It doesn't matter whether you or I believe in God or are atheists - the world around us is so bizarre, unusual and beautiful that we can only admire the grandeur of the Creator's plan - or the extravagance of evolution.
Something interesting, beautiful or funny can be found in literally any pebble, any animal or the simplest phenomenon around us. Don't believe it? Then this viral thread in the AskReddit community, from which Bored Panda made a selection of the most interesting facts, will probably be of interest to you.
More info: Reddit
Something interesting, beautiful or funny can be found in literally any pebble, any animal or the simplest phenomenon around us. Don't believe it? Then this viral thread in the AskReddit community, from which Bored Panda made a selection of the most interesting facts, will probably be of interest to you.
More info: Reddit
#21
Plumbing comes from the root Latin word of Plumbum which means lead and is the reason it's Pb on the Periodic table, because the Romans made water pipes out of lead—as an aside they knew it was a problem for brains, but they just didn't care as it mostly affected the poors.
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45points
#22
Trees get the vast majority of their mass from the air. All that wood? That was once air and sunlight.
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43points
#23
You can open difficult or stubborn pistachio shells with another half pistachio shell. Save your fingernails!
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42points
#24
In the US, even-numbered highways go east-west and odd-numbered highways go north-south.
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41points
#26
The fax machine was invented in the 1800s, well before the telephone.
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32points
#27
Ecuador is called that because it's on the equator. .
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31points
#28
You never stop clapping. The time between claps just gets longer.
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29points
#30
Rabbits don't have paw pads like cats or dogs. They've got nothing but fluffy feet.
You see a cartoon rabbit with paw pads, it's all lies.
You see a cartoon rabbit with paw pads, it's all lies.
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26points
#31
Your heart has been beating non stop since you were appx 6 weeks in utero.
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21points
