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The world is far more complicated than some of us like to think. Morality isn’t black-or-white, historical facts are often hazier than we’d like them to be, and the interconnectivity of everything means that the deeper down the knowledge rabbit hole we go, the more lost we can sometimes feel.

There are some truly weird things about life on Planet Earth you can accidentally stumble upon while you’re down there. You might learn something about human biology or nature that really unnerves you. Or you might uncover something about your country’s past that puts into question pretty much everything else that you might know.

Today, we’re featuring some of the creepiest, most bizarre facts from these two viral r/AskReddit threads here and here. These internet users thought that others should know what they know, too. While you’re upvoting the most interesting facts of the bunch, have a think about the most peculiar things you have locked away in your database as well, Pandas. You can tell us all about them in the comment section.

Steven Wooding, a member of the Institute of Physics in the UK, part of the Omni Calculator Project, and the creator of the Weird Units Converter, shared his thoughts with Bored Panda about learning new facts and staying curious as well as less cynical as we age. You'll find our full interview with him below.

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30 Really Creepy Facts About The World That Are A Reminder About How Weird Our Timeline Really Is The Roman Empire lasted over 1000 years, American society is only 243 years old, we could quite possibly collapse just like the Roman Empire did.

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Bored Panda was interested to get Steven's take on how we can come to terms with the fact that when we gain new information, it might make us realize that we've been spouting nonsense in the past.

"Nobody likes to learn they were giving out incorrect information in the past. It hurts, but we have to push through it, accept new facts and work with them. After all, they could lead to the next big breakthrough," he explained that we all have to remain steadfast and learn to embrace the fact that we are wrong at times.

"This is constantly happening in science; as new discoveries are made, old discoveries have to be reevaluated," he said.

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    30 Really Creepy Facts About The World That Are A Reminder About How Weird Our Timeline Really Is Drowning is quiet, and most kids drown right in front of the person that’s supposed to be watching them.

    opossum-effigy , brokinhrt2 Report

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    #3

    30 Really Creepy Facts About The World That Are A Reminder About How Weird Our Timeline Really Is The last use of a guillotine in France was the same year the first Star Wars movie premiered. 1977

    OdaSet , wikipedia Report

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    Wang Zhuang
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I guess France figured it was already ahead of ... nevermind, I'll show myself out before completing the joke...

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    According to Steven, from the Omni Calculator Project team, it's hard to stay on top of new knowledge, especially as you get older. We tend to think that we know everything and there's nothing new to learn.

    "Try to view the world as a child does. Basically, keep asking 'why?' questions. As you learn the answer to one question, another will arise, and so on. It is a common situation in science that the more we know, the more questions there are. Keep questioning the world around you," he told us how we can start the chain towards living a more curious, and less cynical life.

    Steven wanted to share an interesting fact with all of you dear Readers, too. "Crows are the Einsteins of the bird world. Expert at solving puzzles, and they can even recognize your face. They will actively avoid individuals who have been aggressive toward them in the past," he said. Hopefully, you'll see crows in a different light from now on, Pandas.

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    #4

    you aren’t scared of being alone. You’re scared of not being alone when you’re supposed to be.

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    30 Really Creepy Facts About The World That Are A Reminder About How Weird Our Timeline Really Is Anglerfish, when Anglerfish mates the male Literally deforms its body and fuses with the female then they live together for the rest of their lives

    Sora984 , Masaki Miya Report

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    If a fetus doesn't get enough calcium from their mother's diet they will take the calcium from their mother's bones.

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    Curiosity is a great quality to have. It shows that we’re full of energy, a desire to learn something new, and we’re constantly on an adventure to get closer to the truth. Sure, some knowledge might be dangerous or we’re just not ready to hear some creepy facts yet, but curiosity in and of itself is something that we believe drives humanity forward, as a whole. Without curiosity, there would be no progress. Only stagnation and dogma.

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    A while back, parenting blogger Samantha Scroggin, the founder of ‘Walking Outside in Slippers,’ told us what parents can do to nurture their kids’ interest in learning new things. She also revealed to us the best approach on how to deal with endless ‘whys.’

    "Kids asking 'why?' is an important part of their natural curiosity. That said, the constant chatter and questions can grow tedious. I am very open with my kids, and answer just about any question they bring to me. But sometimes I tell them, not right now. I need quiet. And they rarely grant me that quiet. But still, I ask," she told Bored Panda that patience and good communication are essential in helping children’s curiosity thrive.

