The More You Know Internet Users Share 50 Cool Facts That Everyone Should Know
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Publish Not your original work? Add source We know how much you enjoy learning new things, dear Pandas. We do, too. Luckily for us, the internet has a nearly-inexhaustible supply of fun trivia, interesting facts, and intriguing tidbits about the world to whet our appetites for knowledge. If you're constantly curious about things, then this article might be right up your alley. Redditor u/Not_a_Replicant_ asked people to share the cool facts that they think others should definitely know, and they were not disappointed. Their thread quickly went viral and got over 41.5k upvotes in 3 days. We've collected some of the most interesting answers that are bound to reignite your curiosity about science, history, and other areas of knowledge. Perfect for that Ravenclaw living inside of you? We like to think so. Scroll down and don't forget to upvote the facts that you enjoyed learning about the most. Got some great trivia to share with all the other Pandas? Don't be shy, drop on by the comment section. Bored Panda reached out to Steven Wooding, a member of the Institute of Physics in the UK, to talk about how to keep ourselves constantly learning as we grow up, how we ought to approach random facts we stumble across online, and where to start if we feel that we've reignited our passion for science, history, and other areas. Steven is a member of the Omni Calculator Project and recently helped create the Weird Units Converter, a calculator that helps you make conversions from standard units to unusual ones like football fields, cats, and, yes, even Harry Potter books. They've even got a fun challenge set up. "Getting information from a known, reliable source is an excellent shortcut to having to fact-check everything yourself," Steven said that we should all put in the effort to find reliable news sources. "You should be very wary of believing something online from a source you don't recognize. When you do find something, search for it on other websites you have heard of and see if they are all saying the same thing." Read on for the full interview. This post may include affiliate links. #1 The Guinness book of records was invented by the Guinness beer folks. They figured a book of verifiable facts would help stop bar arguments. jmshub , John-Mark Smith Report Final score: 519points POST Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago very first edition on 23 August 1955 !! btw the brewery was founded in 1759 by Arthur Guinness.10 years later, on 19 May 1769, Guinness first exported his ale: he shipped six-and-a-half barrels to Great Britain. nowadays it is one of the most successful alcohol brands worldwide, brewed in almost 50 countries, and available in over 120, selling 850 million litres (190,000,000 imp gal) a year worldwide 76 76points reply View More Replies... View more comments Steven agreed with Bored Panda that many of us can feel overwhelmed with responsibilities and feel like we don't have much free time for leisure, let alone learning, as we grow up. However, all is not lost! There are ways to break out of the routine of stress and monotony. "It's all too easy to get caught up in the stress of modern life and forget to notice extraordinary things around you. Go for a walk in nature and try to observe everything. Ask yourself, what's that? And if you don't know, take a photo and look it up," Steven suggested. One of the main things that you should aim to do is to remember what it was like to be a kid. Try to get back into the mindset you used to have when you were little to reignite your curiosity in the world. "The main problem is that once you're an adult, you think you know everything (or you think you should do), so you stop asking questions. You'll notice kids do it all the time. So to stay curious and learn new things, keep asking questions." #2 Eugene Aldrin, the father of the famous moon landing astronaut Buzz Aldrin, not only witnessed the Wright brothers’ first flight but also went to see his son land on the moon in his lifespan.
We’ve been quick! cfitzi , wiki Report Final score: 503points POST Rosa Diaz ️️ Rosa Diaz ️️ Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago ...that's what she said 78 78points reply View More Replies... View more comments #3 Corgi is a translation of the welsh for dwarf dog. Cor gi.
In the Mabinogion, the welsh book of myths and legends, corgis were the battle steeds of fairies TaffWolf , Alvan Nee Report Final score: 438points POST Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago (edited) i heard once again a different story. their name comes from the prefix “cor-” which means to “watch over” from Welsch origins. Welsch farmers used them to herd for a long time. the fairy story comes from this : there are 2 different breeds of corgis : Pembroke and Cardigan corgis. if you look close enough, Pembroke corgis' shoulders have a saddle shape over their coat. the Welsh believed that Pembroke corgis were used to work fairy cattle and pull fairy coaches, amongst other things. 57 57points reply View More Replies... View more comments I was interested to get Steven's opinion about where we could start learning about science and other topics if we feel completely lost. He told Bored Panda that a pretty good place to start would be mainstream science TV programs on the topics that we're already interested in. "They'll cover a subject with easy-to-digest information that you can rely on and could inspire you to investigate further. Then you could move on to popular science books that go a bit further and deeper," he shared. "Science podcasts and YouTube channels can also be a good idea. If you can't think of a topic, you could look at the science section of Wikipedia and go through the featured articles. If one grabs your interest, read it in full and follow links that interest you." #4 If you type the word "askew" into the Google search box, the entire page will tilt slightly. TripleGGreggStarski , Nathana Rebouças Report Final score: 431points POST Foxxy (The Original) Foxxy (The Original) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Wow, it does too. 159 159points reply View More Replies... View more comments #5 The figure in Munch's 'The Scream' is not screaming but is, in fact, reacting to hearing the scream. matthewloren , wiki Report Final score: 420points POST Vicky Zar Vicky Zar Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago That's interesting to know. Thank you 105 105points reply View more comments #6 Bob Ross was a Drill Instructor. When he stopped working as that, he promised he would not raise his voice at someone again. That's why he was so soft spoken. Rbrtwllms , wiki Report Final score: 414points POST Foxxy (The Original) Foxxy (The Original) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Can't imagine Bob Ross raising his voice. 144 144points reply View More Replies... View more comments We shouldn't believe everything that we come across online, whether it's on social media, a news website, or Reddit, the front page of the internet. It's vital to look at things from a scientist's point of view so you don't get lost in the morass of potentially fake news. Previously, I spoke to Lee McIntyre from Boston University's Center for Philosophy and History of Science about how to separate good news sources from bad ones and why it's important to be well-versed in media literacy. "Repetition is important in making us believe things, whether they are true or not. There is a cognitive bias called the 'illusory truth effect' which is when we are repeatedly exposed to false information over and over and, over time, it begins to seem more plausible," Lee explained to Bored Panda. #7 There was a phantom poop on an Apollo mission. A poop, floating around, that none of the astronauts said was theirs. chalk_in_boots , wiki Report Final score: 393points POST Hannah Edwards Hannah Edwards Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Upvoted because I’m imagining the astronauts all arguing about who was going to capture and dispose of the floating turd, whilst denying any responsibility for it and simultaneously worrying about catastrophic toilet failure. 224 224points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8 If you skip to the end of a long YouTube video and press replay you can watch the whole thing without adds Gat_Gat_Habitat Report Final score: 391points POST Piet Puk Piet Puk Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Same when you instal an a d b l o c k e r. 169 169points reply View More Replies... View more comments #9 The technology for the fax machine was invented in 1843. The feudal era in Japan ended in 1868 abolishing the samurai class. Abraham Lincoln lived until 1865. All of this combined lead to a 22 year period in which Lincoln could have received a fax from a samurai. Chef_Groovy Report Final score: 370points POST Stephanie Did It Stephanie Did It Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago And we hope it would have said "DON'T GO TO THE THEATRE" 157 157points reply View More Replies... View more comments "Social psychologists have known since the 1960s that repetition works, for truth or falsity. In fact, this idea goes back to Plato who said that it didn't hurt to repeat a true thing. And of course, for falsehood, this was one of the main propaganda tactics in Nazi Germany, where Hitler's propaganda minister understood the 'repetition effect.'" However, double-checking and cross-referencing every single fact that we find online and every tiny item we hear on the news would be utterly exhausting. So we need a different approach. "It would be exhausting to fact check every single news item we hear. In fact, insisting on this degree of skepticism is something that demagogues use to get us to be cynical, because when we doubt that it is possible to know the truth-even when it is staring us in the face-we are riper to their manipulation. So I'd say the best thing with news is to do a little investigation into finding a reliable source," the expert said. #10 Human's ability smell petrichor (smell of wet earth from rain) is greater than a Shark's ability to smell blood in water. issaparadox Report Final score: 350points POST Aksa Aksa Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago I love that smell 151 151points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 Honeybees can be trained to sniff out land mines in war zones! Obviously dogs can do it but to avoid blowing up poor unsuspecting doggos, they figured out that bees could do the same thing and swarm the area without setting the mine off to alert people to its presence MasterofNoneya , David Clode Report Final score: 335points POST S. S. