Every person wants to know everything there is to our existence. Small things, big things – it doesn't matter as long as we constantly feed our minds with bits of information. Besides, knowing stuff is good even if you understand that you'd probably never need that knowledge. Just think about it, curiosity is an essential part of our everyday life, all that social media, magazines, books, TV shows – we're always learning, yet we're never fully satisfied.
We want to know exactly how the universe was formed; we want to know if we'll be stuck in traffic on the way back home tomorrow and whether that new movie truly is as great as people say it is. Our brain constantly processes things, and sometimes all you need is to read about some facts to have a good night's sleep.
A member of one of Reddit's online communities asked fellow Redditors to share a few random facts that folks absolutely needed to know. The post received over 7K upvotes and 5.1K comments, revealing things about everything and anything.
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#21
Dogs that are slightly underweight live an average of two years longer than dogs that are slightly overweight.
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190points
#22
Komodo dragons are the largest animals in the world capable of reproducing asexually
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185points
#23
Whenever you learn a new skill, like learning to play guitar or learning to skate, new connections are formed in our brains in the neurons.
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185points
#24
It was forbidden to ride on moose in sweden until 1973. An old law forbade such for fear of rebels
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182points
#25
There was a short period of time when Picasso and Snoop Dogg were both alive together.
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176points
#26
The first person to write about tofu in the English language was Benjamin Franklin.
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170points
#27
It's against the law to use an elephant to plow a cotton field in North Carolina.
169points
#28
Finland isn't scandinavic, its nordic (its not random but people still think its scandinavic)
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166points
#30
When a person receives a kidney transplant they don’t take out the old kidneys, they just shove em to the side and leave em in there.
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110points