Not always do we want to squeeze the max out of the internet. Sometimes all we need is a calming scroll and some entertaining (but not triggering!) content. And sometimes it’s the mild kind of information that we seek.

In these cases, this corner of Reddit offers a perfect shelter. Known as “Mildly Interesting,” it’s a Reddit powerhouse boasting a mind-boggling 21.2M dedicated members. And it proves how something moderately interesting is all it takes to catch people’s tremendous interest.

Below we wrapped up a new batch of posts shared on the community, so scroll down. Also, make sure to check out our previous articles for more Mildly Interesting content here and here.

Bored Panda also reached out to Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, the best-selling author and CEO of Disaster Avoidance Experts who shared some interesting insights about staying curious and open to learning, as well as the benefits of it.

#1 Orangutan Enrichment Center With Water Guns

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“Have you ever tried to learn something that you were bored by, and then found that nothing sticks?” Dr. Tsipursky wondered. “No wonder,” he added, “researchers find that curiosity helps improve our memory. That means if you want to have a good memory, it’s valuable to stay curious and open-minded.”

#2 This Gravestone Is Shared By Twin Sisters: One Lived For Just Two Days, The Other For 101 Years

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#3 The Truck In Front Of Us Lined Up Perfectly With The Mountains!

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#4 A Lonely Remora Attached To My Leg While I Was Snorkeling

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Moreover, Dr. Tsipursky, who’s the author of multiple best-selling books, including Leading Hybrid and Remote Teams (Intentional Insights, 2021), The Blindspots Between Us: How to Overcome Unconscious Cognitive Bias and Build Better Relationships (New Harbinger, 2020), argues that if you find yourself bored by a subject you are trying to learn something about, don’t force yourself to learn it.

On the other hand, it’s wise to first find something that makes you curious about it, and then learn it. “Curiosity is especially important as we age to keep a healthy mind. Curiosity can also help us make good decisions,” Dr. Tsipursky explained.

#5 My Eggplant Has A Laser Marking Instead Of A Physical Sticker To Show It’s Organic

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#6 This Ambulance Has Stork Decals, One For Each Of The Babies Born In The Back

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#7 A Clock That Shows Time By Using The Shadow Of The Person Who Stands On The Current Month

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One cannot ignore the fact that we live in times when there is so much information that people often lose focus. Many people, especially young, experience a lack of attention and distractibility, as well as the inability to concentrate. When asked what are his thoughts about it, Dr. Tsipursky said that challenges with attention and focus come from a lack of mental fitness.

“People go to the gym to train their physical bodies, but our minds are just as important – if not more important – for our success in the modern world, due to the overabundance of information and the fact that most of us do knowledge work rather than physical labor,” Dr. Tsipursky explained.

#8 Tributes Left At The Grave Of John Bonham (LED Zeppelin Drummer)

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#9 My Friend’s Dog Gently Puts Your Knee Into His Mouth When He Is Happy To See You

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#10 This Bar Has A Chilled Strip To Keep Your Drinks Cold

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So in order to improve your focus, Dr. Tsipursky argues, “it’s critical to pursue mental fitness by learning about how our minds can lead us in the wrong direction and practicing mental exercises to address these problems.”

We also asked whether some people are more naturally gifted with curiosity, to which Dr. Tsipursky explained that since one of the Big Five personality traits is openness to experience, the answer is yes. However, “all of us can learn to be more curious: genes are not destiny, they may explain only up to half of our mental abilities,” he concluded.

#11 A Stack Of Cups That You Can Turn To Indicate When Coffee Was Brewed

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#12 Interesting Reflection Caught On The Colorado River In Austin, Texas. Almost Looks Like An Underwater City

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#13 A Long Exposure Shot On My Phone Made This Ghost Train

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#14 The Core Of This Dog Poo Bag Roll Says “Use Bare Hands Now”

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#15 Opened Up A Lighter And There Was Just Another Lighter Inside

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#16 I Got A Waterproof Cast On My Ankle Today

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#17 Taking My Turkey To The Vet

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#18 Clearing Out My Recently Deceased Grandfather’s Attic And Found Just Over 200 Grams Of Gold Powder

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#19 This Seafood Place Called Nordsee Puts Their Ketchup In A Waffle Cone

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#20 Gorilla Glue Completely Dried Before We Used Any Of It. Cut It Out Of The Bottle

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#21 I Have An Entire Brick Of North Korean Money

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#22 It Got So Hot In My Grandma’s House That The Candles Melted

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#23 Official 10 Code Cup I’ve Had Since I Was A Kid

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#24 Took This Picture Of An Infinity Mirror In The South Australia Museum Today