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 11 months ago Imagine if they could add this feature to Minecraft. 82 82points reply View More Replies... View more comments #12 You know that feeling like you’re falling you get when you’re falling asleep? That happens because sometimes your muscles relax and your heart rate slows down too quickly that your body thinks you’re dying. So, it gives you that falling sensation which jolts you awake. moonlixqht Report Final score: 321points POST jburgh jburgh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago the jolting is called a hypnogogic jerk. 111 111points reply View More Replies... View more comments "Look for an organization that does investigative journalism (and doesn't just repeat information from other sources), double sources its quotations, discloses conflicts of interest, etc. Once we've found that we can relax a bit and trust the reporting behind the stories. Do we still need to be on guard? Yes. Even The New York Times can make mistakes. Or individual reporters can have biases. But that doesn't mean 'all sources are equal.'" Lee highlighted the importance of raising media literacy, as it helps sift through news and facts. "There are various sources for media literacy that can help. They teach this to KIDS in Finland! It's easy to learn. Is the story copyrighted? Is it dated? Is there a byline? Are other stories by the author solid? Is it published in a source that has been reliable in the past? Does it seem plausible- if not then you can do some research," he said what we should be aware of when looking at any news article. #13 Some birth control pills can cause vitamin B deficiency. Vitamin B is used to make seratonin. I’ve know a few people that got super depressed after starting birth control and taking B complex made a huge difference
*consult your doctor BOBALL00 , Benjamin Moss Report Final score: 309points POST Kanuli Kanuli Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago That’s mighty interesting. My wife feels alot better since she doesn’t take the pill anymore, and that might have been part of the reason. I know she was low on Vitamin B, amond D, potassium and Iron. Besides Iron we were able to get the rest up to a healthy level mostly by changing our meal composition, and for Vitamin D supplements. 56 56points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14 Andrew Jackson had a interesting assassination attemp. The person who was going to kill him pointed his gun and it jammed. Jackson then beat him up wjth his cane. The guy got back and pulled out the second gun which also managed to jam. This is a 1 in 125,000 chance. DjPedromemes01 , wiki Report Final score: 306points POST Serial pacifist Serial pacifist Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago You had one job, Larry... 133 133points reply View More Replies... View more comments #15 Australia is wider than the moon. fruit_cats , Dan Freeman Report Final score: 305points POST Serial pacifist Serial pacifist Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Also, Australia has more snakes per square foot than the moon does as a whole! 257 257points reply View More Replies... View more comments "Will we get fooled sometimes in doing this? Yes. But we're going to get fooled sometimes anyway. It's analogous to how scientists form their beliefs. They are skeptics, but they also-at some point when the evidence is sufficient-give their assent. Scientists deal with warrant, not 'proof.' They are what philosophers call 'fallibilists.' You give your belief to things that are well-sourced with evidence, while always holding out the possibility that if further evidence comes to light that contradicts your belief, you should give it up because you might be wrong." #16 Some people don’t have a inner dialogue, some can’t picture in their mind, and some have / can do both. PurpleArmy21 Report Final score: 292points POST TGHW TGHW Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago I have aphantasia, I can't visualise things in my head. Since I discovered this, I've found that it's not really that uncommon, and I know several other people who are the same. 88 88points reply View More Replies... View more comments #17 When the Rubix Cube was first released a mathematician said it would take the average person 30 years, working 8 hours a day, to solve a cube saying it was impossible for someone without a master's in mathematics to solve it in under a month. atombomb1945 , Olav Ahrens Røtne Report Final score: 287points POST S. S. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 11 months ago How to solve the Rubix Cube in less than five seconds without a masters in Mathematics: Get a paint brush. 170 170points reply View More Replies... View more comments #18 NASA discovered a planet outside of the milky way a few days ago for the first time in human history xlybear , an Chen Report Final score: 286points POST S. S. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 11 months ago "Signs of a planet transiting a star outside of the Milky Way galaxy may have been detected for the first time. This intriguing result, using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, opens up a new window to search for exoplanets at greater distances than ever before. The possible exoplanet candidate is located in the spiral galaxy Messier 51 (M51), also called the Whirlpool Galaxy because of its distinctive profile." — https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/images/chandra-sees-evidence-for-possible-planet-in-another-galaxy.html 68 68points reply View More Replies... View more comments #19 German chocolate cake was invented by an English-American baker named Samuel German and has nothing to do with the country of Germany. matthewloren , wiki Report Final score: 280points POST Vicky Zar Vicky Zar Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago (edited) Yes. We would not even know this cake existed, except for the internet. (German here, obviously) If you want a German cake, then try Donauwelle, Marmorkuchen, Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte (that's a "Torte" tough - fancy cake), Böhmischer Apfelkuchen...... Edit to add: Frankfurter Kranz, Streuselkuchen, Käsekuchen, Bienenstich, Erdbeerkuchen, Kalter Hund and Hefezopf 101 101points reply View More Replies... View more comments #20 Opossums generally cannot get rabies. Their body temperature is too low for the virus.
Also the stomach acid of a vulture is so highly acidic it kills rabies virus and most bacteria, which is why they can eat dead disgusting rotting things. ginpanda Report Final score: 263points POST Serial pacifist Serial pacifist Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago (edited) Castoreum, used as a substitute vanilla flavoring, is actually harvested from the an*l glands of beavers. They use it combined with urine to scent mark territory. Beaver butt also has a raspberry taste to it. It’s a common “natural ingredient” in raspberry-flavored sweets. 45 45points reply View More Replies... View more comments #21 Cleopatra lived closer to the invention of the iPhone than the building of the pyramids LobotomistPrime , wiki Report Final score: 259points POST Space whale Space whale Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Is just me or does she look like she's about to sneeze 213 213points reply View More Replies... View more comments #22 That the patent for the fire hydrant was lost in a fire CorinRyptide , Hrt+Soul Design Report Final score: 253points POST Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago absolutely not sure at all !! the real inventor of fire hydrant is unknown. the patent being lost in a fire is only one of the possible versions. could also be a flood or a fight. nobody really knows. still, because the records were not clear or known to people, the invention of the fire hydrant is attributed to Frederick Graff. 45 45points reply View More Replies... View more comments #23 Putting enough eye drops in someone’s food or drink will, in fact, kill them. interlinkedenigma , Hopfphotography Report Final score: 246points POST Susan Geyer Reed Susan Geyer Reed Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago There was an episode of CSI where someone was killed due to having eye drops put in their drink. 62 62points reply View More Replies... View more comments #24 There’s a vast difference between a million and a billion. A simple way to visualize it: a million seconds is over 11 days. A billion seconds is just under 32 years. CollinZero , Mufid Majnun Report Final score: 235points POST Batwench Batwench Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Is this UK or USA billion? http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN04440/SN04440.pdf 31 31points reply View More Replies... View more comments #25 The sun is not yellow. When viewed outside earths atmosphere it is white. It only looks yellow due to our atmosphere "pulling" the blue light out, leaving it looking yellow. It's an illusion. BeWiseExercise Report Final score: 234points POST Vorknkx Vorknkx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Note: It's not a good idea to look directly into the sun... unless you really hate having eyes ;) 74 74points reply View More Replies... View more comments #26 When a Camel spider (or wind scorpion) is chasing you, it's just chasing your shadow. All they want is a little bit of shade! They'd never have the intent of harming you Mobile_Macro Report Final score: 232points POST James Tartaglione James Tartaglione Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago sounds like a camel spider wrote this to stop its prey from running. im on to you camel spider 86 86points reply View More Replies... View more comments #27 There was no “s” sound for the letter c in ancient Roman Latin. Thus Gaius Julius Caesar was pronounced “Gaius Julius Kaiser”. His name is where the Germans and Russians got their name for king (Kaiser and Tzar respectively). linpashpants Report Final score: 231points POST Janine B. Janine B. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 11 months ago King means König and emperor means Kaiser. 53 53points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #28 When a person receives a kidney transplant they don’t take out the old kidneys, they just shove em to the side and leave em in there. zytz , wiki Report Final score: 224points POST Andy Acceber Andy Acceber Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Makes sense. It would probably be unnecessarily traumatic for a sick body to lose an organ if it didn't have to. 55 55points reply View More Replies... View more comments #29 Gases and particles in Earth's atmosphere scatter sunlight in all directions. Blue light is scattered more than other colors because it travels as shorter, smaller waves. Now you know why the sky is blue. Accurate_Efficiency1 , Timo Volz Report Final score: 216points POST Jar of Pickles Jar of Pickles Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 11 months ago Wow, I have never been wondering why the sky was blue, but this is an interesting fact indeed! 28 28points reply View more comments #30 Komodo dragons are the largest animals in the world capable of reproducing asexually
