ADVERTISEMENT

Though the sensation has probably been around since our ancestors developed emotions, it wasn't until the middle of the 19th century that we started describing the uncanny as something that gives us "the creeps." Charles Dickens, who enriched the English language with plenty of new words and expressions, is credited with the first use of the phrase in his 1849 novel 'David Copperfield,' to mean an unpleasant, tingly chill up the spine.

A few days ago, Reddit user Mimiqttt set out to find out what the definition means to different people, and posted a question on the platform, asking, "What are some creepy facts you know?" From natural phenomena to the biological workings of our bodies, here are some of the most popular answers they've received.

This post may include affiliate links.

#1

35 Creepy Facts About The World That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing Hearing is the last sense you lose before dying.

d**konajunebug:

My dad is a retired EMT/Paramedic/fire-fighter. Years ago he told be about a guy in cardiac arrest that they brought back to life. The guy ended up coming by the station a few weeks later to thank my dad personally because he had heard - while dead - someone say it was time to call it but my dad said to keep trying.

That story has terrified me. To know you’re dead, but not quite dead, and hear other people call it before you’re fully gone. Geesus, no thank yo.

HorrorPusherr , Kindel Media Report

Final score:
172points
Add photo comments
POST
phil_39 avatar
Realm Ship
Realm Ship
Community Member
12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One of the most horrific things I have ever experienced as a paramedic was the phenomenon of “CPR induced consciousness.” It’s where in some individuals who are in full cardiac arrest will regain consciousness during active CPR and beg you to stop due to the agonizing pain of the chest compressions in progress. The first time I ever had that happen to my patient it almost completely broke me. Unfortunately, they could not be resuscitated in the end despite us using every ACLS tool available. I’m considering a DNR for myself due to witnessing it.

Vote comment up
93
93points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
RELATED:
    #2

    35 Creepy Facts About The World That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing One of the most common places to find a dead body is on the toilet. Cause when they're alive and not feeling well, the first thing they do is go to the toilet thinking it could be a bowel issue.

    pumpkinthighs , Grant Hughes Report

    Final score:
    142points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    emmastowe1986 avatar
    Emma S
    Emma S
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A lot of people get the sudden urge to empty their bowels right before a heart attack.

    Vote comment up
    60
    60points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    ADVERTISEMENT
    #3

    35 Creepy Facts About The World That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing When you have a kidney transplant, they don’t remove your original organs, and the Transplant does not go in the place of your old organ.

    Source: have had three kidney transplants in my lifetime. I have a total of five kidneys in my body.

    Blackthorne519 , RF._.studio Report

    Final score:
    134points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #4

    35 Creepy Facts About The World That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing Due to human artificial selection, dogs are evolving eyebrows.

    Light_of_Niwen , Helena Lopes Report

    Final score:
    129points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    diz_1 avatar
    Laugh Fan
    Laugh Fan
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dog definitely has eyebrows!! Taken just after a bath so she's wrapped up in a towel. Just-had-a...86a6f9.jpg Just-had-a-shower-Feb-2021-6560de586a6f9.jpg

    Vote comment up
    106
    106points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #5

    35 Creepy Facts About The World That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing Your eyes have their own immune system that works separately from your body’s immune system. If your body’s immune system found out it would attack your eyes. I read this here and at my last eye appointment I asked if it was true. The eye doctor said “Yeah, it’s kinda weird” and I was like “Kinda?”

    McSmackthe1st , cottonbro studio Report

    Final score:
    126points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #6

    35 Creepy Facts About The World That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing Ducks become cannibals due to boredom, of all f*****g reasons.

    PenCreepy2451 , Kristi Evans Report

    Final score:
    124points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    ADVERTISEMENT
    #7

    35 Creepy Facts About The World That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing If you get skinned alive, you'll die from hypothermia, not blood loss.

    gamedev_9998:

    If you were burned alive, you'll die from suffocation, not from the fire itself.

    wish-com_gaster , Klara Kulikova Report

    Final score:
    121points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #8

    Your immune system can just decide that the rest of your body is offensive and goes on the attack. I have this with psoriasis which started as flaky skin and now has become psoriatic arthritis where my fingers, hands and feet are unreliable because my body decided that my body is a foreign object.

    F**k you my body!

    Petulantraven Report

    Final score:
    120points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    cd161247 avatar
    Steve W.
    Steve W.
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also, Guillain-Barre Syndrome or Parsonage-Turner Syndrome where your nerve sheathes are attacked. I lost use of a lung, much tactile feeling in my upper body, and much muscle usage. Most people it will return, some, like mine, is permanent. Just woke up one morning with my skin burning and difficulty breathing. Fun times, eh?

