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40 Haunting Real-Life Facts You've Probably Never Heard Before If a biological trait is common in almost every human, then it evolved for a reason. Almost everybody has the same response to the "uncanny valley," or in other words we are made uncomfortable by things that look almost human but not quite. This implies humans once had a reason to fear something that looks human but isn't.

Tehcitra42 , Wikipedia Report

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Cactus McCoy 2 years ago

Like corpses.

345points

40 Haunting Real-Life Facts You've Probably Never Heard Before Egyptian mummies wouldn’t be so rare today if the Victorian British hadn’t eaten most of them.

Heikold , Wikipedia Report

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Deborah B 2 years ago

They also burned them as fuel, especially in Egypt. Short on firewood? Burn the lovingly-preserved bodies of ancient locals. Colonialists were crappy people.

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If there’s one thing that never ceases to amaze us, it's the amount of knowledge in the world. We can spend a lifetime trying to make sense of our surroundings by gathering new information every chance we get. One additional perk is that we get to spice up dull conversations and come up with new brilliant ideas to make this planet just a tad better.

More often than not, however, we applaud and celebrate the technological breakthroughs that we humans manage to create and also the mesmerizing beauty of the natural world. Let’s be honest, the disturbing and scary facts about real life may catch our attention, but they’re bound to send shivers down our spines. Sure, it’s better to be safe than sorry, but who really wants to know about massive super volcanos or missing nuclear weapons that have never been recovered? That's nightmare material right there.

40 Haunting Real-Life Facts You've Probably Never Heard Before You have no way of really knowing if everyone experiences reality and consciousness the same way you do.

catomi01 Report

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El Dee 2 years ago

We know that tastes (food) aren't experienced in the same way..

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damnshawtyruokay , Farzad Sedaghat Report

40 Haunting Real-Life Facts You've Probably Never Heard Before Statistically speaking, if you are a woman and get murdered, it was most likely by a family member, partner or ex-partner, in your own home.

If you are a man and get murdered, it was most likely by an acquaintance or stranger, in a public place.

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Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago

I watch a lot of true crime, and when a woman gets murdered it's actually surprising when it turns out NOT to be the boyfriend/husband.

332points

MiddleCount8416 , Ricardo Esquivel Report

40 Haunting Real-Life Facts You've Probably Never Heard Before Maximum part of oxygen came from sea/oceans. But people always talks about protecting trees not sea/oceans.

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And i was like WTF!! 2 years ago

If i am not mistaken (correct me if i am) algae and corrals do most of the work converting Carbon dioxide to oxygen

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But it looks like turning a blind eye to the uneasy side of life is not that easy. You see, there’s one thing we humans are wired to do — seek out the gloom. As daunting as that may sound, we have this tendency to give more significance to negative thoughts than positive or neutral ones, something the experts call the negativity bias.

Rick Hanson, Ph.D., psychologist and author of Hardwiring Happiness, explained that humans evolved to be fearful, and it helped keep us alive. "This vulnerability to feeling threatened has effects at many levels, ranging from individuals, couples, and families, to schoolyards, organizations and nations," he wrote and stressed how important it is to be aware of how our brains become wary if we want to regain some amount control in the way we perceive the world.

40 Haunting Real-Life Facts You've Probably Never Heard Before the world invests more money in viagra and botox than in the study of Alzheimer

AjaIsHere , Michał Parzuchowski Report

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Scagsy 2 years ago

Are you suggesting that the world is hard and expressionless when it comes to Alzheimer's research?

504points

Moving back the start time for school in an area resulted in 70% less car accidents.

Similarly at each daylight saving, heart attacks and accidents decrease with an hour of extra sleep and increase with an hour less of sleep.

Sleep is crazy important.

JamieBensteedo Report

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Jenny Michelle 2 years ago

Moving back the start time would mean less sleep though right? ..I'm just confused on that part because it resulted in less accidents when school was earlier but similarly the extra hours sleep meant less heart attacks and accidents..sleep is important but wouldn't you be losing sleep if the school run was earlier ?

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40 Haunting Real-Life Facts You've Probably Never Heard Before Cotard's syndrome, also called "walking corpse syndrome," is a condition wherein the patient believes they are dead, dying, missing parts of their bodies, or don't exist.

Some people with Cotard's syndrome may stop speaking or eating since they believe they're dead.

Back2Bach Report

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

That happens to the lass in Hannibal tv series right?

