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UberFacts says it shares "the most unimportant things you'll never need to know" and I have to admit, that's a pretty accurate description of its content. Launched in 2009, the Internet project provides people with random facts on all kinds of topics.

From the number of janitors in the US with PhDs to the genius way Swedes protested their government classifying homosexuality as an illness, these titbits of information will make you an expert on trivia in no time. So grab yourself some broccoli (random fact: the vegetable is rich in vitamin K, and a few studies in older adults have linked a higher vitamin K intake to better memory), continue scrolling, and upvote your favorite entries!

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As it turns out, there are some biological reasons behind people's desire to "store" trivia in their brain and the rush of excitement they feel when they get the chance to use it. According to psychologist John Kounios Ph.D., it's a lot like playing roulette, too.

"You get a rush or a neuroreward signal or a dopamine burst from winning," the professor of psychology and director of the doctoral program in applied cognitive and brain sciences at Drexel University in Pennsylvania, told Healthline. "I think whenever you're challenged with a trivia question and you happen to know it, you get a rush. It's sort of like gambling."

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    He said the benefits can also be similar to those of playing video games. However, unlike gambling and video games, trivia is generally not a potentially dangerous habit, Kounios said.

    "I don't think there are any pitfalls. Like anything else that's fun, it takes up time."

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    Moreover, retaining information about things we're interested in can be like an exercise for the frontal cortex as the brain ages.

    "That's the first thing to go with injury or with age if we don't use it," Deborah Stokes, Ph.D., L.P.C., B.C.N., a psychologist in Virginia who focuses on neurotherapy, said.

    So there you have it, folks. Browsing trivia isn't a waste of time. It's a mental workout!

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    Raine Soo
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mark Hamill is such a good guy. I appreciate him as a voice actor as well.

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

    Liechtenstein was invaded by Swiss armed forces on at least four occasions, they took a wrong turning, for two of which Switzerland apologized and Lichtenstein had no idea why.

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

    Nevermind Trump making me miss Barack Obama, he even makes me pine for the days when GW Bush was in power. George and Michelle's easy-going friendship demonstrates that democrats and republicans are not mortal enemies, as Trump would have you believe. A good leader unites his countrymen, not divides them like der Drumpf.

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    Natasha Chick
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like that he was that confident in his ability to turn her off that he took his stalker out to dinner

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    Natasha Chick
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not calling out either side here because i completely support peoples right to protest. But 7% of thousands of protests can still do quite a lot of damage and at least 25 people have died from protests / political unrest.

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    Cecily Overli
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If dreams are that medically reliable, the evil purple minion inside me should be born soon

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    Maddie Max
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Trump is an idiot.......Wow who the F**K knew? Damn this honesty just spills out of my mouth.....

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    Foxxy (The Original)
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    4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are more terrorist attacks/threats on US home soil than terrorist threats/attacks from other countries. This is why their gun laws are pathetic, you are more likely to be accidentally shot by your own gun than by a terrorist from another country.

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    Foxxy (The Original)
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    4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Goes to show that just because someone is a janitor doesn’t mean they aren’t educated and also just because you have a PHD doesn’t mean you will get a job in that field. I am curious to know how many refugees also have PHD’s that aren’t recognised in their new home.

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

    Censoring a town name is next level stupid. It's the town name! That's the whole point of it.

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

    For those who may not know: This concept is named after the film "Gaslight", with Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman. He's an abusive spouse who is trying to drive his wife mad by telling her not to trust her own memory and senses. His ultimate goal is to gain her inheritance.

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

    To add: the reason it's called Gaslight is because one of the ways he gaslights her is by changing the brightness of their gas lamps, and telling her she's imagining that they're changing.

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    Michelle Line
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And our current president is the king of gaslighting. And it works for him, too, regardless of how insane some of his lies are (COVID is on its way out when we have record numbers? Come on ppl. Look at the numbers and don't believe that just because you want it to be true. )

    Avery S Alberico
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Consider myself gaslighted by my anti-mask family vs health officials

    Matthew Horne
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As Rick and Morty succinctly put it "Gaslighting doesn't exists. You made it up because you're f*cking crazy".