    Vote comment up
    51
    51points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    ADVERTISEMENT
    #9

    35 Creepy Facts About The World That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing I believe around 5-10% of the ocean has been explored. We have the technology to study space but it’s not advanced enough to see what’s down there (due to water pressure and darkness and stuff)

    OffBeatBerry_707 , Maël BALLAND Report

    Final score:
    117points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    ADVERTISEMENT
    #10

    Some species of Vultures can projectile vomit if they feel threatened.

    Missing-Digits:

    It is called defensive vomiting and I was an unwitting victim of it once. It is HORRENDOUS!!!

    Feraltravelling Report

    Final score:
    116points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #11

    35 Creepy Facts About The World That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing There are about 40 supervolcanoes in the world that have yet to erupt. One supervolcano is in Yellowstone National Park and has a magma chamber that is large enough to fit the entire city of Tokyo inside it.

    There's no indication we're due for a super eruption in our life time, but the thought it could happen still creeps me out.

    BansheeBallad , Jordan Corrales Report

    Final score:
    115points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    catherineabc78 avatar
    Lizz
    Lizz
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The one in Napels, Italy is waking up.... They're thinking about evacuating part of the city.

    Vote comment up
    54
    54points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #12

    35 Creepy Facts About The World That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing For every 9 people on death row 1 is found to be innocent. Sometimes after death and sometimes after the innocent was on death row for 30 years.

    Loud_Advertising_947 , RDNE Stock project Report

    Final score:
    110points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    shylabouche_1 avatar
    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are many innocent people in prison. Mind you, I wasn't one of them. I deserved what I got. Several of the women I hung around, though, had not committed the crime of which they were accused. The feds use scare tactics to get people to plead out. Several of the women were told to sign the plea, or the feds would go after their kids. The government can ALWAYS afford a better lawyer.

    Vote comment up
    129
    129points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #13

    Just after their WWII surrender, the Japanese government created a system of brothels in case American soldiers thought of taking out frustrations on Japanese women. After the rate of STI's shot up among American GI's the Army made the Japanese government shut them down, the number of *reported* r*pes went up by 800%. Take note that Japan is a very traditional society with plenty of stigma about reporting rape so the actual numbers were probably even more horrific.

    YukariYakum0 Report

    Final score:
    104points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    cali-tabby-katz avatar
    LakotaWolf (she/her)
    LakotaWolf (she/her)
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And let’s not forget the huge numbers of Korean and Chinese women that the Japanese kidnapped and forced into séx work in their brothels during the WWII era! And the number of rápes perpetrated by Japanese soldiers during their invasion of China! The Japanese aren’t innocent victims here, but their WOMEN were.

    Vote comment up
    178
    178points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    ADVERTISEMENT
    #14

    35 Creepy Facts About The World That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing The only double-hanging of women to be carried out in modern times was the execution of the Finchley baby farmers. Amelia Sach and Annie Walters would "adopt" unwanted babies for a fee. Then, supposedly, find homes for them. They did not find homes for the babies.

    The_Patriot , Marco Fortes Report

    Final score:
    97points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    marshalldavies avatar
    Agfox
    Agfox
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This happened in London. They charged between £25 and £30 for each baby they supposedly adopted & subsequently poisoned. The exact number they murdered is unknown but it was at least 12. Sach & Walters were hanged in 1903

    Vote comment up
    99
    99points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #15

    35 Creepy Facts About The World That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing Cotard’s syndrome is a condition where you just think you’re dead or don’t exist. People who have it sometimes stop eating because they think they’re dead.

    PurdueJohn:

    Similarly there are high anxiety conditions of depersonalization and derealization, where someone doesn't believe the world around or them exists or are real at all, or that they don't exist themselves. My daughter had this when she was young. Quite unsettling.

    BlueCanary434 , Pixabay Report

    Final score:
    95points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    aerose101 avatar
    Amanda Rose
    Amanda Rose
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Capgras delusions are interesting to learn about as well. It's where you believe that a loved one has been replaced with an identical double.

    Vote comment up
    49
    49points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #16

    35 Creepy Facts About The World That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing Youngest "woman" (I use that term loosely) to give birth was 5 years old.

    Sassysewer , Michael Morse Report

    Final score:
    94points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    katerinaelgato avatar
    KitKat
    KitKat
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A wee child having to endure rape, pregnancy and childbirth

    Vote comment up
    150
    150points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    ADVERTISEMENT
    #17

    35 Creepy Facts About The World That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing Today there are more slaves in the world that at any other time in history.

    Separate_Mango_666 , Zulmaury Saavedra Report

    Final score:
    91points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #18

    When salmon begin their famous spawning run, they shut down unnecessary systems so they can channel all of their energy into swimming upstream to mate. That includes the immune system, so spawning salmon are highly susceptible to disease and infection. They basically start to rot before they die. You can see many discolored salmon during their run, and there are even some missing pieces of their bodies.

