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[–] [email protected] 76 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Depending on what you meant by "very easily impressed with basic factual statements" it could go either way. I'm an adult and I'm happy to admit I don't know a lot things, sometimes I've been stunned that what I believed was totally wrong and all it took was some to give me a basic fact to make me realise.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

+1

Ever since I was a wee flipflop I always liked to learn from my friends (and yes I was that gullible naive friend) but now even in my 20s it’s still fun to learn outside a classroom. I don’t have to worry about my terrible memory not keeping all the info, if it sticks it sticks

[–] noli 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact: Australia is wider than the diameter of the moon.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Ankther fun fact! The Netherlands is smaller than all of Europe combined!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Happy Cake Day!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

I'm an adult

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