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Wow, that's certainly enough trippy for the day. This fun Twitter thread from @Foone shines light on some bizarre things that our eyes are (or aren't) doing. It is troubling to think about a hostile alien race showing up one day that exploits our eyes' saccades, and manages to wipe us out because we can never see them, and all along our eyes have just been taking their best guess at what's around us. Maybe they're already here. Maybe that's why we can't see them. What an eye-opening thread. 

Life is full of weird moments that we just accept as fact. But does anyone ever stop and question them? Why is it that the only helicopters we ever see in movies explode within two minutes, and why do headphones get tangled within the first minute of taking them out of the box? These funny illustrations show a bunch of those weird situations in life that we just accept as fact, but really make us say "WHY?!"

Not only animals are cute, but they're also quite interesting...

Instagram page @factourism is filled with fun facts about everything in our world, all amusingly illustrated.

We have gathered the best ones about our furry friends. 

So, start scrolling and arm yourself with some trivia facts from the animal kingdom. 

We've all got moments where we learn something amazing or shocking for the first time. And full disclosure: not all of these "facts" are true, but we still found them amusing nonetheless, and we hope you will too.

Our animal kingdom brings millions of majestic, mysterious, and magnificent species that are a lot more intelligent than you think. 

Did you know, for example, that the brain of an ostrich is smaller than her eye? 

Impress your friends with some mind-blowing trivia about cats, sharks, elephants and more. 

Ever see a meme or post that might not be brilliant, but definitely rings true? r/technicallythetruth is freakin' full of them. So here are a bunch of memes, tweets, and shitposts we can't argue with. If you need more of these decidedly un-groundbreaking nuggets, you can find 'em at the subreddit or right here.

There are certain animals in the animal kingdom that are often confused for one another, and it's not difficult to see why -- some of these animals do look indistinguishable from each other. So how does one tell the difference? 

Here's a little cheat sheet with all the info you need in order to never make these common mistakes! 

via Brightside.me

This fun and enlightening Twitter thread points out how trippy our brains actually are. They're doing the best they can. 

Sometimes history actually manages to entertain us! Who'd have seen it coming?

The eyes are the windows to the soul! 

It's quite bizarre-looking through all these animal and insect eyes and discovering how vastly different they are from one another. It's just mind-boggling to think there are so many different eye colors, shapes, uses, it's just too much to think about! 

Here is a huge list of numerous animals/insects and a close-up of what their eye looks like and what "special features" it may have. 

A majority of these incredible shots are taken by the incredibly talented photographer Suren Manvelyan! Check more of his amazing work here! 

We've been seeing a lot of wholesome content lately. It makes sense. When the world feels bleak, most people need a little positivity to remind them that even the pain is temporary. This post is not for these people. Reddit user u/mc_gnome took to r/AskReddit requesting people share some 'unfun facts' on the thread. The responses weren't just 'unfun,' they're actually mind-blowingly morbid and depressing. But some people, like us, enjoy learning of the cruelty of nature. And these posts are for you.

We've actually never heard of these really bizarre, but some really cool, animal facts! 

Crazy how much we actually don't know about anything. Weird Facts is here to help fix that a bit by providing just the weirdest facts that you probably would be better off not ever knowing. Most of them, anyway. Some facts are just downright cool. 

Follow them on Instagram to get "mind-boggling' facts daily! 

Get ready to soak up all this random knowledge about just how wild medieval battle tactics were. It's a true rollercoaster.