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VivaLaVict0ria , Raphael Brasileiro Report

Hanson stated that the nervous system has been evolving for 600 million years. "Our ancestors had to make a critical decision many times a day: approach a reward or avoid a hazard,” he wrote. People had to find food, have children, and hide from predators to survive and avoid threats.

However, if our ancestors missed out on food one day, they could easily find some more the next. But if they failed to dodge potential dangers, they didn't get the chance to pass on their genes to future generations. "Consequently, your body generally reacts more intensely to negative stimuli than to equally strong positive ones," Hanson explained.

#10

40 Haunting Real-Life Facts You've Probably Never Heard Before You can condition someone with zero personal/family history of mental illness into having some very severe mental illnesses within about a week.

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

This is horrific.

257points

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40 Haunting Real-Life Facts You've Probably Never Heard Before The entire planet could be immediately destroyed by any one of a number of cosmic events that we have no way of seeing or stopping like rogue black holes.

Worse...there are some events we can very much see coming, but do absolutely nothing about.

boomsc , wikipedia Report

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Karri Berkowitz 2 years ago

Like killing Earth. Last I knew of we can't just move to another planet.

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Suspicious_Gas_9807 , Luis Dalvan Report

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40 Haunting Real-Life Facts You've Probably Never Heard Before I read somewhere ( don’t remember where) that you are more likely to be bitten by someone in New York than to be bitten by a shark.

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

Not many sharks in New York though?

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Thirty_Helens_Agree Report

"The alarm bell of your brain — the amygdala (you’ve got two of these little almond-shaped regions, one on either side of your head) — uses many of its neurons to look for bad news: it’s primed to go negative in most people," the psychologist continued. "Once it sounds the alarm, negative events and experiences get quickly stored in memory — in contrast to positive events and experiences, which are not prioritized in the same way."

But while this is a great way to pass on gene copies, our quality of life has been improving significantly and proving we don’t actually need to feel afraid or anxious all of the time. To lead a healthy and fulfilling life, we need to better grasp this tendency to focus on the negativities and understand that things are usually not as bad. So if you’re feeling overwhelmed by all the discomforting things around you, try to pay attention to what’s in front of you.

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40 Haunting Real-Life Facts You've Probably Never Heard Before Yellowstone is a giant super volcano. If it blows, things on this planet will go really bad really fast.

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Libby Tailor 2 years ago

Is there any geologist here? How many super volcanoes do exist on the Earth?

100points

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Every time you move your eyes from one spot to another, you go blind for the instant your eyes are moving. It’s called “Saccadic masking”, it’s an evolutionary trait to stop us from getting motion sick.

Your brain fills in the blank spot with whatever you end up looking at and context clues. It’s why when you first look at a clock, the second hand seems to take longer to click the first time

CabbageMans Report

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Jenny Michelle 2 years ago

👀 "looks at clock* ⏰

141points

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40 Haunting Real-Life Facts You've Probably Never Heard Before Chimps don't attack to kill. Instead they aim for the genitals, face, and fingers and will leave the opponent alive.

There have been many people who have owned chimps who have turned on their owners and left them incredibly disfigured. One case, the chimp ripped a man's junk off. In all cases, faces were mutilated and fingers were chewed off. It's pretty much how they instinctively fight in the wild.

So if you think that chimp is going to be a cute pet, better think twice. Even if you raised it since it was born, they'll turn on you at any second. A disfigurement roulette waiting to happen.

Vile creatures.

tiny_thanks_78 , Pixabay Report

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Ann Pattinson 2 years ago

I think anyone who keeps a chimp as a pet is rather asking for problems. They aren't meant to be pets!

446points

"Focusing on the things we can control alleviates some of the fear. Change is a part of life. It is in acknowledging this fact that we can live a healthier, less stressful life from day to day," Shari Botwin, LCSW and author of Thriving After Trauma, explained to Bored Panda in an earlier interview.

"It is natural for us to go into flight or fight mode when we feel scared or in danger," she said and added that it’s best to take a minute and assess the situation you are facing. "Ask yourselves, 'Is the fear I am experiencing in my mind and body matching the current situation, or am I also reacting to other events that left me feeling traumatized or stranded in the past?'"

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40 Haunting Real-Life Facts You've Probably Never Heard Before If given access to it, butterflies will happily drink blood.