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#25 A Person In Medieval Armor Just Standing In The Middle Of Detroit

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#26 Logo On A Chair Has A Small Chair Hidden In It

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#27 This Target Cafe Hasn’t Changed Since The 90s

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#28 Report Card From My Great-Grandfather In 1926

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#29 Discovered A Piano… In The Middle Of A Hiking Trail

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#30 All The Trash I Found In 25 Square Feet Of My Forest

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#31 Anti-Circumcision “Intactivists” Demonstrating In My Town Today

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#32 This Football I Found In An Old Archive States It Was Made Without The Use Of Child Labor

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#33 This Person Riding A Cow Though The McDonald’s Drive Thru

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#34 The Way The Light Shines Through The Thinner Parts Of The Door

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#35 The Embers Of My Bonfire Look Like The Eye Of Sauron

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#36 Hotel In Jordan, No Bible In The Nightstand, But A Sticker Telling You Which Direction To Pray

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#37 My Local Cinema Has The Carpet From The Shining

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#38 My Dirty Coffee Cup Looks Like A Pine Forest

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#39 This Guy At Work’s Huge “Dad Wallet”

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#40 Random IP Address Printed In The Middle Of A Word Half Way Through This Book

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#41 Starting To Lose The First Joint Crease On My Ring Finger After Being Splinted For 7 Weeks

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#42 My New House Has A Little Moving Staircase That Leads To The Washer/Dryer

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#43 The Shadow Of This Bath Faucet Looks Like A Sitting Frog

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#44 This Squirrel I Saw Had A Little Canister Strapped Around Its Neck

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#45 The Hot Tub In My Hotel Room Fills From The Ceiling

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#46 A Line Of Campus Bots Following Me At My College

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#47 Found This Cat Wandering Around Lowes (Big Box Home Improvement Store)

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#48 Friend Visiting From Overseas And A Bartender In Town Have The Same Tattoo

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#49 2,600 Year Old Fur-Lined Leather Coat

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#50 Opened A Roll Of Pennies And Found A 1908 Indian Head Penny

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#51 I Got Cash From The Bank, And All The Bills Were In The Same Sequence

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#52 This Second Hand Book I Bought Online Has A Ticket To The 2000 Sydney Olympics Inside It

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#53 I’m Staying In A Scottish Village Called Dull. It’s Paired With Boring, Oregon

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#54 I Added A Different Kind Of Soap To This Near-Empty Bottle, And The Original Soap Rose To Form These Little Mushroom Things

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#55 The Tube On My Expanding Foam Can Cracked, Resulting In This Mess. The Glove Is Irremovable

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#56 Car Key Fell Off Night Stand And Onto A Half Plugged In iPhone Charging Brick

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#57 This Traffic Light In Germany Has A Little Girl And A Camel As Signal Lights

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#58 Right Eye Is -2.50 Left Eye Is -17.00

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#59 My Vaccine Card From My Time In Us Army 2002-2005

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#60 There Is A Dog Under The Silver Paint On My Fridge Magnet

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#61 My Neighbor’s Auto Repair Shop Has A WW2 German Helmet For A Chimney Cover

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#62 There’s A British Section At My Local Publix

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#63 My Local Grocery Store Sells Ostrich Eggs

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#64 My Wife Has Diligently Kept A Journal Everyday Since 2000

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#65 My Hotel In Istanbul Served A Whole Honeycomb For Breakfast

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#66 My Dog And I Are Taking The Same Medication

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#67 Forgotten Can Of Pumpkin Puree Had Developed Some Cultures After About A Couple Of Months

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#68 Wingsuit I Found At A Thrift Shop

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#69 My Dog Left A Perfect Snoot Print On My Dress

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#70 My Friend Got Stung By Something

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#71 Apparently You Can’t Park This Rental Car In Milwaukee County

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#72 You Can Get Beer [instead Of Sprite/Cola] With Your Chicken At KFC In Poland

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#73 This Billboard In Springfield, Mo For A Gas Station That’s ~8 Hours Down The Road

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#74 The Plane That I Flew On Did Not Have Any Livery (Colors, Logos, Or Branding)

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#75 The Stirring Pattern Formed Over Time In My Coffee Cup

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#76 I Got A Whole Potato In A Bag Of Waffle Fries

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#77 $250 Of Tacos Come With This House

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#78 These “Virtually Indestructible” Totes Collapsing Under Their Own Weight

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#79 Found Out Through Home Inspection That The Toilet Is Plumbed With Hot Water, Interesting Infrared Image

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#80 Starch Lines Above The Water Make Up The Exact 2D Outline Of The Potatoes Below

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#81 I Flew Over Burning Man Last Night