    I read about this last year. We are recent transplants to the PNW, so this is all new to me. My daughter and I went to a nearby creek this week to see if the salmon were still doing their thing. Sure enough, we saw one swimming upstream with a big, gaping hole in its back, complete with visible flesh and stringy white things protruding from it. It was awful, but we couldn't look away, either.

    She asked me not to cook salmon for dinner this week. It's one of my favorite meals, but...yeah, I'm good for now.

    my_ghost_is_a_dog Report

    Final score:
    85points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    lilycook avatar
    Li’l E.
    Li’l E.
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Zombie fish! After they spawn they have no urge to do anything else. They just kinda swim around for a couple days/weeks until they die. Then there’s mounds of huge, decaying fish everywhere for a couple weeks until they decompose. It’s pretty gruesome.

    Vote comment up
    40
    40points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    ADVERTISEMENT
    #19

    35 Creepy Facts About The World That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing When a star dies it explodes and releases a gamma burst and it destroys all in its path, if one goes off near Earth it’ll lead to extinction and there's no warning because it happens immediately.

    wetlettuce42 , Pixabay Report

    Final score:
    84points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    suuspuusje avatar
    Susie Elle
    Susie Elle
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, there will be a warning, and that's the fact that a star is close to dying, which NASA and other space programs can quite accurately predict

    Vote comment up
    74
    74points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #20

    35 Creepy Facts About The World That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing mummy brown--or Egyptian Brown--is an old pigment that the pre-Raphaelites used for paintings. it's a rich color that was made from myrrh, pitch, and the decayed flesh of humans (yup, mummies). artists, for a very long time, did not know the contents of said pigment and we're turned off by it by 1915 because they found it gross and despicable.

    still, a plenty of famous works feature a paint that is essentially dried-up human tissue.

    Garbouliak , Daian Gan Report

    Final score:
    84points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    aerose101 avatar
    Amanda Rose
    Amanda Rose
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are also many books in the world that are bound with human skin.

    Vote comment up
    51
    51points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #21

    35 Creepy Facts About The World That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing Hundreds of people die every year… from being strangled by their bedsheets.

    GlitzBlitz:

    I had a heavy blanket that was pretty much coming apart at the seams. The lining was detaching from the blanket itself.

    I woke up one morning and found my son’s head/neck completely entangled in the detached lining. I shook him in a panic and he woke up confused but fine.

    It looked like if someone had actually taken the thing and tried to strangle him with it. I threw that thing straight in the garbage.

    bender0x7d1 , Anna Nekrashevich Report

    Final score:
    82points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    laurenschlatter avatar
    UndertaleLover (She/Her)
    UndertaleLover (She/Her)
    Community Member
    12 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *throws bedsheets in the trash* Thanks but I don't want to be strangled

    Vote comment up
    36
    36points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View more commentsArrow down menu
    ADVERTISEMENT
    #22

    Statistically the person who is most likely to kill you at any given time is living with you right now.

    BestTyming Report

    Final score:
    80points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    alixpitcher avatar
    Powerful Katrinka
    Powerful Katrinka
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You mean... my cats?!

    Vote comment up
    155
    155points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    sheriesmith avatar
    Skulls.N.Succulents
    Skulls.N.Succulents
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a wife and mom of three kids, two dogs and two kittens all at home my immediate thought was "My Kittens??!!" lol

    Vote comment up
    15
    15points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    Load More Replies...
    artcat742 avatar
    DragonflyGreen
    DragonflyGreen
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thus why I live alone. No - seriously. My most recent ex is a narcissistic monster.

    Vote comment up
    2
    2points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    ellenranks avatar
    Diolla
    Diolla
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is this statistic valid for men and women or just women? I seem to remember that the majority of male murder victims were not killed by their live-in female partner.

    Vote comment up
    2
    2points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    cjm avatar
    Cjay
    Cjay
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They’re talking about yourself. You are seven times to commit suicide then to be murdered.

    Vote comment up
    3
    3points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    Load More Replies...
    drdlyamamoto avatar
    BoredPossum
    BoredPossum
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, they are the ones you annoy the most and they are close enough to do it. I'm not very concerned that some guy I've never met in Uganda will try to get me.

    Vote comment up
    1
    1point
    Vote comment down
    reply
    justinwalsh avatar
    Justin Walsh
    Justin Walsh
    Community Member
    11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Runs to roommates room to make sure he's asleep and installs lock outside his door. Subsequently swallows key.