Didsterchap11 , Cindy Gustafson Report

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Sue Lynn Chan 2 years ago

At least they are less annoying than mosquitoes

255points

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Despite literally all war propaganda from every country saying otherwise, you are not going to make an individual impact in glorious battle and die valiantly in a hail of bullets. Statistically, you are overwhelmingly more likely to be killed by an explosive device launched miles away by a vehicle you will never see, long before you ever get a chance to pull the trigger.

grumpy_hedgehog Report

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El Dee 2 years ago

And literally EVERY country runs its own propaganda in all wars. That includes OUR side in the Ukraine war. Some things are not reported, some things that are reported are not true and some is exaggeration. Some of it isn't even news but is designed to make you support the war itself. Keep your eyes peeled for it. Harder to do when the propaganda involves limiting the outlets for news to their own side only. You have nothing to compare it to..

115points

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40 Haunting Real-Life Facts You've Probably Never Heard Before idk why this freaks some ppl out, but gelatin is made out of bones. That's right - your melted marshmallow in your hot chocolate is melted animal bone. It's good stuff.

That's why the traditional marshmallows aren't vegan or halal...

Early_Reply , Votsis Panagiotis Report

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Libby Tailor 2 years ago (edited)

Actually, mostly out of skin

129points

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The trauma specialist suggested that it is best to respond to your fear with words of reassurance and compassion. "Try and put the fear in perspective. Don't go through these feelings alone. Call a friend or talk to a family member. Process what you are feeling so you can sort through where the fear is coming from. Remind yourselves it is perfectly normal to feel afraid at times. It is an emotion that comes and goes, especially if you have experienced anything that left you feeling afraid," Botwin advised.

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If it's sufficiently dark, you will hallucinate your reflection as a different entity and it will appear to start moving on it's own.

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The Deez 2 years ago

I will never find out if this is true because I REFUSE to look in a mirror in a semi-dark room. I've just seen too many horror movies to fall for that! LOL!

68points

#20

A male honey bee's ejaculation is so strong it makes his d**k explode, killing him.

username087544 Report

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PurpleDoople 2 years ago

So that’s his life? Honey, nut, cheerio!

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#21

I’m friends with a professor of soil ecology here in the Midwest. She says that if we don’t change our current farming practices, much of the Midwest’s soil will be infertile with one to two generations.

ActuallyCausal Report

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WillemPenn 2 years ago

That’s generous. Likely sooner than that.

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#22

40 Haunting Real-Life Facts You've Probably Never Heard Before Capgras Syndrome is a mental delusion where you believe that the people closest to you have been replaced by impostors

KikiKiwii , Timon Studler Report

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

It is not a delusion if it has really happened.

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#23

Squirrels carry all the same diseases as rats but humans don’t mind because their cute.

MrTickleMePink Report

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Jiakayo Addlecoat 2 years ago

But... Rats are cute too ☹️

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Mia Roberts 2 years ago

I had pet rats. They were the best things in the world. I still miss them.

38points

Ivana Bašić 2 years ago

It's the fuzzy tails. One of my cats looks scruffy, the other one is beautiful. Everyone goes to the pretty one first, even when warned she's the devil incarnate.

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Lara Verne 2 years ago

So are bats.

15points

Queerios 2 years ago

YESSS I have ratties and they are the cutest <3

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Ka Se 2 years ago

Yes! ❤❤❤

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Puggawugbug 2 years ago

You know I’ve noticed people make fun of people who have pet rats. Like they’re not those dirty street ones, my friend had a black and white rat named Captain Nemo who was very sweet. Nemo loved crawling through tunnels and if you made a hole with your hands he’d climb through it. He was very cute and soft, like a big mouse.

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Trillian 2 years ago (edited)

Maybe pet rats. Sewer rats are almost cat-sized and look like right out of a horror movie.

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Emi 2 years ago

THAT'S WHAT I SAY TO MY PARENTS LIKE EVERY DAY!!!

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Spikey boi 2 years ago

Indeed they are

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Claudia Coulson 2 years ago

RAT RIGHTS!!! 🐭🐭🐭

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Rabbit-Of-ill-Portent️ 2 years ago

Thank you! 🖤🤘

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CelticElff 2 years ago

And smarter!

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Rat 2 years ago

thanks :)

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VeninTheNonBinaryRogue 2 years ago

🐀 ❤️

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Shadow The Idiot 2 years ago

agreed!

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Harry pottsh 2 years ago

What about ratatouille

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Swastik34 2 years ago

Yeah buddy, cute and plaguey as hell.

