It's always good to pay attention to your own gut instinct. When a complete stranger holding a rock walks up to you in a parking lot and asks for directions, “looking like a complete jerk” and not helping them is still a better option than being hit with a rock. So here are some freaky moments when people could tell something was off. For some more close calls, here are life-ruining bullets that people dodged.

Living their biggest life.

Most of us only think of badminton as an activity that belongs in the same shed as croquet, but when these guys get going, it's surprisingly exciting to watch two grown men thirst after a taste of that shuttlecock. So here's to the weirdly riveting sport that people surprisingly actually care about; badminton.

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There's personality everywhere!

Alright then, sure.

Delightful and twisted all at once.

Eyes are kind of easy to trick.

If there's one thing knowing facts about our world helps us with, it's having a better understanding of the context we find ourselves living in. Knowing that lemons haven't always been, or that there are sharks older than the United States can help us better comprehend our own place in this weird and wacky world. For more of this junk, here are strange science facts to ponder.

Everybody's family is a little weird in some way , but as a kid, you don't know any better. This leads to most of us having an awkward moment later on with friends; it turns out everyone else's parents created weird little falsehoods that only they've ever heard of, too. Whether it's pronunciations, explanations for the amount of random kids who stayed with your family, or simply the financial situations between private and public school families, people perceive the world in their own little w…

But is the root beer worth it?

So strange, but so intriguing

Alright, that only needs to be seen once.

Take that, eyes.

Thanks, sign.

They could have used a second opinion.