    Vote comment up
    0
    0points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    9unicorn avatar
    Mickie Shea
    Mickie Shea
    Community Member
    11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m alone, as always, Iv’e always suspected another was about but I did not know what it was going to do to me. Perhaps I’ll ask it to leave.

    Vote comment up
    0
    0points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    robertbailey avatar
    Robert Bailey
    Robert Bailey
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, apparently I'm living with millions of demodex on my face. So blame them. (#26)

    Vote comment up
    0
    0points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    k22ileighton avatar
    Lillian Charter
    Lillian Charter
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My 2 year old brother who is currently asleep, my mother at work or my dad watching TV. Or my cat or frog

    Vote comment up
    0
    0points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    ericwilliams_1 avatar
    Eric Williams
    Eric Williams
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The chance of being killed by your cat are near zero...but never zero.

    Vote comment up
    0
    0points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    rosembullock_1 avatar
    ROSESARERED
    ROSESARERED
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Spiders, mice and mozzie...think I'll be ok....maybe the neighbour's fog, she thinks my home is hers too. But in reality..scary someone you trust may kill you, have lost 2 people I know that way

    Vote comment up
    0
    0points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    shivaho avatar
    Shiva Ho
    Shiva Ho
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Funny thing is I live alone in the house I died building & it's haunted by my father the guy that caused it!

    Vote comment up
    0
    0points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    amyzhang2010 avatar
    HelluvaHedgehogAlien
    HelluvaHedgehogAlien
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I doubt that my dog and cats will be able to get rid of me by themselves. But if they band together, then yep

    Vote comment up
    0
    0points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    oldmanfl01 avatar
    Steve Hall
    Steve Hall
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, but if they do, you can rest assured that I gave them a damn good reason.

    Vote comment up
    0
    0points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    catherinathijs avatar
    SnackbarKaat
    SnackbarKaat
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Its my cat, I already know

    Vote comment up
    0
    0points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    camilleflournoy avatar
    CF
    CF
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Agreed, I will be gang murdered by 4 of my 5 cats. The 5th is way too picky of an eater and will turn his nose up at my corpse just to spite my ghost.

    Vote comment up
    0
    0points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    Load More Replies...
    emmastowe1986 avatar
    Emma S
    Emma S
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's why I live alone.

    Vote comment up
    0
    0points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    cjm avatar
    Cjay
    Cjay
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They’re talking about yourself. You are seven times to commit suicide then to be murdered.

    Vote comment up
    0
    0points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    Load More Replies...
    davidpaterson avatar
    David Paterson
    David Paterson
    Community Member
    12 months ago

    This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

    Yes. Women worry about strangers breaking in and killing them. Men worry about being unable to get out of the house quicky enough when they feel like killing someone.

    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #23

    35 Creepy Facts About The World That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing Drinking too much water can kill you. some people who have survived drowning later die because of water intoxication. solution is simple, give them salt or electrolyte fluids to balance their sodium ph in the body.

    The34Zero , Maurício Mascaro Report

    Final score:
    73points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    marshalldavies avatar
    Agfox
    Agfox
    Community Member
    12 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That reminds of this, from Wikipedia: "A US jury has awarded $US16.5 million (NZ$22.8J million) to the family of a 28-year-old woman who died after participating in a radio station's water-drinking contest. [I've redacted her name], a mother of three, died of acute water intoxication in January 2007 after the challenge to see which contestant could drink the most water without going to the bathroom." The winner's prize was a new Wii

    Vote comment up
    41
    41points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #24

    Sewer treatment plants have lifesaver rings around the treatment tanks, in case someone falls in.

    mycreativenamehere Report

    Final score:
    73points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #25

    35 Creepy Facts About The World That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing Carmine, a red food dye commonly used in food and makeup, is made of COCHINEAL INSECTS.

    LemonMeringue26 , Leonardo Luz Report

    Final score:
    73points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    aerose101 avatar
    Amanda Rose
    Amanda Rose
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also used in clothing dye as well. My dad spent a summer when he lived in Tucson gathering them in coffee cans to mail back to Virginia for my great grandmother to use in dyeing her hand spun wool.

    Vote comment up
    50
    50points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #26

    In a strange and semi creepy coincidence, Robert Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln, was saved from falling off a train platform and being run over by Edwin Boothe, brother of John Wilkes Boothe.

    Infamous-Piece3783 Report

    Final score:
    70points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    michaellargey avatar
    Michael Largey
    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All tolled, Robert Lincoln was at or near three presidential assassinations. After William McKinley's murder, Lincoln vowed never to come near a president again. And he didn't.

    Vote comment up
    33
    33points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    ADVERTISEMENT
    #27

    35 Creepy Facts About The World That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing When you eat figs you are quite likely to be also eating the mummified carcass of a wasp.

    stilloldbull2 , Pixabay Report

    Final score:
    67points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #28

    35 Creepy Facts About The World That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing At any given time, there are 40-50 active serial killers in the United States.

