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Someone Asked “What Is A Fun Fact That Is Mildly Disturbing?” And 35 People Delivered
The internet is a powerful tool. There are seemingly no limits to the amount of information, both relevant and completely irrelevant, you can look up on your screen at any given time. Whether we’re talking history, wildlife, or downright amusing bites of wisdom nobody even asked for, the web makes it look like the world is a truly fascinating place. Well... usually. Because every now and then, your curiosity takes you to unfamiliar places where you wander into some terrifyingly creepy collections of trivia.
But facts are facts, no matter what. And to really see the whole picture, we sometimes have to roll up our sleeves and venture down the knowledge rabbit hole filled with darker tidbits of information. "What is a fun fact that is mildly disturbing?" asked Redditor chilloutjack and immediately kicked off a thread that is not for the faint of heart.
We've gathered some of the most 'unfun' responses from the thread to share with you all, so continue scrolling! Upvote your favorite entries and let us know which ones creeped you out the most below in the comments.
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#1
The rescue dogs from ground zero on 9/11 developed PTSD and needed therapy afterwards because there were so few survivors and so many dead recovered that they thought they'd screwed everything up and done a bad job.
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#2
If we held a minute of silence for every victim of the holocaust we will be silent for eleven and a half years
Gobblecote 2 years ago
Just counting the Jews (6 million). If we count all the victims of the Holocaust, we would be silent for over 25 years. (525600 minutes in one year)
A brief scroll through this thread proves that the world is both fascinating and frightening. After reading the uncomfortable revelations users typed out in this 'Ask Reddit' thread, those pieces of trivia are bound to keep you awake at night. And you’re definitely not the only one, as the post has amassed over 40k upvotes with over 15k people sharing their little nuggets of wisdom.
But where does this universal drive that pushes us to explore the unknown come from? It seems to draw us into the unfamiliar, urging us to venture into the shadows to uncover the dark facts we never knew about before.
Turns out, this mysterious driving force is something we’re all familiar with — it’s our curiosity. If we allow our craving to know and understand to roam freely, it can take us to exciting places. As Mario Livio, an astrophysicist and best-selling author of Why? What Makes Us Curious, explained to The World, humans are innately curious creatures. "Other animals are curious, but only humans are worried and curious about reasons and causes for things. Only humans really ask the question, 'Why?'"
#3
The entire Universe outside our galaxy could have completely disappeared over 20,000 years ago and we still wouldn't know it yet. Our view of the Universe is actually what it looked like anywhere from thousands to Billions of years ago -with no way to see what it actually looks like "right now". Imagine if you looked out your front window and saw your yard as it was 6 months ago, neighbors house across the street a year ago, and houses a block or two away as they were several years ago. Also off in the distance you see the glaciers from the last ice age. That's what it's like looking out at the Universe.
#4
If Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin got stuck on the moon the official policy was to cut communication and let them suffocate in silence, Nixon even had a speech prepared in case this happened.
#5
The phrase "shoot for the moon. If you miss you'll land amongst the stars."
The next nearest star is 4.3 light years away. If you miss the moon, you're absolutely f****d
Javier loh 2 years ago (edited)
To put that into perspective, that is about 25370000000000000 km or about 195153850000000000000 bananas
According to him, this eagerness to understand is something we’re born with. "There are many studies that have shown that there is a strong genetic component to curiosity," he said.
"It is also the case that some people are more curious than others, in the same way that some people have a talent for music and others don’t or some people are smarter than others. But all people are curious, with the possible exception of people who are very deeply depressed or have certain kinds of brain damage."
#6
Snow White is 14 years old, and Walt Disney instructed animators to make her look "old enough to marry".
Freddie Torsten 2 years ago
I mean, read the others of the Brothers Grimms' tales and this will sound like nothing
Eline 2 years ago
The prince is weird enough to kiss a dead girl, he 's not going to care about her age. And consent when she woke up. Poor girl.
