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There are nearly 8 billion people on this planet, and everybody constantly wants to know things. Whether you're into astronomy and the whole chicken or egg thing, or you're simply a curious person – all the answers that humankind can give you would probably be not enough, and it's absolutely understandable. We're floating God-knows-where around a bunch of fairly similar and large astronomical bodies while having to get up and go to work every single day – how could you not wonder about things? 

However, sometimes looking for answers can do no good. An existential crisis can seriously mess up your whole nervous system, which is we have multiple options that can help us get away from reality whenever we need to. But from time to time, it gets rather samey and watching a show or scrolling through your feed doesn't keep you entertained anymore:

This is when a Twitter page with over 1.3M followers dedicated to "quite interesting" facts comes to the rescue: nearly 50K tweets worth of lightweight and educational posts that'll keep you occupied for hours. We've gathered a few of the best ones, but don't hesitate to use the comment section to add your "quite interesting" fact.

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Besides, the “Quite Interesting” Twitter page is actually a game show that currently broadcasts on the BBC Two channel. It started out in 2003 and already has 19 seasons. However, the quiz show has more of a comedic twist where well-known British personalities compete and score points not necessarily based on the correctness of their answers but the funniness. And as for the plot of the show, it focuses on the participants answering obscure questions, making it almost impossible to give a correct answer, which is why humor remains the main focus.

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

He worked for a company that make perfumes. But the lawsuit wasn't that the work itself was boring, but in fact the opposite: the lawsuit was over him being bullied by his manager, and part of the bullying was that he was often not allowed to work - that he was forced to sit and do nothing for many hours, subsequently becoming so bored it damaged his mental health.

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

There is a trend to force unwanted employees out by sending them into "boreout" - you just keep paying them, but remove nearly all of their duties, communications and means to do something - often disguised as "relieving them of stress and work overload". After a while, the lack of real work and the perpetual boredom will lead to mental health problems similar to burnout.

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

Where do I apply? I crave steady and boring.

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

You wouldn't crave it once you were given it, it's ungodly torturous and the day never f*****g ends ~> you need a nice long break to recoup yourself, not being overly bored 40+ hours a week ... Not that your current job isn't ridiculously stressful, I'm not downplaying it or anything.

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

Yeah, bore-out is a thing : meaningless job, feeling overpaid for unethical aim...there's a movement on high graduated youth: they downgrade to less paid job ( as butcher, baker, plumber...) because what you accomplish on one day is more feelable

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

YES! meaningless job making you "stressed" about that, is called brown-out (https://www.mensura.be/en/blog/brownout-the-stage-before-burnout)

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

Honey, you've never spent 6 hours tending a slowly rotating 800,000,000 candlepower anti-aircraft searchlight while standing in a dirt field.

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

Not to be an old poop but isn't the fellow partially to blame for his circumstance. Couldn't he have moved on with another company!

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

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/france-boring-job-compensation/

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

I once had a job with Experian checking the electoral register for spelling mistakes, it would have to be pretty bad to be worse than that.

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

Boring jobs cause stress. We often think high stress ones are the really busy over worked roles with a ton of responsibility (like a plastic surgeon for example) but jobs at the other end of the scale can be just as stressful but in a different way (partly because our culture suggests mindless jobs are easy but they come with low status and money pressures

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

millennial..:) home now with mom and using the money to by pokeman cards from Logan paul :) yes assuming this but probably offend a few of the snowflakes out there

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

Definition of imposter syndrome: "Imposter syndrome is loosely defined as doubting your abilities and feeling like a fraud. It disproportionately affects high-achieving people, who find it difficult to accept their accomplishments. Many question whether they're deserving of accolades."

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

Luckily if they even taller it would be very uncomfortable for them

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

It takes 10 times longer when there is a BP tab open in your browser...

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

Absolute nonsense, and when I tell my cats about this they'll come and beat you up

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

I guess that this decade the skirts will be as long as a wedding dress

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

Ooooh you're having an anxiety attack, too? This is going great!! 🥰🥰🥰

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

I'm pretty sure plumbers installed less known saxopipes in our house.

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

System of a Down's album entitled "Toxicity" was released two years before Britney Spears' song "Toxic." Just saying.

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

So much of that is during December - so many traditions involving candles!

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

"Only"? Human beings have been around for 150,000 years and 1/15 of the total are alive now.

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