Edit: y’all I just found this on google when I was curious one day don’t ask me how it works I’m failing biology SilvaIIy , wiki Report Final score: 207points POST Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago female komodo dragons in captivity have been known to reproduce by parthenogenesis. they lay a clutch of 15 to 30 leathery shelled eggs in the nest. but in the wild they reproduce sexually, breeding once yearly from july to september, mating more than once to ensure eggs are fertilized 60 60points reply View More Replies... View more comments #31 Due to evolution, humans share genes with all living organisms. For example, 60% of your DNA is the same as a strawberry. hoarchata , CDC Report Final score: 207points POST Janus Preez Janus Preez Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Couch potato comes to mind 119 119points reply View More Replies... View more comments #32 More people die from vending machines than sharks Jackpot09 , Estera Nicoi Report Final score: 204points POST Stephanie Did It Stephanie Did It Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Because no one suspects a vending machine will be lurking in the water 416 416points reply View More Replies... View more comments #33 Emma Morano of Italy was the last (documented and verified) person to die that was born in the 1800s. 29th November 1899 - 15th April 2017 SkippyMcLovin Report Final score: 195points POST Janine B. Janine B. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 11 months ago Wow!!! 40 40points reply View more comments #34 Stephen Hawking died on March 14, the Pi Day, which is also the birthday of Albert Einstein. initialpizza Report Final score: 190points POST Robert T Robert T Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago American Pi Day. Rest of the world should be 31st April, but that would really be Ten Pi day. ;-) 31 31points reply View More Replies... View more comments #35 There was a short period of time when Picasso and Snoop Dogg were both alive together. ReadaboutitXD Report Final score: 187points POST S. S. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 11 months ago Picasso: 25th October 1881 - 8th April 1973. Snoop Dogg: 20th October 1971 - Present day. 55 55points reply View More Replies... View more comments #36 The shell is part of the turtle’s skeleton. haydensidun , Marcus Dietachmair Report Final score: 184points POST Amanda Amanda Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago That’s a picture of a tortoise… 126 126points reply View More Replies... View more comments #37 Butterflies and Moths can drink blood and tears in order to get nutrients. It’s called Mud-puddling. I think more horror movies should use this. MonetsMenagerie Report Final score: 180points POST Mazer Mazer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Butterflies will land on sweaty shoes or hiking pole handles even t shirts left on a river bank while the owner takes a swim in order for the insect to get to the salts and minerals left by sweat. Critters living in mountainous regions will do the same, more than one hiker has had hiking pole handles and gloves chewed on. 48 48points reply View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves #38 The amount of water in, on, and above planet earth does not increase or decrease. It's always in a constant cycle. Even the water humans use. energizerbunneee Report Final score: 176points POST Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago yeah ... we have been drinking / peeing / drinking the same water for millions and millions of years !! cheers !! 100 100points reply View More Replies... View more comments #39 90% of the population on Earth lives in the Northern Hemisphere. Johndoe448 , Greg Rosenke Report Final score: 175points POST Foxxy (The Original) Foxxy (The Original) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Ooh I'm one of the special 10%, he he. 87 87points reply View More Replies... View more comments #40 Lamborghini started making supercars because Enzo Ferrari was being a jerk to Ferruccio Lamborghini. dis_not_my_name Report Final score: 172points POST Serial pacifist Serial pacifist Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago The inventor of cruise control in cars was blind. Universities refused Ralph Teetor's applications based on his disability. He eventually got enrolled at the U. of Pennsylvania in the engineering department. He later became the President of the Society of Automotive Engineers. 59 59points reply View More Replies... View more comments #41 Your oral health is very important , poor oral health is more than just bad teeth / bad breathe it can lead to heart problems , infections and more Additional-Back4889 Report Final score: 169points POST Dave Reed Dave Reed Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago True. My daughter is a dentist and explained how bacteria can move from teeth / gums to the heart, etc. Keep brushing! 67 67points reply View More Replies... View more comments #42 Sharks existed before trees existed. prairiemountainzen , Nariman Mesharrafa Report Final score: 168points POST Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Not totally true either ... Modern sharks began to appear about 100 million years ago. The earliest surviving species of tree is the maidenhair (Ginkgo biloba) of Zhejiang, China, which first appeared about 160 million years ago during the Jurassic era. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachimorpha and are the sister group to the rays. However, the term "shark" has also been (incorrectly) used to refer to extinct members of the subclass Elasmobranchii, which are technically outside the Selachimorpha clade. 83 83points reply View More Replies... View more comments #43 The “Easter Island Heads” actually have bodies, and some were excavated in 2017. Poppycorn144 Report Final score: 166points POST Grant Barke Grant Barke Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Where there are heads, there must be bodies. Old detective saying. 59 59points reply View More Replies... View more comments #44 If you stare at your own reflection in dim lighting for a few minutes, your face will begin to distort and you will essentially begin to hallucinate. Don’t do it. It’s a trap. Halo-Kai , Marc-Olivier Jodoin Report Final score: 164points POST MagicalUnicorn MagicalUnicorn Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago now i have to try, dammit 117 117points reply View More Replies... View more comments #45 Penguins trade nice rocks for sex. Qu1tyerbitchin Report Final score: 159points POST Foxxy (The Original) Foxxy (The Original) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Not as simple as that. Penguins give rocks during courtship. If the female penguin likes the rock/penguin she will take that penguin as a mate (most penguins are monogamous) and the female will use the rock gifts to help build their nests. 105 105points reply View More Replies... View more comments #46 As the result of a collision with another moon eons ago, Neptune's moon "Triton" has a retrograde orbit; meaning an orbit in the direction opposite to its planet's rotation. Triton is the only large moon our solar system to have such an orbit. Not impressed?
The collision eons ago also altered Triton's orbit of Neptune in another, far more sinister way. Despite obviously emerging victorious from the collision, the impact ever so slightly threw Triton off course. Every year, Triton creeps a fraction of an inch closer to Neptune.
This means that one day billions of years in the future, Triton's orbit will get too close to Neptune and Neptune's superior gravitational pull will tear Triton apart. baiqibeendeleted17x Report Final score: 157points POST Jar of Pickles Jar of Pickles Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 11 months ago What a day to be alive... 51 51points reply View More Replies... View more comments #47 Hyenas are actually more related to cats than dogs. Hyenas are part of the Suborder Feliformia along with cats. amxorca Report Final score: 146points POST Stephanie Did It Stephanie Did It Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago The only way on earth you can hear a cat laughing! 33 33points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda 30 Of The Most Hectic Homes As Shared On 'The Broke Agent' Instagram Account Bride Doesn't Include Wedding Dinner Price In Her Wedding Invites, Is Surprised To See Many Guests Canceling On Her After They Find Out #48 You can make tasty fresh bread yourself in four or five hours with flour, salt, yeast and water, no kneading and zero skill. It literally takes less than 10 minutes of actual effort. Since finding out about this last year I've done it dozens of times. Google no-knead bread! AmiableBowelSyndrome Report Final score: 143points POST Rick Hoppenbrouwer Rick Hoppenbrouwer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago If there is no knead, why bother? 21 21points reply View More Replies... View more comments #49 Big bird was almost in the Challenger explosion
Big bird was planned to go so they could do something to get kids interested in space, but the costume (over 8 feet tall) was just too f**king big to fit.