BluEyedSeoulite 2 years ago
In the original Grimm's version, he doesn't kiss her. Odd that Disney made that change. Originally, the servants carrying her coffin stumble and dislodged the poison apple. Seems far more innocent than kissing an unconscious/dead person
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xolitaire 2 years ago
And let's not talk about what actually happened in the Grimm version of the tale, ok?
Virgil Blue 2 years ago
Better not, I have one of the old versions once gifted to me and wow, definitely NSFW.
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Donny Bereznak 2 years ago
People get all upset at stories when the modern morality doesn't align with when the story was written. Most of human history as long as females could get pregnant they were, at a young age. Mostly for the survival of our species since our life spans were on average a lot shorter than they are today. This attitude only changed when modern medicine increased our life spans.
Lacia Lew 2 years ago
Boy, how I'm glad I live in modern age where I can be a consenting adult before marriage.
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Izzy Curer 2 years ago (edited)
But is it ever stated in the movie that she's 14? Maybe she's not, in the Disney universe.
Khara Mei 2 years ago
No, she doesn't have a stated age in the Disney film.
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Gaya Knust 2 years ago
I really don't want to be the devil's advocate here and I might be entirely wrong about the facts, but isn't the original story from between the 16th/17th century? Cos at least from everything I've read I've been brought to believe that 14 year olds were supposed to be getting married back then. Still very unsettling, but accurate.
Michelle C 2 years ago
That wasn’t uncommon. Some kings even went so far as to marry their preteen nieces, as in the case of King Philip IV of Spain. He was 26 and she was 12, if I remember correctly. Peter the Great of Russia was 10 when he was engaged and his wife was 12, Louis XVI and Marie and Antoinette we’re both teenagers when they married, etc.
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She doesn't have a given age in the Disney film though, nothing in the Disney version says she's of any age, let alone 14. Aside from not finding any clear source for the quote, te way it's still presented in its apocryphal quoting implies that she is not meant to be underage at all.
Charles Whitaker 2 years ago
In the original story she was 7. Disney's version is no where near as "Grimm" as it was written.
Jennifer Norton 2 years ago
You have to 1) remember when these stories were written. It was common for older men to marry girls because of the high death rate from giving birth 2) you have to remember when Disney was alive and making these films... life was different. I get this wouldn't fly today but let's remember our history and calm down a bit.
Seth 2 years ago
So in other words, Snow White was the legal age of consent in several states at the time the film was released. That was only raised to 16 in those states within the last ~25 years. To me, that reality experienced by actual, living girls is more disturbing than a cartoon character from 70 years ago simply being a reflection of the times.
Daniel Yamada 2 years ago
Yes, she was 13 or 14.. Girls 13 or older could get married immediately. Girls under the age of 13 would wait one year. That was because a girl's family was expected to have a collection of household items for her by the time she was 13. If the girl was under 13 and was promised to someone, then her family would have a year to get things for her. The story tells us that Mary had to wait a year.
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Colin Timp 2 years ago
At the time Snow White came out, it was still fairly common for parents to be trying to marry off their daughters around that age. Women only had the right to vote for 18 years at that point.
timebleeder 2 years ago
What is the source for Snow White's age. It is never stated in the movie.
Shawn 2 years ago
What's really nuts is in New Hampshire its legal to marry at age 14 for males and 13 for females, with parental consent.
Violet (she/her) 2 years ago
I have visited New Hampshire before, and I don’t believe that’s the case
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Lacia Lew 2 years ago
Mm. Still happening where I'm at. It's against the law since a woman has to be 18 before marriage, but there was a case of a man in his 60s marrying a 14yo girl. It was sensational news then, with many child rights and protection agencies going up in arms, but the child was said to be consenting, and the marriage was called off until the girl turn 18. Dunno what happened with them afterwards tho.
D. Pitbull 2 years ago
Okay... welll..... Danaerys in Game of Thrones was the ripe old age of 13 (in the books) - remember...?
