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turns-out-its-adhd · 7 months

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A good friend once shared this factoid that "all mammals take roughly 20 seconds to urinate" and every time I am taking an extra long piss it comes hurtling through the brain fuzz to annoy me.

Morning piss time should not be interrupted with such nonsense!

Nevermind that I may have procrastinated peeing so long that I am now evacuating several gallons at once...

#memes #gif meme #factoid #adhd memes #neurodiversity #neurodiversesquad #adhd brain #procrastinating basic bodily functions

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auntbibby · 7 months

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DID YOU KNOW???

Did you know? The word “fahrenheit” originates from the ol’ english “fairer-than-height”, which was an insult aimed towards cisgender women, who were Fair but had no Height. (In the middle-ages, height was needed to survive the harsh winters)

Talk about a cold shoulder! 🥶

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shockissheep · 7 months

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Thing Howard, Todd Howard's brother and a man of incredible strength, was the lead "Brute Force Power" consultant during Skyrim's development.

#skyrim #did you know #facts #skyrim trivia #trivia #skyrim facts #factoid #thing

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summocrap · 11 months

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Did you know the Valley of Hinnom is a real thing?

It's a valley located at the base of Old Jerusalem, but the term was modified into Gehinnom, which was further modified into Gehenna.

An alternate name for Hell

#Housamo #Tokyo Afterschool Summoners #Lucifuge #Factoid

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fantabulisticity · 10 months

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I would like to lay to rest the myth that Daddy Long Legs (harvestmen) are "the most venomous spiders in the world but their jaws are too small to bite you."

1. They aren't technically spiders.

2. Not venomous at all.

3. As you can clearly see in this video, they CAN bite you. It doesn't particularly hurt -- feels like gentle to annoying repeated pokes from a sewing needle -- but yeah, they absolutely can bite. Almost never break skin, but can irritate it from the poking/pinching.

This little fella climbed up onto me and started chewing on me, lol. I was wearing sunscreen, so I assume that's related.

(If you choose to play sound for this vid, the band in the background FUCKS and I go to a bunch of their shows and DEF will be buying their new album when it comes out. Too local to share their name super publicly, sorry, but if you recognize the sound then hey! Wanna hang out sometime? I also live here!

Mutuals can ask for the band's Spotify/Instagram link 😘)

#harvestman #harvestmen #daddy long legs #daddy longlegs #daddy long legs spider #opiliones #arachnid #bug #friend shaped #personal #myth #myths #factoid

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0rbit · 10 months

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highly relate to any term ending in "oid"

#humanoid #android #asteroid #paranoid #factoid #geoid

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artykyn · 1 year

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I don’t know how to feel about the fact that what people think “factoid” means, is in and of itself, a factoid.

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“Factoid” means “a popular belief that is a lie.” It’s a FAKE fact, but it sounds true, or a lot of people think it’s true. “You eat seven spiders a year in your sleep” is a factoid. The suffix “-oid” is like “ish.” A humanoid is human-ish, but not actually human. A factoid is fact-ish, but not actually fact.

However, people think that factoid means “fun fact.”

“A factoid is a fun fact” is a statement that, in and of itself, is a factoid. It’s something that’s not true but a lot of people think it is. Which is the REAL definition of factoid.

Should I be pissed? Should I be impressed? Idk. Oof.

#i know I've posted about ''factoid'' before and I know it is THE weirdest hill for me to die on #mine #factoid #facts #fun fact #linguistics #etymology #english #irony

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facts-on-the-web · 1 year

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Contrary to previous belief, new unearthed materials suggest that the word "age" comes from Greek "a-" as in without, and "gehemos", which means immortality.

#etymology #facts #interesting #language #history #factoid #news

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elonmusksidechick · 5 months

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This dude rocking tons of Godzilla gear last night told me that Godzilla has many adopted sons and this is his first one, Minilla. Also apparently Mothra and Godzilla are a power couple.

#factoid

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comradekatara · 4 months

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ppl who are like “there’s no way sokka’s art skills would improve, he’s ontologically bad at art” ummmm. dude. you realize that this is the mary sue of hobbies, right? this guy could out-westley westley. he would develop an immunity to iocane powder in less than a week because he’s just that prodigious. he became a kyoshi warrior who could best their leader in a matter of hours, and this was the first time he had ever trained in his life with an actual teacher and opponent. he mastered the sword in one day, if we’re to take piandao’s word for it (and considering his name is literally sword, he is clearly an expert). sokka looked at the rough schematics for hot air balloons after the eminent inventor in the world had spent who knows how long not able to get his idea to actually work like “uhhh…. this may sound obvious, but have you tried a lid???” he has borderline supernatural aim with a boomerang. he was dropped into a haiku battle knowing nothing about the form, and not only beat the leader of ba sing se’s premier haiku club, but also chose, completely unnecessarily, to make each verse rhyme. if he actually sat down and practiced drawing, maybe with some instruction from a trained artist, or easier beginner’s materials than ink and a brush (you’ve all seen my art, and I still cannot paint with ink and a brush), I think sokka would easily be able to produce a work on par with (if not superior to) the mona lisa by the following morning.

#sokka #suki #piandao #the mechanist #synthesis #(bc princess bride reference)#(he is sooo westley coded tho. and not just because he’s an annoying smug asshole. but that is part of it)#‘sokka cant draw’ factoid actually statistical error. sokka can do everything in the world except bend and love himself

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voice-of-illogical-sense · 6 months

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#books #iraq #market #factoid #the internet has evolved ...this stuff used to be sent around in emails and now they're more along the lines of memes served into feeds #my vois

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zzedar2 · 7 months

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There have been at least two cases of a restaurant being awarded a Michelin star and asking that it be taken away.

#restaurant #michelin star #factoid

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gablehood · 4 months

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historian: -writing about sums of money in the past-

me: alas how will i ever have context for the value of currency at that time

historian, about to immediately hit me with the wages of a skilled tradesman in that era:

#this isn't even a criticism it's genuinely very helpful #I do just love how often it pops up #“The average tradesman made this much in a month” factoid actually statistical error. Tradesman Georg

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youtubefacts · 10 months

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20th-century-scrapbook · 10 months

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#Wilhelm Scream #hollywood legend #trivia #factoid #Hollywood

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monriatitans · 1 year

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QUOTE OF THE DAY Sunday, March 12, 2023

"Many politicians are tantalizing storytellers, as they mix facts with fiction, grab our emotion and tell things, they want us to believe. Their factoids are unremittingly reiterated, take a life on their own and in the end become the very truth... until the bubble bursts." - Erik Pevernagie

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