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Simply 8 of the most interesting posts from the Interesting As F*** page on Twitter

Bruno Cooke. Updated December 13th, 2024

They call it Interesting As F*** for a reason.

Some social media accounts are treasure troves for Internet surfers, and heck, this is one of them. Here’s a roundup of our favourite posts from the Interesting As F*** account on Twitter.

1.

What the hell is going on here?

Prince Rupert’s drops are glass beads made by dripping molten glass into cold water. This makes it instantly solidify into adorable tadpoles uncrushable by even the likes of Josh Brolin, sorry, Thanos.

If you’ve read The Dark Forest, aka Book 2 of the Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy, which you probably know as the 3 Body Problem trilogy, these little indestructible droplets might remind you of Trisolaran droplets.

If you haven’t, that’s all complete gobbledygook.

Prince Rupert’s drops get their name from a British-German admiral who invented pouring molten lead through a colander to make pellets. These pellets were deadly in naval battle. Well done, Rupert.

2.

This mouldy corn, aka corn smut, looks like one of the feet of Victorian deformee Joseph Merrick, aka the Elephant Man.

It’s a delicacy called huitlacoche, eaten in quesadillas. The name means “corn excrescence”, which is even less appetising than looking at the thing – let alone learning how it works…

The fungus infects the host plant by invading its ovaries. The infection causes the corn kernels to swell into tumorous galls with mushroom-like tissues. These galls consist of hypertrophied cells and hold blue-black spores that give the cob a scorched appearance.

Hungry yet?

3.
The coexistence of species.

4.
“These won’t leave you with a headache in the morning.”

5.
Real life mining via a video game in northwest China.

6.
“Totally rad.”

7.
Buns of steel.

8.
Awesome foley effects.

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Source @interesting_aIl