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Porch Santa 2 years ago

Little Grabbies for Life.

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Hollyn 2 years ago

I think the same thing

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Phoneixstudios 1 year ago

Yes

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Logan Duffy 2 years ago

yeah,my dad had a pet rat as a kid and he named him wally,and wally would escape his cage and sleep on my dad's mother's pillow at night.

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Michael Sanders 2 years ago

Go live in NYC for a while and see if it doesn’t change your perception.

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Cindy Snow 2 years ago

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Edward Shaw 2 years ago

*they're

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W R 2 years ago

Why do people upvote this?

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Daniel Marsh 2 years ago (edited)

NOT TRUE. Squirrels generally live outside, in trees. Rats live in wet environments near the ground, including homes. (Yes, squirrels can get into your attic and live there.) Squirrels eat fruit, nuts, fungus, insects, etc., Rats eat anything, including trash like rotten meat. Squirrels are typically native to the environment they're found in; House rats (also known as Norwegian rats or Brown rats), what you think of when you think of rats, are invaders who came infesting ships. This is why rats have completely decimated human populations over and over again, and squirrels not so much.

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Bored Retsuko 2 years ago

Daniel Marsh, actually the grey variety of squirrels (the one that's common in North America) invading Europe and slowly replacing the native red variety is also a problem. As is overpopulation and invasion by ANY species.

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Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago

On what planet are rats not cute?! *cuddles rat*

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foofoofloofy 2 years ago (edited)

I don't care if they're the greatest person on Earth, I will never befriend a rat hater. Like, don't believe the stereotypes! EDUCATE YOURSELF ON CUTE PUFFS!

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

Squirrels are just rats with good PR.

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Vicky Z 2 years ago

Or as Carrie Bradshaw said: squirrels are rats with a fancier outfit

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Jeri Cooley 2 years ago

they're

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Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago

Their cute what? Oh, they’re!

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Stephen Lyford 2 years ago

*they're

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Chris M 2 years ago

They're*

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AJ 2 years ago

Cute my a*s...those little jerks take a bite out of every strawberry that grows on my plants. They don't actually eat the whole thing, they just take a bite so I can't have any.

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Ken Conoly 2 years ago

"They're, not their" FFS!!!

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albernistuff 4sale 2 years ago

Squirrels are just tree-rats with good PR

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Darko Mihoković 2 years ago

Squirrels don't breed at the same rate as rats. A single pair of rats can produce almost 500 million decendants in three years.

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Aedon Finch 2 years ago

*Inglourious Basterds reference*

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Teresa Taylor 2 years ago

Squirrels are tree rats. Rats with fuzzy tails. Evil little monsters that will cause extreme damage to your home. They also tease my dogs. I hate those little MFs

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Cyndi Moring 2 years ago

their cute what?

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B S 2 years ago

squirrels just get better PR. they host all the same diseases are Much more aggressive than typical rats and are just as destructive but breed slower and are cuter to some. i personally like rats better than squirrels.

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Kay Kelly 2 years ago

At least they aren't as bad as racoons

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Lady B 2 years ago

Not me! Hate the bushy tailed rats

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pat hayes 2 years ago

i hate squirrels....nasty, greedy buggers!

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V V 2 years ago

All a squirrel is is a tree rat with a fuzzy tail. And none of my rats ever threw acorns at my head and then scolded me for no reason

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Giamaica 2 years ago

*they're

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Sue Hazlewood 2 years ago

they're

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Stephen Lakos 2 years ago

*They’re

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David Brown 2 years ago

Most animals and such that move with quick jerky motions freak me out a bit.

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Greymom 2 years ago

they’re

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Tabitha K 2 years ago

Tree rats

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Xenon 2 years ago

Squirrels carry plague. Still wanna feed the tick and flea infested tree rat?

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Octavia Hansen 2 years ago

Pigeons the same thing . . . sky rats!

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The Starsong Princess 2 years ago

Squirrels are rats with better tails. Fortunately, a hawk recently moved into the ravine behind my house and my squirrel problem has abated.

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Josurf 2 years ago

Squirrels don't live in the sewers... where rats are picking up the diseases...(OUR diseases).

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Stoopham McFernybabes 2 years ago

Really? Cos this Australian’s ONLY experience with squirrels was watching that scene in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation and everyone seemed s**t scared of the thing, there.

