50 Times People Saw Something ‘Mildly Interesting’ And Knew The Best Group To Share It In (New Pics)
The world around us is endlessly fascinating. Granted, some things are more interesting than others and might blow our minds. But mildly interesting facts have made a name for themselves as the favorites of the internet. They're not about anything groundbreaking, but they're interesting still.
For example, did you know a banana is technically a berry? I bet you can find this and similar mildly interesting facts on the subreddit dedicated to sharing pictures of just them. This list is for the times you don't want to be too shocked or fascinated. Some mild excitement will do.
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The "Op" Of This Lost Cat Poster Came Back And Posted An Update On The Harold Situation
My Airplant Flowered!
My Grandfather’s Retirement Home Has An Emotional Support Skunk That Comes In
The Mildly Interesting community is quite legendary at this point. With its 24 million members and almost 13 years under its belt, they're clearly doing something right. Or perhaps they just hit the internet jackpot: people don't want to be wowed all the time, they don't want superlatives.
Sometimes, somewhere in between exciting and boring is just as good. Still, it's interesting to explore how these things happen, so, let's go through some of these mildly interesting objects together in no particular order, shall we?
Took My Kitchen Knives To Be Sharpened And They Gave Me A Band-Aid With My Receipt
I Found An Atlas Moth Today At School
Of 5 Kittens, Only One Has Figured Out How To Use The Bed
One of the mildly interesting pics from the group is the bell pepper with a bunch of baby peppers inside it. It's not unusual for peppers to have little carbon copies inside them. That's called "internal proliferation." This usually happens inside ripe or overripe bell peppers but is most prominent in the ones that have been picked unripe and ripened artificially with ethylene gas.
The baby pepper is edible and should taste the same as its mama. And peppers aren't the only victims of internal proliferation. This can happen to other fruits and vegetables as well, such as tomatoes, eggplants, oranges, and many others.
My Library Has A Baking Pan Lending Section
In Legoland Denmark The Restaurant's Fries Are Shaped Like 2x2 LEGO Bricks
My Wounds After A Surgery To Help My Heart Were Covered By Heart Shaped Gauze
Now I'm bummed I didn't have stomach-shaped ones after my last surgery
How about that picture of the gorgeous Atlas moth? They're one of the biggest insects in the world, their wingspan stretching to 27 centimeters (nine inches) across. Their caterpillars are very hungry (probably due to their size) and spend almost their every waking second eating, but the moths themselves don't feed at all after emerging from the cocoon.
The Squirrels In My Neighborhood Carved My Pumpkin For Me
I Spilled Some Milk And The Puddle Looks Like A Derpy Ghost!
The Deer Where I Live Have Zero Survival Instincts Around Humans. They Will Just Walk Up To You And Hang Out
Cats might undergo a change in the color of their fur as they grow into adulthood, did you know that? And no, it's not because they're getting old and grey. Some breeds, like the Himalayan, Siamese, and Burmese might have a genetic mutation that makes their fur darken in the winter months when there is less sun exposure.
Aurora Over The UK Tonight
My Local Costco Is Now Selling Otc Birth Control
I get mine free at planned parenthood. I live in California. I'm still surprised they've been shut down across the US. You get a years supply up front. I actually take it for unbearable pain over pregnancy anything. It's to help me function during my time of the month. I mean the clinic is good for a lot of reasons 🤷 everyone is like no abortions so shut them down and everyone else can suffer too. They test me for cancer. Not that I could afford cancer treatment anyhow if I had it. But for a person without insurance it's nice to go and get free birth control that helps me not be bed ridden for 5 days a month. It's like.. well, at least I have this.
The Shadow Of That Bike Looks Like A Xenomorph
This person found a tiny pearl in an oyster they were eating. Experts estimate that the chances of that happening are one in 10,000. And even if you find a pearl in your dinner the next time you eat a mollusk, it's unlikely it'll have any monetary value. Most pearls people have found in food are too tiny to be worth a fortune.