They sent a school teacher instead. And then the shuttle exploded DoggoDude979 Report Final score: 142points POST Aaron W Aaron W Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago It's terrible that seven people died, but imagine the childhood trauma of that generation if all those children watched Big Bird die in it. 114 114points reply View More Replies... View more comments #50 Spit will instantly harden super glue. MichelleTheEngraver Report Final score: 140points POST Stephanie Did It Stephanie Did It Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago You know we're all hunting for that little tube now 73 73points reply View More Replies... View more comments #51 A platypus makes venom. One of several interesting things about them. ladyinchworm Report Final score: 129points POST Mazer Mazer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago They are a fascinating critter!! Bravo Australia 45 45points reply View More Replies... View more comments #52 Shaq hit almost 12,000 baskets in his career. Exactly 1 of them was a 3-pointer. MrMister26 , wiki Report Final score: 120points POST Demi Zwaan Demi Zwaan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Is that good or bad? I have no idea what a 3-pointer is. 41 41points reply View More Replies... View more comments Note: this post originally had 93 images. It’s been shortened to the top 52 images based on user votes. Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Add Your Answer! Not your original work? Add source Publish Change image Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Upload Upload Edit Image Error occurred when generating embed. Please check link and try again. Render conversation
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Title Update Jonas Grinevičius Follow Unfollow Jonas Grinevičius Author, BoredPanda staff Jonas is a Bored Panda writer who previously worked as a world news journalist elsewhere. After getting his bachelor's degree in Politics and International Relations at the University of Manchester, he returned home and graduated from Vilnius University with a master's degree in Comparative Politics. Jonas enjoys writing articles ranging from serious topics like politics and social issues to more lighthearted things like art, pop culture, and nature. In his spare time, Jonas writes books and short stories and likes to draw lighthearted illustrations. A huge fan of literature, films, philosophy, and tabletop games, he also has a special place in his heart for anything related to fantasy or science fiction. Read more » Denis Tymulis Follow Unfollow Denis Tymulis Author, Community member Denis is a photo editor at Bored Panda. After getting his bachelor's degree in Multimedia and Computer Design, he tried to succeed in digital design, advertising, and branding.
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Woman Takes DNA Test For Fun Only To Discover Her Long-Term Boyfriend Is Her Full Sibling "I Just Said Thank You And Left": Man’s Nice Gesture Is Praised After Pizza Hut Driver Got A $20 Tip On A $938 Order Join the conversation POST Bored Birgit Bored Birgit Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago I really like the additional Information from some of the users in this and in other threads. They help clarifying the facts. Thanks for your effort! 14 14points reply littlesaresare littlesaresare Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago (edited) Except that a lot of those comments, especially on the animal facts, are NOT true. There are so many people spreading misinformation on this site. Seeing a comment that "corrects" the entry that is actually incorrect, have 80 upvotes, is incredibly depressing. Please do not believe everything that people comment on this site. 6 6points reply Load More Replies... littlesaresare littlesaresare Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago BoredPanda turned the photo into a link so here's the inset again for those that can't open links. avocados2-...51-png.jpg 4 4points reply John Baker John Baker Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago I always knew Abhinc was full of s**t. ;-) 1 1point reply Wondering Alice Wondering Alice Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Maybe you could help by joining in? If you think somthing is false, say so - that way people truly interested will know to go find out. 1 1point reply littlesaresare littlesaresare Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago (edited) Okay, well I didn't want to exactly drag names, but I am so goddamn tired of it that I will. There is a user on this site who CONSTANTLY posts nonsense, on pretty much every thread. Everyone eats it up, and anyone who calls them out (even when they're literally an expert in the topic) is downvoted or bullied. Yesterday this person claimed that eating avocados cause earthquakes, and when called out, doubled down that all the scientific community, especially X scientist, agreed with him. He forgot that scientists do talk to each other, and I'm in contact with this scientist, so I just casually sent him a message. What a shock that this scientist has no f*****g clue what he's talking about and that this user has a habit of googling random scientist names to make himself look smarter. And yet, despite showing that the literal scientist he's making these claims about has refuted it, I was still heavily downvoted, and this user was heavily upvoted. Correspondence with scientist: avocados2-...85-png.jpg 3 3points reply John Baker John Baker Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago I've never upvoted that jerk. In fact, I've downvoted practically every comment of his I've read, and will continue to do so as long as he continues to lie. If his fan club want to downvote me, let them. 1 1point reply littlesaresare littlesaresare Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago @John Baker. In the last few days it's become more apparent that his fan club isn't as big as it seems. Since calling him out, there's been a significant uptick in new accounts whose only activity (which you can see on their profile) is upvoting and praising him whenever someone corrects him. I've also seen twice him forget to log out when commenting on himself as an alt. I don't know how many accounts he has on here, but a large chunk of his fan base is actually just him. And happily I have seen more users lately calling him out. Considering how much more abusive his responses get every time, it's all clearly getting to him. (And I say 'he' loosely, since he's claimed to be every demographic under the sun at some point. ?) 0 0points reply Wondering Alice Wondering Alice Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Thanks. Calling people out in this polite manner is helpful. 0 0points reply Aaricia Aaricia Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago And what comment is that? 1 1point reply Buck Up Buck Up Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago It's amazing how debatable so many of these "facts" are. 7 7points reply Jar of Pickles Jar of Pickles Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 11 months ago Some of the facts need more explanation. Otherwise this article just keeps delivering some useless pieces of information, which I find quite frustrating. 7 7points reply Kristin Ingersoll Kristin Ingersoll Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago It's Bored Panda. It's what they do. 8 8points reply Load More Replies... BorPand8 BorPand8 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago They're very useful pieces of information! I've just spent the past 10 minutes looking at pictures of fairies riding corgis. I call that an excellent use of my time. 6 6points reply Erin E Erin E Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago If they didn’t just pull this stuff from Reddit, maybe there’d be more info. Sometimes the original post on Reddit will have more info. 2 2points reply COCO puff COCO puff Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. indeed a lot of useless information. -6 -6points reply Load More Comments POST Bored Birgit Bored Birgit Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago I really like the additional Information from some of the users in this and in other threads. They help clarifying the facts. Thanks for your effort! 14 14points reply littlesaresare littlesaresare Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago (edited) Except that a lot of those comments, especially on the animal facts, are NOT true. There are so many people spreading misinformation on this site. Seeing a comment that "corrects" the entry that is actually incorrect, have 80 upvotes, is incredibly depressing. Please do not believe everything that people comment on this site. 6 6points reply Load More Replies... littlesaresare littlesaresare Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago BoredPanda turned the photo into a link so here's the inset again for those that can't open links. avocados2-...51-png.jpg 4 4points reply John Baker John Baker Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago I always knew Abhinc was full of s**t. ;-) 1 1point reply Wondering Alice Wondering Alice Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Maybe you could help by joining in? If you think somthing is false, say so - that way people truly interested will know to go find out. 1 1point reply littlesaresare littlesaresare Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago (edited) Okay, well I didn't want to exactly drag names, but I am so goddamn tired of it that I will. There is a user on this site who CONSTANTLY posts nonsense, on pretty much every thread. Everyone eats it up, and anyone who calls them out (even when they're literally an expert in the topic) is downvoted or bullied. Yesterday this person claimed that eating avocados cause earthquakes, and when called out, doubled down that all the scientific community, especially X scientist, agreed with him. He forgot that scientists do talk to each other, and I'm in contact with this scientist, so I just casually sent him a message. What a shock that this scientist has no f*****g clue what he's talking about and that this user has a habit of googling random scientist names to make himself look smarter. And yet, despite showing that the literal scientist he's making these claims about has refuted it, I was still heavily downvoted, and this user was heavily upvoted. Correspondence with scientist: avocados2-...85-png.jpg 3 3points reply John Baker John Baker Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago I've never upvoted that jerk. In fact, I've downvoted practically every comment of his I've read, and will continue to do so as long as he continues to lie. If his fan club want to downvote me, let them. 1 1point reply littlesaresare littlesaresare Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago @John Baker. In the last few days it's become more apparent that his fan club isn't as big as it seems. Since calling him out, there's been a significant uptick in new accounts whose only activity (which you can see on their profile) is upvoting and praising him whenever someone corrects him. I've also seen twice him forget to log out when commenting on himself as an alt. I don't know how many accounts he has on here, but a large chunk of his fan base is actually just him. And happily I have seen more users lately calling him out. Considering how much more abusive his responses get every time, it's all clearly getting to him. (And I say 'he' loosely, since he's claimed to be every demographic under the sun at some point. ?) 