1point

Poultry Geist 2 years ago

It’s all about the tail!

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Vorknkx 2 years ago (edited)

For starters, squirrels don't infest your home and try to chew stuff...

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APL 2 years ago (edited)

Yes they do. Ate their way through some electrical wiring in my grandparents' gaff.

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Chich 2 years ago

I have had the little darlings chew waterlines, electrical lines, dig up several large plant pots and generally be a nuisance. At least Rats are honest about it :P

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TuesdayDangerGirl 2 years ago

Squirrels will happily invade your home and set up house, especially attics

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pat hayes 2 years ago

B.S., squirrels will find any way to move into your eaves or attic and chew the shiiit out of everything..wood, electrical wires,etc., you name it...they are a MENACE!

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WillemPenn 2 years ago

Clarification? Because different rats carry different diseases.

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DuchessDegu 2 years ago

They're both rodents so could carry the same diseases, which diseases depends where in the world you live. With decent hygiene and common sense (as in don't touch any wild animal, alive or dead, without ppe) the chances of catching anything are really low

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jay <3 1 year ago

*they're

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Phoebe Stein 2 years ago

Rats are cuter, and actually smarter and probably cleaner. And nicer. (google "squirrel war crimes")

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Luigi Di Gemma 2 years ago

Squirrels ARE rats with an elegant tail

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Jacinta Mills 2 years ago

They’re

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Becca Claire 2 years ago

*They’re

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Carol Blyth 2 years ago

They're cute......not their cute.....

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Dog Mom 2 years ago

I don't mind the squirrels because they don't come in my house.

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ImaPerson 2 years ago

Squirrels are evil🐿

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AzKhaleesi 2 years ago

*they're - sorry.

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Phyllis Turbin 2 years ago

"A squirrel is just a rat with a cuter outfit."--Carrie Bradshaw

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Hailey B 2 years ago

Guinea pigs, chipmunks, hamsters, mice, girbils, any rodent really

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YHZ 2 years ago

"They're cute."

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Onion rings like to make your breath smelly 2 years ago

they're both rodents!

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Susan Williams 2 years ago

they're

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Isabel Care 2 years ago

Fluffy tailed tree rats with good PR

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Keley Babs 2 years ago

Yeah this whole article REALLY needs some better editing and fact checking

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Insono 2 years ago

And squirrels are less likely to organize a mass invasion of your house?? It has literally nothing to do with them being cute

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Walt Evans 2 years ago

Their, there, They're

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Desiree McKinnon 2 years ago

It's the fluffy tail

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Keisha 2 years ago

Rats are adorable.

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Dave Hinckley 2 years ago

Bushy-tailed rats.

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Sean Stimson 2 years ago (edited)

I think people don't mind cuz squirrels are mostly outdoors whereas rats tend to come inside. Interesting fact, squirrels spend more time on the ground than in trees. They retreat to trees for safety but they mostly live on the ground. They're also very territorial, chasing other squirrels off their patch EXCEPT when food is plentiful, then they'll tolerate interlopers. I learned all this first hand while selling t-shirts from a pushcart in Boston Common in my early 20s. It was a boring job and to keep myself occupied I'd feed and observe the squirrels.

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tirebiter 2 years ago

A friend's cat was eating a squirrel that was infected with bot fly larvae. It was gross.

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Wenwood Jenkins 2 years ago

So do humans but we have evolved to take vaccine's and most of use wash are bodies with soap.

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Debrina Blackmoon 2 years ago (edited)

Yeah. They're cute but I will avoid any that appear fearless. Because rabies, possibly.

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Jespren Ray 2 years ago

They may be capable of carrying the same diseases but squirrels are 1) typically afraid of humans 2) are not territorial and 3) are not aggressive. Rats are 1) frequently not only unafraid of humans but have been known to actively prey on disabled/unable to protect themselves humans 2) are territorial and food aggressive and 3) can be extremely aggressive to both pets and humans. Yes, pet rats can be friendly, but people don’t disregard squirrels and hate rats because squirrels are “cute”, it’s cuz rats are dangerous, squirrels are not.

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Sara G 2 years ago

Oh yikes... I've been bitten by a squirrel once. It was at the Grand Canyon. They're ruthless over there in search of snacks.

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SillyPandaBunny 2 years ago

They’re cute

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me 2 years ago

Also I've never had squirrels inside my house

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Dash Blue 2 years ago

If I got rabies from a squirrel it would be cute rabies.