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

    But who is the real "crazy" one? It's not normal to torture another person.

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

    I agree, but I say the same about Republicans. I'm a true independent. I have voted for both major parties at times, and also 3rd party many times. I rarely like anyone, and I always distrust all of them.

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    Colleen Garland
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    From the movie "Gaslight" Or something like that. It's a great movie.

    Randy Klefbeck
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I get the meaning of that film title now......or is it the other way around?

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    Vicki Perizzolo
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    or, in the case of Drumpf, his political agenda....right to the Kool Aid cooler

    Camille Jones
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds sooooo familiar from the Presidential suite. Used to be that you could believe what a President said, because there were repercussion for lying, especially flat out, bald faced, impossible lies. This new tolerance for moral failure is Inexcusable

    Gianni Sermon
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It would be interesting to know where the term is coming from,asking for a friend

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

    Sounds like something a crazy person would say about dealing with a sane person.

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

    Oh so ya all have meet my Mother. Does crazy s**t and when I call her on it she says I am imagining things. She is now in her 80s ans has been this way my entire life.

    Tammy Ralph
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Correct me if I am wrong but this came from the 1944 film called gaslight, where a husband tried to make his wife think she was going insane.

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

    Yes I completely agree ever since I met my mother's boyfriend I would always question "Are you SURE you didn't eat the peanut butter cups?" to myself even though I know I didn't and he would be going on about seeing the "security footage" (We don't have cameras)

    The Pansexual MELONLORD
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What should have happened: HARRY POTTER AND THE GASLIGHTING (Book 1 of 1, 50 pages) Summary: A boy name Harry Potter is visited by what appears to be a wizard. Convinced by the confusing acts of magic, he doubts his reality and goes insane.

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

    This is the basis of false confessions. It needs to be stopped, far too many innocent people sitting in prison because of this.

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    Cecily Overli
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I too, am hated because of my superior plumbing skills 😞. I feel you Mario.

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    Foxxy (The Original)
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s okay the US voting system is flawed anyway, some peoples votes don’t even count because of the state they live in.

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    Natasha Chick
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think this is kind of sad. There's nothing inherently wrong with that name. its literally all because of that stupid meme.

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    Truth Monster
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    oldest man in Tokyo was dead for 30 years https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-10809128

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

    That was September 30, 2020. November 2, 2020 there are 236,501 Americans killed by the virus. So in October EACH DAY 1000 Americans have died. But The White House science office listed "ending the COVID-19 pandemic" on 10/27/20 as the top accomplishment of President Trump's term.

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    Natasha Chick
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder if he cooks at home. And if he does, does he do fancy stuff or like....chicken nuggets & chips?

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    Eunice Probert
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Horray! I was worried when the US press made much of the elderly people of Florida having more of an influence.

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

    He seldom slept or ate. Many believe that he was manic/ depressive and worked during his manic phases.

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    Ray Martin
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Contrary to West's opinion of himself as a genius, he is as dumb as a brick.

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

    Another medal for Beyonce please. Joking aside, running whilst singing is no easy feat. I can’t even walk and talk without struggling lol.

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

    That may sound great but I watched a doco where a woman orgasms countless times every day. It was awful, it is exhausting, she had to quit her job, doesn’t leave the house, and sometimes the orgasms cause her pain. Not a life I would want to live, I will stick with what I get.

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    Foxxy (The Original)
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hahaha, That’s me. Seriously though I always wondered what the nun said/meant in the Sound Of Music

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

    Wait, what? What were they selling for about 100 years before they started video games?

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

    Amnesty International should also be documenting and addressing the numerous cases of bullying, public humiliation, discrimination and other abuses of power within their own working environment.

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    Ray Martin
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Literally anyone can be nominated. It only means something if you win it, or are at least considered. I like to imagine his nomination has already been shredded and flushed down a Norwegian toilet.

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