    #7

    30 Really Creepy Facts About The World That Are A Reminder About How Weird Our Timeline Really Is About 3 000 people disappear every year in the US and are never found again

    PatheticSwede , Atharva Tulsi Report

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    Deborah B
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because, human trafficing, unsolved murders, accidental deaths where the body is not found, or is unidentified.

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    Lola
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Coincidentally enough, I recently watched a terrifying documentary about serial killer truck drivers. They tend to go for prostitutes because chances are no one looks for them. Many of them disappear without a trace. This makes a big part of that 3,000.

    Mushroomlover
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Look up a map of cave systems in the US compared with disappearances and most of the disappearances occur around those cave systems!

    G R
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The map is fake. It's been debunked. Many people who go missing simply choose to leave and start a new life, for example people who abandon their families to run away with a new boyfriend or girlfriend, or women or more rarely men fleeing abusive relationships.

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    G R
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The vast, vast majority of people who are reported missing are found within a few hours and most are misunderstandings (grandma got confused and thought it was her day to collect, mom calls the police, then grandma checks her phone and finds panicked messages) or just kids being kids (kid wanders off and hides in a store, or decides he wants to play at Billy's house so tells Billy's mom he has permission when he doesn't). Most missing people who aren't "found" are adults who left voluntarily. And many of them are just tragic accidents, such as the very famous cases like Maura Murray and Elisa Lam. Trafficking exists but is almost always through grooming and of vulnerable people who won't be missed. The majority of actual abductions are committed by family members as part of custody disputes (often women moving their children to a new state to escape an abusive ex without his permission, which unless she has sole custody is abduction). Actual stranger abduction is extremely rare.

    Kaos
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Might not be rare at all. 3000 people disappear and are never found, so we have no way of knowing.

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    2x4b523p
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A friend of mine disappeared in 2007 when he was 20. He was successfull IT student, left home to attend college exam, never arrived there and nobody saw him since. Nobody figured out if he had some mental glitch and decided to disappear or if he was victim of a crime. I wonder if we ever find out.

    NHL37
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Makes you wonder how many intended to disappear, how many more don’t have anyone that cares about them to know that they’ve disappeared and how many may have been killed, abducted, trafficked etc.

    Jerry T
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This has been used as a starting point for many conspiracy theories.

    Carol Emory
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also, there are approximately 100 serial killers operating in the world all at the same time at any given time. Now you probably have an idea where those 3000 people are disappearing to.

    Amanda Hunter
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My friend's sister disappeared, they had police, then private investigators, nothing.

    Hank Woods
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    NO not aliens - Vampires - Gouls - Werewolves are REAL ! ! ! !

    Peter Thompson
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    they have been taken aboard all these UFO's that only happen in the US of A

    Riley Quinn
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Correlate these missing persons reports with a map of US cave networks for a partial answer.

    Birma Gustafsson
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Suicides, running away, serial killers, trafficking rings, murdered by spouses, in hiding ...

    R F.
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Been watching videos about this topic and it seems that a lot of “disappeared” people live over known underground cave/cavern systems. Same concept as Bigfoot sightings coinciding with bear populations. Lots more reading to do though.

    RafCo
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    50,000 Americans die each year due to lack of healthcare coverage. I don't think Americans really care about human life.

    Kwok Bun Liang
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Horrible fact:- there were one million people “lost contact” in the year 2020 in China….and the figure is 3.94million in year 2016!

    Lyone Fein
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    By their relatives. I am sure some of them don't want to be found.

    Jan Eivroc
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    From around 25-50 active serial killers to about 3 000 people disappear every year, and now the aliens...I want to know what's next...

    Lazy Panda
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How many unidentified Jane/John Doe bodies are recovered each year?

    Astor.exe
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    my cousin, who moved to us, 5 yrs ago disappeared and was found dead with stabs in the head in a boat:(

    A. Jones
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The cause? Probably other people, including themselves in some cases. Some can be as "harmless" as people looking for a new life under a new alias or witness protection. We may never know.

    Daniel Yamada
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    President Biden and the Democrats allow two million illegal aliens into the US every year, and they are never found again.

    Beth S
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am actually surprised this number isn't higher, are we sure this is statistically correct?