Gypsy Lee 2 years ago
Most Disney movies involve underaged girls married off to older men because their mothers are either evil, dead, or never existed. Had the moms been there they would have never let this happen. Fact; Disney is no different than any culture that believes girls are fair game & women are invisible/worthless. There is a reason all stories end with”And they lived happily ever after!” Nothing to see here folks, just a prepubescent bride for a pervert.. keep walking.. don’t look back & question anything!
bill marsano 2 years ago
That was perfectly reasonable, no? A fairy-tale cartoon for kids is no place for pedophilia. Child brides may have been OK in the early 1800s, when the Brothers Grimm published the tale (which may be of much earlier origin), and are still part of some cultures today. But in 1937, when Disney made "Snow White," it was not tolerated in most of Western civilization. So what's the beef?
Daniel Yamada 2 years ago
Do a YouTube search for "The True Messed Up Story of Pocahontas Adam Ruins Everything" and watch the video.
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Andy Frobig 2 years ago
Jerry Lee Lewis's cousin was married to him for a year by the time she was 14.
mark glass 2 years ago
Kissing the sleeping lass. Hmmm. Wonder if that's where Cosby got the idea...
#7
There's a condition in which people become blind, but deny their blindness. The brain creates false perceptions to fill in for the lack of sight.
It's called the Anton Syndrome
The Gingersmurf 2 years ago
I'm curious; are the false perceptions in any way accurate? This is incredibly interesting.
#8
There are an estimated 35-50 active serial killers in the US. Famous serial killer Edmund Kemper (I think?) said he thinks that number is way higher because it was so easy not to get caught (he turned himself in).
There also seem to be two basic types of curiosity: perpetual and epistemic. We feel the former when we see something that surprises or puzzles us or doesn’t match up with our existing knowledge. "It is felt as a sort of uneasiness, an unpleasant situation, a bit like an itch you need to scratch," Livio explained.
The latter one, epistemic curiosity, is our love of knowledge and our desire to learn new things. "Our brain and our mind assign value to this knowledge, so this is usually experienced as a pleasurable thing, with an anticipation of reward in the form of what we learn," Livio added.
#9
Bunnies actually have the ability to scream, but they will only scream if they feel they are about to die.
#10
Dolphins can and will pick stuff up and move it around using their penises
Serial pacifist 2 years ago (edited)
Also, they get high on pufferfish and they were filmed passing it around. Its poison, if digested, is 40,000 times deadlier than meth. Luckily, dolphins don't inhale, they just "puff". Taking the term "seaweed" to a whole new level!
#11
Male giraffes will headbutt a female in the bladder until she urinates, then it tastes the pee to helps it determine whether the female is ovulating.
This particular drive pushes us to become rounded and well-informed citizens by striving to know more about our planet. Even if this means stumbling upon slightly disturbing truths we may immediately want to forget. Because life isn’t just about amusing tidbits of knowledge you can whip out during your weekly dinner party. It is also full of uncomfortable historical and scientific facts that allow us to build a broader perspective.
Unfortunately, our eagerness to learn and understand tends to diminish as we grow older. While we still share our love of knowledge, it’s harder for us to take risks to find that novelty. But that shouldn’t stop us from picking up a few tips and tricks on how to become better at sparking our curiosity.
#12
When you're cremated, your teeth explode from the heat.
#13
Chimpanzees just flat out love to eat monkeys.
They love it so much they’ve feasted on certain breeds to local extinction.
Always found this mildly (moderately) disturbing because of the similarities in the species, like if wolves sought after puppies.
norabest321 2 years ago
Wolves will totally go after full grown dogs. Careful if you're ever walking through wolf country with a dog.
#14
When a male lion takes over a pride he will engage in infanticide and kill (and/or eat) all of the cubs that the previous male breed.
I know more disturbing facts than I care to admit.
Serial pacifist 2 years ago
Humans do that too. New kings would often kill (not eat) the opponent’s children, potential challengers for the throne.
