15 Disturbing Facts That Can't Be Unlearned
Nathan Johnson
Published
06/21/2021
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They say knowledge is power, but these creepy facts make a strong case for ignorance being bliss. It's not that we *regret* learning these things because they're fairly interesting in an academic sense - but it is kind of upsetting to know some of this stuff is real and out there.
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One pound of peanut butter can legally have up to 150 bug fragments and 5 rodent hairs in it. -
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The venom of a Japanese Hornet is so potent that it can and will dissolve your flesh. -
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Dyatlov pass. 9 hikers in Russia were found completely mutilated in an extremely bizarre fashion. Nobody was ever able to explain who or what caused this tragedy. -
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Watching TV for a steady 2 hours a day has been shown to shorten the average lifespan by approximately 2 years. -
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The Lonomia Caterpillar is a caterpillar whose poison can cause internal bleeding of the brain and other organs just by brushing against your skin. -
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There have been at least 4 recorded instances of angry golfers dying after slamming and breaking their clubs only to have them accidentally rebound and pierce their chests. -
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Our Earth is just a spec in a vastly hostile universe. All we’ve ever known or became is saved on this tiny, insignificant rock. -
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Snails and slugs have a toothed tongue called a radula. They use this to tear the vegetation like flesh as they lick it. -
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Lit candles cause more than 15,000 house fires every year. -
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South American Bot Flies bite you and deposit larvae from their body into your flesh that hatch inside of you and eat their way out. -
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Up until 1986, many doctors believed that babies could not feel pain. Therefore, they didn’t use anesthesia when operating on them. -
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Someone that means the world to you can stop loving or even liking you at any time. -
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Oscar the therapy cat was raised in the dementia unit of the Steere House Nursing and Rehab Center in Providence, Rhode Island. It is said that he can sense the impending death of a patient and will curl up and sleep next to a patient if they’re near their end. -
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There could be a massive underground cavern right beneath you, and it could collapse causing a huge sinkhole that could swallow you whole. This happens more often than you think. -
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Somewhere out there, in this moment, there are squids the size of school busses lurking in the ocean.
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