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Hilary Mol 2 years ago

Humans carry diseases and they let us run around everywhere... I wonder if the squirrels have meetings about how to avoid US...

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PeachPossum 2 years ago

Rats are a bushy tail away from being hand-fed in the park.... and they giggle when you tickle their backs.

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Suzanne Clark 2 years ago

Aw, but there's nothing cuter than the Douglas squirrel, the native squirrel to the Pacific NW.

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Atomicwoman07 2 years ago (edited)

But squirrels were never associated with the plague or black death unlike rats and the fleas they carry. PS: its Yersinia pestis, the bacteri carried by infected fleas that cause plague

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MediumPimpin 2 years ago

Theeyreyere*

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Craig Reynolds 2 years ago (edited)

Until the little buggers get in your attic or your vehicle and start chewing on wires. Not so cute then...

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John Ford 2 years ago

I had a pet squirrel for a month and i hate thinking their cute rats. And I have a bunch always outside playing

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Shary Bobbings 2 years ago

*they're

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Hedgeh og 2 years ago

Eugh, don't like squirrels. The noises they make are annoying and they dig up my plants. They're just destructive.

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René Studer 2 years ago

Hey, you stole that from "Inglorious Basterds".

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Edward Shaw 2 years ago

sorry couldn't help myself as it's the internet, no harm no foul.

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DannyGirl 2 years ago

Rats are way cuter ..

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#24

40 Haunting Real-Life Facts You've Probably Never Heard Before Your phone is likely spying on you right now as you're reading this

leephelipe , Tracy Le Blanc Report

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Jiakayo Addlecoat 2 years ago

Hello FBI, I know you're reading this

226points

welcome-to-my-mind Report

#25

The leap in technological advancement from us to a race that could *actually* traverse the galaxy/universe is astronomically ludicrous. We are absolutely nothing in comparison to any race that has created ways to reach us.

Meaning any race capable of finding us would be so advanced and so much more knowledgeable than us that they could observe us without us ever knowing. They would have technologies, weapons, etc outside our realm of understanding and would be able to annihilate us with ease, just given the fact that their ability to generate/harness power would be unparalleled.

If any alien ever came to earth with hostile tendencies, short of a miracle, we’d be doomed.

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InfiniteZero 2 years ago

Good thing they only come here for the a**l probing. Speaking of which...

141points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

See Also on Bored Panda

Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

#26

Alligators can climb trees

ender1877 Report

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Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago

Thank goodness there are no alligators here in Australia! *crocodile the size of a van appears* D'OH!

194points

#27

40 Haunting Real-Life Facts You've Probably Never Heard Before 6 nuclear weapons have been lost and never recovered since the 1950s.

wigginsadam80 , Wikipedia Report

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Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago

By the time someone thinks to check out the mysterious object stashed under my house, it will be too late to stop me. MWAHAHAHAH!

185points

#28

40 Haunting Real-Life Facts You've Probably Never Heard Before Your eyes have a seperate immune-system from the rest of your body. Once your body's immune system discovers you have eyes, it will attack and inflame the blood vessels in the back of your eyes. This can lead to your vision decreasing or even going blind.

Artic_Lightning , Pixabay Report

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Ihave$165 2 years ago

What condition is this called I need to know.

80points

#29

The odds of dying in a car accident are 1 in 107.

Not only that you can die in a car only going 40mph and something like 30-percent of the people driving after 10pm are driving drunk.

Driving is super dangerous and most people take it for granted.

oflowz Report

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Turt_Le 2 years ago

I recently learned of 'floppy' physics which explains the phenomena of drunk drivers escaping from fatal accidents with minimal injuries because the alcohol is a relaxant and stops them reacting and tensing during the crash. Other non-intoxicated occupants/pedestrians are not so lucky

119points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

See Also on Bored Panda

“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#30

Dell computers were so bad that there was a website where you could click a button and it would show someone's random webcam without them knowing.

Lau_C33 Report

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194points

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ChickenNugget 2 years ago

pov: youre using a dell computer now *Slowly covers webcam*

39points

#31

If you live in a major city there is a nuke aimed at you

Copious-GTea Report

Final score:

167points

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El Dee 2 years ago

I spent much of my life living near a nuclear base. The advantage is that, if nuclear war breaks out, you will be killed instantaneously rather than the lingering death from radiation poisoning..