0 0points reply Wondering Alice Wondering Alice Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Thanks. Calling people out in this polite manner is helpful. 0 0points reply Aaricia Aaricia Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago And what comment is that? 1 1point reply Buck Up Buck Up Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago It's amazing how debatable so many of these "facts" are. 7 7points reply Jar of Pickles Jar of Pickles Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 11 months ago Some of the facts need more explanation. Otherwise this article just keeps delivering some useless pieces of information, which I find quite frustrating. 7 7points reply Kristin Ingersoll Kristin Ingersoll Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago It's Bored Panda. It's what they do. 8 8points reply Load More Replies... BorPand8 BorPand8 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago They're very useful pieces of information! I've just spent the past 10 minutes looking at pictures of fairies riding corgis. I call that an excellent use of my time. 6 6points reply Erin E Erin E Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago If they didn’t just pull this stuff from Reddit, maybe there’d be more info. Sometimes the original post on Reddit will have more info. 2 2points reply COCO puff COCO puff Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. indeed a lot of useless information. -6 -6points reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O. 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Publish Not your original work? Add source We know how much you enjoy learning new things, dear Pandas. We do, too. Luckily for us, the internet has a nearly-inexhaustible supply of fun trivia, interesting facts, and intriguing tidbits about the world to whet our appetites for knowledge. If you're constantly curious about things, then this article might be right up your alley. Redditor u/Not_a_Replicant_ asked people to share the cool facts that they think others should definitely know, and they were not disappointed. Their thread quickly went viral and got over 41.5k upvotes in 3 days. We've collected some of the most interesting answers that are bound to reignite your curiosity about science, history, and other areas of knowledge. Perfect for that Ravenclaw living inside of you? We like to think so. Scroll down and don't forget to upvote the facts that you enjoyed learning about the most. Got some great trivia to share with all the other Pandas? Don't be shy, drop on by the comment section. Bored Panda reached out to Steven Wooding, a member of the Institute of Physics in the UK, to talk about how to keep ourselves constantly learning as we grow up, how we ought to approach random facts we stumble across online, and where to start if we feel that we've reignited our passion for science, history, and other areas. Steven is a member of the Omni Calculator Project and recently helped create the Weird Units Converter, a calculator that helps you make conversions from standard units to unusual ones like football fields, cats, and, yes, even Harry Potter books. They've even got a fun challenge set up. "Getting information from a known, reliable source is an excellent shortcut to having to fact-check everything yourself," Steven said that we should all put in the effort to find reliable news sources. "You should be very wary of believing something online from a source you don't recognize. When you do find something, search for it on other websites you have heard of and see if they are all saying the same thing." Read on for the full interview. This post may include affiliate links. #1 The Guinness book of records was invented by the Guinness beer folks. They figured a book of verifiable facts would help stop bar arguments. jmshub , John-Mark Smith Report Final score: 519points POST Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago very first edition on 23 August 1955 !! btw the brewery was founded in 1759 by Arthur Guinness.10 years later, on 19 May 1769, Guinness first exported his ale: he shipped six-and-a-half barrels to Great Britain. nowadays it is one of the most successful alcohol brands worldwide, brewed in almost 50 countries, and available in over 120, selling 850 million litres (190,000,000 imp gal) a year worldwide 76 76points reply View More Replies... View more comments Steven agreed with Bored Panda that many of us can feel overwhelmed with responsibilities and feel like we don't have much free time for leisure, let alone learning, as we grow up. However, all is not lost! There are ways to break out of the routine of stress and monotony. "It's all too easy to get caught up in the stress of modern life and forget to notice extraordinary things around you. Go for a walk in nature and try to observe everything. Ask yourself, what's that? And if you don't know, take a photo and look it up," Steven suggested. One of the main things that you should aim to do is to remember what it was like to be a kid. Try to get back into the mindset you used to have when you were little to reignite your curiosity in the world. "The main problem is that once you're an adult, you think you know everything (or you think you should do), so you stop asking questions. You'll notice kids do it all the time. So to stay curious and learn new things, keep asking questions." #2 Eugene Aldrin, the father of the famous moon landing astronaut Buzz Aldrin, not only witnessed the Wright brothers’ first flight but also went to see his son land on the moon in his lifespan.
We’ve been quick! cfitzi , wiki Report Final score: 503points POST Rosa Diaz ️️ Rosa Diaz ️️ Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago ...that's what she said 78 78points reply View More Replies... View more comments #3 Corgi is a translation of the welsh for dwarf dog. Cor gi.
In the Mabinogion, the welsh book of myths and legends, corgis were the battle steeds of fairies TaffWolf , Alvan Nee Report Final score: 438points POST Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago (edited) i heard once again a different story. their name comes from the prefix “cor-” which means to “watch over” from Welsch origins. Welsch farmers used them to herd for a long time. the fairy story comes from this : there are 2 different breeds of corgis : Pembroke and Cardigan corgis. if you look close enough, Pembroke corgis' shoulders have a saddle shape over their coat. the Welsh believed that Pembroke corgis were used to work fairy cattle and pull fairy coaches, amongst other things. 57 57points reply View More Replies... View more comments I was interested to get Steven's opinion about where we could start learning about science and other topics if we feel completely lost. He told Bored Panda that a pretty good place to start would be mainstream science TV programs on the topics that we're already interested in. "They'll cover a subject with easy-to-digest information that you can rely on and could inspire you to investigate further. Then you could move on to popular science books that go a bit further and deeper," he shared. "Science podcasts and YouTube channels can also be a good idea. If you can't think of a topic, you could look at the science section of Wikipedia and go through the featured articles. If one grabs your interest, read it in full and follow links that interest you." #4 If you type the word "askew" into the Google search box, the entire page will tilt slightly. TripleGGreggStarski , Nathana Rebouças Report Final score: 431points POST Foxxy (The Original) Foxxy (The Original) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Wow, it does too. 159 159points reply View More Replies... View more comments #5 The figure in Munch's 'The Scream' is not screaming but is, in fact, reacting to hearing the scream. matthewloren , wiki Report Final score: 420points POST Vicky Zar Vicky Zar Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago That's interesting to know. Thank you 105 105points reply View more comments #6 Bob Ross was a Drill Instructor. When he stopped working as that, he promised he would not raise his voice at someone again. That's why he was so soft spoken. Rbrtwllms , wiki Report Final score: 414points POST Foxxy (The Original) Foxxy (The Original) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Can't imagine Bob Ross raising his voice. 144 144points reply View More Replies... View more comments We shouldn't believe everything that we come across online, whether it's on social media, a news website, or Reddit, the front page of the internet. It's vital to look at things from a scientist's point of view so you don't get lost in the morass of potentially fake news. Previously, I spoke to Lee McIntyre from Boston University's Center for Philosophy and History of Science about how to separate good news sources from bad ones and why it's important to be well-versed in media literacy. "Repetition is important in making us believe things, whether they are true or not. There is a cognitive bias called the 'illusory truth effect' which is when we are repeatedly exposed to false information over and over and, over time, it begins to seem more plausible," Lee explained to Bored Panda. #7 There was a phantom poop on an Apollo mission. A poop, floating around, that none of the astronauts said was theirs. chalk_in_boots , wiki Report Final score: 393points POST Hannah Edwards Hannah Edwards Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Upvoted because I’m imagining the astronauts all arguing about who was going to capture and dispose of the floating turd, whilst denying any responsibility for it and simultaneously worrying about catastrophic toilet failure. 