Austin Airport Terminal Has Day Of The Dead Display Celebrating The Lives Of Ground Crew Who Have Lost Their Lives At Work
It's a nice idea, but quite concerning that it's needed.
My Cat's Coat Has Darkened Significantly Since We Adopted Him A Year Ago
My Dog Ripped Open His Chew Toy And This Was Written On The Squeaker
Always love stuff like this, because they know it's not going to last forever
I don't know about you, but I'd file the bathrooms at Mammoth Cave National Park under something more than mildly interesting. The national park is home to the largest-known cave system in the world and has over 600,000 visitors every year. The tile work in the bathroom complements the natural rock surface of the cave beautifully, and the bathroom itself is 275 feet below the ground.
Different Coloured Peppers Growing Inside Big Pepper
Green, yellow, orange and red bell peppers are all the same pepper, just sold at different stages of ripeness.
When I Was Young I Numbered Each Dimple Of A Golf Ball
Bit Into Something Hard In A Fried Oyster And Found A Small Pearl
Woah that's lucky, make a necklace with it now so you can wear it everywhere
One Redditor shared an interesting beverage: a foam beer they got served in Japan. That's actually a thing from the Czech Republic, which people refer to as "milk." Don't worry, there's no dairy in it; it's just a technique of pouring beer. You're supposed to drink it quickly before it melts back into ordinary beer. People says it tastes sweet and creamy, but I'll have to get back to you with that one once I try it myself.
I Found A Lowercase Stop Sign
I Found Whale Baleen On The Beach
The Way This Customer Left Their Mussel Shells Organized After Eating
The Mildly Interesting subreddit also sees some disasters from time to time, like this leaking Himalayan salt lamp. It's actually pretty normal for these lamps to leak water. Salt lamps draw moisture from the air, and if they're in very humid environments, they will eventually leak. In some cases, a leaking Himalayan salt lamp is a sign of authenticity!
Big Snail I Found. Foot For Scale
Family Iris Portrait
My Kid’s Lunch On A Japan Airlines Flight Has An Egg Giraffe And Airplane-Shaped Carrots
Ive said it many a time but I love Japan, they are always so adorable and so initiative, I want to go there one day
This person had their house burn down, but the American cheese in the fridge, apparently, made it out just fine. People like to say that it's because of plastic or some mysterious chemicals in it, but Kraft claimed it's because their cheese only melts at lower temperatures. That's because of the emulsifiers which they use to bind the proteins and the fat in the cheese.
My Apple Has An Apple On It
My Mom's House Burned Down But There Was Still American Cheese In The Fridge
My Mother Is Making Sauce In A Mortar Made With Volcanic Rock And The Flame On The Stove Turned Green
We love celebrating interesting things here at Bored Panda, doesn't matter if they're wildly or just mildly interesting. Let us know which pics in this list you liked the best by upvoting your favorites and don't forget to comment down below. And, if you want to see more mildly interesting things, you can do so here, here, here, here, and here!
This Rug Matches The Pattern Of The Tile Beneath
My Grandmother Planted A Pumpkin In Our Backyard, It Grew Over The Pine Tree And Now I Have Pumpkins Growing On My Roof
This happened to a youtuber I watch, she showed her pumpkin crop during her pumpkin carving video, youtuber is Andimatronic btw, she does fnaf content
This Rack Of Consent Badges At A Furry Convention
We should all behave in a way that makes a lot of those tags unnecessary.
Load More Replies...I like the badges - variations should be made available at all social events "Friendly, not flirting." "Don't hit on me" "Not friendly to strangers" "Taken, don't embarass yourself" could be added.
They do a fetish balls etc I used to go in Perth Australia, for the costumes and to enter the dress up comps 😂 I always had my little lime green wrist strap (which meant I was off limits to touching flirting etc).
Load More Replies...The matched pair of I want uppies / I give uppies, is just adorable! I want several of these for myself, and for my friends, colleges and others who might meet me
Why does other peoples' comfort make you cross enough to comment?