192points

#32

If you have a parasite in your body, there's only a slim chance you'll know about it before it pops out of your skin or leaves through the back door.

Also, some parasites pop out of skin.

every_debris Report

Final score:

167points

POST

thEBOrdeSTpaNDA 2 years ago

I had a nightmare about a worm coming out of my leg when I was like 6 or 7. Still remember it

88points

#33

You can be seriously Injured from a sneeze

HalfaChanceDance Report

Final score:

162points

POST

Scagsy 2 years ago (edited)

I was washing up and had plates in both hands when a sneeze came at me. I didn't want to drop the plates so I braced myself for an uncontrolled sneeze. It put my back out. I thought I had slipped a disc and was bedridden for two weeks! The pain was tremendous and I couldn't walk. I had to crawl to my bed. Beware of sneezes, yes they spread diseases but nobody ever talks about the injuries they cause. Beware.

174points

#34

1/3 of US murders go unsolved.

jdward01 Report

Final score:

161points

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Hyper_lightning11 2 years ago

No wonder

44points

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

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#35

We have trace amounts of iron, gold, nickel, and silver within our bloodstream which means with enough people you could drain them of their blood, dilute it down to separate it, and eventually be able to make a full ingot of iron, gold, nickel, and silver.

RandomTransWriter Report

Final score:

156points

POST

Blue 2 years ago

no my god why even say it

117points

#36

Bored ducklings can become cannibals!

nova777666 Report

Final score:

149points

POST

Nathaniel 2 years ago

Some male ducks will take part in gang rape.

93points

#37

If chronic wasting disease jumps to humans, the Zombie Apocalypse may become a real thing.

medici1048 Report

Final score:

134points

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Josurf 2 years ago

Enough with the vampires and zombies already... can't you guys come up with something original... like a virus ... no not a virus, ... a crazy warmongering president...no, not that either...a....let's see... what didn't Hollywood or the World come up with yet...? Aliens, revolting monkeys, sharknados, tornados, tsunamis, World freezing, World burning, giant worms, giant insects, dino's, nuclear catastrophe, asteroids .. damn, not much left.... There I know: a black hole coming in close...

20points

Georg-von-Frundsberg Report

#38

Hippos can't swim. (I was disturbed)

Final score:

128points

POST

Sebastian Richter 2 years ago

But they dive and walk on the ground

113points

#39

If a panda finds a fresh carcass, they'll eat it

chinchenping Report

Final score:

121points

POST

Nathaniel 2 years ago (edited)

Deer will eat liver if given the chance.

54points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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#40

Body integrity disorder. The PubMed.gov website describes it as "the extremely rare phenomenon of persons who desire the amputation of one or more healthy limbs or who desire a paralysis," adding: "Some of these persons mutilate temselves; others ask surgeons for an amputation or for the transection of their spinal cord. Psychologists and physicians explain this phenomenon in quite different ways, but a successful psychotheraputic or pharmaceutical therapy is not known."

MissNightTerrors Report

Final score:

41points

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Nemo 2 years ago

I once saw something about this. A guy had the feeling his leg shouldn't be there. Lost other leg in an accident and joked about losing the wrong leg. He eventually got the foreign feeling leg amputated. The discomfort of being disabled was worth that his body finally felt like it should. It still baffles me

46points

#41

NASA simulated the response effort to a killer asteroid and determined they would need a minimum of 5 years notice to have any chance of deflecting it—more realistically 10. We’d basically have to identify the thing leaving the ~~Oort Cloud~~ Kuiper Belt.

Hold_on_Gian Report

Final score:

35points

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Edward Shaw 2 years ago

Get Bruce Willis!

21points

#42

Unit 731 existed

That is fact

RodMunch85 Report

Final score:

33points

POST

Edward Shaw 2 years ago

And then they were pardoned by the USA.

13points

Reasonable-Pea4920 Report

#43

1 to 3 percent of your mass is made up of bacteria.

Final score:

32points

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Scagsy 2 years ago

What about influencers? I'm sure it's higher for influencers.

93points

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What do you think ?

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Justin Arnold 2 years ago

Welcome to the Blocked-On-Android post of the day.

42points

mammaM 2 years ago

You would think they'd get their s$%t together by now..

19points

Tenement_Funster 2 years ago

Oh that's why some of the posts won't load on my phone 🙈

8points

Don't even 2 years ago

How do you mean? Worked fine for me.

