Not all facts are fun and we wouldn't exactly say these are disturbing, but they will make your brain hurt if only just a little bit.
For example, we didn't need to know that half of all commercial pilots have admitted to falling asleep during flights, or that all the code in 'The Matrix' was lifted from sushi recipes, but hey, now that we know, the world just doesn't seem the same.
So if you like changing your perspective, or just having odd tidbits at your disposal to freak out your friends and family, this one is for you.
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Ella Harper was born with a very rare orthopedic condition that caused her knees to bend backward and was known as the camel girl
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There is a company that makes urns in profile to cast the shadow of the deceased
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Professional musician Dagmar Turner played her violin while a tumor was removed from her brain so that surgeons could preserve her ability to play music
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Dogs like squeaky toys because it sounds like prey that's frightened or injured
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There are more statues of lions across the world than actual wild lions
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Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins can
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Greenland sharks live at least 400 years and don't reach sexual maturity until they are 150 years old
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You may be living in the last year of your life without being aware of it
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The green falling code in the matrix is just lots of sushi recipes
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A body farm is a place where various corpses are laid on the ground for forensics to study the decomposition process
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This is how a toothbrush looks like under a microscope after the first use
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Horned lizards squirt blood from their eyes as a defense mechanism
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Future biotechnology can be used to make prisoners feel as if they were serving a 1000-year sentence in a matter of eight hours
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There are only two days that do not last 24 hours: the one of your birth and the one of your death
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Pacu is a South American freshwater fish known for its square, straight teeth that eerily resemble those of humans
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Water bottles’ expiration dates are for the bottles, not the water
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Over 50% of commercial pilots have admitted to falling asleep while flying a plane
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Though often pleasant to humans, the smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant's way of letting out a cry for help
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This is the effect that sunscreen has when viewed through an ultraviolet camera
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This close-up shows the inside of a penguin's mouth
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This is a bigfin squid, a type of rarely seen cephalopod with arms and tentacles that can reach up to 26 feet long
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This bizarre helmet from 1925 was designed to improve work productivity and studying sessions
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CPR only works 7% of the time outside of a hospital environment
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In ancient Rome, the crushed brains of mice were used as toothpaste
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The average person walks past at least 16 murderers in their lifetime
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This was the day Sweden switched from driving on the left-hand side of the road to the right
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The movie Cannibal Holocaust was so realistic and so gory that the director Mr. Ruggero Deodato was charged with the murder of the actors
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When whales become so old and weak that they can no longer reach the surface, they go deeper and deeper until they touch the seabed and then slowly die
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The Diomede islands have a distance of only three miles but due to locally defined time zones, they have a time difference of 21 hours from each other
