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One way to make life more fulfilling and exciting is to simply have an open mind. A lifelong curiosity and an unquenchable thirst for knowledge can let you reinvent yourself repeatedly. After all, there’s always something new you can learn, even though sometimes it may be hard to find the energy and motivation to keep going.
Thanks to the Facts by Guff Instagram account, we can receive our daily dose of knowledge by reading the completely random, unexpected, and unusual tidbits of information they share every day. Whether it’s enlightening their followers about goosebumps, baby elephants, or diamond rain, it certainly triggers a desire to know more.
Bored Panda has collected some of the best facts from the page, so continue scrolling and upvote the ones you might not have known about! Although just to warn you—once you get started, you’ll probably want to keep reading until your curiosity is satisfied.
Psst! Be sure to check our previous posts full of cool and interesting trivia right here, here, and here.
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This Instagram account was created by Guff, a data-driven content company that aspires to enlighten people with daily trivia and wisdom. They have amassed more than 825K followers by sharing different bits of information every single day. Unexpected and fun facts seem to often catch people off guard in the best possible way, and many think that it's worth their time.
Staying curious and open to new ideas is not only enjoyable but also provides us with a dopamine rush. Whether it’s learning something new about history, science, art, or even modern pop culture, there are many benefits to keeping our brain cells active.
A study by researchers at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business has found that our brains are hungry and always willing to learn new details about the world. Researchers revealed that "new information acts on the brain’s dopamine-producing reward system in the same way as money or food."
"To the brain, information is its own reward, above and beyond whether it’s useful,” co-author of the study and associate professor Ming Hsu, Ph.D. told Neuroscience News. “And just as our brains like empty calories from junk food, they can overvalue information that makes us feel good but may not be useful—what some may call idle curiosity.”
However, knowledge usually becomes useful when it’s put into context. While many think that learning cool and interesting facts is a waste of time, it’s quite the opposite. Sure, you can find out everything you need with just a few searches and clicks on hyperlinks but it won't do any good to your critical thinking skills.
Scott H. Young, author of Ultralearning: Accelerate Your Career, Master Hard Skills and Outsmart the Competition, wrote that factual knowledge determines the speed you can acquire new knowledge on a topic. "The more you know, the faster you learn." It also is an important driver of our reading comprehension and other high-level skills, for example problem-solving. When you’re reading a book, it’s much easier to understand the deeper meaning if you’re already familiar with the topic.
"You can’t reason critically or creatively without first having amassed a large amount of factual knowledge," Young explained. "This is why the existence of Google and Wikipedia doesn’t reduce the need to learn facts. Something being a Google search away doesn’t mean it’s available in the background to allow you to parse new information easily."
If you find yourself wanting to expand your mental horizons, the Wall Street Journal bestselling author suggested to simply be curious. By reading more articles and books, and by watching a variety of shows or movies, you always surround yourself with new knowledge. If it's hard to understand everything at first, don’t be discouraged and try to look it up.
Young advised not to be afraid of topics that are new to you: "Knowledge is exponential, so if you’re not used to reading something, you’ll learn a bit less. However, as you read more about it, you can read faster and smarter." So picking up a book that might be "above your level" could take longer but will get easier with time.
Just remember, we are the ones using the newly learned facts and putting them into context. So if you’re wondering whether you’re ever going to use this stuff, one day you actually might. Sometimes, our brains are capable of the most wonderful things, and bringing two completely unrelated ideas into one is certainly one of them.
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Luther von Wolfen 3 years ago
I'm not a fan of his acting, but Keanu seems to be a genuinely good person.
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![🐦 Cher Ami (French For “Dear Friend,” In The Masculine) Was A Male Homing Pigeon Who Had Been Donated By Britain To The U.S. Army Signal Corps In France During World War I. He Is Famous For Delivering A Message From An Encircled Battalion Despite Serious Injuries During The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, October 1918.
"Cher Ami" Was Dispatched With A Note, Written On Onion Paper, In A Canister On His Right Leg;
"We Are Along The Road Parallel [sic] To 276.4. Our Own Artillery Is Dropping A Barrage Directly On Us. For Heavens Sake Stop It."
