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Apophenia (/ æ p oʊ ˈ f iː n i ə /) is the tendency to perceive meaningful connections between unrelated things. [1]The term (German: Apophänie from the Greek verb ἀποφαίνειν (apophaínein)) was coined by psychiatrist Klaus Conrad in his 1958 publication on the beginning stages of schizophrenia.
Collecting unusual items is a hobby that can range from quirky and endearing to bizarre and straight-up gross. Here are 12 weird and wacky things that people collect.
The r/Weird subreddit is a place where people can share pictures of strange and odd things they come across. It's no wonder the community has 1.5M members; people like to come and check out the ...
13 Things That Don't Make Sense is a non-fiction book by the British writer Michael Brooks, published in both the UK and the US during 2008. [1] [2] [3] The British subtitle is "The Most Intriguing Scientific Mysteries of Our Time" [1] while the American is "The Most Baffling..." (see image).
The blotchy, angular borders between these divisions seem almost arbitrarily strange. The UAE's are similarly weird. Museum of Broken Relationships: Zagreb is home to this collection of things left behind by break-ups. Neitokainen: This isn't just any pond in Finland, this is a pond in Finland that looks exactly like Finland! Nelson's Pillar
Image credits: saverity40 Pollen, dust, animal, and certain food allergies (e.g., to nuts, shellfish, and dairy) are fairly common. But their severity has a huge range.
#3 Someone Has A Sense Of Humor Image credits: ThriftStore and GoodwillFind #4 My Prize While Antiquing: This One Is In Perfect Condition And An Absolute Rare Find, I Cried A Bit
A 1913 study by John E. Coover asked ten subjects to state whether or not they could sense an experimenter looking at them, over a period of 100 possible staring periods. . The subjects' answers were correct 50.2% of the time, a result that Coover called an "astonishing approximation" of pure chance.