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We don't know about you, but we love it when random fascinating facts catch us off guard at times. For the most part, a lot of us tend to enjoy and are entertained by surprising or strange tidbits of information from the fields of science, history, and even some like pop culture.

Here is a collection of some random and entertaining trivia that can pique your interest if you've happened to turn into the family's glorified quiz master and are getting ready for the holiday weekend full of family gatherings. It's also perfect to use at your upcoming dinner party (holidays aside).

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

Then you really start wondering if you are the same person if every molecule in you have changed. Are you still the same person as 10 years ago, or did you change and the old you faded away? I guess it's the same at the philosofic question about if you change every plank in a boat, is it still the same boat. Sort of the same.. :P To much philosofical drivel before lunch!

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Anyone-for-tea?
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Then why doesn’t it use the original plans and not include those wrinkles or chronic disease? That would be really handy!

Libstak
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Think of it like photo copying, something always gets missed in the next copy until a copy of a copy of a copy becomes really degraded

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Katy McMouse
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If this is true, my body's been shopping at Ollie's Bargain Outlet for the past couple of decades. And, I'm pretty sure it didn't think to save a single receipt.

Weirdest Bi You’ll Ever Meet
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For the last decade and a half, my body’s been shopping at Walmart. No wonder why my brains doesn’t work.

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Pedantic Panda
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Key phrase here is most of your body. Cells in the brain, neurones, and those in the centre of the eye lens are as old as you. https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/what-cells-in-the-human-body-live-the-longest/

Paul Neff
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The appearance of age is more or less a combination of growth, till maturity, then basically replicant fade. This fails to describe it as a detailed process, but I feel it catches the essence.

Victor Trejo
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Obviously this is playing with data and not factually correct. Internal organs get OLD and so does skin. And don't get me started with eyes.

Mary Rogers
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The reason for aging isn't because the cells are not replaced. It's the actual replacement process that introduces errors into the cells. Every time a copy is made, you accumulate more errors. That is what causes aging.

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

It would be nice if my cells weren't so sloppy in copying...

T. Unnamable
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But, unfortunately, our body's cells are not replaced with "young" cells. So we continue to age.

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

So the cringe Facebook posts i made 10 years ago is really not me? Good to know

Mary Rogers
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even in your brain there is at least some new cell growth. That is the reason for neuroplasticity, the ability of the brain to rewire itself.

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Mary Rogers
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Because cell replacement isn't perfect and errors accumulate. That is in essence the process of aging.

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Heather Menard
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wish my joints would renew themselves. Instead they break down and hurt

Alecto76
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So what is our age - the length of times cells have been around in our shape?

Georgie Montague
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So how come I've still got c**p knees and a c**p back from accidents 40 years ago? Why would the body keep renewing faulty parts as faulty? I do agree that some cells regenerate, like skin cells, but am not so sure about the whole body renewing itself...

Riley Quinn
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Too bad it's the breakdown of internal organs that'll kill you.

M. William Bell
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Then why are my tattoos still here? (I’m actually asking)

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

The ink is not organic it just stays right where it has been put. Although old tattoos do look slightly faded, the colour pigment wears down very slowly by exposure to wind and sun and abrasion.

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J Adams
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you look at a person under a microscope only 10% of ‘them’ is human, the rest is bacteria and tiny microbes of that nature

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

I wondered where that tattoo of a mermaid went. Not sure why my old scars are still there though.

Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've heard this new age BS before. The key word is "MOST". This is an AVERAGE. Cells in your liver replace themselves like every three days, but your nervous system is yours for life. Also the 10 years for your bones is a misnomer. Your smaller bones turn over faster than the larger ones. Again, AVERAGES. The bones in your spine, yeah take care of those. Take care of your teeth too. Not like those are growing back either.

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

Damn, i wish you could recycle the outside too. Some of us, (definetly not me), ain’t getting any younger 😉.

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