are dishonest, circumstances sometimes makes them homeless.
Allowing sum1 to engage another person instead of having enough money to escape porverty. I salute him
A good honest man, down on his luck deserves such great treatment.
I got so furious one day at the nasty comments that a woman said when I gave a homeless man some cash in the most disgusting tone ever she snarled he's probably gonna just buy booze with it !! I saw red !! And told her everyone has their own issues and if this man was an alcoholic then that is no easy life and until u have walked that mile please keep your opinions to yourself!!! She had nothing eles to say
It's cute that he gave it back. He could've exchanged it and possibly gotten over 500000 dollars, but instead he gave it back. People deserve more respect than they get. I love this women as well. True loyalty to both her husband and homeless people right there.
If it's not yours please don't keep it. It might be more precious to person who lost it. Returned wallet to woman. It had money for her kids Christmas toys.
he ain't homeless no mo! He better not be!! 2013 Homes in the US were around 60-80 grand
You never know what beautiful things can happen, just being honest. Follow Jehovah Golden Rule
Thanks. I hope the fund has greatly improved his life for now and the future.
And people want to put spikes on public benches so he can't sleep there.
Didn't this lady and her husband get in big trouble le for keeping that money? They were on the news trying to defend themselves for buying new cars and other big purchases by saying he wasn't good with money and would waste it anyway. Good intentions became greed intentions.
I vaguely remember this, and I could be completely misremembering the situation, but I think the couple that set up the go fund me ended up trying to keep most of the money they raised, and ended up getting sued. I'm gonna go check and see when I get the chance, and I'll update this if I'm wrong. Does anyone else remember this?
I am wrong. It was another couple from New Jersey that raised 400k for a man they let borrow 20 bucks to get gas. They refused to give the man the money that was raised until ordered to do so by a judge. Sorry for the confusion.
Load More Replies...If I recall, they didn't actually give him the money and it turned into a lawsuit...
No, that's a different story. The homeless man whose GoFundMe turned out to be a scam is Johnny Bobbitt Jr. This story is about Billy Ray Harris.
Load More Replies...Check your facts before posting please. You're referencing an entirely different case (Johnny Bobbitt Jr..).
Load More Replies..."The good news is there’s plenty of long-form entertainment and news available, you just have to seek it out. I believe the benefit is worth it. I’ve discovered it improves your ability to focus, it’s more calming, you retain more information, and it gives you a more balanced and nuanced view of the world.”
Dangerous but good for one health as a result. Glad he was okay afterwards.
I read a novel once which opens with a pony getting stuck in the sand at the beach. The owner and her mother end up going "oh well, whatcha gonna do", shrugging and going home, leaving the poor thing to its fate! Then when they come back the next day and find out someone else has rescued the poor animal and taken it away they actually have the gall to be upset about it. I was so infuriated I stopped reading and never finished the book.
At the beginning of World War II, she and composer George Antheil developed a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes that used spread spectrum and frequency hopping technology to defeat the threat of jamming by the Axis powers. Although the US Navy did not adopt the technology until the 1960s, the principles of their work are incorporated into Bluetooth and GPS technology and are similar to methods used in legacy versions of CDMA and Wi-Fi.This work led to their induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2014.
Good for you Dad! Glad he recovered. The gun was a little much but...it saved his life.
Yet again, an amazing human. It's just sad that for every Bob Ross, we get 200 eejits.
Here is a list of people living in abject poverty before becoming famous Dwayne The Rock Johnson, Tiffany Haddish, Kat Graham, Chris Pratt, Annie Murphy, Amara La Negra, Chris Hemsworth, Chrissy Metz, Jennifer Lopez (who was homeless), Richard Madden, Ed Sheeran, etc etc etc. There are also people who became rich and/or famous and ended without a dime or roof over their heads
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This was very interesting! Such a good early morning read. Thanks for sharing!
Such beautiful stories give a fresh counter balance to regular news. Thank you :)
You did a great job, Jonas. The best comment was the from the person pointing out that the forest/woods weren't infested with bears and wolves, they lived there! I laughed out so loud I woke my baby up!!! So fact or fiction, it was an absolute good time for this insomniac! Thanks for that!
Hit some highs and lows for me emotionally. Great light read. Full of meaningfulness and life. Love bored panda!!
Gosh. I sure wish there was something called Fact Checking to make sure things you call facts are actually true. I wish there was SOME way to make sure before publishing a list of facts. Sigh. Oh well. Guess we'll all just have to keep assuming everything in print is true, eh?
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Reading these a second time, a lot of details seemed likely distorted or just plain BS. The first time, I bought in totally lol!
Thank u very much for including my God Eminem in this twice!!