    Prince_Pancake69 , cottonbro studio Report

    Final score:
    65points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    mattos-lara-br avatar
    Ponyo (they/them)
    Ponyo (they/them)
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    depends on who you ask. some experts have estimates as high as 200

    Vote comment up
    42
    42points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #29

    Sometimes if their diet is lacking protein deer will actually search out birds nests on forest floors, stamp the chicks, and then eat them.

    There's a type of be called a vulture Bee that feeds on decomposing flesh, they have wild looking hives, and they will in fact make honey from the dead flesh. Honey that is referred to as "meat honey". The honey is in fact edible according to researchers.

    TheBattyWitch Report

    Final score:
    65points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    swearihavesense avatar
    BTDubs
    BTDubs
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is true, horses will do same. There's no such thing as a "true herbivore".

    Vote comment up
    48
    48points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #30

    35 Creepy Facts About The World That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing You have millions of mites, known as demodex, living on your face.

    Gr8hound , MART PRODUCTION Report

    Final score:
    63points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    ADVERTISEMENT
    #31

    35 Creepy Facts About The World That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing The floating specs you see probably aren’t dust but dead skin cells.

    sleepy_potatoSalad , Furkan Dokuzlar Report

    Final score:
    63points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #32

    Box Jellyfish are not only the most venomous jellies to humans, but they also possess at least 24 functional eyes (of various degree) on its body despite having no centralized brain. Four of its eyes always peer up out of the water regardless of the animal's body position; some eyes can make out images, others are more primitive.

    Southern_Gator Report

    Final score:
    59points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #33

    35 Creepy Facts About The World That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing During the merger of two black holes,a black holes can occasionally get ejected from the system and get shot out into open space and become a wandering black hole, the creepy part for me is that because a large part of the way in which we see black holes is through their interactions with their surroundings we wouldn’t really be able to see it coming towards us

    rflok34 , Alex Andrews Report

    Final score:
    58points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    dersebbl avatar
    der sebbl
    der sebbl
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be fair, I wouldn't want to know, it's not like we could do anything

    Vote comment up
    63
    63points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    ADVERTISEMENT
    #34

    35 Creepy Facts About The World That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing Really just the fact that we can die or have our lives unimaginably ruined at any moment from a basically endless number of ways and that eventually within a handful of decades (or maybe seconds or any time in between) or so it IS going to happen.

    DontDiscRedditMe , Adeeb Al-Sibai Report

    Final score:
    56points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    cali-tabby-katz avatar
    LakotaWolf (she/her)
    LakotaWolf (she/her)
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My life was destroyed on Thanksgiving Day, year 2000. My dad was putting up Xmas lights after we ate our meal. He fell off of the ladder, crushed his skull, and sustained a catastrophic brain injury. His body lived, but I lost my beloved father that day. Not only did it destroy his life (he was only 58) but it destroyed mine as well, as my mother decided selfishly to ignore my father’s well-known wishes not to be kept alive in a near-vegetative state. We took care of my dad at home. I loved him, but I lost my 20s and 30s to caring for him. I never moved out, never married, never got a normal job. He died in 2021. I held his hand as he died. My mother refused to even be present. I have never forgiven her for any of this. And I miss my dad terribly. My mother’s a toxic narcissist; my dad was a wonderful dad. Hug your loved ones, everyone. Regret is a bítch, I should know.

    Vote comment up
    201
    201points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #35

    35 Creepy Facts About The World That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing Last year in the US alone over half a million people were reported missing. About 1% are found.

    buntybop , Daniel Lobo Report

    Final score:
    48points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    readkatie2008 avatar
    Felonius Gru
    Felonius Gru
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, about 1% stay missing. The majority are found within the first 24 hours.

    Vote comment up
    77
    77points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    Continue reading with Bored Panda Premium
    Unlimited content
    Ad-free browsing
    Dark mode
    #36

    35 Creepy Facts About The World That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing Many victims who survive bear attacks report the sound of the bear’s teeth scraping against their skulls.

    DinerDuck , Janko Ferlic Report

    Final score:
    36points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    marshalldavies avatar
    Agfox
    Agfox
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bears use skulls to clean their teeth is my takeaway from this post

    Vote comment up
    39
    39points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #37

    35 Creepy Facts About The World That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing Cadaver dogs can smell bodies through waters (lakes, etc).

    PlaysTheTriangle , Emre Ezer Report

    Final score:
    34points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View more commentsArrow down menu
    #38

    After decapitation you would still be conscious for about 10 seconds and technically would still be alive for 3-6 minutes.

