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Okay, anyone who doesn’t enjoy feeding their brain with fresh random facts, raise your hand! I clearly sense a silence behind the laptop, and it’s no wonder that educational social media has become so popular lately.

While wasting much of our lives on the screens, we at least get to learn something useful to pump our brain muscles or get ready for trivia battles. And if you’re one of the facticionados (does this word exist?!), you probably know the Twitter page Uber Facts very well already. With a whopping audience of 13.6 million followers, it’s an ultimate powerhouse for random knowledge nobody knew they needed.

According to the account’s description, it features “the most unimportant things you'll never need to know,” so you get the fun aspect of it. Below, we wrapped up some of the most interesting bits of knowledge shared on the page, so I leave the stage to them!

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

That is a great idea - encourages people to do good by showing them exactly what good they have done so far.

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With educational social media accounts getting more and more popular every day, you start to wonder how many of them are actually legit. After all, no so-called “fact” shared online can be taken as it is, as we have to remind ourselves that fake news spreads six times faster on social media than facts.

Also known as fake news, these pieces of disinformation can even be used as a political tool and weapon, and poses a real danger to those with an untrained eye. Sometimes, however, the information gets so disseminated that you may not even suspect it's faulty.

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

I wonder what America's constitution would look like these days if that had been implemented...

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

I have been a living book. I told about my own life and the borrowers could ask questions if they wanted clarification on something. It was very interesting and the conversations with the borrowers were interesting. (I am from Finland).

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So to find out how exactly an average Internet user like us can learn to separate true facts from false information, we previously spoke with Daniel Markuson. Markuson is the cybersecurity expert at NordVPN and he shared some very useful tips and insights. Markuson explained that there is no foolproof method to separate truth from misinformation.

But a general rule of thumb is to check the source’s credibility: “This particularly applies to social media platforms because they are optimized to increase engagement and lack appropriate gatekeeping features that filter out misinformation.”

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

So that their handlers don't leave them behind in the field - that would be endangering the life of a senior (and fellow) soldier

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When it comes to determining if the news source is credible, there are some telling signs to look for. It turns out that, often, unreliable news sources impersonate well-known ones by misspelling their names in the URL. “Similarly, they might use unconventional domain extensions instead of the usual “.com” or “.org.” In general, make sure that your news comes from established, well-known sources. These types of outlets get information directly from primary sources and must uphold their reputation.”

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

But honestly, who would tell their boss they´re getting an abortion? This is a very intimate topic and I am sure for assumption of costs there are some forms to fill and some Becky in accounting that would gossip to others about it. At least that would be something I wouldn´t be willing to risk..

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

A cat, too. I sometimes feel like the hole in my life since I lost my little guy will never heal.

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When asked about the reasons why fake news has become so widespread, the cybersecurity expert said that it’s “due to factors that concern both the content of the messages and the technological foundation of platforms on which the news is proliferated.”

“Fake news is usually related to current affairs and makes remarkable, emotion-inducing claims. This, combined with the fact that social media platforms collect data on what kind of posts users spend the most time on and feed them content with similar characteristics, provides the perfect conditions for the spread of misinformation,” Daniel concluded.

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

I can confirm, my father cooked more often than my mother and now I am doing the ironing :-)

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

I always say I’m a terrible liar and clearly lie about tiny things that I won’t get in trouble for just so I can get away from the bigger trouble by lying like a mastermind. Oh man, what did I do with my life?

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

I‘m glad I‘m not a seahorse. I can barely manage to walk in the morning.

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

Did you know? Tony Soprano used to get a lot of calls from real life "wiseguys". Someone once called to criticize him for wearing shorts in the show. "A don never wears shorts," they said. Tony never wore shorts after.

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

However, if they commit other crimes during their escape (e.g. damage to property), they will be punished for that, too, once they are captured again. After a proper trial, of course.

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

Well cos it's normal to love and hug your kid. They feel safe and accepted.

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

That is actually fascinating. Alarming that it can affect the brain in such way, but fascinating nonetheless.

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

For the sake of context, is "mass shooting" defined as more than two people shot in the same incident, or is it a higher number? I'm not being flippant, I want to know the definition as commonly understood (there's a difference in defining murders as spree, mass and serial, and I wanted to know if shootings are the same)

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

Which means cashiers in the US are running 20 marathons each year, or more than 1 and a half each month.

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

Sadly common back then. The Kennedy's weren't any better for all the love they get from the public.

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

And these cousins, who belonged to the Queen Mother’s family the Bowes-Lyons, were not part of the royal family. As well, they had financially solvent parents and later adult siblings who decided their care, not their aunt or cousin. If your aunt and uncle made a decision about your cousin’s care, should you be vilified for it?

