The world around us is endlessly fascinating. Granted, some things are more interesting than others and might blow our minds. But mildly interesting facts have made a name for themselves as the favorites of the internet. They’re not about anything groundbreaking, but they’re interesting still.
For example, did you know a banana is technically a berry? I bet you can find this and similar mildly interesting facts on the subreddit dedicated to sharing pictures of just them. This list is for the times you don’t want to be too shocked or fascinated. Some mild excitement will do.
#1 The “Op” Of This Lost Cat Poster Came Back And Posted An Update On The Harold Situation
#2 My Airplant Flowered!
#3 My Grandfather’s Retirement Home Has An Emotional Support Skunk That Comes In
The Mildly Interesting community is quite legendary at this point. With its 24 million members and almost 13 years under its belt, they’re clearly doing something right. Or perhaps they just hit the internet jackpot: people don’t want to be wowed all the time, they don’t want superlatives.
Sometimes, somewhere in between exciting and boring is just as good. Still, it’s interesting to explore how these things happen, so, let’s go through some of these mildly interesting objects together in no particular order, shall we?
#4 Took My Kitchen Knives To Be Sharpened And They Gave Me A Band-Aid With My Receipt
#5 I Found An Atlas Moth Today At School
#6 Of 5 Kittens, Only One Has Figured Out How To Use The Bed
One of the mildly interesting pics from the group is thebell pepperwith a bunch of baby peppers inside it. It’s not unusual for peppers to have little carbon copies inside them. That’s called “internal proliferation.” Thisusually happensinside ripe or overripe bell peppers but is most prominent in the ones that have been picked unripe andripenedartificially with ethylene gas.
The baby pepper is edible and should taste the same as its mama. And peppers aren’t the only victims of internal proliferation. This can happen to other fruits and vegetables as well, such as tomatoes, eggplants, oranges, and many others.
#7 My Library Has A Baking Pan Lending Section
#8 In Legoland Denmark The Restaurant’s Fries Are Shaped Like 2×2 LEGO Bricks
#9 My Wounds After A Surgery To Help My Heart Were Covered By Heart Shaped Gauze
How about thatpictureof the gorgeous Atlas moth? They’re one of thebiggest insectsin the world, their wingspan stretching to 27 centimeters (nine inches) across. Their caterpillars are very hungry (probably due to their size) and spend almost their every waking second eating, but the moths themselves don’t feed at all after emerging from the cocoon.
#10 The Squirrels In My Neighborhood Carved My Pumpkin For Me
#11 I Spilled Some Milk And The Puddle Looks Like A Derpy Ghost!
#12 The Deer Where I Live Have Zero Survival Instincts Around Humans. They Will Just Walk Up To You And Hang Out
Cats might undergo a change in thecolor of their furas they grow into adulthood, did you know that? And no, it’s not because they’re getting old and grey. Some breeds, like the Himalayan, Siamese, and Burmese might have agenetic mutationthat makes their fur darken in the winter months when there is less sun exposure.
#13 Aurora Over The UK Tonight
#14 My Local Costco Is Now Selling Otc Birth Control
#15 The Shadow Of That Bike Looks Like A Xenomorph
This personfounda tiny pearl in an oyster they were eating. Expertsestimatethat the chances of that happening are one in 10,000. And even if you find a pearl in your dinner the next time you eat a mollusk, it’s unlikely it’ll have any monetary value. Most pearls people have found in food are too tiny to be worth a fortune.
#16 Austin Airport Terminal Has Day Of The Dead Display Celebrating The Lives Of Ground Crew Who Have Lost Their Lives At Work
#17 My Cat’s Coat Has Darkened Significantly Since We Adopted Him A Year Ago
#18 My Dog Ripped Open His Chew Toy And This Was Written On The Squeaker
I don’t know about you, but I’d file thebathroomsat Mammoth Cave National Park under something more than mildly interesting. Thenational parkis home to the largest-known cave system in the world and has over 600,000 visitors every year. The tile work in the bathroom complements the natural rock surface of the cave beautifully, and the bathroom itself is 275 feet below the ground.
#19 Different Coloured Peppers Growing Inside Big Pepper
#20 When I Was Young I Numbered Each Dimple Of A Golf Ball
#21 Bit Into Something Hard In A Fried Oyster And Found A Small Pearl
One Redditorsharedan interesting beverage: a foam beer they got served in Japan. That’s actually a thing from the Czech Republic, which people refer to as “milk.” Don’t worry, there’s no dairy in it; it’s just atechniqueof pouring beer. You’re supposed to drink it quickly before it melts back into ordinary beer. People says it tastes sweet and creamy, but I’ll have to get back to you with that one once I try it myself.
