11 Creepy Facts To Keep You Up At Night.

Stuff you may not want to know.

Published 4 years ago in Creepy

Stuff you may not want to know.

1
“Polar bears are the only bear species that actively hunt and kill humans for food. There’s a rhyme that everyone living where bears live needs to know, and why the rhyme is so important: If it’s brown, lie down. If it’s black, fight back. If it’s white, say goodnight.”

2
“It’s extremely rare to recover from rabies if you don’t get treated right away. By the time you show the symptoms of rabies, it’s already too late. It can also be dormant for a year before you show those symptoms.”

3
“Cruise liners all have a morgue for all the passengers that inevitably die each trip. For lines that carry older customers, it’s estimated that the cruises have three deaths per week.”cpr dumm

4
“The CPR dummy face template is based on a dead 16-year-old girl’s face. Her body was pulled from the River Seine in the 1880s, and her cause of death and identity were never discovered. A mortician was so ‘entranced’ by her peaceful expression that he made a plaster mask of her, which became the face of CPR dummies and health training equipment.”

5
“Brains are very soft and VERY easy to deform, hence why they float around in cerebral spinal fluid to keep them from hitting our skulls. Just another reason why wearing a helmet is probably the most important thing you can do. “

6
“The liver can be ruptured in one punch. The liver is the second most fragile organ in the human body.”

7
“In child pornography cases, someone has to actually watch the video from beginning to end so they can testify about it in court to seal a conviction.”

8
During World War 2, Japan bombed China with fleas infected with the bubonic plague. “This attack was known as the Kaimingjie germ weapon attack, where Japanese troops, including ones from Unit 731, dropped corn, wheat, and cotton infested with fleas carrying the bubonic plague, cholera, typhoid, and other diseases in Chinese cities to start an outbreak. The infested areas were burned down, but it’s estimated that this attack, among others, resulted in about 300,000 deaths.”

10
“Encephalitis lethargica, aka “sleepy sickness,” is a disease where the patient is conscious and aware, but not awake. They’re motionless, emotionless, speechless, and lack an overall connection to life.”

11
“There was a form of torture called “goat’s tongue.” Someone’s feet were soaked in salt water and then licked by a goat until their flesh was gone.”