    Beth S
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    According to statista.com " In 2021, the number of missing person files in the United States decreased when compared to the previous year, with 521,705 cases. This is the lowest number of missing person files in the U.S. since 1990." Either they have a super high success rate of eventually finding them - or 3000 is crazy small.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most just probably start a new life with another name and don't regard themselves as missing persons.

    Kaos
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Almost impossible to do without the authorities knowing and these are people that the authorities are looking for.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I need a dust filter for a Hoover Max extract pressure pro model 60. Can you help me with that?

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    #8

    30 Really Creepy Facts About The World That Are A Reminder About How Weird Our Timeline Really Is In 1844, there was a case of hysteria in a French convent of nuns. One started meowing and after a week all the nuns were meowing harmoniously in the afternoons. It didn’t stop until neighbors called soldiers.

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    Only 9% of the ocean has been explored, and that there are creatures that we would think of as aliens living deep, deep down...

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    According to the parenting expert, the best thing that families can do is create a safe space for children to develop their own skills, talents, and interests. The vital thing is to never judge your kids. Parents should also “avoid the temptation to push them down a certain path just because it's familiar and more comfortable for us.”

    Kids often mimic their parents’ interests, but that’s not always the case. Samantha opened up about what things are like in her own family.

    "The genes are strong in my family. My husband and I are both writers, and my kids are both artsy types. My son, 10, is a little actor and singer who even appeared on Kids Say the Darndest Things this year. My 6-year-old daughter amazes me with her drawing ability," the mom told Bored Panda.

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    "Although my kids' talents are not identical to my husband and me, they are likewise little creative powerhouses. We as parents have made them feel safe and comfortable being themselves and expressing their skills. Then there are some abilities that clearly pass on directly from the parents. For example, my son and daughter are both math whizzes like my husband, while math has always been my nemesis."

    #10

    30 Really Creepy Facts About The World That Are A Reminder About How Weird Our Timeline Really Is It's estimated that there is around 25-50 active serial killers in the US

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    30 Really Creepy Facts About The World That Are A Reminder About How Weird Our Timeline Really Is Somewhat recently (2012), scientists discovered over 1,400 new species of bacteria living in the belly button. Everyone’s belly button ecology is unique (add it to the fingerprints & snowflakes list). In that same study, 1 volunteers belly button harbored bacteria strands that had only ever been found in soil from Japan- where this man has never been.

    BukakeRuinedMyRug , RODNAE Productions Report

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Okay, boys let's get some fingerprints. No, wait, I have a better idea -- let's look for belly button lint."

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    Meanwhile, child independence expert Lenore Skenazy explained to Bored Panda that it’s not learning that people fall in love with. Rather, we fall in love with the activities we love doing, whatever that might be. Passion for a subject leads to a natural curiosity about the thing, as we develop our skills and knowledge. In short, “the learning comes automatically” when you’re doing something you’re either interested in or an activity that’s essential.

    “You fall in love with something that you love to do—drawing, kicking a ball, playing make-believe, walking in the woods, reading. All of those things involve learning. If they didn’t, you’d be bored and you’d stop doing them. Instead, as a kid AND as an adult, you get into something and do it because each time you get a little better, or try a slightly different technique,” she said.

    “In a game, you’re ALWAYS thinking and learning because the ball never comes to you in exactly the same way twice. In the woods, there’s always something new to look at, climb or poke. In play, you have to react to the other person. And you pick up a book to fall into another world and learn all about it,” Lenore said.

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    #13

    30 Really Creepy Facts About The World That Are A Reminder About How Weird Our Timeline Really Is You could drop dead instantly by a brain hemorrhage/aneurism and have no warning signs prior. One second you're perfectly fine, and the next you're dead

    CheesyTacos68 , Lucien Monfils Report

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    30 Really Creepy Facts About The World That Are A Reminder About How Weird Our Timeline Really Is If you stare at the mirror in the dark long enough, your brain starts to make your eyes see things. Usually transforming you, or the room into something horrifying- more usually monsters. This is called ''peripheral fading" or the Troxler Effect.

    Eruran_e , NIKITA SHIROKOV Report

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    Xottel
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    0/10 - do not recommend. However, you'll need to focus on a small area of your face and be quite patient. Eventually my face shifted and it seemed as if there was another person in the mirror. I will not do it a second time.

