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The internet is full of knowledge and often picking up fun and intriguing tidbits of information is something we can’t avoid. Luckily, we enjoy learning new things, and we know that you do too. After all, studying about the world not only satisfies our curiosity but also helps us unwind and forget about our daily troubles.

So let’s take a deep dive and learn some of the most surprising truths from Fact Point. This Twitter account, self-described as the ‘House of Amazing Facts’, is dedicated to sharing the never-ending supply of cool trivia and enlightening their 419.9K followers along the way.

Scroll down to see some of the best posts we have collected from the account, be sure to learn a thing or two, and upvote the ones that surprised you the most! And if you’re hungry for more mind-boggling facts, check out our recent posts about them here and here.

Bored Panda has reached out to the founder of the account, Amit Baghel, to learn more about the project and the inspiration behind it. He told us that the journey of Fact Point began in 2014 when he regularly started posting short snippets describing interesting, little-known facts on social media.

Amit admitted that he loved to read about the fascinating tidbits of knowledge—and the more obscure they were, the better. “I would collect articles on facts like others would collect coins or stamps,” he said. 

Initially, Amit managed his hobby alone by posting short extracts from the information he read online. “Later on, my brother Sandeep Baghel also started assisting me with social media strategy ideas and suitable graphics,” he revealed. “With consistent posting over time, backed up by some canny research into our audience’s preferences, the accounts grew quickly across platforms.” 

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“Much of our content comes from closely monitoring the levels of user engagement in order to keep our audience happy,” the founder told Bored Panda. “We do not perceive any difficulty in managing the account.” On the contrary, they love to be a part of it by sharing exciting knowledge with their followers.

“After managing Fact Point successfully on Twitter, we started a page on Instagram with infographics dedicated to facts,” he said. The content they post is unique and verified with multiple credible sources before publishing. “This has solidified the presence on the platform and turned it into one of the biggest communities for inquisitive minds on Instagram.”

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There are classic T&J episodes where Jerry specifically allows Tom to "catch" him, so that he wouldn't be thrown out by the owner.

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When the founder noticed that people were eager to learn new fascinating things about the world and their community started quickly growing, they spread onto other platforms. They created a new Facebook page and then launched a YouTube channel. 

“During the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown, we also started a YouTube channel for Hindi-speaking users from our home country.” And it seems there are even more plans ahead since Amit revealed that they plan to launch a website and a mobile app quite soon. 

When asked why so many people enjoy learning new facts, the creator revealed that it’s always useful to discover new things. “We believe that the more knowledge we gather about the world around us, the greater is our understanding of our place in the Universe.”

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In China's case it's all monoculture plantations so there's no biodiversity. Don't know about India

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“Factual information on any subject is crucial for our existence in this world,” he continued. “If our perceptions about the world are based on false premises, it is obvious that we shall have a hard time preserving life and happiness.”

“In this era of fake news, we feel that our audience supports us because we go to great pains to ensure that the information we post is verifiably and justifiably factual in nature,” Amit added. They set up another account on Tumblr “where details of our sources are openly displayed for anyone to inspect and dispute if it can be proven to be mistaken or inaccurate.”

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Ann Pattinson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bet loads of Bored Pandas do that too😉. I do, especially with bread or chips. If its a chip butty then my songs become operatic.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

THIS!! THIS IS THE REASON MY MOM WON'T LAUGH AT MY JOKES YESTERDAY! THIS!

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Adam Jeff
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, this isn't quite fair on the mosquito. The mosquito isn't killing anyone itself, it is transmitting a disease. By that rationale, humans should carry the can for all human-to-human transmitted diseases, on top of murders, wars, car accidents etc., bringing their total into the millions.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I watched the vid, not only she performed wonderfully, she had a perfect landing, as well. Bravo!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Germany, when a holiday falls between a workday and the weekend, say Thursday or Tuesday are the holidays, then the Fryday/Monday are holidays too. "Brückentage", bridge days, is the name of this. The whole thing is called "verlängertes Wochenende", enlonged weekend. And in Scandinavia, if a holiday falls on a weekend, it is free the next Monday. This is so to give the people more free time.

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Ray Heap
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Then why does my glass on honey have a "Best before" date on it that says 2022 instead of 4022?

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Saico Hipe
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I thought this sounded like BS, so I googled it. Turns out there *was* a study that showed the brain is flooded with CSF during deep (non-REM) sleep, and while the researchers who discovered this think that it *might* have a flushing or cleaning effect, there still needs to be a lot more study/research to determine that for certain. Still, an interesting discovery: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/deep-sleep-gives-your-brain-a-deep-clean1/

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Elita One
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My whole brain stays awake on the first night in unfamiliar places and I get no sleep.