    Euphoric-Turnover-36 Report

    Final score:
    31points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    shylabouche_1 avatar
    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was a chicken with its head cut off lived several weeks. The farmer fed it by putting grain into its esophagus.

    Vote comment up
    16
    16points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    ADVERTISEMENT
    See Also on Bored Panda
    #39

    The mosquito is the deadliest animal.

    FidelisLupus Report

    Final score:
    31points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    katerinaelgato avatar
    KitKat
    KitKat
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Technically, it's the malaria parasite the infected mosquito carries and infects humans with.

    Vote comment up
    19
    19points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #40

    People are still dying from the radioactive fallout generated by the Chernobyl disaster.

    CKO1967 Report

    Final score:
    29points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    davidpaterson avatar
    David Paterson
    David Paterson
    Community Member
    12 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    31 people died at Chernobyl, and all of them died from direct exposure to radiation, not fallout. If you want to hear something rather interesting, there are fundamental differences in the number of people who died from fallout in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Nagasaki had a much lower death rate from fallout than Hiroshima.

    Vote comment up
    9
    9points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #41

    There is a website called The Marshall Project, which, from 2015 to 2021, recorded and counted down the time until execution of every death row inmate in the United States, categorized by state. It was accurate up to the second, and had real-time updates about appeals, stays of execution, time of death, method of execution, etc. It was fascinating and gave me major creeps at the same time. The site is still up, and the records can still be read.

    Autismsaurus Report

    Final score:
    29points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #42

    Most of the koala population has rampant chlamydia.

    Megalon96310 Report

    Final score:
    29points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    katerinaelgato avatar
    KitKat
    KitKat
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The koala chlamydia strain can be spread through contact with an infected koala's urine or feces.

    Vote comment up
    16
    16points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View more commentsArrow down menu
    ADVERTISEMENT
    See Also on Bored Panda
    #43

    That armadillos are natural carriers of leprosy.

    Old_Check_6362 Report

    Final score:
    28points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #44

    Not sure if considered creepy but the ancient Romans went around collecting urine. It was big business. They used it to clean clothes as well as for mouthwash.

    bulletpr00fsoul Report

    Final score:
    26points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View more commentsArrow down menu
    #45

    Herculaneum is better preserved than Pompeii it just hasn't been excavated as much.
    Pompeii was essentially destroyed by falling volcanic rock, its dead later being buried by ash after rigor had set in.

    Herculaneum was destroyed by pyroclastic flows so hot that the liquids in people's bodies turned to vapor and exploded instantly. Brain matter turned into glass. Bone and metal were welded together. All that happened before Pompeii.

    Currently, the population in the area is so large that the Italian government is having a hard time deciding whether or not it's worth it to warn or evacuate them or not

    blackcatsareawesome Report

    Final score:
    25points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    cali-tabby-katz avatar
    LakotaWolf (she/her)
    LakotaWolf (she/her)
    Community Member
    12 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only one victim has been found to have brains that turned into a glassy, vitrified material. This post kind of makes it sound that ALL victims’ brains turned to glass, which isn’t true. Nearby charred wood showed that the heat was probably as high as 520C/928F.

    Vote comment up
    30
    30points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    ADVERTISEMENT
    See Also on Bored Panda
    #46

    The only thing preventing you from dissolving your own stomach is a layer of mucus that pores in your stomach lining constantly secrete. If something happens to prevent them from working completely, your stomach will be dissolved within a couple of days.

    SnowDemonAkuma Report

    Final score:
    25points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View more commentsArrow down menu
    #47

    If we could hear the sound that the Sun emits, it would be the equivalent of standing next to a speaker at a rock concert.

    DoubleDeckerz Report

    Final score:
    24points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #48

    Most of us are highly succeptible to suggestion when hypnotized, including attempts to instill false memories. Our brains *cannot* tell the difference between real and false memories. Imagine the possibilities.....

    PepurrPotts Report

    Final score:
    24points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    skyrender avatar
    Sky Render
    Sky Render
    Community Member
    12 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hardly need hypnosis to do that. All you need is an imagination and a lack of awareness during a flight of fancy. Lots of kids get fake memories of things that saw in movies really happening to them, and if their parents never correct them, they can go on believing those things for a very long time indeed!