5points

weatherwitch 2 years ago

I'm on Android with no blocked issues. I use the website not the app so maybe its that. I Don't use the app because I don't want to take up all the space on my phone with apps when they're not necessary 😊

3points

Ziggyc 2 years ago

Why does it block androids on some posts and not others,it's frustrating..does any one know why

3points

Zedrapazia 2 years ago

Same here

3points

DaveR38 2 years ago

Works on the website

1point

Maria Rodriguez 2 years ago

What do you mean

1point

Keisha 2 years ago

I have an Android and I'm able to see and post on all of them individually.

0points

John Baker 2 years ago

As is the case with all of BP's "facts lists", some of these are questionable to say the least.

19points

I like……. food 2 years ago

Honestly the New York one is pretty believable tbh

6points

P B Wilson 2 years ago

Seemed interesting, wish I could have read it

14points

RafCo 2 years ago

This is a 100% true fact. 97% of the time 72% of people are spending 23% of their attention on made up facts. Like this one.

7points

I like……. food 2 years ago

Yet this might be one 🤨

1point

Emmett O'Brian 2 years ago

I'm surprised. I didn't know four of these. I collect factoids so this is up my alley

3points

WoodenLion 2 years ago

myself and my brother. yesterday i sneezed 13 times in a row. i never, ever sneeze less than 3 times and sometimes as much as 18. i have had to pull over while driving if they decided to come rapid fire.

2points

Ryan Collins 2 years ago

Here's one: There are these tiny little creatures called pinworms that infect about 20% of children. Here's the process: 1) A child swallows a pinworm egg. 2) The pinworm hatches and chills out in the child's intestines. 3) The female pinworm exits the child's a*s while they sleep, and lays eggs around it. 4) This itches, so a child will likely scratch their a*s 5) Eventually after that, a child is likely to touch their mouth, getting the eggs back into their digestive tract. This cycle continues forever :D

2points

Aisling Raye 2 years ago

I'm surprised no one posted about how the human body contains about as many microbial cells as it does actual human cells.

2points

RafCo 2 years ago

Accurate: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2016.19136#:~:text=It's%20often%20said%20that%20the,to%2Done%2C%20they%20calculate.

1point

Lynne Hammar 2 years ago

Please, BP, stop with the "unalived" euphemism!!! It trivializes the trauma, plus it's way more jarring than just saying "killed"

1point

Sawyer Kidder 2 years ago

Unit 713 is scary

1point

Jill Tremblay 2 years ago

Most all of these really bothered me. Hurt my heart. Very sad things here.....

0points

misfittrixx 2 years ago

So it's not just me , I get a few of these a day drives me nuts

0points

Megan Williams 2 years ago

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Justin Arnold 2 years ago

Welcome to the Blocked-On-Android post of the day.

42points

mammaM 2 years ago

You would think they'd get their s$%t together by now..

19points

Tenement_Funster 2 years ago

Oh that's why some of the posts won't load on my phone 🙈

8points

Don't even 2 years ago

How do you mean? Worked fine for me.

5points

weatherwitch 2 years ago

3points

Ziggyc 2 years ago

Why does it block androids on some posts and not others,it's frustrating..does any one know why

3points

Zedrapazia 2 years ago

Same here

3points

DaveR38 2 years ago

Works on the website

1point

Maria Rodriguez 2 years ago

What do you mean

1point

Keisha 2 years ago

I have an Android and I'm able to see and post on all of them individually.

0points

John Baker 2 years ago

As is the case with all of BP's "facts lists", some of these are questionable to say the least.

19points

I like……. food 2 years ago

Honestly the New York one is pretty believable tbh

6points

P B Wilson 2 years ago

Seemed interesting, wish I could have read it

14points

RafCo 2 years ago

This is a 100% true fact. 97% of the time 72% of people are spending 23% of their attention on made up facts. Like this one.

7points

I like……. food 2 years ago

Yet this might be one 🤨

1point

Emmett O'Brian 2 years ago

I'm surprised. I didn't know four of these. I collect factoids so this is up my alley

3points

WoodenLion 2 years ago

2points

Ryan Collins 2 years ago

2points

Aisling Raye 2 years ago

I'm surprised no one posted about how the human body contains about as many microbial cells as it does actual human cells.

2points

RafCo 2 years ago

Accurate: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2016.19136#:~:text=It's%20often%20said%20that%20the,to%2Done%2C%20they%20calculate.

1point