People generally love facts, whether they’re weird or funny, interesting, or even a little bit gross.
There aren’t that many, in my experience, that horrify people to the point where they wish they weren’t true at all – but I can definitely see how these 19 facts fit into that category.
19. That’s reassuring.
in the NT (Australia) I remember seeing a government warning that crocodiles inhabit the area.
Among the few bullet points of advice on the sign, the last one read “If they see you, it is already too late”
18. I don’t want that to exist.
There is a parasite that will eat your brain. It’s called Naegleria fowleri and it lives in warm water lakes in the sand and silt in the shallows. It will swim up your nose and proceed to eat your neurons and your brain.
Usually symptoms occur around 4 hours after infection and include headache, sensitivity to light and nausea. If you experience any of these after swimming in a lake you need to go to the hospital ASAP. If undiagnosed, you’ll be dead within 24 hours.
To diagnose it, you’ll have to get a spinal tap and pray the tech working knows what to look for.
17. Stop it.
Snails have thousands of teeth.
And apparently there’s one who can grow their body back after decapitation.
16. You could have it right now.
You could have mad cow disease for 12 to 50 years before symptoms start showing.
15. That is a LONG time.
In 2009 a paralyzed Belgian awoke from a 23-YEARS-LONG coma, and it was discovered he was fully conscious and could hear everything around him the entire time.
Like.. What. The. Actual. F!?!?
Just imagine lying there not being able to move for two decades but also being aware of your surroundings.
That’s all kinds of messed up nightmare fuel right there.
14. Something is coming for us.
Long-dormant bacteria and viruses, trapped in ice and permafrost for centuries, are reviving as Earth’s climate warms
Gamma-ray bursts can kill all life on earth without any warning
Asteroids can mess earth up
13. Should we thank them? Or?
When you get a sunburn, your cells are dying to avoid becoming cancerous.
12. I have no words.
Some monks used to endure an intense spiritual practice.
They eliminated all their body fat through diet and exercise, ate wood lacquer tea to kill off internal bacteria, then sealed themselves in a tomb holding a string attached to a bell.
A year after the bell stopped ringing, the tomb was opened and if the monk’s body was found to be uncorrupted they were revered as a saint; if not, they were re-buried.
The process took years and as they continued the monks required more and more help from their brothers until they entered the tomb. And the whole time you’d hear bells ringing from the nearby tombs as the monks inside slowly wound down the last days of their lives, voluntarily poisoned, starved, and buried alive for a chance at sainthood.
11. Gotta be one of the worst ways to die.
Fatal insomnia.
I learned it from this other post I hope I get to sleep tonight!
10. I want to be surprised, but…
There is more actual lemon juice in lemon-scented Pledge spray than there is in Country Time Lemonade.
9. This never fails to freak me out.
Over 150 dead bodies of climbers are still on Mount Everest.
8. Don’t like that.
The youngest person confirmed to be pregnant was only 5 years old.
She had a C-section and she and the baby survived. There’s a disturbing number of young girls that have gotten pregnant.
And obviously they didn’t get that way by choice. It f*cks with my head.
7. That’s just depressing.
There are more Panda Express locations in the world than actual panda bears.
6. And that’s probably low for some other places in the world.
60 percent of murders are unsolved here in Pakistan. We simply dont have the technology and training of the police officers in the west.
5. Crime novelists everywhere, take note.
Pigs can dispose of a body with relative ease.
Actually, pigs will eat everything except the teeth, lobsters on the other hand will dispose of the whole body.
4. You just don’t realize.
An unbelievable number of people who die of dehydration do so with a fair amount of fresh water in their possession.
Yep, knew somebody that died this way due to horrible headaches (caused by an undiagnosed brain tumor found during her autopsy) that were so painful she threw up to the point of severe dehydration and died in her apartment right next to the sink.
3. Why is it always Florida?
In Mississippi and some parts of Florida, there is a Bacteria in the water at the coast that will literally eat your flesh off of you. Florida is much safer than Mississippi though. At least, in that aspect.
There is a mosquito in Florida that, when it bites you, can make your brain swell inside your skull and can possibly kill you.
2. Humans are monsters.
Elephants grieve like humans, and often visit the site of an elephant’s death. They’re also very emotionally intelligent, and our poaching of them is leading them to insanity.
The same applies with the killer whale.
1. Rabies is a waking nightmare.
If a person gets bitten by an animal who has rabies, he will continue to live on a normal life for 12 weeks, and after the symptoms develop, there is no way he’s making out alive.
You’ll know you’re gonna die.
These are so much yikes, y’all.
What other facts would you add to this list? Tell us in the comments!
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