    Vote comment up
    10
    10points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View more commentsArrow down menu
    #49

    Meany types of Gas don’t smell naturally it is added later for safety, so by theory there can happen a mistake…

    allright_then Report

    Final score:
    24points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    tea_2 avatar
    xxx
    xxx
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Re-written for ease: Many gasses don't have a natural smell. They are odorless. Additional chemicals are added to give natural gas a distinct odor so that if there is a leak we can smell it. I think the OP is worried about what happens if they forget to add the additional chemicals. But I would hope that is very unlikely as gas companies should theoretically be strictly monitored :)

    Vote comment up
    43
    43points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View more commentsArrow down menu
    ADVERTISEMENT
    See Also on Bored Panda
    #50

    Victorians collected and made art and jewelry from the hair of their loved ones:

    https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-curious-victorian-tradition-making-art-human-hair

    archibaldsneezador Report

    Final score:
    23points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    cali-tabby-katz avatar
    LakotaWolf (she/her)
    LakotaWolf (she/her)
    Community Member
    12 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don’t know if it counts as “art” or jewelry, but I have a lock of my late father’s hair in a glass-tube pendant. I also have two bracelets with small glass cylinders in them that hold tiny amounts of my heart-dog’s cremains and my beloved gray cat’s cremains.

    Vote comment up
    9
    9points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #51

    You can marry a dead person in France.

    super_man100 Report

    Final score:
    23points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #52

    Hepatitis ranges from A-E, with A being the most transmissible in contaminated water sources.

    Silv3r_lite Report

    Final score:
    23points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View more commentsArrow down menu
    #53

    35 Creepy Facts About The World That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing Dead bodies can get goosebumps.

    Delicious_vanilla611 , cottonbro studio Report

    Final score:
    23points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #54

    Prawns are cannibals. They eat their babies.

    3Fatboy3 Report

    Final score:
    22points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #55

    Infant flesh is like fish when cooked. White and falls right off the bone.

    Thank you, Last Podcast On The Left.

    Fun_Mistake4299 Report

    Final score:
    18points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    ADVERTISEMENT
    See Also on Bored Panda
    #56

    In the US, Most missing persons cases that take place in the wilderness happen around places with large cave networks.

    gigaswardblade Report

    Final score:
    17points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    stevecampitelli65 avatar
    SCamp
    SCamp
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’ve seen a map of the US cave network overlaid with a map of where people go missing and guess what…?

    Vote comment up
    13
    13points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #57

    The human body has roughly 200 grams of bacteria.

    OrchidThis5822 Report

    Final score:
    16points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #58

    Body odor isn’t caused by dirt or sweat on one’s body. It’s the bacteria that’s produced by dirt and sweat that emits the BO.

    Potential_Story7840 Report

    Final score:
    15points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    acey-ace16 avatar
    Ace
    Ace
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bacteria aren't 'produced' by dirt and sweat, they're already there but just enjoy the environment and reproduce rapidly in those ideal conditions.

    Vote comment up
    17
    17points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #59

    Falling down can kill you, legit. If you hit ur head on something sharp most likely ure dead in the next second. Is not very creepy but it makes me rethink life time to time lol

    flowersUverMe Report

    Final score:
    15points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    cali-tabby-katz avatar
    LakotaWolf (she/her)
    LakotaWolf (she/her)
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or it can cause a catastrophic brain injury that could render you near-vegetative, or worse - aware, but unable to communicate, move, etc. My dad fell off of a ladder in 2000 and was bedridden in diapers, with a feeding tube, for the next 21 years. He did NOT want to live “that way” (as his mom had had a similar brain injury and he had seen how horribly she died), but my mom ignored his wishes and told the doctors to “do everything to keep him alive”. It was horrible. He lived 21 years in a near-vegetative state. I can only hope that he was not “aware” of how bad his condition/situation was.

    Vote comment up
    21
    21points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #60

    That in pharmaceutical labs, once they are done with the animals with whatever they were testing, the ones that are still alive are put down and thrown in a freezer. When the freezer is full they are dumped in a furnace.

    RoseWould Report

    Final score:
    14points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    katerinaelgato avatar
    KitKat
    KitKat
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

    Vote comment up
    32
    32points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    ADVERTISEMENT
    See Also on Bored Panda
    #61

    Pelicans will just Eat smaller birds sometimes. they snatch them up in their bill and just keep chewing till the bird stops moving.

    GoreyGopnik Report

    Final score:
    13points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #62

    Many people have a parasitic infection and don’t even know it…

    littlemissnoname- Report

    Final score:
    12points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    suuspuusje avatar
    Susie Elle
    Susie Elle
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If there's no negative influence to the host, then it's commensalism, not parasitism.

    Vote comment up
    30
    30points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #63

    All mammals have belly buttons.

    Expert_asdwipe Report

    Final score:
    12points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #64

    35 Creepy Facts About The World That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing A female mantis eats her mating partner after having “sex” with him.

    balevika , Quang Nguyen Vinh Report

    Final score:
    11points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    pavelfilip avatar
    Themostgod
    Themostgod
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    not after, DURING. She starts with the head which the male does not need to finish the act... :D

    Vote comment up
    38
    38points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View more commentsArrow down menu
    #65

    Its against the law for a pharmacist to tell seniors on part D they are paying 2.5 times the cost for lets say metformin than someone off the street w/ no insurance. In my hypethetical trans action , The drug costs the pharmacy $2 ,HE charges $4. if grandma comes in w/ her medicare card she is charged $10 copay.. The drug maker then takes $7 leaving $3 instead of $4 as the profit margin to the pharmacy. He is bound by law to say nothing about the scam.

