true facts

Everyday we're bombarded with so much information, our poor brains our bound to get overwhelmed and only process the necessary data, so to speak. It's a shame we can't retain all the interesting stuff we discover throughout our lives, but thanks to the internet and subreddits like r/todayilearned, we can revisit fascinating facts and historical tidbits we might have forgotten—or better yet, learn something new. If you're always the one at the party starting conversations with 'did you know...' then keep scrolling, because we've got a ton of interesting facts for your mind museum. 

It's a pretty well-known fact that ignorance is bliss. These tidbits from an especially uncomfortable AskReddit thread are definitely proof of this theory. One masochistic user asked the community to share all the glorious factoids they wish they hadn't learned, and honestly - we feel the same way. Sometimes you really don't want to learn something every day.

Each person will be confronted with thousands of issues, sometimes all at once. Because life can be so brutal, it is incredibly important to enter each day with some optimism and positivity, or else what is there to live for? Still, sometimes we all could use a reality check. If we refuse to acknowledge some 'facts of life,' it may hold us back more than help us.

For example, sure, you can say you're capable of anything, but you still have to put in a decent amount of time and effort to accomplish something big.

On Reddit, women are sharing 'Hard-To-Swallow' pills about life, and some of these may just burst your bubble.

It usually is a great feeling to learn something new. Yay, more knowledge! More fun facts to share with friends and family! However, sometimes the kind of information you come by is not family-friendly in the slightest, and you have no interest in spreading it around or even thinking about it when you're alone. For every fun fact, there is a very un-fun fact. When we come into possession of such disturbing facts we are given the choice to ruin other people's innocence as well or keep it buried deep inside our mind for eternity.

Well, there's a Reddit thread that encourages people to share the creepy facts they wish they didn't know, and people definitely delivered. Don't say I didn't warn you!

Libraries are an often-overlooked amenity in society. They provide us with infinite amounts of knowledge right at our fingertips, they can serve as an optimal community meeting spot and many, many other things. This kind librarian took it upon themselves to explain these little-known facts that every librarian wants you to know!

Do you ever find yourself wishing for a picture-based reference guide or wanting some cool history memes? Yeah, us too. That's why we created this new list, where you can pass the time in an educational way. Don't forget to have a look at these spicy memes for more entertainment.

We can always count on the curious minds of Tumblr to dish out the strange stories and gems that we never really knew we needed. In this case, we're provided some strange alleged history behind some soda companies, and yes, apparently some info about carrier pigeons was in order. Why not? Check out some more ridiculous, random, and stupendous Tumblr gems over here. 

My goodness do we love dinosaurs. We're not even quite sure why. Perhaps it's their mystery, their massive size, or the fact that we grew up with really incredible dinosaur films. Whatever it is, we don't really care, we just know we love them. 

One Redditor decided to ask the community, "What's a cool fact about dinosaurs you know?" And it turns out, there were plenty of really cool facts we didn't know! So, we had to gather the best ones to share with all of you, because, you know, knowledge is power. And soon, we'll be the most powerful community of them all! 

Nah, just kidding. We do have you're as interested in dinosaurs as we are! And if not, perhaps these facts will change your mind! 

A lot of people walk around flaunting "fun facts" and party trivia. But fun facts don't really have a ton of staying power. To really make an impression, you'll want to surprise unsuspecting people with bleak and depressing factoids that will haunt them forever. Redditor u/slayeris471 managed to create an impressive archive of these unfortunate truths when they asked other user simply "What is a NOT fun fact?". The community was happy to oblige. We learned things we can never unlearn, and now we're sharing them with you. 

So, the Elephant's Foot mold sounds like some sort of mythological Medusa-level monster. Sounds to me like a big heap of forbidden pudding. Seriously, no thank you. Here's to hoping we don't find ourselves one day in the future, being enslaved by black mold overlords. 

When Twitter user, @ok_girlfriend, who also happens to be a biologist, revealed that she just discovered that, "sea urchins naturally use shells as hats to make them feel safer and camouflaged so some aquarist had the genius idea to make them tiny hats." The aquarists 3D printed hats for these little sea creatures and it's indeed genius! We can't get enough of these little sea urchins donning tiny hats! 

Lately, we've been bunnies in hats, snakes in hats, and even hedgehogs in hats -- seems like we have another animal to add to the tiny hat-wearing collection! 

Has anyone ever given you the answer you weren't expecting but they weren't technically wrong? Those pedantic friends that are always trolling you with words? We've got a bunch of hilarious examples of these puzzling and somewhat irritating instances. People who deliver the wrong correct answer just to be annoying often deserve an eye-roll and a slow clap, but a lot of these unexpected replies had us LOLing.

Man, it'd be something special to have a brain like that. There you are, Tom Clancy, never having served in the military, yet able to put together stories with such astoundingly specific details that the literal Department of Defense is worried you've gained access to top secret layouts of US Navy ships. 

Check out some more gold from Tumblr with this thread about humans doing cool space things.