Weird World: 50 Amazing Facts From This Instagram Page To Satisfy Your Curiosity
Interview
It’s a weird and wonderful world we live in, and there’s nobody out there who knows it better than the admins of Weird World. These linked Instagram and Facebook accounts share strange and interesting facts about science, history, and practically anything you can imagine!
We bet this page would go over well with anyone who enjoys juicy bits of trivia about everything and anything, but everyone is bound to find something that’ll satisfy their curiosity. What was the first ever fashion statement observed in chimpanzees? When in our lives do we start smiling and laughing less? Their page scratches all of these “I wonders” and more.
Read on for some behind-the-scenes info from our interview with the page’s creators and curators.
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The page is the brainchild of three friends who created it together in 2011. We reached out and they agreed to tell BoredPanda more about their page, which they created “as a way to share all the fascinating and weird information we come across.”
They emphasized that this had been an interest before they ever began sharing their posts with others, indicating that they regularly “sought out the most captivating and extraordinary facts, stories, and phenomena discovered on the internet.”
“We enjoy researching and sharing a wide range of topics,” the admins explained, “but our personal favorite types of posts revolve around natural phenomena and anomalies. These topics often captivate our interest and inspire us to delve deeper into understanding the unexplained.”
Mr. Rogers is an automatic upvote. If only there was an episode where he had met Bob Ross, my childhood CRT TV might have exploded out of sheer awesome.
Mr. Rogers talking to Bob Ross would like ASMR. we wouldn't last 5 minutes.
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That photo is from some years later. Here's an article with photo from original episode. https://www.poolmagazine.com/pool-news/how-a-mr-rogers-episode-featuring-a-pool-helped-fight-segregation/
Thank you, Scott J, context is always important. The picture used here is from 1993 as they revisited the 1969 incident. There are so many, but the best part of all this for me is that the "cop" is a gay actor, something Fred was very much aware of at the time. This here? This is how Christians are supposed to act towards their fellow humans. We never deserved Mr. Rogers, but by golly we needed him!
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I think Mr Rogers, in times past would have been considered a prophet. His favorite number was 143 which was also his constant weight. The number of letters in I LOVE YOU.
I will never understand why racism is a thing, esp stuff like this. Like, what did they think would happen back then? That color washes off? And they might become black? I don't get it. I mean, I know what I've read about that time period, but it still doesn't make sense. Especially when we know that people freakin pee in pools, so you're telling me that pee is preferable than sharing a swimming pool with someone of color? Yeah, nah.... gtfo with that nonsense
He also dried off the policeman's feet. Bob Ross and Mr. Rogers my head would have exploded.
I love Mr. Rogers as he was a truly empathetic and kindhearted person. He spoke up for minority groups and showed respect to people from all walks of life.
Automatic upvote. No one should be discriminated against because of their race.
Mr. Rodgers was the shiz!!! I would give this way more upvotes if I could
Tucker Carlson and fox news would be calling this woke.
Always weird to me: A country that fought the Nazis had a racist society and laws, in some parts up until today. Or is the difference, that white people were mostly the target back then?
Beautiful humans, both of them. Imagine the ish each had to put up with from their families for that. I used to know Mr. Roger's niece who hated him and said nasty things about him about how in real life, he supposedly hated children, and the things she said about him never matched up with his energy. Furthermore, she was a very dark, nasty person in all other aspects of her life that I was able to see. Just pure jealousy at someone else's light. I can only imagine that maybe the other man had to endure nonsense in his personal life for this, too. Both men were so brave and probably had to endure much more personal grief for trying to make a difference than any of us will ever know. That makes this simple scene all the more meaningful. It wasn't just a society thing; these men had to go home and face their families afterward, too.
I couldn't have lived back then, it still pisses me off the way they were treated. EveryONE was/is made in Gods like image HE DIDNT say anything about the color of skin. Good grief!!!
The admins also discussed the preferences they’ve noticed among their readers. It turns out that Weird World followers “particularly enjoy posts that delve into mysterious topics [, w]hether it's unsolved mysteries, paranormal phenomena, or strange occurrences[.]”
Who the f**k ridicules some random person with a gift on the train? Food and flowers sound like a normal Valentine's day gift or something like that, who expects more is greedy
Personally, I’d recommend hitting this post up anytime you’re about to head to your favorite quiz bowl. With all of these neat trivia facts, there’s a decent chance that one of these facts (or something like it) might land on your lap.
If you’re not a trivia fan, would its health benefits change your mind? There are all sorts of neurological and emotional benefits to trivia. Let’s start with the fact that it can be good for your brain. Psychologist Deborah Stokes, Ph.D., L.P.C., B.C.N. told Healthline that “retaining information about things we’re interested in can be like exercise for the frontal cortex as the brain ages.”
Trivia is also a great social activity that gets you out of the house and meeting new people. The same Healthline article points out that trivia nights offer a rare (and usually, hopefully, quite strictly enforced) opportunity to put our phones down and spend some time with people face-to-face. Indeed, taking your phone out may get you penalized for cheating!
This will no doubt be unpopular but research has shown that 3-month-old babies prefer faces from certain racial groups, usually those that look like them, 9-month-olds use race to categorize face. https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2020/08/children-notice-race
However, the experts in Healthline’s article also warned about the potential pitfalls of an unhealthy approach to trivia. For some people, trivia can become an obsession where they can’t accept having any holes in their knowledge about a given subject.
Better than sitting in the middle of the road with a tube of super glue and a sign
John Kounios, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at Drexel University in Pennsylvania, told Healthline that “this can motivate a person to the point at which they collect information about that topic compulsively. This might be called the ‘collect them all’ phenomenon. People collect facts about a topic the way a stamp collector collects stamps. The more, and the rarer, the better.”
“Some people are compulsive about gathering information on a topic,” he added in their article. “It’s only a problem if they’re ignoring other things in their lives.”
the struggle is real! i'm no one without my glasses, but i hope one day i put them on and find i won a golden medal too
Reminds me of the story of that mommy cat who did the same, burning herself to get all of her kittens out of a burning building. No matter if human or not, everyone's a superhero when it comes to saving their beloved ones
The world didn't deserve Robin Williams. But I'm glad we had him for as long as we did.
true humanity would be that this vaccine exists for good, and that it is free, or at least cheap
Bereaved mother elephants have been seen doing the same thing. :(
A good thing to do, but all of it went to slave owners, the people who were enslaved received nothing.
"The shoe is on the hand it fits. There's really not much more to it."
SAD. Seasonal Affective Disorder. Lack of light can cause depression.
I've watched an interview with this guy and he describes using his EXPOSED ARM BONES to open the door. Good lord.
The barber was awesome, cut his hair for free because "he's human just like us"
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These aren't weird, they're cool and inspiring and heartbreaking.
I am only at 14th and I have to say there are some real tear jerkers in this list.
Intense Stories! By the way, what do you do with the time saved by writing RIP instead of Rest in Peace (they gave their whole lives and you didn't even give 5 seconds of it)?
Are we shaming people for using common abbreviations now?
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These aren't weird, they're cool and inspiring and heartbreaking.
I am only at 14th and I have to say there are some real tear jerkers in this list.
Intense Stories! By the way, what do you do with the time saved by writing RIP instead of Rest in Peace (they gave their whole lives and you didn't even give 5 seconds of it)?
Are we shaming people for using common abbreviations now?
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