    SnooMaps3253 Report

    Final score:
    10points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    acey-ace16 avatar
    Ace
    Ace
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We know the US health system is fskd up, but it's nowhere near as simple a 'scam' as you make it sound, and no way is it illegal to tell people, just that it may (I don't know if it actually does) breach terms and conditions of contract.

    Vote comment up
    15
    15points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    ADVERTISEMENT
    See Also on Bored Panda
    #66


    Minor warning for those who have functional eyes. If you are sensitive just scroll by.

    .

    .

    Some women cook and eat their placenta after birth, has got to be the most horrific thing i know. There are even f*****g recipies online.

    Da-Pruttis-Boi Report

    Final score:
    10points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    janrosier avatar
    Jan Rosier
    Jan Rosier
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Heard of this before... Better alternative would be planting a tree, with the placenta placed underneath the roots.

    Vote comment up
    22
    22points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #67

    There is a fish ( the sounderfish) that likes to swim up penis holes that needs surgery to remove and sometimes amputation is the only form of removal.

    Penis_balls_Pluh Report

    Final score:
    8points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    tea_2 avatar
    xxx
    xxx
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one is more myth as far as I understand - '' There are very few reports of candiru attacks in scientific or medical literature. Additionally, many of the historical reports are anecdotal accounts relayed by early explorers or travelers to the region. If a candiru has ever entered a human urethra, it was likely by mistake. The limited space and lack of oxygen would make it almost impossible for the fish to survive.''

    Vote comment up
    19
    19points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #68

    It only takes twenty minutes to die from a black mamba snake bite, and it hurts the entire time.

    GW2RNGR Report

    Final score:
    -10points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    cali-tabby-katz avatar
    LakotaWolf (she/her)
    LakotaWolf (she/her)
    Community Member
    12 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Untrue. If untreated, black mamba bites cause death anywhere from 7 to 15 hours, not 20 minutes. Even the most venomous snake on the planet, the inland taipan, can only cause death ~45 minutes after being bitten. No snakebite causes death in 20 minutes. (A person might collapse ~45 minutes after a bite from a black mamba, but it takes hours for the symptoms to progress to respiratory failure and death.)

    Vote comment up
    22
    22points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #69

    I don't know why I find this creepy, but our brain cannot create a new face. Every single person we see in our dreams, is someone we have seen in real life before.

    fairybl00dz Report

    Final score:
    -13points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    pasej41913 avatar
    Pasej
    Pasej
    Community Member
    12 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is ridiculous and is a stupid urban myth. OF COURSE our brains can imagine a face it hasn't seen before, just as it can imagine a tree or mountain or building it's never seen before. Also the dream thing is so stupid - what, are we to believe that scientists have gone into people's dreams with some magical technology then matched the face of every dream person with the face of one of the billions of people on the earth?

    Vote comment up
    61
    61points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    ADVERTISEMENT
    #70

    35 Creepy Facts About The World That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing Lobotomy and the guillotine were both used in France through the 1980's.

    SailorVenus23 , Dick Thomas Johnson Report

    Final score:
    -21points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    houseofatreus2000 avatar
    Rob Chapman
    Rob Chapman
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's flat out incorrect. The last execution by guillotine occurred in France on September 10, 1977.

    Vote comment up
    36
    36points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #71

    During the embalming process in a funeral home, internal organs are sucked out and replaced with embalming fluid. The organs that are sucked out go right into the sewer system. So not only are dead people's organ bits in the sewers but so too are any medications they were on, diseases they had, etc.

    Kind of a head scratcher when you go to a hospital or doctor's office and see the bio hazard waste bins - yet a funeral home, which process a higher volume of bio hazard waste, has no such disposal protocols

    youknowiactafool Report

    Final score:
    -41points
    Add photo comments
    POST
    suuspuusje avatar
    Susie Elle
    Susie Elle
    Community Member
    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't believe this. First of all, you can't just 'suck out' an organ nor will they fit down a drain, and second, if they replace it with fluid, to what purpose? How is this better? How do you keep the body from making sloshing noises? What will that do to the weight of the body, since it has to be dressed after embalming? Why would you want to remove the organs anyway? To my knowledge, they rinse out the bodily fluids and replace it with embalming fluid, but the organs are left in place.

    Vote comment up
    34
    34points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu

    Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing!

    Follow Bored Panda on Google News!