224 224points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8 If you skip to the end of a long YouTube video and press replay you can watch the whole thing without adds Gat_Gat_Habitat Report Final score: 391points POST Piet Puk Piet Puk Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Same when you instal an a d b l o c k e r. 169 169points reply View More Replies... View more comments #9 The technology for the fax machine was invented in 1843. The feudal era in Japan ended in 1868 abolishing the samurai class. Abraham Lincoln lived until 1865. All of this combined lead to a 22 year period in which Lincoln could have received a fax from a samurai. Chef_Groovy Report Final score: 370points POST Stephanie Did It Stephanie Did It Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago And we hope it would have said "DON'T GO TO THE THEATRE" 157 157points reply View More Replies... View more comments "Social psychologists have known since the 1960s that repetition works, for truth or falsity. In fact, this idea goes back to Plato who said that it didn't hurt to repeat a true thing. And of course, for falsehood, this was one of the main propaganda tactics in Nazi Germany, where Hitler's propaganda minister understood the 'repetition effect.'" However, double-checking and cross-referencing every single fact that we find online and every tiny item we hear on the news would be utterly exhausting. So we need a different approach. "It would be exhausting to fact check every single news item we hear. In fact, insisting on this degree of skepticism is something that demagogues use to get us to be cynical, because when we doubt that it is possible to know the truth-even when it is staring us in the face-we are riper to their manipulation. So I'd say the best thing with news is to do a little investigation into finding a reliable source," the expert said. #10 Human's ability smell petrichor (smell of wet earth from rain) is greater than a Shark's ability to smell blood in water. issaparadox Report Final score: 350points POST Aksa Aksa Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago I love that smell 151 151points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 Honeybees can be trained to sniff out land mines in war zones! Obviously dogs can do it but to avoid blowing up poor unsuspecting doggos, they figured out that bees could do the same thing and swarm the area without setting the mine off to alert people to its presence MasterofNoneya , David Clode Report Final score: 335points POST S. S. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 11 months ago Imagine if they could add this feature to Minecraft. 82 82points reply View More Replies... View more comments #12 You know that feeling like you’re falling you get when you’re falling asleep? That happens because sometimes your muscles relax and your heart rate slows down too quickly that your body thinks you’re dying. So, it gives you that falling sensation which jolts you awake. moonlixqht Report Final score: 321points POST jburgh jburgh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago the jolting is called a hypnogogic jerk. 111 111points reply View More Replies... View more comments "Look for an organization that does investigative journalism (and doesn't just repeat information from other sources), double sources its quotations, discloses conflicts of interest, etc. Once we've found that we can relax a bit and trust the reporting behind the stories. Do we still need to be on guard? Yes. Even The New York Times can make mistakes. Or individual reporters can have biases. But that doesn't mean 'all sources are equal.'" Lee highlighted the importance of raising media literacy, as it helps sift through news and facts. "There are various sources for media literacy that can help. They teach this to KIDS in Finland! It's easy to learn. Is the story copyrighted? Is it dated? Is there a byline? Are other stories by the author solid? Is it published in a source that has been reliable in the past? Does it seem plausible- if not then you can do some research," he said what we should be aware of when looking at any news article. #13 Some birth control pills can cause vitamin B deficiency. Vitamin B is used to make seratonin. I’ve know a few people that got super depressed after starting birth control and taking B complex made a huge difference
*consult your doctor BOBALL00 , Benjamin Moss Report Final score: 309points POST Kanuli Kanuli Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago That’s mighty interesting. My wife feels alot better since she doesn’t take the pill anymore, and that might have been part of the reason. I know she was low on Vitamin B, amond D, potassium and Iron. Besides Iron we were able to get the rest up to a healthy level mostly by changing our meal composition, and for Vitamin D supplements. 56 56points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14 Andrew Jackson had a interesting assassination attemp. The person who was going to kill him pointed his gun and it jammed. Jackson then beat him up wjth his cane. The guy got back and pulled out the second gun which also managed to jam. This is a 1 in 125,000 chance. DjPedromemes01 , wiki Report Final score: 306points POST Serial pacifist Serial pacifist Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago You had one job, Larry... 133 133points reply View More Replies... View more comments #15 Australia is wider than the moon. fruit_cats , Dan Freeman Report Final score: 305points POST Serial pacifist Serial pacifist Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Also, Australia has more snakes per square foot than the moon does as a whole! 257 257points reply View More Replies... View more comments "Will we get fooled sometimes in doing this? Yes. But we're going to get fooled sometimes anyway. It's analogous to how scientists form their beliefs. They are skeptics, but they also-at some point when the evidence is sufficient-give their assent. Scientists deal with warrant, not 'proof.' They are what philosophers call 'fallibilists.' You give your belief to things that are well-sourced with evidence, while always holding out the possibility that if further evidence comes to light that contradicts your belief, you should give it up because you might be wrong." #16 Some people don’t have a inner dialogue, some can’t picture in their mind, and some have / can do both. PurpleArmy21 Report Final score: 292points POST TGHW TGHW Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago I have aphantasia, I can't visualise things in my head. Since I discovered this, I've found that it's not really that uncommon, and I know several other people who are the same. 88 88points reply View More Replies... View more comments #17 When the Rubix Cube was first released a mathematician said it would take the average person 30 years, working 8 hours a day, to solve a cube saying it was impossible for someone without a master's in mathematics to solve it in under a month. atombomb1945 , Olav Ahrens Røtne Report Final score: 287points POST S. S. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 11 months ago How to solve the Rubix Cube in less than five seconds without a masters in Mathematics: Get a paint brush. 170 170points reply View More Replies... View more comments #18 NASA discovered a planet outside of the milky way a few days ago for the first time in human history xlybear , an Chen Report Final score: 286points POST S. S. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 11 months ago "Signs of a planet transiting a star outside of the Milky Way galaxy may have been detected for the first time. This intriguing result, using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, opens up a new window to search for exoplanets at greater distances than ever before. The possible exoplanet candidate is located in the spiral galaxy Messier 51 (M51), also called the Whirlpool Galaxy because of its distinctive profile." — https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/images/chandra-sees-evidence-for-possible-planet-in-another-galaxy.html 68 68points reply View More Replies... View more comments #19 German chocolate cake was invented by an English-American baker named Samuel German and has nothing to do with the country of Germany. matthewloren , wiki Report Final score: 280points POST Vicky Zar Vicky Zar Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago (edited) Yes. We would not even know this cake existed, except for the internet. (German here, obviously) If you want a German cake, then try Donauwelle, Marmorkuchen, Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte (that's a "Torte" tough - fancy cake), Böhmischer Apfelkuchen...... Edit to add: Frankfurter Kranz, Streuselkuchen, Käsekuchen, Bienenstich, Erdbeerkuchen, Kalter Hund and Hefezopf 101 101points reply View More Replies... View more comments #20 Opossums generally cannot get rabies. Their body temperature is too low for the virus.
Also the stomach acid of a vulture is so highly acidic it kills rabies virus and most bacteria, which is why they can eat dead disgusting rotting things. ginpanda Report Final score: 263points POST Serial pacifist Serial pacifist Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago (edited) Castoreum, used as a substitute vanilla flavoring, is actually harvested from the an*l glands of beavers. They use it combined with urine to scent mark territory. Beaver butt also has a raspberry taste to it. It’s a common “natural ingredient” in raspberry-flavored sweets. 45 45points reply View More Replies... View more comments #21 Cleopatra lived closer to the invention of the iPhone than the building of the pyramids LobotomistPrime , wiki Report Final score: 259points POST Space whale Space whale Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Is just me or does she look like she's about to sneeze 213 213points reply View More Replies... View more comments #22 That the patent for the fire hydrant was lost in a fire CorinRyptide , Hrt+Soul Design Report Final score: 253points POST Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago absolutely not sure at all !! the real inventor of fire hydrant is unknown. the patent being lost in a fire is only one of the possible versions. could also be a flood or a fight. nobody really knows. still, because the records were not clear or known to people, the invention of the fire hydrant is attributed to Frederick Graff. 45 45points reply View More Replies... View more comments #23 Putting enough eye drops in someone’s food or drink will, in fact, kill them. interlinkedenigma , Hopfphotography Report Final score: 246points POST Susan Geyer Reed Susan Geyer Reed Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago There was an episode of CSI where someone was killed due to having eye drops put in their drink. 62 62points reply View More Replies... View more comments #24 There’s a vast difference between a million and a billion. A simple way to visualize it: a million seconds is over 11 days. A billion seconds is just under 32 years. CollinZero , Mufid Majnun Report Final score: 235points POST Batwench Batwench Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Is this UK or USA billion? http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN04440/SN04440.pdf 31 31points reply View More Replies... View more comments #25 The sun is not yellow. When viewed outside earths atmosphere it is white. It only looks yellow due to our atmosphere "pulling" the blue light out, leaving it looking yellow. It's an illusion. BeWiseExercise Report Final score: 234points POST Vorknkx Vorknkx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Note: It's not a good idea to look directly into the sun... unless you really hate having eyes ;) 74 74points reply View More Replies... View more comments #26 When a Camel spider (or wind scorpion) is chasing you, it's just chasing your shadow. All they want is a little bit of shade! They'd never have the intent of harming you Mobile_Macro Report Final score: 232points POST James Tartaglione James Tartaglione Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago sounds like a camel spider wrote this to stop its prey from running. im on to you camel spider 86 86points reply View More Replies... View more comments #27 There was no “s” sound for the letter c in ancient Roman Latin. Thus Gaius Julius Caesar was pronounced “Gaius Julius Kaiser”. His name is where the Germans and Russians got their name for king (Kaiser and Tzar respectively). linpashpants Report Final score: 231points POST Janine B. Janine B. