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We humans are curious creatures. For example, according to one survey, 73% of American adults consider themselves lifelong learners.

For the most part, they go about it in traditional places — at home, work, conferences, or various institutions such as government agencies or libraries. But through it all, the internet remains an important tool. So let's see what these folks have to share.

A few days ago, Reddit user Clean-Youth8369 asked everyone else on the platform, "What's one thing you accidentally found out that now everyone has to know?" and has received over 8,000 replies.

From hard sociologic data to human behavior tendencies, and even wholesome personal observations, here are the ones that got the most upvotes.

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30 People Share Quirky Facts They Think Everyone Should Be Aware Of The actual things that happen when you declaw a cat. It’s like amputating fingers. They often get early arthritis and back problems because it changes the way they walk completely. It’s insanely barbaric and any vet who participates in the practice knowing the results is immoral and evil.

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30 People Share Quirky Facts They Think Everyone Should Be Aware Of A million seconds is eleven days. A billion seconds is around thirty years.

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This should be higher. It's actually an interesting fact!

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30 People Share Quirky Facts They Think Everyone Should Be Aware Of Cows have best friends

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30 People Share Quirky Facts They Think Everyone Should Be Aware Of You have to get revaccinated for whooping cough as an adult. I didn’t know this until I caught whooping cough in my late 30s. It was honestly one of the worst things I’ve ever been through. I slept outside in a tent as I was keeping everyone awake. I would cough until I either vomited or passed out, and this went on for weeks. I broke a rib and split intercostal muscles. You’re supposed to have boosters every 8 - 10 years as an adult, and it really made me understand how babies and small children can and do die from the infection.

It starts out very much like a simple cold, slightly sore throat and runny nose. It then progressively gets worse with a cough and tightness in the chest.

Now, every time I get a slight cold, I produce a horrible cough that sounds like a braying donkey, even when I feel fine. I wish I knew about needed to get a booster vaccine, now I tell everyone!

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had mumps when I was 23. Was the most I'll I've ever been. I had five weeks off work. People don't realise that having a "childhood disease" as an adult is worse than having it as a child.

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30 People Share Quirky Facts They Think Everyone Should Be Aware Of If there’s some sort of horrific injury at an accident scene, like a limb sliced off or a decapitation, emergency workers who are first on the scene will warn the other workers on their way so they can mentally prepare for it.

So if you’re reporting an accident, be explicit in describing injuries so your people can prepare.

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30 People Share Quirky Facts They Think Everyone Should Be Aware Of Brass doorknobs sanitize themselves. Glass doorknobs hold bacteria.

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30 People Share Quirky Facts They Think Everyone Should Be Aware Of When putting your fitted sheet on your bed go opposite corner to opposite corner. Like youre making an x. All my life I’ve struggled with the fitted sheet coming off the mattress and my bed sheets becoming a mess until a few weeks ago when I read a comment on Reddit. It’s changed my sleep and comfort in my bed.

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30 People Share Quirky Facts They Think Everyone Should Be Aware Of i don't know why this blows my mind. but if you have a problem with working out a percentage, flip the numbers and see if it makes more sense.

5% of 200 is the same as 200% of 5,
80% of 50 is the same as 50% of 80.

Try it. It's awesome!

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I get that most people don't realize/remember but you sort of learned this in elementary school. Maybe as far back as 3rd or 4th grade. It's called the commutative law: 5+2 = 2+5 and 5x2 = 2x5. If you make one of the numbers you're multiplying a percentage or fraction you're still multiplying 2 numbers.

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It takes the average abusive relationship survivor about 8 tries or breakups before they successfully leave their abusive partner for good.

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And they’re at the greatest risk of being killed when they leave their abuser.

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Insect repellent works best if sprayed onto your clothing, shoes, and hat instead of only where your skin is exposed. You won't sweat it off, it absorbs into the fabric so holds more residue instead of bouncing back off into the air. And pay close attention to how long it's supposed to last. Most insect repellents contain two primary ingredients. If it says it lasts six hours? That's how long the first ingredient lasts to repel insects. At which point the weaker ingredient is no longer masked: it attracts insects. Reapply regularly if you're in a place that has insects carrying disease. Do not wait for the first bite to alert you that you need to put on more. Set a timer or check your watch. Stay safe.

Your home-made remedy is not going to save you from malaria or whatever else is in the area. Choose deet, choose the strongest concentration, check the package.