#24 So... she didn't give the guy $4000 HERSELF but rather asked strangers to make her look good... yeah, great achievement~ 😕 #44 Haha isn't this playboy story depicts what's happening right now? Critical race theory, quotas for LGBT in different spheres (it's rather hypocritical for the community striving for equality to hire ppl/giveout subsidies based on their sexual orientation and not on their skills/financial situation). Being straight isn't cool the media tells us, and if you're white - you're de facto racist (even if you're a kid)~
As was mentioned in comments, I didn’t need to cry today. Or perhaps 🤔 I did.
You published this message that is completely FALSE : …Meanwhile, entertainment and pop culture expert Mike Sington from Hollywood explained to me that there’s a broad range of red flags we have to look out for that might indicate that a fact or a source might be unreliable."Red flags to watch out for that a claim may be fake: it's outlandish, it's too good to be true, you haven't seen the claim anywhere else, you've never heard the source, the source isn't reputable, you can't find two other sources making the same claim, your gut tells you, ‘this can't be true,'" Mike told shared with Bored Panda. Proven: The CIA admitted that US spies/diplomats aren't being attacked by foreign adversaries. "Havana Syndrome" is mass hysteria.Here are the top corporate media outlets that spread this bogus conspiracy theory, from the NYT to CNN, Fox to Guardian, AP to BBC:
I read about how our attentionspan has kind of shortened, and this morning on childrens tv channel I noticed the the "shows" are mostly less than 5 minutes long. Yesterday I was in school with 6 year olds. They were watching a movie for children and the teacher stopped it, and asked did they wanted a break or view the rest. They unanimously asked to view on without any break. It makes me think.
Totally love these types of reads .. I have adhd so little facts and different information totally kept me wanting to see what was the next fact info
The best entries are those that show how easy it is to do good to a fellow human being. Let the lesson not be lost.
This list is cool, but one thing that I've learned is that pictures with said events are not usually telling the whole story or/are completely false.
I find it interesting that the article talks about shortt attention span and shallow understanding of a topic while condensing factoids into the very thing the article criticizes.
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This was very interesting! Such a good early morning read. Thanks for sharing!
Such beautiful stories give a fresh counter balance to regular news. Thank you :)
You did a great job, Jonas. The best comment was the from the person pointing out that the forest/woods weren't infested with bears and wolves, they lived there! I laughed out so loud I woke my baby up!!! So fact or fiction, it was an absolute good time for this insomniac! Thanks for that!
Hit some highs and lows for me emotionally. Great light read. Full of meaningfulness and life. Love bored panda!!
Gosh. I sure wish there was something called Fact Checking to make sure things you call facts are actually true. I wish there was SOME way to make sure before publishing a list of facts. Sigh. Oh well. Guess we'll all just have to keep assuming everything in print is true, eh?
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Reading these a second time, a lot of details seemed likely distorted or just plain BS. The first time, I bought in totally lol!
Thank u very much for including my God Eminem in this twice!!
#24 So... she didn't give the guy $4000 HERSELF but rather asked strangers to make her look good... yeah, great achievement~ 😕 #44 Haha isn't this playboy story depicts what's happening right now? Critical race theory, quotas for LGBT in different spheres (it's rather hypocritical for the community striving for equality to hire ppl/giveout subsidies based on their sexual orientation and not on their skills/financial situation). Being straight isn't cool the media tells us, and if you're white - you're de facto racist (even if you're a kid)~
As was mentioned in comments, I didn’t need to cry today. Or perhaps 🤔 I did.
You published this message that is completely FALSE : …Meanwhile, entertainment and pop culture expert Mike Sington from Hollywood explained to me that there’s a broad range of red flags we have to look out for that might indicate that a fact or a source might be unreliable."Red flags to watch out for that a claim may be fake: it's outlandish, it's too good to be true, you haven't seen the claim anywhere else, you've never heard the source, the source isn't reputable, you can't find two other sources making the same claim, your gut tells you, ‘this can't be true,'" Mike told shared with Bored Panda. Proven: The CIA admitted that US spies/diplomats aren't being attacked by foreign adversaries. "Havana Syndrome" is mass hysteria.Here are the top corporate media outlets that spread this bogus conspiracy theory, from the NYT to CNN, Fox to Guardian, AP to BBC:
I read about how our attentionspan has kind of shortened, and this morning on childrens tv channel I noticed the the "shows" are mostly less than 5 minutes long. Yesterday I was in school with 6 year olds. They were watching a movie for children and the teacher stopped it, and asked did they wanted a break or view the rest. They unanimously asked to view on without any break. It makes me think.
Totally love these types of reads .. I have adhd so little facts and different information totally kept me wanting to see what was the next fact info
The best entries are those that show how easy it is to do good to a fellow human being. Let the lesson not be lost.
This list is cool, but one thing that I've learned is that pictures with said events are not usually telling the whole story or/are completely false.
I find it interesting that the article talks about shortt attention span and shallow understanding of a topic while condensing factoids into the very thing the article criticizes.
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