These kinds of fact-packed, allegedly scientifically-sound lists never fail to trigger waves of anxiety. The sentiment, 'ignorance is bliss' comes to mind right off the bat. Just goes to show we live in a world of sheer unpredictability, and that wildly unexpected, life-changing moments of pure chaos can envelop your life at the drop of a damn hat.
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WTF facts are so fun. The world is brimming with infinite tidbits of information about the randomest of things, from science to animals to humans to the earth to literally anything in existence. Really. There's a world of information out there that we don't know about, and it blows our minds just thinking about it.
Nature can be a truly cruel mistress sometimes, man.
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Brah was on Mount Semeru, an active volcano located in East Java, Indonesia. No danger, no worries Mom.
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Heads up, there's a fair bit of surprised swearing in this video.
It's a little TOO close to this
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A tornado of fire chased firefighters in St. Albert, Canada into a river to escape. When a campfire in the area got out of control, the wind conditions and dry grass led to this terrifying hellstorm. Apparently, it's technically called a "fire whirl" as a helpful meteorologist on Twitter pointed out before providing this GIF explaining how it was created:
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Last summer I quit my job in order to walk the 2650 mile Pacific Crest Trail in its entirety. Along the way I took hundreds of videos and taught myself to play ukulele. The song is one I composed myself on trail. I've answered almost all of the questions asked here.
This picture was taken at Horsetail Fall in Yosemite National Park. Apparently this happens every year but it's hard to catch a picture at just the right moment. Photographer Sangeeta Dey explained this on a post about her own picture on Facebook:
Every year for two weeks in February, the sun sets at a certain angle and illuminates the waterfall in luminescent orange and red, making it look like a fluid fire. I’ve met photographers who said that they have been coming for 11 years only to see this happen 2 or 3 times.
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