#22 I Found A Lowercase Stop Sign
#23 I Found Whale Baleen On The Beach
#24 The Way This Customer Left Their Mussel Shells Organized After Eating
The Mildly Interesting subreddit also sees some disasters from time to time, like thisleaking Himalayan salt lamp. It’s actually prettynormalfor these lamps to leak water. Salt lamps draw moisture from the air, and if they’re in very humid environments, they will eventually leak. In some cases, a leaking Himalayan salt lamp is a sign of authenticity!
#25 Big Snail I Found. Foot For Scale
#26 Family Iris Portrait
#27 My Kid’s Lunch On A Japan Airlines Flight Has An Egg Giraffe And Airplane-Shaped Carrots
This person had their houseburn down, but the American cheese in the fridge, apparently, made it out just fine. People like to say that it’s because of plastic or some mysterious chemicals in it, but Kraftclaimedit’s because their cheese only melts at lower temperatures. That’s because of the emulsifiers which they use to bind the proteins and the fat in the cheese.
#28 My Apple Has An Apple On It
#29 My Mom’s House Burned Down But There Was Still American Cheese In The Fridge
#30 My Mother Is Making Sauce In A Mortar Made With Volcanic Rock And The Flame On The Stove Turned Green
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#31 This Rug Matches The Pattern Of The Tile Beneath
#32 My Grandmother Planted A Pumpkin In Our Backyard, It Grew Over The Pine Tree And Now I Have Pumpkins Growing On My Roof
#33 This Rack Of Consent Badges At A Furry Convention
#34 A Tree That Someone Tied A Knot In When It Was Still Small
#35 It Appears That I Slept On An Open Safety Pin Last Night
#36 Grass Growing Out Of This Sign
#37 The Colors Of Disposable Lab Coats Available From The Supplier My Hospital Uses
#38 Us Military Prototype Combat Boots W/ Bare Footprint
#39 A Bathroom, 275 Feet Below The Ground. Mammoth Cave National Park, USA
#40 Rats Steal Peanut M&ms And Ate Only The Peanuts
#41 Bird Seed Went Untouched For So Long It That Turned Into A Little Garden
#42 My GF Captured The Exact Moment The Lights Changed Colour At The Concert
#43 The Way These Garden Snakes Are Coiled Up Outside My Window
#44 Remodeled My Bathroom In 1987 When I Was 25 And Left A Beer Can And Coin In The Wall For Some Future Worker To Find. Today I Found It
#45 My Toothpick Has A Perfect .5 Millimeter Hole In It
#46 I Accidentally Drew The Most Perfect Lambda I’ve Ever Seen
#47 The Tomatoes I Bought From The Store Started Sprouting Without Rotting
#48 Visited A Friend In Norway That Owns 5 Cheese Slicers
#49 My Salt Lamp Has Mysteriously Leaked
#50 An Official Device To Cause A Train Derailment
#51 This Pledge Of Allegiance In A One-Room Schoolhouse Museum From The Early 1900’s
#52 My Entire Five Pack Of Reese’s Had No Peanut Butter In It
#53 The Ceiling Tile Has A Dog Foot Print
#54 My Tablets Swelled And Split Open On The Sides
#55 “Change Daily” Underwear Instruction
#56 Foam Beer In Japan. Paid 400 Yen (Us$ 2.60)
#57 My GF’s Immigrant Parents Have A Lorem Ipsum Tablecloth. They Don’t Know What It Means Or Where They Got It
#58 The Guy On This Bottle Of Maple Syrup Had A Shave
#59 Apparently They Have Parking Spaces Specifically For Women Here
#60 This Dear With A Crazy Deformity Showed Up In My Brother’s Front Yard Today
#61 Orange Tic Tac From The Us vs. Europe
#62 My Captain Crunch Bag Was Unmixed
#63 Gloves Before And After Handling Ballots For Half A Day
#64 My 7yr Old Daughter Removed All The Strawberry Seeds With Tweezers
#65 I Found A Whale Skull At The Beach With No Other Bones Around It
#66 Chairs In Waiting Room Left A Pattern In The Floor Over The Years
#67 I Found A Wedding Ring While Raking Leaves In My Backyard
#68 My School Put Up A Sign About Their “Famous” Hallway
#69 I Got Bit By A Mosquito Twice And A Line Joining Them Formed
#70 This Hospital Iv Stand Has An Unusual Arrangement Of The Legs
#71 A Piece Of Orange Peel Extracted From My Daughter’s Nose
#72 I Ordered Mcdonald’s Oatmeal And They Gave Me Packets Of Oatmeal Instead
#73 I Got Served Spaghetti In A Plastic Bag
#74 Random USB Stick Outside My Back Gate With Share Written In Marker On The Bag
#75 I Am 5’7 And My Feet Can’t Touch The Ground In Some Of The Netherlands Toilets
#76 My Ice Cream Lid Looks Like The Earth Kinda
#77 This Sad Scrub Daddy
#78 This Sticker On My Microwave Is Telling Me To Leave The Spoon In
#79 This Cake Weighs Nowhere Near The Listed Weight
#80 My Local Theater Has A Screening Room With A Playground In It
