Internet is a massive source of information. Some are important and some are completely irrelevant. When we start to go deep into this massive source of information, we can easily be lost. But we’ll some interesting and entertaining facts as well.
For example, look at this Instagram account with a unique name, “Not Common Facts”, which provides exactly what it says. It has more than 7.3 million followers. It is an interesting and entertaining facts destination to know some weird, unheard, and quirky facts to pump up that trivia muscle.
Below, we have a collection of the most interesting and entertaining facts that you may not have heard, so scroll down and see for yourself. If you like them you can pin them on your Pinterest board and show these interesting and entertaining facts to others as well.
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1. Around age 23, the average person falls off what researchers call the humor cliff; we begin to smile and laugh less and less.
2. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would produce enough energy to heat one cup of coffee.
3. July 2021 was the hottest month recorded on earth.
4. There’s a full-time job for defending our planet from aliens. NASA’s official title is “Planetary Protection Officer” and pays $187,000 a year.
5. Hearing your name when no one is actually calling you is a sign of a healthy mind.
6. Broccoli is a man-made vegetable and was created by breeding different types of cabbages.
7. If you were to fall into a black hole, you’d be able to see both the universe begining and ending due to time dilation.
8. having both red hair and blue eyes is the rarest combination in humans, occurring naturally in only one percent of the population.
9. People who spend money on experiences rather than material items tend to be happier.
10. A tiger’s tongue is so strong that it can remove paint from a wall and also the skin of its prey.
We can find a lot of information and interesting and entertaining facts on the internet and on social media. Some of those interesting and entertaining facts we come up with on social media has to be taken with a pinch of salt. So, that’s why we must fact-check them.
Whether it is COVID-19, Climate change, or Migration, fake news spread much faster on social media than facts. That kind of content is known as fake news can be very harmful. They are partially or often completely false and deliberately disseminated to influence political views or generate as many clicks as possible.
To an untrained eye, fake news can be very dangerous. It is very difficult or if not possible for the average internet user to separate them from credible information. So, it is essential for an average user to learn how to separate true facts from false information.
11. The baby name ‘Karen’ is predicted to go extinct in just a few years.
12. Male giraffes mate more often with other males than with females.
13. When a male llama tries to make a move on female llama, she’ll spit on him if she’s not feeling it.
14. The opposite of Deja vu is called Jamais vu: When you know something has happened before, but it seems unfamiliar.
15. Atelophobia is the fear of not being good enough.
There is no foolproof method to separate true facts or news from false information. But what you can do is, first check the credibility of the source. This particularly applies to social media platforms because those platforms are optimized to increase engagements and there is a lack of gatekeeping features to filter out false information. And, it is also important to weigh the information against other sources. If a post makes monumental claims that are exclusive to that platform, do not take them at face value.
16. 91% of people are no longer friends with someone they called their “best friend”.
17. When a group of people laughs, each member of the group will instinctively look at the person they feel closest to.
18. An ant will survive a fall from any height because its terminal velocity can never be high enough to kill.
19. Marrying your best friend eliminates the risk of divorce by over 70%, and this marriage is more likely to last lifetime.
20. Depression can cause you to dream up to 3-4 times more than you normally would.
21. More than 70,000 people in Japan are over 100 years old.
22. When Redbull entered the energy drink market, they strategically placed a lot of empty cans inside garbade cans outside of popular nightclubs. This made people think the drink was popular and it increased their sales.
23. The average woman loses 1-2 hours of sleep each night due to over thinking.
24. Khalid Shari, who used to be the heaviest living person, lost 1,196 lbs in four years and went from weighing 1,340 lbs to just 150 lbs.
25. A homeowner turned on his sprinklers before leaving to escape a Kansas wildfire. he came home to this.
26. Highly intelligent people tend to be messy, stay up later, and curse more often.
27. A 99-year-old divorced his 96-year-old wife after 77 years of marriage because he discovered an affair she had in the 1940s.
When it comes to determining the news source is credible or not, sometimes, unreliable news sources try to impersonate popular news sources by slightly changing their names in the URL. Also, they might use conventional website domain extensions instead of the usual, “.com”, or “.org”. Generally, make sure that your news comes from established, well-known sources, or check whether the content is linked to a reliable news source. These types of news sources get their news directly from primary sources and must uphold their reputation.
But, if you are still not sure, look into the author and see if the author is credible for that news article. It is important to weigh our perceptions and not let our biases get into our understanding of events. It is important to seek out different opinions and try not to associate facts with ideological dogma.
28. Richie Ashburn hit a foul ball that hit a fan in the stands. As they were carrying her away, he hit another one which hit her again.