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    30 Really Creepy Facts About The World That Are A Reminder About How Weird Our Timeline Really Is When a person is electrocuted in the electric chair, they feel everything. They are fully aware of their bodies being fried as it happens in real time.

    One inmate who survived the first round of electrocution said it tasted like cold peanut butter.

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    Slinkman
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't get this thing at all. Why not just an injection or shooting a criminal? Why put them in a chair like this?

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    According to the expert, parents should embrace their kids learning about the world in a variety of formats. “Having books at home can help a child find new things to fall into—but so does YouTube. Remember: every new technology is distrusted at first,” she said, adding that Socrates himself hated the idea that people had started writing down ideas instead of memorizing them.

    “So yes, books are great. But don’t ignore all the skills, hobbies, facts, and new things kids can learn online as well. If you’re worried about the bad stuff, install some filters. But learning from a podcast or DIY video is still LEARNING. Think of all the things you have learned since your formal schooling ended. Learning doesn’t only take place in a classroom or book!”

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    Dogs like squeaky toys because it sounds like a small animal being crushed.

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    #17

    30 Really Creepy Facts About The World That Are A Reminder About How Weird Our Timeline Really Is There is a rare genetic disease called Fatal familial insomnia where over the course of months you literary can not go or be put to sleep no matter what you take or what you do. The symptoms get progressively worse until finally you stay awake watching yourself go insane until you [pass away] from exhaustion.

    BackdoorConquistodor , cottonbro Report

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    #18

    Postpartum psychosis can show up in a new mother virtually overnight. It can make them hallucinate, making them think their baby is a demon or the antichrist for example. New mothers murder their own children because of postpartum psychosis more often than you might like to think.


    The more the mother knows it's a possibility the better she'll be able to combat it if it arrives.

    Evan_dood Report

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please be careful about this description - a mother suffering with PNP is much more likely to injure herself than her child. For more information and support please visit https://www.app-network.org

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    The children's story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin was based on a real event. "Hamelin town records start with this event. The earliest written record is from the town chronicles in an entry from 1384 which states: "It is 100 years since our children left." no one know what or who took the children, but there's records of the entire towns children being taken.

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    30 Really Creepy Facts About The World That Are A Reminder About How Weird Our Timeline Really Is The bodies of the sailors who died on the Edmund Fitzgerald are still down there, almost perfectly preserved, due to the water at that depth being just barely above freezing. Divers who have explored the wreckage have seen their bodies frozen in place to parts of the ship, and have come back reporting that they feel as if they were being followed during their time underwater.

    Photos were taken, but per the request of the crew's family, they have never been released to the public.

    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0Lg9HygEJc)

    Omny87 , Greenmars Report

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    Wang Zhuang
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This makes me think of all the dead bodies on Everest, which are also very well preserved for the same reason :-(

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    30 Really Creepy Facts About The World That Are A Reminder About How Weird Our Timeline Really Is Cotard’s Delusion is a rare psychiatric condition, severe cases of which cause the sufferer to wholeheartedly believe they are dead, putrefying, or simply do not exist. Some Cotard’s patients refuse to eat, as they do not believe they need to, with one notable patient dying of starvation. Another woman once asked to be taken to a morgue, to be with the other dead people.

    NotMyShoes93 , Wikipedia Report

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    By the time you start realizing the symptoms of rabies, it’s already too late.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The first symptoms of rabies may be similar to the flu, including weakness or discomfort, fever, or headache. There also may be discomfort, prickling, or an itching sensation at the site of the bite. These symptoms may last for days. Symptoms then progress to cerebral dysfunction, anxiety, confusion, and agitation. As the disease progresses, the person may experience delirium, abnormal behavior, hallucinations, hydrophobia (fear of water), and insomnia. The acute period of disease typically ends after 2 to 10 days. Once clinical signs of rabies appear, the disease is nearly always fatal, and treatment is typically supportive. Less than 20 cases of human survival from clinical rabies have been documented. Only a few survivors had no history of pre- or postexposure prophylaxis. https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/symptoms/index.html#:~:text=The%20first%20symptoms%20of%20rabies,anxiety%2C%20confusion%2C%20and%20agitation.

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    #23

    You can fit 63 earth size objects in Uranus.

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    Chucky Cheezburger
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh...the jokes that will be made...getting the popcorn ready to read them later. Don't disappoint.