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But bear in mind deet was developed as a softener for plastics and it will do that. To spectacle frames, clothing, climbing ropes etc

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30 People Share Quirky Facts They Think Everyone Should Be Aware Of You can ship bees in the mail!!!

I was waiting in line at the post office, and the clerk came back with a package, and the customer says, “No, these aren’t my bees. Is there another one back there?” And I thought, “Holy s**t. Not only can you ship bees but enough people do this that it could result in a bee mixup. What in the actual eff.”

I got on the phone and told everyone I could think of.

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bumble bees, too. You can buy entire hives in cardboard boxes.

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30 People Share Quirky Facts They Think Everyone Should Be Aware Of A hot spoon on a bug bite distroys the protein that makes it itchy and subsequently the itching stops!

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

needs to be like 60°C which will also slightly burn you. Also, there are dedicated battery powered "heat-sticks" for this (and cold sores)

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That plants take in CO2 and break it apart and take the carbon and turn it into stems, leaves etc. they literally build themselves out of the carbon in the air. This is how plants are carbon sinks, and why burning plants (fossil fuels) releases the carbon back into the atmosphere. I actually didn’t realize they built their bodies with the Carbon they take in from the air!

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also, he carbon is released back when the tree dies and rots.

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30 People Share Quirky Facts They Think Everyone Should Be Aware Of I forget the exact percentage, but a ridiculous number of those diagnosed with ADHD as adults are diagnosed after their child receives a diagnosis first.

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10 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just to be clear, this is just the diagnosis. Edit: For further clarification, I am saying that Adults do not develop ADHD as a result of their kids having it. Rather, the adult had it all along, but was never diagnosed.

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30 People Share Quirky Facts They Think Everyone Should Be Aware Of I have aphantasia, didn't figure it out until I was in my 30s. I thought when people said like imagine or picture something it was a figure of speech. Had no idea everyone has brain pictures and a very small percentage of people have no visual imagination or what's called aphantasia.

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That any A.I. smart enough to pass a turing test is smart enough to know to fail it on purpose.

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And here we are using CAPTCHAs to prove to computers that we are human. (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart)

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30 People Share Quirky Facts They Think Everyone Should Be Aware Of Sudden hearing loss.  It happens overnight in one ear, can happen at any age and they don’t know the cause. But if they treat it in 48 hours you have a good chance of it returning- the longer you wait the less likely you’ll recover anything.

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's called sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) and if you experience it you need to go to the emergency and insist on seeing an ENT immediately. You need a high dose of prednisone and hyperbaric oxygen therapy if available. If treated within the first couple of weeks there is a good chance of recovery, but it dwindles to near zero chance shortly after that. Don't listen to anyone who tells you to just rest, get exercise, etc.. You can and will lose your hearing in that ear permanently.

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Snakes can fart and it's incredibly loud.

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30 People Share Quirky Facts They Think Everyone Should Be Aware Of Anyone old enough to remember when old dog s**t will turn white? It doesn't happen anymore because they made a change to the dog food.

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10 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I thought that was part of the process of it breaking down! But i haven't seen white dog poop in quite a while, indeed. How odd.

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If you want to reheat white rice and have it be just as tasty as the first time you cooked it put it into a strainer and pour hot water over it. It comes out like you just cooked it and all fluffy again. (Preferably really hot water from like a kettle)

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Same thing for leftover pasta. I pour some (near) boiling water into the container, stir it around for a few seconds then use the lid to drain the water. That save the trouble of cleaning a strainer or colander. PS. IDon't listen to Uncle Roger. f you try to reheat rice in a colander instead of a strainer you can expect a lot of the rice to go through the holes along with the water.

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Feeding your cat higher quality food, or going to a raw meat diet (with assistance from a veterinarian), will make your cat's poop and pee nearly and sometimes completely odorless.

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sometimes being the key word.. The tigers in the zoo where I've worked only got raw meat, but you really didn't want to smell their poo!

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30 People Share Quirky Facts They Think Everyone Should Be Aware Of Robins see their reflection in your glasses and go into attack mode.

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Had one that would sit on my dads sideview mirror after visiting our bird feeder and fight his reflection until my dad left for work. Little fella liked to c**p all over the car door while he was going at it too.

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People who use sign language have accents.