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

The royal family has said they did not know the fate of the Bowes-Lyons sister. Given the way that people with intellectual disabilities were treated in the past (effectively locked away and ignored), I don't find this difficult to believe.

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

It's so sad that this is how mentally/intellectually disabled people were treated then. It was normal and acceptable to do this so many people did. My grandmother (born in 1912) had a sibling who was institutionalized when they were children so when she gave birth to my uncle in the 40's and was being encouraged to admit him to a facility she refused. She had 9 kids and he was the 4th oldest with everyone caring and looking out for each other. Today my aunt cares for him and I care for my brother. Our family refuses to send family away; if we're capable of caring for them then we will. Though today, there are group homes and they treat the residents great and are taken care of very well; actually are beneficial for many and can instill a sense of independence because they live "on their own with roommates".

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

This was relatively normal practice then, and not just in England.

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

Lady Katherine and Lady Nerissa Bowes-Lyon also lived with some other cousins who had similar issues. They were declared dead to "protect the Crown" so that there could be no questioning the royal bloodline. Queen Elizabeth II had no idea and wasn't responsible for this. Her mother, Elizabeth Bowes-Lion, was responsible.

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

Why care so much about what other people think? So sad for these two.

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

The Kennedy family in the USA: "In her early young adult years, Rosemary Kennedy experienced seizures and violent mood swings. In response to these issues, her father arranged a prefrontal lobotomy for her in 1941 when she was 23 years of age; the procedure left her permanently incapacitated and rendered her unable to speak intelligibly." --Wikipedia

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

I honestly find it disgusting that there are still royal families on Earth.

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

The Victorian era had some really cruel attitudes toward people who were not "perfect".

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

This is why Camiila and Charles were not allowed to marry and reproduce.

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

There were some very good reasons why the US ditched the asylum system. We just didn't get to the part where you have to replace it with something, because that costs actual money

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

They were visited but surreptitiously as the senior matriarch’s thought it was bad for perception of the Royal Family.

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

Yes, they speak about this in the Crown. Very sad. Also, how times have changed.

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

It was common practice then. Within 30 miles of my home in England, there were 3 huge Mental hospitals. Some had their own railway station. Any perceived problem was hospitalised. My mother is 93, her older cousin was committed as a young girl because she stole things. She became institutionalised and died there in the 60s. The family visited her right through. My mother's generation believed doctors were always right.

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

This is a sad, sad story. The family had 5 daughters, of whom 2 were severely disabled. How tough on their parents (especially their mother, who was widowed young); even though they were rich (and I suspect slightly inbred, causing the genetic disorder) it would be tough!

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

Lots of inbreeding in British royalty, I'm sure there are more horror stories like this.

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

That's what inbreeding gets you. Feel bad for them b/c that's not their faults.

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

I can't say much. We just found out about a relative who was put in an asylum back around the same period of time and was murdered there. Everyone at the time was just under the impression that she was in an accident and died. No inbreeding in our family either.... families are just weird.

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T'Mar of Vulcan
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Nerissa Jane Irene Bowes-Lyon (18 February 1919 – 22 January 1986) and Katherine Juliet Bowes-Lyon (4 July 1926 – 23 February 2014)[1] were two of the daughters of John Herbert Bowes-Lyon and his wife Fenella (née Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis). John was the brother of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the Queen Mother, so the two daughters were first cousins of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret," - Wikipedia

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

Where was this fact when I punched that mean girl who stole my colouring book back in 1st grade?

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

We had a road ad in my state for a while 'Wipe off 5, stay alive' though being Australia it was 5kms

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

I don't know why I found this to be so endearing and so sweet! I love it!

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

As does chocolate or any other sugary treat. It has more to do with dopamin and serotonin being released when eating sugar and giving you "a high" than with ice cream itself.

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

Put the lime in the coconut and drink dem bode up and call me in the morning.

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

Depends on the country, drywall for example burns a lot easier than massive concrete walls.

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

Recently I discovered that nearly all the music listened to since i was like 8 is emo music (despite not even knowing at that age what an emo is or how to differentiate music styles) and still can't believe it took me until 20 years old to notice that.

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

I guess that should be something like butt-to-body ratio. Just thinking of elephants here...

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

Unfortunately, he might not have been too wrong about that...

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

Student debt, medical debt, unreasonably high rent/mortgage? $100000 may seem like a lot, but not that much when a single accident or disease can put you several tens of thousands in debt.

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

just today we found 3 kittens, being dump in a dumpster outside my office parking lot. they were put inside a tied plastic bag . there is really no shred of humanity left to just take the poor babies to shelter. I hope whoever did that will have a horrible death

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

I'm a Nintendo girl through and through, but have to admit the ps2 had great games. Never had one myself, but would play at friends' houses.

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

I LOVED those films. I don't care who said they were crass and tasteless. They were ace.

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