To gain some insight on the topic, we reached out to Nancy K. Napier, Ph.D., a Distinguished Professor Emerita at Boise State University and author of Unfolding Curiosity: Wrinkles and Surprises from Business and Beyond. According to her, when it comes to curiosity, she’d offer the idea of "just a little".
Napier explained that previously she hadn’t realized that curiosity can be like an upside-down U-shaped curve. "We need to know just a little about something to make us curious to know more," she told Bored Panda. "If I've never heard of pro wrestling, I'd never even think to ask about it. So a bare minimum sparks curiosity."
#15
Christopher Mintz-Plasse's mom had to be on set during the filming of his (attempted) sex scene in *Superbad* because he was only 17 at the time it was being filmed.
#16
Want to ruin Finding Nemo?
Clownfish live in groups that are all male except for the biggest and most aggressive fish who is the Dominant Female. The next biggest fish is the Dominant Male, and these two are the only ones who breed. When the dominant female dies, the dominant male changes gender to become the dominant female. All the other males then fight to become the dominant male, and the cycle continues.
If you keep a Clownfish male on his own for long enough, he will become female.
#17
There was a series of movies during the 1980s called the “Guinea Pig” films that were so gory that the director of the movies was actually investigated by the cops and had to show how he did the effects
Another thing that immediately awakens an interest is personal connection. "For me, at least, if there is a human connection, it's much easier to become curious," Napier revealed.
"A few years ago, a coach of Australian Rules Football (huh?) wrote to ask about an article on culture and American football that he'd seen with my name in it. We corresponded, we met, they invited me to do a creativity workshop, I watched the game and because I'd met some players and coaches, I was MUCH more curious," she added. "I'm not a sports fan but when I know someone who's on/in the team, that makes me curious."
#18
If you have a boob job, the database for implants is so well-kept and readily available across the country that they can identify your body based on the serial number of your implants.
3 Owls In A Coat 2 years ago
If there’s anything humans are good at keeping track of, it’s boobs 👍
#19
If you contract rabies it can lay dormant in your body for years until one day you get a headache, and by then its already too late and you will slowly go insane and grow an erratic fear of water and Inability to swallow - then you die.
#20
Burnt humans smell like smoked Texas barbecue.
Before anybody calls me a serial killer, I worked in a trauma ER and the bad burn victims smelled exactly like this.
UpQuarkDownQuark 2 years ago
Working in a hospital and being a serial killer aren’t necessarily mutually exclusive.
Interestingly, shyness and boredom also pique our interest, the professor argued. "If I'm in some setting where I don't want people to know me OR if I'm bored, then I play a game with myself to shift the spotlight to someone else."
Napier challenges herself to see how long it takes in asking someone questions before his/her/their eyes light up and she has found what excites them. "I once talked with a super boring accountant and used this challenge — it took me about three minutes to learn he's a world-class fly fishing expert and we were off and running for 45 minutes. I learned a lot and he was thrilled to talk about that rather than having to talk business," she mentioned.
#21
Meerkats are adorable creatures. They even started in a show called Meerkat Manor.
But they are, by far, the most murderous species of any animal, killing more of their own species with greater frequency than any other animal
#22
In medieval times, diabetes was known as the honey sickness and to test for it a physician would have to taste your urine.
Serial pacifist 2 years ago
And with ladies, they checked if they were ovulating while they were at it
And sometimes, you don’t even need to step out of the house to achieve this. The internet is a place of knowledge where picking up intriguing tidbits of information is something you simply can’t avoid. And if you consistently uncover new intriguing facts every day, you’re bound to reap the benefits in no time.
#24
A lion’s tongue is so rough it can lick your skin off. I learned this valuable piece of information from a toy in a Arby’s kids’ meal when I was younger.
#25
Penguins will often work as prostitutes for other penguins to get stones for their nests
#26
If you die while late into a pregnancy the build up of bodily gases can push the dead foetus out of your body. Its called postmortem fetal extrusion.
Lance LaRocque 2 years ago
With a sudden traumatic death of the mother the fetus lives for a few minutes and can be extracted alive.