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#82 I Found A Pair Of Antipaparazzi Pants At The Thrift Store

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#83 The Way My Skin Tries To Re-Pigment In The Summer (All Of The Little Dots Are New Pigment)

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#84 I Cut Open A 10 Year Old Rubber Band Ball And Found That It Had Fused Together

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#85 These Cups Have Chips Under Them To Prevent Refills

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#86 Mcdonalds Is Desperate Enough To Put A Job Application As Their Tray Liner Paper

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#87 These Two Men In A Fender Bender Are Dressed In The Same Colors As Their Cars

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#88 The Shadow From This Plant Makes It Look Like There’s A Decal On My Friend’s Car

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#89 Found A Sword On A High Shelf In My New House

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#90 I Sweat So Much At The Gym Today That I Kept Leaving Human Disney Sweat Stamps With My Hoodie

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#91 My Dentist’s Waiting Room Has A Picture Of The Building Next Door Going Up In Flames 11 Years Ago

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#92 The Amount Of Cameras In The New Amazon Fresh Store Is A Little Orwellian

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#93 My Tanlines Make Me Look Like I’m Wearing Necro-Pants

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#94 Walmart Shipped A 90lb Kettlebell With No Packaging At All To My Home

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#95 Found A Mass Grave Of Pokemon Cards At The Bus Stop

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#96 This Huge Restroom In A San Antonio Tx Store

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#97 Pizza Hut, Papa John’s And Domino’s All Have A Store Next To Each Other In Wokingham England

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#98 Some Food Takeout Place In China Delivers Food In Clay Pots

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#99 Goodwill Store Is Making Halloween Costumes By Adding Fake Blood To Wedding Dresses

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#100 My Hotel Room Had A Ronald Mcdonald Statue In It (Hyatt Regency Chicago)

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#101 My Old Next To My New Clogs

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#102 This Big Ass Toilet At The Hospital, Normal Size Urinal For Scale

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#103 The Sun Bleach On My Side Gate

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#104 In Aerial Photograph Of My Grandparents Old House From The 70s, There’s A “Ghost” Truck In The Grass

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#105 I Found The Geographic Center Of The United States

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#106 I Found Out My Veneers Don’t Glow In Blacklight

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#107 A Customer At My Work Paid With A Series 1934 $100 Bill

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#108 My Oyster Had A Little Crab Inside It

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#109 Double Decker Couch We Made

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#110 My Impossible Vegetarian Nugget Had A Piece Of Wood In It

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#111 My Wife’s Bag Of Dried Squid Pieces Had An Entire Complete Squid

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#112 I Bought A Prawn The Size Of A Dinner Plate

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#113 My Prescription Sunglasses Are Like Half An Inch Thick

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#114 These Are Most Of The Exit And Fire Safety Signs I Collected Over The Past 2 Years

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#115 My Omelette Is Exactly Two Slices Of Toast Wide

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#116 My Car Rental Key Has A “No Marijuana” Symbol On It

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#117 Saw A Cloud That Looked Like Obama, (Louisiana)

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#118 Neighbors Have A Monster Truck In Their Driveway

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#119 Our (Not Cheap) Airbnb Has A Tip Jar

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#120 My (New) Adidas Slides vs. My Dad’s 20 Year Old Ones. Design Unchanged

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#121 The Collection Of Things I Found In My New Suit

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#122 My Thumb Looks Like A Toe And Is Exactly 1 Inch Wide

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#123 Found Like 250 Rounds Of Rifle Bullets, Pistol Ammunition And Shotgun Shells In The House I Recently Bought

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#124 Ordered A Speaker From Target And They Delivered It With The Security Device On

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#125 I Accidently Pulled Out A Cluster Of 5 Beard Hairs All From The Same Follicle

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#126 The Mcdonalds “Sausage” Sticker Fits Perfectly Over My Air Conditioning Knob

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#127 My Church Does A Grape Instead Of Juice/Wine For Communion

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#128 My Uber Eats Order Came With A Little Baggie Of Salt

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#129 There Aren’t Blue Froot Loops In The Canadian Version

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#130 The Original Puppymonkeybaby Is On Display At Pepsico Headquarter

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#131 My Husband Broke His Leg When He Was 4 Years Old. He Kept The Cast

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#132 This Grocery Store Has About 50 Different Types Of Mayo

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#133 My Old Next To My New Clogs

#134 Right Eye Is -2.50 Left Eye Is -17.00

#135 This Coffee Shop In Bedford England Has “Wallpaper” Made From Real, Full Sized Books

#136 When My Blind Is Open Just The Right Amount, My Bedroom Becomes A Giant Pinhole Camera

#137 A Cloth Façade On An Under Construction Mcdonalds

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