29. The creators of Adidas and Puma are brothers.
30. Brain scans have found that women are more responsive to romance after they’ve been fed. Food is the way to a woman’s heart as well.
31. Construction workers in Brazil cemented a car in pavement after its driver refused to move it.
32. Some people can wake up at the right time just by anticipating it. Their bodies start producing stress hormones one hour before waking.
33. Psychology says if you have the power to go to movies and restaurants alone, you can do anything in your life.
34. Octopuses sometimes punch fish for no apparent reason.
35. In 2008, Japan’s birth rate was so low that workers were told to go home early and use their remaining energy to procreate.
36. Sharks have survived four of the ‘Big Five’ mass extinctions. This makes them older than humanity, mount Everest, dinorsaurs, and even older than trees.
When asked about the reason, why fake news has become more widespread, the cybersecurity experts said, that’s due to the factors that concern both the content of the messages and the technological foundation of platforms on which the news is proliferated.
Fake news is mostly related to current affairs and makes remarkable emotion-including claims. And also social media platforms collect data on what kind of posts users spend the most time on and feed them content with similar characteristics. This provides the perfect environment to spread fake news.
37. Dolphins have ‘Bromances’ in which two males may pair up for as long as 15 years and help each other hook up with females.
38. People that get goosebumps while listening to music have a special mental condition that makes them extremely emotional to a certain kind of stimuli.
39. In 1987, a freshman in high school named Mike Hayes funded his education by asking 2.8 Million people for one penny.
40. Photographer, Atif Saeed nearly got himself killed in order to capture this photo, taken moments before the lion tried to attack him.
41. In 2010, an Australian mother brought her premature son back to life by hugging and cuddling him for 2 hrs after doctors declared him dead.
42. A young stripper named Shelly Bauman lost her leg in a freak confetti cannon accident. She sued and used the money from the settlement to open Seattle’s first gay bar, which she named, “Shelly’s leg”.
43. Stan Lee wanted to create a hero with a personality no one should like, and force people to like him. He came up with Tony Stark.
44. During World War 1, a carrier pigeon named Cher Ami was shot, blinded, and had his leg blown off. Yet, he was still able to deliver his message and save the lives of 194 soldiers.
45. In Japan, Microsoft experimented with a 4-day workweek by shutting down offices every Friday as part of a “Work-Life Choice Challenge”. Productivity increased by almost 40% per employee.
46. An octopus named Otto caused an aquarium power outage by climbing to the edge of his tank and started shooting water at a bright light that was annoying him. He’s also been seen juggling hermit crabs, throwing rocks at the glass and rearranging his tank surroundings.
47. Marine scientists have spotted a real-life yellow sponge and pink sea star near an underwater mountain in the Atlantic.
48. In Brazil, prisoners can reduce the length of their sentences by 4 days for every book they read and write a report on.
49. In 2015, a man from Manchester began spray-painting large penises on potholes to get city officials to fill them faster. He called himself “Wanksy”.
50. This wedding dress was handmade by the bride. She made it from the parachute that saved the groom’s life in WWII
51. Too much stress can cause your brain to ‘freeze’ and temporarily shut down.
52. A sophomaniac is a person who’s under the delusion that they are extremely intelligent.
53. Men tend to overestimate women’s interest in them, while women tend to underestimate men’s interest.
54. in 1920, a dog waited for 9 years after the death of his master outside the train station every morning until he himself passed away.
55. In France, you can marry a dead person.
56. The word “slut” was originally used to describe a woman who didn’t keep her room clean.
57. The world record for the longest pee is 508 seconds. That’s almost 8.5 minutes.
58. Second-born children are most likely to be trouble makers.
59. Between 1881 and 1974, it was illegal to appear in Chicago If you were “ugly”.
60. Spicy is not a taste because it’s not produced by taste buds. It’s a pain sensation produced by your nerve receptors.
61. Humanity has almost gone extinct three times.
62. You are 114 times more likely to die from overdosing on alcohol than you are from marijuana, according to a study.
63. We are born with just two innate fear: the fear of falling and the fear of loud sounds.
64. People born in May have the lowest risk of illness and disease, while those born in October have the highest.
65. An ordinary jar of peanut butter contains ten or more rodent hairs, averaging one or more rodent hairs per 100 grams.
66. Blockbuster had the chance to buy Netflix for $50 million in 2000 but turned it down.
67. Between 25-36% of people have never experienced a headache in their entire life.
68. In 2010, a man was sentenced to 2 years for stabbing a man who knifed him in Counter-Strike. He spent 6 months tracking shown his rival’s real-life location.
69. In 2005, a fortune cookie company called Wonton Food Inc. correctly predicted lottery numbers, resulting in 110 winners.
70. You can buy pills that make your farts smell like roses and chocolate.
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