Load More Replies...These are quite necessary if you fursuit at a convention (or cosplay at regular SF conventions.) A lot of people think that giving a cute character a hug is no problem and that everyone in costume should be photographed on sight. This can definitely cause probems in a fursuit as you usually only have a couple widely spaces mesh holes for visibility.
While I'm glad these are available and it's good that people who need them have access...some of these should simply be common sense and a basic practice without needing a badge to say it directly
How about all of these should be considered "standard" when it comes to other people's pets?
Furry doesn't refere to your pet dog or cat, it's people in animal costumes suits
Load More Replies...See? Not all furries ate bad. Most of them are great people. I have a therian friend. She's chill.
these should work irl too, and honestly at any convention
I apparently need that "Leave me alone" badge... but the "Respectfully F*** Off!" badge has a nice ring to it too...
Mensa regional gatherings and annual gatherings have the pronoun badges but just three colors, red for don't hug, yellow for please ask and red for no hugs. I would hope that other fannish conventions would do the same but I have only seen the pronoun badges at science fiction conventions.
omg as a furry (no hate plz) this is so thoughtful and really just so useful for letting others know what pronouns you prefer and if you would like to be hugged or talked to! I would like to know which convention these are at tho.
You're going to a convention but you don't want other people to talk to you?
Load More Replies...Folks with suit noses that are not designed for boops, seen a few that are rigid in a way that it smashes your face if booped.
Load More Replies...i actually own a couple of these! i have the HoH and Visually Impaired and the shop owner was SO helpful!
A Tree That Someone Tied A Knot In When It Was Still Small
There's a man who manipulated saplings to grow into tables and chairs. https://www.google.co.uk/url?q=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-32977012&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwi1yZ_U56SKAxVjVkEAHdhFN2QQFnoECAUQAw&usg=AOvVaw3GzrWp44ik2sSVlpXC3VnE
It Appears That I Slept On An Open Safety Pin Last Night
Grass Growing Out Of This Sign
The Colors Of Disposable Lab Coats Available From The Supplier My Hospital Uses
Us Military Prototype Combat Boots W/ Bare Footprint
A Bathroom, 275 Feet Below The Ground. Mammoth Cave National Park, USA
Rats Steal Peanut M&ms And Ate Only The Peanuts
Bird Seed Went Untouched For So Long It That Turned Into A Little Garden
My GF Captured The Exact Moment The Lights Changed Colour At The Concert
Reddit "The speed of light is much to fast for a camera to capture it like this. What's actually happened is you have a multi-shot HDR mode enabled where the camera takes several pictures and blends them together. The lights changed between one of the shots so the camera didn't quite know what to do when blending the shots. When cameras do capture the moment light changes it looks like this" se link on reddit.
The Way These Garden Snakes Are Coiled Up Outside My Window
Remodeled My Bathroom In 1987 When I Was 25 And Left A Beer Can And Coin In The Wall For Some Future Worker To Find. Today I Found It
My Toothpick Has A Perfect .5 Millimeter Hole In It
I Accidentally Drew The Most Perfect Lambda I've Ever Seen
As an artist this hits so close to home, you draw something so perfect and then you can never recreate it
The Tomatoes I Bought From The Store Started Sprouting Without Rotting
Visited A Friend In Norway That Owns 5 Cheese Slicers
My Salt Lamp Has Mysteriously Leaked
A word of caution for people with pets. Do NOT get a salt lamp. They may start licking it and since it makes them thirsty they keep doing it until they acquire salt toxicity.
An Official Device To Cause A Train Derailment
I didn't see the last one because stupid BP put one of their Subscribe adds on the bottom of the last picture.
Long pressing on the image and pressing 'Preview Image' allows you to see the whole image
Load More Replies...I didn't see the last one because stupid BP put one of their Subscribe adds on the bottom of the last picture.
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