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In the Middle Ages, people thought farting in jars and sniffing them would help prevent death. True or false? Weirdly enough, it actually checks out as true. In fact, during the Great Plague of ...
Image credits: tyrion2024 The story of Masabumi Hosoto, the only Japanese Titanic survivor, is a fascinating one. Interestingly, Japan didn't celebrate his survival, as the local media condemned ...
Image credits: factz.unheard BSc meteorologist Janice Davila tells Bored Panda that one of the most unknown facts from her field of expertise is that weather radars are slightly tilted upward in a ...
Nature's Weirdest Events is a 2012 British nature documentary series produced by the BBC and presented by Chris Packham.The show looks at weird events from around the world, with introduced footage typically taken from eyewitnesses before the facts are given.
The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous is a 2020 book by Harvard professor Joseph Henrich that aims to explain history and psychological variation using approaches from cultural evolution and evolutionary psychology. In the book, Henrich explores how institutions and psychology ...
The book contains lists of facts, normally four per page. All the sources for the facts are listed online on the QI website. [ 3 ] Other than Lloyd, Mitchinson and Harkin, credit for authorship is also given to QI researchers (also known as "Elves") Anne Miller , Andy Murray and Alex Bell.
We all get bored at some point. One survey found that the average American adult experiences 131 days of boredom per year. And most of it happens at work. Another study revealed that employees are ...
World of Weird is a British documentary series narrated by Sarah Millican. Vicky Pattison, Joel Dommett, Ayo Akinwolere, Ben Shires, Brent Zillwood and others meet people who undertake what are considered to be unusual activities, and after learning about the activity, then try it for themselves. It is broadcast on Channel 4.