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Kira Okah
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They are made of aluminium, and the metal is still worth more than the face value.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wikipedia: Eigengrau (German for "intrinsic gray"), also called Eigenlicht (Dutch and German for "intrinsic light"), dark light, or brain gray, is the uniform dark gray background that many people report seeing in the absence of light. The term Eigenlicht dates back to the nineteenth century, but has rarely been used in recent scientific publications. Common scientific terms for the phenomenon include "visual noise" or "background adaptation". These terms arise due to the perception of an ever-changing field of tiny black and white dots seen in the phenomenon. Eigengrau is perceived as lighter than a black object in normal lighting conditions, because contrast is more important to the visual system than absolute brightness. For example, the night sky looks darker than Eigengrau because of the contrast provided by the stars.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

google and try to watch - bbc david attenborough 2022 the green planet colombia

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So basically the rain started seven minutes before the first raindrop hits the ground

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Never understood the love for this show, but then again, I don't fall in the demographic for it.

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MauKini
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ive had mine in a cupboard for almost a decade, watered it last week, its still fully functional. I love those plants.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

outstanding move. this almost makes up for that twilight franchise...almost.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Human sense of smell is quite poor compared to other animals, but it is still what triggers the primordial activity of our brain, like bonding with our mother and family right after birth. Most of its process is unconscious though.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They need to change the OED definition of "chutzpah" to this.

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François Carré
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, the whole "positive thinking" thing feels pretty agressive to me. There are plenty of objective and excellent reasons to be in a bad mood and embrace it, which means try to address the problems around you (job, family, politics...) rather than working on (and lying to) yourself to cope with them and end up in complete denial. Personal development, and all the business made with it, might just be a kind of powerful propaganda to persuade individuals that their problems are only self-related and have nothing to do with the context they live in, so that society as it works can pretend to have no issues and doesn't need to change anything.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wonder if that was the inspiration for Monty Python's "Johann Gambolputty (five minutes of increasingly goofy names) of Ulm." They did enjoy the occasional Picasso joke.

Lukyan Terdal
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

According to a quick google search, his full name was Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle-dangle-dongle-dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-apple-banger-horowitz-ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle-grandlich-grumblemeyer-spelterwasser-kurstlich-himbleeisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-ein-nürnburger-bratwustle-gerspurten-mitzweimache-luber-hundsfut-gumberaber-shönendanker-kalbsfleisch-mittler-aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm.

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Zephyr Anthem
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thanks Epic Rap Battle for letting me learn that earlier XD Really you should check out the Epic Rap Battle between bob ross & picasso, really fun to watch

Scagsy
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He used to only paint landscapes before he shortened his signature.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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Mark Alibozek
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Man he had it tough in elementary school! Think about having to learn how to spell and write that!

Superninjatiger
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They actually even missed names, its according to wikipedia: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Mártir Patricio Ruiz y Picasso.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I recently found out that animals with fur actually make their vitamin D when the oil on their fur is exposed to sunlight, and then they ingest it when they lick it off. Apparently it's a much more efficient way to obtain vitamin D, and much safer, since their skin doesn't have to be exposed to the harmful rays of the sun to do it.

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François Carré
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And yet, that doesn't mean women have to feel compelled to give birth and continue the bloodline they potentially carry in their body. Women don't owe children to the world. Nobody does actually, and everyone is entitled to dedicate their life to something completely different than having children.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Studies of dna confirm our population hit a "bottleneck" but 2000 is actually the minimum required to sustain a species. We got close to that but evidently not quite. And it's 2000 "breeding pairs" thats the minimum required so we must have had more numbers as they wouldn't have all been the right age/ health or in the right place.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Normalize blowing out a candle on your own piece of cake. Instead of breathing on everyone’s cake.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This tempts me to do ancestry.com, as I am not lactose intolerant but family lore labels me Irish and Polish.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Okay, weird but apparently true? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK234044/#:~:text=The%20cornea%20does%20not%20have,oxygen%20available%20to%20the%20cornea.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Their marriage had actually been on the rocks for a while, but they wanted to wait until their kids had all died before getting divorced.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's genius! You get a good feel for how hard you need to do those chest compressions, I'm assuming

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Ann Pattinson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow let's celebrate all that extra poison going up into the atmosphere! Yeah🎉

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They should have called it Abyssinian wine since it was an Abyssinian (Ethiopian) who discovered it in Abyssinia.

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T. D. Bostick
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Man, I've heard so many explanations for the 'broken' ice cream machines in McDonald's that I no longer know what to believe. My theory is that they're susceptible to breakdowns and dozens of people, experiencing different scenarios, have all posted them online as the real reason.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one is not actually true. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stallone-keep-rocky-turtles/

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's probably from the stock plummeting. He probably gained 6.9b the next day or so.

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