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Weird World: 50 Amazing Facts From This Instagram Page To Satisfy Your Curiosity
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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.”
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“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.”
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Ryon Cupidore 2 years ago (edited)
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.
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[.]”
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Zedrapazia 2 years ago
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
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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!
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Carrie de Luka 2 years ago
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.
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Cheese Lover™ 2 years ago
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.”
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Take me to dinner first 2 years ago (edited)
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
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Zedrapazia 2 years ago
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
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Alisa LaVine 2 years ago
The world didn't deserve Robin Williams. But I'm glad we had him for as long as we did.
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Mimi La Souris 2 years ago
true humanity would be that this vaccine exists for good, and that it is free, or at least cheap
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Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
Bereaved mother elephants have been seen doing the same thing. :(
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Pedantic Panda 2 years ago
A good thing to do, but all of it went to slave owners, the people who were enslaved received nothing.
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David Wambold 2 years ago
"The shoe is on the hand it fits. There's really not much more to it."
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David Wambold 2 years ago
SAD. Seasonal Affective Disorder. Lack of light can cause depression.
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Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
I've watched an interview with this guy and he describes using his EXPOSED ARM BONES to open the door. Good lord.
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censorshipsucks 2 years ago
pity he can't see how famous he is now, and how his biggest rival is acknowledged as a mere thief
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Take me to dinner first 2 years ago
The barber was awesome, cut his hair for free because "he's human just like us"
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Lilla Ontherun 2 years ago
This is how every millionaire should use their money. It would be a better world.
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Ans Pardons 2 years ago
Whether the second picture is great depends on who they are fighting there.
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TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago (edited)
"Boy needs to donate prize money for medical treatment because universal healthcare isn't a thing" - Sounds less heartwarming but is more on point
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Tracy Wallick 2 years ago
As much as we like to give men c**p for not being romantic, it amazes me the things some men do for the ones they love
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Stardust she/her 2 years ago
Our cells are amazing, they do so much for us tirelessly without breaks. This is probably one of the one few reasons why I’m able to keep myself going because there’s 37 trillion cells who’d do anything to keep me alive
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Vera Diblikova 2 years ago
Have you a plan for how to end it? Begin by yourself.
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g90814 2 years ago
Umm misleading, it's just a fresh stalk of bamboo, they grow up in a matter of days/weeks.
Sherman 2 years ago
I have bamboo growing in pots in my yard (non invasive) & I planted it right before covid it grew 3 feet in only 2 months. Some types of bamboo, when cared for properly can grow. Over a foot in a month. Idk what kind this is. But its absolutely possible. Bamboo grows & spreads insanely fast. Even my lucky bamboo inside grew to 5 feet tall in less than a year. Proper fertilizer, rich soil, the right lighting & the lack of human intervention will have a huge affect on how plants grow. A sunflower can grow to 6 feet in a matter of weeks. Why can't bamboo?
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Bored Trash Panda 2 years ago
I really hate people. No wonder Mother Nature is so pissed at us.
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Carrie de Luka 2 years ago
Of course UFOs are real... the point is that we don't know what they are.
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Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago (edited)
Reminds me of how when Heath Ledger died while shooting Doctor Parnassus, the actors who replaced him (Jude Law, Johnny Depp, and I think there was a third guy?) donated their salaries to his daughter Matilda since he had died without having updated his will to include her.
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Debbie 2 years ago (edited)
4 months... I am honestly not sure how I feel about this. Nice for the children to live, but the woman being solely an incubator... I guess I can understand not wanting to lose them too. But how about allowing someone to die? Really not sure - yes, lives were saved, but is it respectful to the dying/braindead woman? Is it ethical?
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Bender Bending Rodríguez 2 years ago
I am only at 14th and I have to say there are some real tear jerkers in this list.
penguin 2 years ago
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)?
Lyyyy 2 years ago
Are we shaming people for using common abbreviations now?
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Bender Bending Rodríguez 2 years ago
I am only at 14th and I have to say there are some real tear jerkers in this list.
penguin 2 years ago
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)?
Lyyyy 2 years ago
Are we shaming people for using common abbreviations now?
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