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Isaac Newton, one of the most intelligent men in history, discovered gravity, proposed laws of motion, invented telescope and developed calculus mainly because he was driven by curiosity. His relentless desire to know and learn something new changed the way we see the world and his legacy continues to influence science and our worldview to this day.To awaken our curiosity for knowledge that can help us achieve great things, we present you with a list full of interesting facts, collected by the ‘FactsPidia’ Instagram account. Scroll down to find them and upvote the ones that threw you for a loop.

#1

Couple at their wedding with unique cake made of bread, showcasing surprising and interesting celebration facts.

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LonelyLittleLeafSheep
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bread and butter would taste a far sight better than some wedding cakes I've had, and besides...who doesn't love butter?

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    A woman with a traditional Maori Moko Kauae tattoo on the chin, showcasing interesting cultural facts.

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    Virgil Blue
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it's a very beautiful tattoo and it looks good. That it's got cultural significance males it even better.

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    For us to stay curious, it’s important to find time in our day that we can dedicate to reading about new research or learning novel activities. If you struggle to branch out of your usual area of interests to keep your fascination about the world alive, we got your back with some additional rare facts from experts who come from various fields of expertise.

    #5

    Woman listening to girl's heartbeat with a stethoscope, capturing an emotional moment.

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    Panda Kicki
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am a bit hesitant on meeting the donors like that. In some cases it is probably nice for them, but for the one getting a organ it may cause issues.

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    In a previous interview with Bored Panda broadcast meteorologist Janice Davila told us that one of the most unknown pieces of information from her profession is that weather radars are tilted at a half-degree (1/2°) angle.

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    #7

    Father wears a tie made by son in first grade to son's high school graduation, creating a surprising moment.

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    NapQueen
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This would be perfect if his son was about to go study Art at University :)

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    “This means that when you or someone else opens a weather app only to see that it says it's raining, it actually means the radar is detecting the rain at 1/2 degree up rather than looking at the surface. If you're not seeing any rain, it's because it's evaporated by the time it passed the radar, reaching the surface,” she explained.

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    Meanwhile, Mark Janes, a chartered biologist and scientist, revealed in a past interview that life is inherently simple, with carbon being its main ingredient. It’s an element that can be found everywhere, from living things and air to the ocean, rocks and fossils. Carbon is essential to all life on Earth, even humans, as it makes up fats and carbohydrates that make up molecules and our DNA, which makes up our bodies.

    #15

    Eco bridge in Singapore over highway surrounded by forest, enabling safe animal crossing.

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    Bananaramamama
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is awesome, but equally awesome is that it isn't exclusive to Singapore! Many places have Eco Bridges and/or wildlife passes that allow safe passage for all kinds of wildlife, even aquatic life

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    Another unusual piece of information about our world that meteorologist, atmospheric scientist, and owner of Makens Weather, Matt Makens, told us in a previous interview is that there’s an extreme weight of moisture in the air. “Especially within thunderstorms that are miles high and carry large hail...the tremendous amount of upward wind to enable all of that water and ice to stay in the air is mind-blowing to us as observers when we watch those thunderstorms pass through.”

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    #16

    Clania Crameri bagworm constructing a cocoon with twigs, resembling a miniature log cabin.

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    Nikole
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They’ve had this picture before and I still absolutely love it.

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    These experts are also driven by curiosity and still have some mysteries they would like to find out in their field of expertise. For example, Davila is trying to see if the rise and fall of barometric pressure can be related to migraines. While Makens wants to discover the driving forces behind warm and cool phases of a natural climate pattern across the tropical Pacific—El Niño and La Niña. Until now, no one was able to exactly pinpoint why they occur.

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    #19

    Replica of a 1666 plague stone, used for sanitizing with vinegar during the plague—interesting historical fact.

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    Luis Hernandez Dauajare
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    1 month ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of the "Hunger Stones" of Europe. They were rocks placed on the bottom of rivers or lakes as markers to indicate dangerously low levels of water. One stone in Germany has an inscription: "If you see me, weep."

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    #21

    Ancient puppy found in Siberian permafrost, remarkably well-preserved with intact nose and whiskers.

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    LonelyLittleLeafSheep
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They really have to stop digging things up from the permafrost. It will not end well for us!

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    “Today, we can accurately—more or less—predict these features out to a year or maybe two. To be able to forecast these patterns several years in advance would be of tremendous economic gain for the hundreds of industries that rely upon risk management practices protecting from changes those ocean-atmosphere patterns create,” explains Makens.

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    Close-up of prehistoric worm from Arctic permafrost, 32,000 years old, rediscovered by Russian scientists.

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    LonelyLittleLeafSheep
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The movies that start this way never end well for humanity. And worse, truth ends up being stranger than fiction...

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    Keeping ourselves informed about our world not only expands our worldview and kindles our curiosity but also helps us stay safe against phenomenon like weather. “I highly recommend people knowing the basics about the weather, especially hazard safety when it comes to storms,” says Davila. “Due to climate change, storms are getting more aggressive, therefore people should be more aware of how to react during nocturnal tornadoes, floods, hurricanes, and anything else that may not be typical for their region.”

    #26

    Young woman in hospital bed, calmly smiling after waking up during brain surgery, an interesting fact.

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    Always Malfunctioning
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Many brain surgeries are done awake, also known as awake craniotomy, to minimize the risk of damaging critical brain areas

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    #30

    Ancient sapphire ring of Roman Emperor with carved portrait, showcasing historical artifacts.

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    Nikole
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was probably his 4th wife, the only one he loved and who wasn’t chosen because the marriage would be politically advantageous.

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    #38

    Man using a long stick to knock on a window, an old method before alarm clocks, revealing surprising historical facts.