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    #24

    30 Really Creepy Facts About The World That Are A Reminder About How Weird Our Timeline Really Is You have a bunch of microscopic parasites called Demodex on your eyelashes and in the pores on your face. They come out at night to lay eggs on and eat the oils on your face.

    MrK1ng5had0w , Joel Mills Report

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    Piper L
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And having a small amount of them is actually good for us. They eat dead skin cells.

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    #25

    30 Really Creepy Facts About The World That Are A Reminder About How Weird Our Timeline Really Is Chainsaws were originally invented for childbirth.

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    #26

    If given access to it, butterflies will happily drink blood

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    #27

    30 Really Creepy Facts About The World That Are A Reminder About How Weird Our Timeline Really Is Adult teeth in toddlers are right under their eyes.

    chickadeedeedee_ , cottonbro Report

    #28

    30 Really Creepy Facts About The World That Are A Reminder About How Weird Our Timeline Really Is A "Rat King" is a phenomenon created when a large group of rats become fused together by their tails via ice, dirt, hair, blood, or even feces.

    Encounters with this horrible phenomenon inspired some of humanity's greatest myths.

    Back2Bach , Edelseider Report

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    APL
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pretty sure this has been debunked - Victorians fannying around with taxidermy.

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    #29

    30 Really Creepy Facts About The World That Are A Reminder About How Weird Our Timeline Really Is There is a island of the dolls in Mexico City that has thousands of creepy dolls to honor a little girl who drowned in the 1950s. The island is also one of the most haunted places.

    [deleted] , Esparta Palma Report

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    #30

    30 Really Creepy Facts About The World That Are A Reminder About How Weird Our Timeline Really Is The island of Okunoshima in the Inland Sea of Japan is known for two reputable things:

    1: It's named "Rabbit Island" because of the overabundance of wild rabbits and...

    2: The island has WWII ruins of a chemical weapons factory, creating poison like mustard gas in its attacks on China. So vital was its secrecy to the Japanese government that they tried to wipe its location off maps.

    Repulsive-Rick , Asturio Cantabrio Report

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    #31

    I saw a news story on a woman with a rare type of epilepsy that causes her to see everything like a slideshow or a video game that gets 10fps.

    She described watching cars drive by and saying they freeze in place for a moment and then snap into position further down the road over and over.

    Her entire life is played out in front of her eyes in still frames and because if that she wears blinders or earmuffs because her senses are constantly contradicting one another and it overwhelms her.

    I can’t imagine how horrifying it would be to experience life like she does.

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    Lady Z Azrael
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have this. It happens before I have a grand mal seizure. It is very bizarre.

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    #32

    30 Really Creepy Facts About The World That Are A Reminder About How Weird Our Timeline Really Is A human corpse decomposes 4 times faster in water than in the ground, and 8 times faster in open air than in the ground

    MatthewIcicles , Ilmo Tamm Report

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    While most parents do what they can to prevent or stop their babies from crying, that's not always the case in Japan. That's because it's a 400-year-old Japanese tradition that if a sumo wrestler can make your baby cry, it means he or she will live a healthy life. During a special ceremony, parents hand over their infants to sumo wrestlers who bounce their precious tots up and down and sometimes even roar in their little faces to get the tears flowing. "He's not a baby that cries much, but today he cried a lot for us and we are very happy about it," mother Mae Shige said at a 2014 event.

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    Monday
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Poor sumo wrestlers...you think they feel bad about having to make babies cry all the time?

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    #34

    30 Really Creepy Facts About The World That Are A Reminder About How Weird Our Timeline Really Is Your insides are constantly moving around and stuff. I hate this, but it's my favorite for that reason.

    themooseyoufear , Kevin Kandlbinder Report

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    Judo Flipped By Nobody
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the reason you get sick on a rollercoaster is because you might be strapped in, but your insides are not

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    #35

    Not too creepy, but hippopotamus milk is pink

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    #36

    It takes approximately 359 humans to have enough iron to forge a sword from their blood

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    Not my favorite, but did you know that rats can collapse their rib cage to fit through pipes and can come up through the toilet. They actually have a department strictly for that.

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    #38

    In the Czech Republic, there is a church that is decorated with the bones of 10,000 dead people.

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    #39

    The sun will burn out at some point and unless we as a species escape this solar system, everything we have ever done or will do will be instantly erased and forgotten.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's billions of years in the future, we won't last that long.

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    #40

    Alaska is the State with the highest missing persons reports in the country.