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 11 months ago King means König and emperor means Kaiser. 53 53points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #28 When a person receives a kidney transplant they don’t take out the old kidneys, they just shove em to the side and leave em in there. zytz , wiki Report Final score: 224points POST Andy Acceber Andy Acceber Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Makes sense. It would probably be unnecessarily traumatic for a sick body to lose an organ if it didn't have to. 55 55points reply View More Replies... View more comments #29 Gases and particles in Earth's atmosphere scatter sunlight in all directions. Blue light is scattered more than other colors because it travels as shorter, smaller waves. Now you know why the sky is blue. Accurate_Efficiency1 , Timo Volz Report Final score: 216points POST Jar of Pickles Jar of Pickles Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 11 months ago Wow, I have never been wondering why the sky was blue, but this is an interesting fact indeed! 28 28points reply View more comments #30 Komodo dragons are the largest animals in the world capable of reproducing asexually
Edit: y’all I just found this on google when I was curious one day don’t ask me how it works I’m failing biology SilvaIIy , wiki Report Final score: 207points POST Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago female komodo dragons in captivity have been known to reproduce by parthenogenesis. they lay a clutch of 15 to 30 leathery shelled eggs in the nest. but in the wild they reproduce sexually, breeding once yearly from july to september, mating more than once to ensure eggs are fertilized 60 60points reply View More Replies... View more comments #31 Due to evolution, humans share genes with all living organisms. For example, 60% of your DNA is the same as a strawberry. hoarchata , CDC Report Final score: 207points POST Janus Preez Janus Preez Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Couch potato comes to mind 119 119points reply View More Replies... View more comments #32 More people die from vending machines than sharks Jackpot09 , Estera Nicoi Report Final score: 204points POST Stephanie Did It Stephanie Did It Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Because no one suspects a vending machine will be lurking in the water 416 416points reply View More Replies... View more comments #33 Emma Morano of Italy was the last (documented and verified) person to die that was born in the 1800s. 29th November 1899 - 15th April 2017 SkippyMcLovin Report Final score: 195points POST Janine B. Janine B. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 11 months ago Wow!!! 40 40points reply View more comments #34 Stephen Hawking died on March 14, the Pi Day, which is also the birthday of Albert Einstein. initialpizza Report Final score: 190points POST Robert T Robert T Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago American Pi Day. Rest of the world should be 31st April, but that would really be Ten Pi day. ;-) 31 31points reply View More Replies... View more comments #35 There was a short period of time when Picasso and Snoop Dogg were both alive together. ReadaboutitXD Report Final score: 187points POST S. S. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 11 months ago Picasso: 25th October 1881 - 8th April 1973. Snoop Dogg: 20th October 1971 - Present day. 55 55points reply View More Replies... View more comments #36 The shell is part of the turtle’s skeleton. haydensidun , Marcus Dietachmair Report Final score: 184points POST Amanda Amanda Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago That’s a picture of a tortoise… 126 126points reply View More Replies... View more comments #37 Butterflies and Moths can drink blood and tears in order to get nutrients. It’s called Mud-puddling. I think more horror movies should use this. MonetsMenagerie Report Final score: 180points POST Mazer Mazer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Butterflies will land on sweaty shoes or hiking pole handles even t shirts left on a river bank while the owner takes a swim in order for the insect to get to the salts and minerals left by sweat. Critters living in mountainous regions will do the same, more than one hiker has had hiking pole handles and gloves chewed on. 48 48points reply View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves #38 The amount of water in, on, and above planet earth does not increase or decrease. It's always in a constant cycle. Even the water humans use. energizerbunneee Report Final score: 176points POST Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago yeah ... we have been drinking / peeing / drinking the same water for millions and millions of years !! cheers !! 100 100points reply View More Replies... View more comments #39 90% of the population on Earth lives in the Northern Hemisphere. Johndoe448 , Greg Rosenke Report Final score: 175points POST Foxxy (The Original) Foxxy (The Original) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Ooh I'm one of the special 10%, he he. 87 87points reply View More Replies... View more comments #40 Lamborghini started making supercars because Enzo Ferrari was being a jerk to Ferruccio Lamborghini. dis_not_my_name Report Final score: 172points POST Serial pacifist Serial pacifist Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago The inventor of cruise control in cars was blind. Universities refused Ralph Teetor's applications based on his disability. He eventually got enrolled at the U. of Pennsylvania in the engineering department. He later became the President of the Society of Automotive Engineers. 59 59points reply View More Replies... View more comments #41 Your oral health is very important , poor oral health is more than just bad teeth / bad breathe it can lead to heart problems , infections and more Additional-Back4889 Report Final score: 169points POST Dave Reed Dave Reed Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago True. My daughter is a dentist and explained how bacteria can move from teeth / gums to the heart, etc. Keep brushing! 67 67points reply View More Replies... View more comments #42 Sharks existed before trees existed. prairiemountainzen , Nariman Mesharrafa Report Final score: 168points POST Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Not totally true either ... Modern sharks began to appear about 100 million years ago. The earliest surviving species of tree is the maidenhair (Ginkgo biloba) of Zhejiang, China, which first appeared about 160 million years ago during the Jurassic era. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachimorpha and are the sister group to the rays. However, the term "shark" has also been (incorrectly) used to refer to extinct members of the subclass Elasmobranchii, which are technically outside the Selachimorpha clade. 83 83points reply View More Replies... View more comments #43 The “Easter Island Heads” actually have bodies, and some were excavated in 2017. Poppycorn144 Report Final score: 166points POST Grant Barke Grant Barke Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Where there are heads, there must be bodies. Old detective saying. 59 59points reply View More Replies... View more comments #44 If you stare at your own reflection in dim lighting for a few minutes, your face will begin to distort and you will essentially begin to hallucinate. Don’t do it. It’s a trap. Halo-Kai , Marc-Olivier Jodoin Report Final score: 164points POST MagicalUnicorn MagicalUnicorn Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago now i have to try, dammit 117 117points reply View More Replies... View more comments #45 Penguins trade nice rocks for sex. Qu1tyerbitchin Report Final score: 159points POST Foxxy (The Original) Foxxy (The Original) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Not as simple as that. Penguins give rocks during courtship. If the female penguin likes the rock/penguin she will take that penguin as a mate (most penguins are monogamous) and the female will use the rock gifts to help build their nests. 105 105points reply View More Replies... View more comments #46 As the result of a collision with another moon eons ago, Neptune's moon "Triton" has a retrograde orbit; meaning an orbit in the direction opposite to its planet's rotation. Triton is the only large moon our solar system to have such an orbit. Not impressed?
The collision eons ago also altered Triton's orbit of Neptune in another, far more sinister way. Despite obviously emerging victorious from the collision, the impact ever so slightly threw Triton off course. Every year, Triton creeps a fraction of an inch closer to Neptune.
This means that one day billions of years in the future, Triton's orbit will get too close to Neptune and Neptune's superior gravitational pull will tear Triton apart. baiqibeendeleted17x Report Final score: 157points POST Jar of Pickles Jar of Pickles Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 11 months ago What a day to be alive... 51 51points reply View More Replies... View more comments #47 Hyenas are actually more related to cats than dogs. Hyenas are part of the Suborder Feliformia along with cats. amxorca Report Final score: 146points POST Stephanie Did It Stephanie Did It Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago The only way on earth you can hear a cat laughing! 33 33points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda 30 Of The Most Hectic Homes As Shared On 'The Broke Agent' Instagram Account Bride Doesn't Include Wedding Dinner Price In Her Wedding Invites, Is Surprised To See Many Guests Canceling On Her After They Find Out #48 You can make tasty fresh bread yourself in four or five hours with flour, salt, yeast and water, no kneading and zero skill. It literally takes less than 10 minutes of actual effort. Since finding out about this last year I've done it dozens of times. Google no-knead bread! AmiableBowelSyndrome Report Final score: 143points POST Rick Hoppenbrouwer Rick Hoppenbrouwer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago If there is no knead, why bother? 21 21points reply View More Replies... View more comments #49 Big bird was almost in the Challenger explosion
Big bird was planned to go so they could do something to get kids interested in space, but the costume (over 8 feet tall) was just too f**king big to fit.