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🇩🇪 As Cher Ami Tried To Fly Back Home, The Germans Saw Him Rising Out Of The Brush And Opened Fire. After Several Seconds, He Was Shot Down But Managed To Take Flight Again. He Arrived Back At His Loft At Division Headquarters 25 Miles (40 Km) To The Rear In Just 25 Minutes, Helping To Save The Lives Of The 194 Survivors. He Had Been Shot Through The Breast, Blinded In One Eye, And Had A Leg Hanging Only By A Tendon. Cher Ami Became The Hero Of The 77th Infantry Division. Army Medics Worked To Save His Life. When He Recovered Enough To Travel, The Now One-Legged Bird Was Put On A Boat To The United States, With General John J. Pershing Seeing Him Off.
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source: Link In Our Bio. 🔗](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CXMw05vOUwH-png__880.jpg "🐦 Cher Ami (French For “Dear Friend,” In The Masculine) Was A Male Homing Pigeon Who Had Been Donated By Britain To The U.S. Army Signal Corps In France During World War I. He Is Famous For Delivering A Message From An Encircled Battalion Despite Serious Injuries During The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, October 1918.
\"Cher Ami\" Was Dispatched With A Note, Written On Onion Paper, In A Canister On His Right Leg;
\"We Are Along The Road Parallel [sic] To 276.4. Our Own Artillery Is Dropping A Barrage Directly On Us. For Heavens Sake Stop It.\"
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🇩🇪 As Cher Ami Tried To Fly Back Home, The Germans Saw Him Rising Out Of The Brush And Opened Fire. After Several Seconds, He Was Shot Down But Managed To Take Flight Again. He Arrived Back At His Loft At Division Headquarters 25 Miles (40 Km) To The Rear In Just 25 Minutes, Helping To Save The Lives Of The 194 Survivors. He Had Been Shot Through The Breast, Blinded In One Eye, And Had A Leg Hanging Only By A Tendon. Cher Ami Became The Hero Of The 77th Infantry Division. Army Medics Worked To Save His Life. When He Recovered Enough To Travel, The Now One-Legged Bird Was Put On A Boat To The United States, With General John J. Pershing Seeing Him Off.
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source: Link In Our Bio. 🔗")
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Ray Martin 3 years ago
True, so whatever you do don't think about how they feel when their new babies are taken away and placed in a field where they can still hear each other's cries. I live in the midst of cattle farms, and it's heartbreaking.
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Luther von Wolfen 3 years ago
Charasmatic megafauna get a lot of attention. There are probably thousands of species that are less likable that are in the same situation.
Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
Definitely. I read an article about it a while ago which mentioned a species of rodent which went extinct without notice because "save the pandas" is way more appealing to the public than "save this obscure variety of native rat". The few people who did care just couldn't get the interest or the funding.
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Ozacoter 3 years ago (edited)
The loss of the species (any species) is a tragedy. But this specific species of rhino (or any vertebrate species) did not survive 55my. The "rhino family", called Rhinocerotidae, evolved in the late Eocene (about 35my ago) but this species in specific is much younger, the oldest remains are about 2my. Making up facts to protect animals is not a good idea.
Eagle Girl 3 years ago
Why don't they say what it really is~ Can't survive a soft asian penis. Chinese folklore on male virility is responsible for more almost extinctions than poachers
sonofabass 3 years ago
I was looking for someone to point this out. People are afraid of vilifying a culture, even though it does significant damage to wild animals.
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A B C 3 years ago
This is so sad :( but didn't they try to breed kinda hybrids with southern rhinos?
Jo Choto 3 years ago
It's just one of many, many, many species that this has happened to. While human interference is the cause of many extinctions, we should remember that natural selection will also cause lesser subspecies to go extinct as a natural part of evolution.
WoodenLion 3 years ago
i upvoted you because you are correct,"but" if it was not for humans i think stuff would be many, many times better.
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Brian Bennett 3 years ago
I think the best thing for the earth is probably our extinction and it still would take millions of years to recover completely! Sorry for the downer - blame my age!
Jordanne Markman 3 years ago
And yet we applauded ourselves for being the dominant species. We ain't dominant we are a f*****g cancer on this earth. We settle into one area and just destroy it. As a species we should be ashamed. But we aren't, cus even I'm not...
DarkAngelNic 3 years ago
We will be extinct too soon enough, the planet won't be able to sustain our population growth. Unfortunately we will be taking all other living things with us too and it is not even their fault.
Daniel Marsh 3 years ago
Although well-intentioned, this story is so wrong on so many levels. The Northern white rhino is the same species as the white rhino. There is no way in Hell that the diversion between the two groups occurred 55 million years ago, but then you don't have to go back even 0.01 million years to have survived ice ages, earthquakes and meteor strikes.
