First they came for Lola Bunny . Then they took the sexy green M&M from us. Now they're after Lego Princess Leia's cleavage??? (Disclaimer: I am making a joke. I do not sincerely have any strong opinions about the de-sexualization of brand mascots and cartoon characters.) It seems that it's difficult to tell these days which ridiculous hot takes on Twitter are earnest and which are simply making fun of the sort of dumb takes that tend to go viral. When @asjonesy99 recently posted an obviously s…

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I was today years old when I learned that broccoli is actually cauliflower that's been dyed green. Okay, not true. But broccoli is totally man made. Look it up. Have you ever seen broccoli growing in the wild? You haven't, because it was originally a natural cabbage plant that humans used to cultivate a more palatable version, which we call broccoli today. The internet is full of factoids like this—some weird, some fascinating, and some pretty hard to believe. We've collected a bunch of crazy th

Some of these are SO true

'The CDC just announced that somehow, Palpatine has returned'

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Literally everyone's a critic

It's hard to tell what's real anymore. Using facial recognition technology, face filters, and deep fakes, people can shapeshift into whoever they want to be on the internet. Instagram influencers are infamous culprits of presenting perfect, photoshopped versions of themselves online, and because of this they're often roasted and mocked through memes. 'Yassification' is a recent viral meme trend that pokes fun at those whose online personas unironically exist at the intersection of the gay lexico

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Tall guys are always coming up with clever ways of flexing about their height to the world without explicitly doing so, for example, dudes who complain on the internet about how they always have to stand in the back at a concert because they're just too tall for society. It's called humble bragging , and @antihemi tweeted an obviously satirical exaggeration of the sort of sneaky flex that can inexplicably go viral. Well perhaps the satire wasn't obvious enough, because the tweet went viral anyw…

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