#27
Anne Frank’s diary had lots of masturbation that later got cut out
Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger 2 years ago
So she was a perfectly normal teenager who probably never intended to let anyone else read their diary, not sure what is disturbing about that.
#28
Octopuses have what is called, “decentralized intelligence” which essentially means that their limbs have their own “intelligence”. For example, if a severed human limb touches acid or fire or anything that would cause pain, nothing would happen however if an octopus limb touches acid or fire, it would recoil and avoid it, even though it’s been severed and is no longer attached to the octopus.
🫠Nobody pathetically🫡 2 years ago
There is a chance that the octopuses lungs are smarter than me.
#29
Two out of three people have herpes. So, you probably have herpes. There are tons of herpes viruses. Not all of them cause sores.
Helen Waight 2 years ago
Yup, Epstein Barr (glandular fever/mono) is a herpes virus. Varicella Zoster (chickenpox) is a herpes virus. If you’ve ever caught one of those you never clear it from your system so you have (technically) herpes.
#30
Moths will vibrate their genitals as a way to prevent bats from locating them
#31
It isn't your sweat that smells, it comes from bacteria living on your body essentially s******g stuff out after they feast on your secretions
Helen Waight 2 years ago
Yup, they feed off the lipids in sweat. There’s a gene that controls whether or not you sweat lipids so it’s possible to have sweat that doesn’t smell bad. Having said that, still need to wash!
#32
They couldn't give the firefighters from Chernobyl morphine, because their veins were literally melting.
Helen Waight 2 years ago
Not entirely true. They tried to give as much pain medication as possible to the patients (the initial firefighters on the roof of the turbine building got an absolutely ridiculous level of radiation - like no way are you surviving) but because of the burns, the body’s entire stock of bone marrow turning into paste (so you cannot replenish blood cells at all) and other really nasty effects there is no way for the body to process enough to have an effect. They definitely tried morphine though.
#33
The world record for most kidney stones passed is 6,504 by Don Winfield, the most being removed is 172,155.
The largest kidney stone ever removed. was 20cm long and weighed 4.4 pounds, another being 13 cm.
#34
Nutmeg was used as a hallucinogenic before modern drugs. It can also kill you if more than a tablespoon is eaten at once."
#35
A Rat King happens when multiple rats become congealed together in a tangle of tails, dirt, hair and blood.
What do you think ?
Jason Marin 2 years ago
When whales get too old to swim to the surface to breathe, they sink into the ocean and suffocate.
2picklesinabun 2 years ago
People believe everything they read on bored panda. I kNOW, it is shocking, but true.
Susanne B 2 years ago (edited)
You must mean SOME people believe everything they read whether on bored panda or any other place. Some checks up on the facts they read.
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Literal Pigeon 2 years ago
Tell me you've never read Marx without telling me you've never read Marx. Calling a bird a horse doesn't make it a horse.
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Ducki 2 years ago
Every drop of water you've ever drank, probably went through a dinosaur at one time. Still weird to think that we're drinking dino pee though.
Nonna_SoF 2 years ago
Just be glad homeopathy is b******t and water doesn't have memory.
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Jason Marin 2 years ago
When whales get too old to swim to the surface to breathe, they sink into the ocean and suffocate.
2picklesinabun 2 years ago
People believe everything they read on bored panda. I kNOW, it is shocking, but true.
Susanne B 2 years ago (edited)
You must mean SOME people believe everything they read whether on bored panda or any other place. Some checks up on the facts they read.
Load More Replies... Literal Pigeon 2 years ago
Tell me you've never read Marx without telling me you've never read Marx. Calling a bird a horse doesn't make it a horse.
Load More Replies... Ducki 2 years ago
Every drop of water you've ever drank, probably went through a dinosaur at one time. Still weird to think that we're drinking dino pee though.
Nonna_SoF 2 years ago
Just be glad homeopathy is b******t and water doesn't have memory.
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