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's less of an accent but more of a dialect! Different signs in different regions :) You can also "mumble" in sign language, which is when you sign a bit unclear. I'm not deaf myself but learned it for a year and it's stunning how you have the element of time and space incorporated into the language. We cannot do that in spoken word.

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30 People Share Quirky Facts They Think Everyone Should Be Aware Of Buffalo sauce is just hot sauce with butter.

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30 People Share Quirky Facts They Think Everyone Should Be Aware Of Only one in ten family fortunes survive to be passed to a third generation.

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Remember 1/5 of people in the top quintile will end up in the bottom Quintile in the US. about 1/3 of the 1% will end up falling out of it for example. There is a lot more volatility at the top, especially after multiple generations than people realize.

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If you want to win Monopoly, be a shark, buy everything you touch if you're low on cash mortgage properties to buy more properties. Don't bother buying hotels, buy all the houses as soon as possible so nobody else can.

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Owls have eyetubes, not eyeballs

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30 People Share Quirky Facts They Think Everyone Should Be Aware Of Not everyone has internal monologue

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I sometimes wish my inner monologue would shut up. I can't hear myself think.

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The fuel gauge on a car’s dashboard often has a little arrow on one side of it. It indicates which side the fuel cap is on .

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I only learnt this after 10 years of driving. It was one of the greatest tips I recieved in life

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We had cows and slaughtered one for meat. I thought it would make it easier to eat, as I simply cannot stomach the cruelty of mass production. Anyway, the way that the steers mother reacted was horrifying. She was in the next paddock over, but afterwards she ran over to where it happened and screamed. She pawed at the earth for weeks, crying. It haunts me. I can’t actually believe how we process animals.

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You thought that slaughtering an animal, within proximity of a herd member, would be a good idea, and wouldn't affect the other herd members??? You are a fecking idiot! The most basic humane method is Isolate, incapacitate, relocate, then dispatch.

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The Catholic Church used to consider beavers as a type of fish for lent meals, due to their aquatic lifestyle and scaly tails.

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I always knew there was something about Catholics and beavers........

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30 People Share Quirky Facts They Think Everyone Should Be Aware Of The first land predators were probably big marine scorpions.

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The photo is of a horseshoe crab, not a marine scorpion.

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At least in the state of Florida, if you donate your body to science through the state, you need to leave contact information for your family to receive your cremated remains after they are finished using your body. If they can't contact your family, your remains are dumped into the Gulf of Mexico.

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You can make powdered sugar by just grinding regular sugar in a coffee grinder. Seems obvious, but mind blown.

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Warm water on a jellyfish sting not pee

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Give a deck of cards a good shuffle and most likely that is the first time a deck of cards has ever been in that order in the history of all decks of cards.

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You know, once I was playing Uno with my cousin and after I shuffled, we found that literally ALL of the power cards were at the exact back of the stack with no number cards in between.

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if you're constipated long enough, your poop will come out of your mouth :/ sorry you had to find out like this but i learned about it from a medical documentary and they were even more graphic.

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's right but happens not that often in normal daycare, because being that constipated it hurts so bad u will see a doctor before it happens. Usually..

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You know those dancers in the Just Dance games? That's done with practical effects. Real people dress in white body suits and makeup under the real clothes and actually perform those dances.

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chimpansees are brutal and savage, hunt in packs and wage nonstop warfare on other chimp tribes over territory and resources

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is extremely exaggerated. Some populations of chimpanzees do hunt in groups (which is neither brutal nor savage as a behaviour because lots of animals hunt in packs) but this is not remotely their main source of food and not all chimps do this. Some groups will wage coordinated attacks on other groups, but again, not all, and it’s not non-stop. Like all primates, chimpanzees are behaviourally complex. Some populations use stone tools as hammer and anvils to crack open nuts and this behaviour is learned by juveniles in the group who then do it as adults and their children learn how, making this both tool use and a cultural practice. Chimpanzees can absolutely be violent and aggressive but painting them as only such is lazy and inaccurate.

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Walt Disney is older than plastic.

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not strictly true. There were a number of plastics developed in the late 19th century. Yes, the first one with much a commercial use was Bakelite, just a few years after WD was born

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30 People Share Quirky Facts They Think Everyone Should Be Aware Of When a woman goes under anesthesia for surgery, the doctors can - without your express consent or knowledge - perform a vaginal exam on you for PRACTICE and it’s legal, at least in some places in the US. This applies even if your surgery has nothing to do with your genitals or reproductive organs.

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