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    #41

    Close-up of an eye showing the lacrimal punctum, explaining an interesting fact about tears and runny noses.

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    Remi (He/Him)
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Getting that blocked gives you runny eye and a weird painful bump in the side of your nose. Then you have to squeeze the innards of the bump down into the nasal cavity to get the effing eye to stop being a pain. Fun.

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    #42

    Microscopic view of shark's skin showing detailed texture with a shark image inset.

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    Kylie
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Which is why if it passes close enough to brush against you it will draw blood which is a bad thing where sharks are concerned.

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    Babies on an airplane in makeshift beds, part of Operation Babylift during the Vietnam War.

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    Ron Man
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No "Back" about it, and not babies who lost their parents. This would be one of the baby lifts at the end of the Vietnam War. These are babies that were given up because they likely had Vietnamese mothers and US soldier fathers. These babies were noticeably larger than Vietnamese babies, which put them in danger of being murdered due to not being 'pure' at the end of the war. My BFF was one of these babies, but his adoptive parents went and got him. His parents got a call from the US State Dept and were told that if they wanted a baby, get on this flight at this time and go get it. They arrived at the orphanage and were handed a baby and told this is your baby now, and they flew back. The State Dept. was signing adoption papers on the plane and had birth certificates and citizenship papers for them at the airport when they landed. This is a part of the Vietnam War many people don't understand or know about.

    BTDubs
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Orphaned" or stolen? Keep in mind there are still adoption agencies stealing children from their parent in developing countries and practically selling them to European families.

    Rachel Pelz
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never heard about US caring much about the actual offspring of their soldiers in countries like Vietnam...or did they care?

    Ron Man
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the only war that something like this happened in. The incoming regime was murdering "impure" babies, and this was a rescue.

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    JoNo
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Australia as well (and, I'm presuming, other countries as well).

    Beak Hookage
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read an autobiography written by one of these kids. Her story was absolutely f*****g nightmarish.

    ENSJ
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The first plane for the Babylift operation crashed because of lock failures of the cargo door. The babies in the upper compartment were fine, but the people (older children and adults) in the cargo bay died.

    PeepPeep the duck
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    1 month ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because the plane needs to return to its destination after picking up the precious cargo. I am genuinely confused why a lot of people are struggling with this sentence heading.

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    cryssH
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Amerasians whose mothers had to abandon them when the US abandoned South Vietnam. The fathers were American military.

    Riley Quinn
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    4 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is so badly worded. Not saying that some parents weren't dead, but these were South Vietnam-American babies that were abandoned by the troops and given up for adoption by the mothers. The mothers knew they would have a better life in the US than staying in Vietnam after unification.

    Kit Black
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Babies born to Vietnamese women airlifted to the U.S. for adoption because their American Servicemen fathers would not claim them, and they faced extreme bigotry for their parentage in Vietnam. There. Fixed it for you.

    Nils Skirnir
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Many were mixed race children of US/AUS and Vietnamese origin and a lot weren’t orphans. Infamous plane crash killed hundreds. Misguided effort

    Nils Skirnir
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can’t believe morons would downvote the truth. The Vietnamese adoptee-run nonprofit, Operation Reunite, is using DNA testing to match adoptees with their Vietnamese families because many of these weren’t orphans and those that were often had close family in VN. A memorial was unveiled in Holmdel, New Jersey, US in April 2015.

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    Karina
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Babies who where displaced in the chaos of war, were taken to america. There where orphans there, but there were no real checks or balances going on. and they arrived and were adopted out real fast.

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    Greenmantle
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or so they said. For some of these kids, their parents were forced to give them up, or lied to, or killed.

    Upstaged75
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A couple of them look like toddlers who don't really fit in their box.

    Liz Mary
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    4 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just one more example of the arrogance of the USA pretending to know what's best for others.

    Ron Man
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not at all what happened. But cool, keep thinking that way and living in ignorance. Assumptions like this are based on what's in your ethics, not actually what happened.

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    #46

    Unusual egg pigmentation caused by stress, highlighting one of the interesting facts about chickens and their eggs.

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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I buy eggs from a neighbor. Every carton is a rainbow. Blue, greenish, whote, brown, tan. She has chickens called Easter Eggers

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    #48

    Bride and groom in South Korea with wedding guests, highlighting surprising fact about "fake guest" agencies.

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    Seán Baron
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    1 month ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You could hire people in Ancient Rome to attend your funeral to up the amount of people weeping and wailing to impress also.

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    #49

    Melted camera after rocket launch, heat damage despite being a kilometer away.

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    Elladine DesIsles
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, how much damage.was done to anything alive within or near that half-kilometer radius, and was there not a risk of brush fires given that the photo shows vegetation in the area?

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    #56

    Wedding ring with built-in reminder feature, heats up to alert about anniversary.

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    ZuriLovesYou
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you need to get burned to remember your own anniversary, you shouldn't get married.

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    #57

    Large scaly dragon stone resembling egg discovered in Arkansas field, creating surprising intrigue.

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    Barbara Burns
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's an unusually large geological formation known as a siderite septarian nodule. The nodules typically form in muddy sediment, when soils dry out over years and develop desiccation cracks, which later fill in with secondary minerals like calcite. Read more at: https://www.kentucky.com/news/nation-world/national/article245734430.html#storylink=cpy

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    #58

    Domino's Pizza delivery scooter and a Domino's logo tattoo on a person's leg.

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    Fred L.
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Life-long pizza from a huge company likely to exist for that duration and to have branches where you live? Tempting.

    #62

    Kissing close-up showing saliva benefits for tooth health, reducing cavities by fighting bacteria.

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    Feathered Dinosaur
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only 46% of human societies today practice this kind of romantic kiss, so what we think of as a universal human desire is in fact... not.

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