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    #41

    After getting stung by a cone snail, you don’t feel the sting for a little bit. There is no antivenin and it can be lethal. Treatment is basically keeping the victim alive until the venom wears off.

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    #42

    30 Really Creepy Facts About The World That Are A Reminder About How Weird Our Timeline Really Is the armpit is where all your important nerves in your arm so if you stab it you cant realy use your arm.

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    30 Really Creepy Facts About The World That Are A Reminder About How Weird Our Timeline Really Is The average human will shed about 40 pounds of skin throughout their lifetime.

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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s a lot. How much of the dust in our house is just dead skin cells?

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    #44

    During the Victorian Era, it was not uncommon for families to take pictures with recently deceased relatives. This was done as one final moment with that person to honor them.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The deceased was dressed and posed as if they were alive, with family members providing arms to steady the corpse. In the case of small children and babies, the mother would sometimes hide behind a drape or blanket and reach out to prop up a child for the photo.

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    #45

    Joseph Stalin had ideas about creating a human-ape hybrid army for the soviet union

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    #46

    There is a thing commonly called “Alice in wonderland syndrome” it’s when a person has episodes lasting from minutes to days of hallucinations often extremely bad nobody knows what causes it since it’s extremely rare it often starts when the person is a child

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To those of you who have hallucinated: what does it feel like and how were your senses affected?

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    #47

    6 fingers on one hand is actually a dominant trait.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember reading that some 40 or so years ago. Checking web. Yes "If polydactyly is caused by just a single gene that only affects the number of fingers or toes and nothing else, then it is typically a dominant trait."

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    #48

    Your eye has approximately the same proteins as an egg white, and both react similarly to hydrochloric acid, which solidifies the usually liquid substances

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do you know this one? Human eyeballs start off solidish, and slowly liquefy as you get older.

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    #49

    When you happen to be murdered there is only an about 40% chance that your murderer will be found and punished.

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    #50

    The US is still missing at least 6 nuclear bombs somewhere on the continent from "Broken Arrow" incidents.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Empty quiver" incidents. "Broken arrow" is when a nuclear bomb develops a fault.

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    #51

    There was once a surgery done with a 300% mortals rate

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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The doctor was performing the surgery and by mistake cut off the hands of one of his assistants who then developed gangrene and died. The patient also died. One of the people who stood watching died of a heart attack. An abridged version of what happened.

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    #52

    The human brain continues to give off electrical signals for 20 to 40 seconds after death.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That'd be about right. There was an experiment on a guillotine. When a person on the French guillotine was asked to keep blinking for as long as possible after beheading, they kept blinking for about that long.

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    #53

    Patchouli was used to cover up the smell of decaying flesh during the Black Plague.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was also a very popular perfume and room fragrance in the 60s and 70s because of its ability to cover weed smells...

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    #54

    "The human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds, given adequate vacuuming systems"

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you'll need adequat equipment to forge that sword made of 359 people,you don't want to waste your "ingredient"

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    #56

    Patients under going colonoscopies are most commonly put under conscious sedation, meaning the anaesthetic doesn't actually numb pain, or even send you unconscious, they just impair your ability to form memories. You are awake and aware of the pain, you just don't remember.

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    Lennart
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At least in Germany not true. You get midazolam and propofol as short acting sedatives. I have been at many colonoscopies, no one was in pain/ BP or heart rate rises.

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    #57

    The average number of hands per person is less than two

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Goes for everything except heart and head maybe, as it's easier to loose something, than to gain more... Eyes, ears, noses, limbs, reproductive organs, prolly even more people with currently no liver (will end fatal shortly) than with 2...

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    #58

    Time and space don't exist at the speed of light. Time isn't frozen, the universe isn't out of view, they truly don't exist at the speed of light.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's more subtle that that. Suppose you were to sit upon a photon. Time and space don't cease to exist but the universe loses a dimension, being either three space and no time dimension or two space and one time dimension. Unless the universe is infinite, in which case the missing dimension reappears.

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    #59

    I think it's quite common, but

    before you die of hunger, your stomach, in an attempt to have food, starts to eat the organs arround it so when you die of hunger you are just an empty body

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a taradiddle. When you are starving, your organs will shrink as they dehydrate, but your body doesn’t digest them. The stomach has a protective mucus lining which prevents stomach acid from dissolving the walls of the stomach.

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