Betsy Novack 2 years ago
Where do we go from top of the food chain after we kill everything. I can't wait for the day all the animal kingdom, from pets in purses, dressed in outfits that they dread their pals ever seeing, wild animals shot from an airplane on a "safari", elephants left to die for a couple of tusks, heads on walls that dispense beer and all the other living things we kill, thinking we hot $hi&. The Indians we stole land from always thanked an animal they killed for providing for his family and the spirit he made one. I just can't get impressed by how big a gun is. Anymore a clueless d**k.
Olivia Mansfield 2 years ago
Doesn't surprise me anymore, humans are a cancer. World is overpopulated with too many humans
Virgil Blue 3 years ago (edited)
And mostly because dumb rich idiots believe the horn makes their pee pee harder. It's a bloody disgrace.
Gabrielle braswell 3 years ago
This is heartbreaking 💔we have failed so many beautiful creatures
BookCrazyTeen 3 years ago
I just did a science report yesterday on the black rhino, everyone in my class had to pick an endangered animal and do a short report on it. Including why it’s endangered and the like.
Zoe 3 years ago
No, sadly not, the last male northern white rhino, Sudan died a few years ago (2018 I think?) there are only two female northern white rhino left in the world, under 24 hour armed guard at a reserve in Africa, so functionally the species is now extinct. Southern white rhino numbers have also declined significantly, and if poaching levels continue they are headed to extinction too. All because some people have a ridiculous belief that their horn (which is basically hair) is a miracle cure for everything
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Brendan Roberts 3 years ago
Extinction carried out by humans is not evolution.
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Luther von Wolfen 3 years ago
My kid goes to a Montessori school where students clean up everyday. I think it's a good idea - helps kids feel responsible for their school, which helps them become responsible citizens.
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![🚭 The Plans Include The Gradual Increase Of The Legal Smoking Age, Which Could Extend To A Ban On The Sale Of Cigarettes And Tobacco Products To Anyone Born After 2004, Making Smoking Effectively Illegal For That Generation.
also Under Consideration Was A Significant Reduction In The Level Of Nicotine Allowed In Tobacco Products, Prohibiting Filters, Setting A Minimum Price For Tobacco, And Restricting The Locations Where Tobacco And Cigarettes Can Be Sold.
“We Need A New Approach,” Associate Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall Said, Announcing The Changes. “About 4,500 New Zealanders Die Every Year From Tobacco, And We Need To Make Accelerated Progress To Be Able To Reach That Goal [of Smokefree 2025]. Business-As-Usual Without A Tobacco Control Program Won’t Get Us There.”
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🇳🇿 The Proposals Were Welcomed By A Number Of Public Health Organizations. “This Proposal Goes Beyond Assisting People To Quit,” Cancer Society Chief Executive Lucy Elwood Said In A Statement. She Noted That The Number Of Tobacco Retailers Was Four Times Higher In Low-Income Communities, Where Smoking Rates Were Highest.
“These Glaring Inequities Are Why We Need To Protect Future Generations From The Harms Of Tobacco,” Elwood Said. “Tobacco Is The Most Harmful Consumer Product In History And Needs To Be Phased Out.”
shane Kawenata Bradbrook, A Long- Term Advocate For Smoke-Free Māori Communities, Said:
“For Too Long The Tobacco Industry Has Been Addicting Our People, Fleecing Them Of Their Money Before We Have To Bury Them In Urupa [burial Grounds] All Over This Land. I Am Looking Forward To Truly Making This A Sunset Industry In This Corner Of The World.”
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source: Link In Our Bio. 🔗](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CWizmzxNQCs-png__880.jpg "🚭 The Plans Include The Gradual Increase Of The Legal Smoking Age, Which Could Extend To A Ban On The Sale Of Cigarettes And Tobacco Products To Anyone Born After 2004, Making Smoking Effectively Illegal For That Generation.
also Under Consideration Was A Significant Reduction In The Level Of Nicotine Allowed In Tobacco Products, Prohibiting Filters, Setting A Minimum Price For Tobacco, And Restricting The Locations Where Tobacco And Cigarettes Can Be Sold.
“We Need A New Approach,” Associate Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall Said, Announcing The Changes. “About 4,500 New Zealanders Die Every Year From Tobacco, And We Need To Make Accelerated Progress To Be Able To Reach That Goal [of Smokefree 2025]. Business-As-Usual Without A Tobacco Control Program Won’t Get Us There.”