They sent a school teacher instead. And then the shuttle exploded DoggoDude979 Report Final score: 142points POST Aaron W Aaron W Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago It's terrible that seven people died, but imagine the childhood trauma of that generation if all those children watched Big Bird die in it. 114 114points reply View More Replies... View more comments #50 Spit will instantly harden super glue. MichelleTheEngraver Report Final score: 140points POST Stephanie Did It Stephanie Did It Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago You know we're all hunting for that little tube now 73 73points reply View More Replies... View more comments #51 A platypus makes venom. One of several interesting things about them. ladyinchworm Report Final score: 129points POST Mazer Mazer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago They are a fascinating critter!! Bravo Australia 45 45points reply View More Replies... View more comments #52 Shaq hit almost 12,000 baskets in his career. Exactly 1 of them was a 3-pointer. MrMister26 , wiki Report Final score: 120points POST Demi Zwaan Demi Zwaan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Is that good or bad? I have no idea what a 3-pointer is. 41 41points reply View More Replies... View more comments Note: this post originally had 93 images. It’s been shortened to the top 52 images based on user votes. Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Add Your Answer! Not your original work? Add source Publish Change image Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Upload Upload Edit Image Error occurred when generating embed. Please check link and try again. Render conversation
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Woman Takes DNA Test For Fun Only To Discover Her Long-Term Boyfriend Is Her Full Sibling "I Just Said Thank You And Left": Man’s Nice Gesture Is Praised After Pizza Hut Driver Got A $20 Tip On A $938 Order Join the conversation POST Bored Birgit Bored Birgit Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago I really like the additional Information from some of the users in this and in other threads. They help clarifying the facts. Thanks for your effort! 14 14points reply littlesaresare littlesaresare Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago (edited) Except that a lot of those comments, especially on the animal facts, are NOT true. There are so many people spreading misinformation on this site. Seeing a comment that "corrects" the entry that is actually incorrect, have 80 upvotes, is incredibly depressing. Please do not believe everything that people comment on this site. 6 6points reply Load More Replies... littlesaresare littlesaresare Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago BoredPanda turned the photo into a link so here's the inset again for those that can't open links. avocados2-...51-png.jpg 4 4points reply John Baker John Baker Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago I always knew Abhinc was full of s**t. ;-) 1 1point reply Wondering Alice Wondering Alice Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Maybe you could help by joining in? If you think somthing is false, say so - that way people truly interested will know to go find out. 1 1point reply littlesaresare littlesaresare Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago (edited) Okay, well I didn't want to exactly drag names, but I am so goddamn tired of it that I will. There is a user on this site who CONSTANTLY posts nonsense, on pretty much every thread. Everyone eats it up, and anyone who calls them out (even when they're literally an expert in the topic) is downvoted or bullied. Yesterday this person claimed that eating avocados cause earthquakes, and when called out, doubled down that all the scientific community, especially X scientist, agreed with him. He forgot that scientists do talk to each other, and I'm in contact with this scientist, so I just casually sent him a message. What a shock that this scientist has no f*****g clue what he's talking about and that this user has a habit of googling random scientist names to make himself look smarter. And yet, despite showing that the literal scientist he's making these claims about has refuted it, I was still heavily downvoted, and this user was heavily upvoted. Correspondence with scientist: avocados2-...85-png.jpg 3 3points reply John Baker John Baker Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago I've never upvoted that jerk. In fact, I've downvoted practically every comment of his I've read, and will continue to do so as long as he continues to lie. If his fan club want to downvote me, let them. 1 1point reply littlesaresare littlesaresare Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago @John Baker. In the last few days it's become more apparent that his fan club isn't as big as it seems. Since calling him out, there's been a significant uptick in new accounts whose only activity (which you can see on their profile) is upvoting and praising him whenever someone corrects him. I've also seen twice him forget to log out when commenting on himself as an alt. I don't know how many accounts he has on here, but a large chunk of his fan base is actually just him. And happily I have seen more users lately calling him out. Considering how much more abusive his responses get every time, it's all clearly getting to him. (And I say 'he' loosely, since he's claimed to be every demographic under the sun at some point. ?) 0 0points reply Wondering Alice Wondering Alice Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Thanks. Calling people out in this polite manner is helpful. 0 0points reply Aaricia Aaricia Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago And what comment is that? 1 1point reply Buck Up Buck Up Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago It's amazing how debatable so many of these "facts" are. 7 7points reply Jar of Pickles Jar of Pickles Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 11 months ago Some of the facts need more explanation. Otherwise this article just keeps delivering some useless pieces of information, which I find quite frustrating. 7 7points reply Kristin Ingersoll Kristin Ingersoll Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago It's Bored Panda. It's what they do. 8 8points reply Load More Replies... BorPand8 BorPand8 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago They're very useful pieces of information! I've just spent the past 10 minutes looking at pictures of fairies riding corgis. I call that an excellent use of my time. 6 6points reply Erin E Erin E Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago If they didn’t just pull this stuff from Reddit, maybe there’d be more info. Sometimes the original post on Reddit will have more info. 2 2points reply COCO puff COCO puff Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. indeed a lot of useless information. -6 -6points reply Load More Comments POST Bored Birgit Bored Birgit Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago I really like the additional Information from some of the users in this and in other threads. They help clarifying the facts. Thanks for your effort! 14 14points reply littlesaresare littlesaresare Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago (edited) Except that a lot of those comments, especially on the animal facts, are NOT true. There are so many people spreading misinformation on this site. Seeing a comment that "corrects" the entry that is actually incorrect, have 80 upvotes, is incredibly depressing. Please do not believe everything that people comment on this site. 6 6points reply Load More Replies... littlesaresare littlesaresare Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago BoredPanda turned the photo into a link so here's the inset again for those that can't open links. avocados2-...51-png.jpg 4 4points reply John Baker John Baker Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago I always knew Abhinc was full of s**t. ;-) 1 1point reply Wondering Alice Wondering Alice Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Maybe you could help by joining in? If you think somthing is false, say so - that way people truly interested will know to go find out. 1 1point reply littlesaresare littlesaresare Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago (edited) Okay, well I didn't want to exactly drag names, but I am so goddamn tired of it that I will. There is a user on this site who CONSTANTLY posts nonsense, on pretty much every thread. Everyone eats it up, and anyone who calls them out (even when they're literally an expert in the topic) is downvoted or bullied. Yesterday this person claimed that eating avocados cause earthquakes, and when called out, doubled down that all the scientific community, especially X scientist, agreed with him. He forgot that scientists do talk to each other, and I'm in contact with this scientist, so I just casually sent him a message. What a shock that this scientist has no f*****g clue what he's talking about and that this user has a habit of googling random scientist names to make himself look smarter. And yet, despite showing that the literal scientist he's making these claims about has refuted it, I was still heavily downvoted, and this user was heavily upvoted. Correspondence with scientist: avocados2-...85-png.jpg 3 3points reply John Baker John Baker Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago I've never upvoted that jerk. In fact, I've downvoted practically every comment of his I've read, and will continue to do so as long as he continues to lie. If his fan club want to downvote me, let them. 1 1point reply littlesaresare littlesaresare Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago @John Baker. In the last few days it's become more apparent that his fan club isn't as big as it seems. Since calling him out, there's been a significant uptick in new accounts whose only activity (which you can see on their profile) is upvoting and praising him whenever someone corrects him. I've also seen twice him forget to log out when commenting on himself as an alt. I don't know how many accounts he has on here, but a large chunk of his fan base is actually just him. And happily I have seen more users lately calling him out. Considering how much more abusive his responses get every time, it's all clearly getting to him. (And I say 'he' loosely, since he's claimed to be every demographic under the sun at some point. ?) 0 0points reply Wondering Alice Wondering Alice Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Thanks. Calling people out in this polite manner is helpful. 0 0points reply Aaricia Aaricia Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago And what comment is that? 1 1point reply Buck Up Buck Up Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago It's amazing how debatable so many of these "facts" are. 7 7points reply Jar of Pickles Jar of Pickles Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 11 months ago Some of the facts need more explanation. Otherwise this article just keeps delivering some useless pieces of information, which I find quite frustrating. 7 7points reply Kristin Ingersoll Kristin Ingersoll Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago It's Bored Panda. It's what they do. 8 8points reply Load More Replies... BorPand8 BorPand8 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago They're very useful pieces of information! I've just spent the past 10 minutes looking at pictures of fairies riding corgis. I call that an excellent use of my time. 6 6points reply Erin E Erin E Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago If they didn’t just pull this stuff from Reddit, maybe there’d be more info. Sometimes the original post on Reddit will have more info. 2 2points reply COCO puff COCO puff Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago This comment is hidden. 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