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🇳🇿 The Proposals Were Welcomed By A Number Of Public Health Organizations. “This Proposal Goes Beyond Assisting People To Quit,” Cancer Society Chief Executive Lucy Elwood Said In A Statement. She Noted That The Number Of Tobacco Retailers Was Four Times Higher In Low-Income Communities, Where Smoking Rates Were Highest.
“These Glaring Inequities Are Why We Need To Protect Future Generations From The Harms Of Tobacco,” Elwood Said. “Tobacco Is The Most Harmful Consumer Product In History And Needs To Be Phased Out.”
shane Kawenata Bradbrook, A Long- Term Advocate For Smoke-Free Māori Communities, Said:
“For Too Long The Tobacco Industry Has Been Addicting Our People, Fleecing Them Of Their Money Before We Have To Bury Them In Urupa [burial Grounds] All Over This Land. I Am Looking Forward To Truly Making This A Sunset Industry In This Corner Of The World.”
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source: Link In Our Bio. 🔗")
Sarah 3 years ago
I'm always torn when it comes to things like this. On the one hand, I don't feel like the government should tell us "you can't do that because it isn't good for you". Your not my mom, back off. Sugar isn't good for me either. The last person I dated wasn't good for me. On the other hand, I'm all for the government telling us it's the law to wear a seatbelt, or that my doctor can't smoke crack before he operates on me. And this, Ladies and Gentlemen, is why I am not a politician. Glad I'm not the one who has to make the decisions on these kinds of things!
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linlintong 3 years ago
I remember watching this on tv with my dad before he passed away. We were so happy for him!
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Very Bored Panda 3 years ago
Then I pity those who don't. I have no emotional stability at all
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Cactus McCoy 3 years ago
Fun fact: Men who kiss other peoples' wifes befor going to work live an average of 5 years shorter.
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Very Bored Panda 3 years ago
That's so sad ☹️. Glad they managed to convince her not to. Not just because she's a celeb, but because she's a human
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Kesam 3 years ago
Several of these so-called "facts" are misleading, unverified rumours, or downright false. Looks like Guff is not a source you can trust. But that might not be surprising coming from a content company that sells "hyper-engagement" and churning out content that is primarily designed to "drive human emotions." 👎
Jon S. 3 years ago
I very much welcome this addition. Extra, easy to access context is always a boon.
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Gianna 3 years ago
I would say most of these "facts" are full of crap! They have no proof of what they are saying and most of them are so ridiculous that I had to stop scrolling.
RebeccaRabel 3 years ago
But i find the news here interesting and sometimes double check on other sites to verify it if its legit
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NevadaJo 3 years ago
This is the type of post I like... I get so disappointed when the title of a post is awesome but then you open it and it's nothing but words... pictures add a little pizazz especially when it refers to a person or place so that way you can get a better idea of what it looks like...
Sleepyhead 3 years ago
This was surprisingly sad, but I'm happy to have seen it. If you don't tear up Googling "Pocho crocodile funeral", you're not really living.
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
In scrolling through answers a lot of down votes were given if the interesting facts were not interesting and it was so stated!
Kesam 3 years ago
Several of these so-called "facts" are misleading, unverified rumours, or downright false. Looks like Guff is not a source you can trust. But that might not be surprising coming from a content company that sells "hyper-engagement" and churning out content that is primarily designed to "drive human emotions." 👎
Jon S. 3 years ago
I very much welcome this addition. Extra, easy to access context is always a boon.
Load More Replies... Gianna 3 years ago
I would say most of these "facts" are full of crap! They have no proof of what they are saying and most of them are so ridiculous that I had to stop scrolling.
RebeccaRabel 3 years ago
But i find the news here interesting and sometimes double check on other sites to verify it if its legit
Load More Replies... NevadaJo 3 years ago
This is the type of post I like... I get so disappointed when the title of a post is awesome but then you open it and it's nothing but words... pictures add a little pizazz especially when it refers to a person or place so that way you can get a better idea of what it looks like...
Sleepyhead 3 years ago
This was surprisingly sad, but I'm happy to have seen it. If you don't tear up Googling "Pocho crocodile funeral", you're not really living.
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
In scrolling through answers a lot of down votes were given if the interesting facts were not interesting and it was so stated!
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