Not all facts are fun. But that shouldn’t keep us from learning, because they can still be fascinating! Below, we’ve gathered a list of disturbing and unsettling information that you might not want to know from Unpopular Notes.
From creepy facts about animals to obvious things you may be glad you’ve never previously considered, you’ll find a variety of information on this list. So be sure to upvote the facts you wish you hadn’t read, and try not to become too freaked out by any of these spooky truths!
#1
There is a company that makes urns in profile to cast the shadow of the deceased
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#2
The green falling code in the matrix is just lots of sushi recipes
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#3
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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#4
Greenland sharks live at least 400 years and don’t reach sexual maturity until they are 150 years old
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#5
There are more statues of lions across the world than actual wild lions
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#6
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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#7
Dogs like squeaky toys because it sounds like prey that’s frightened or injured
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#8
Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins can
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#9
Water bottles’ expiration dates are for the bottles, not the water
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#10
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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#11
You may be living in the last year of your life without being aware of it
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#12
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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#13
This close-up shows the inside of a penguin’s mouth
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#14
This is the effect that sunscreen has when viewed through an ultraviolet camera
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#15
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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#16
Over 50% of commercial pilots have admitted to falling asleep while flying a plane
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#17
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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#18
Pacu is a South American freshwater fish known for its square, straight teeth that eerily resemble those of humans
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#19
Horned lizards squirt blood from their eyes as a defense mechanism
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#20
Real bees were used during the making of the ‘90s horror trilogy Candyman, and actor Tony Todd was paid an extra $1,000 for every sting
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#21
The average person walks past at least 16 murderers in their lifetime
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#22
This was the day Sweden switched from driving on the left-hand side of the road to the right
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#23
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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#24
This is how a toothbrush looks like under a microscope after the first use
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#25
In ancient Rome, the crushed brains of mice were used as toothpaste
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#26
The average person will spend five months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green
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#27
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
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#28
Google hires camels for the desert Street View
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#29
If you have died around your cat, it is likely to start eating you in less than 24 hours, starting from the cheeks and eyes
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#30
People who fall in love lose an average of two friends each
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#31
This is an early meeting of the Mickey Mouse Club around 1930
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#32
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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#33
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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#34
CPR only works 7% of the time outside of a hospital environment
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#35
In the event of a plane crash at sea, the cabin crew must prohibit passengers from carrying the bodies of relatives or friends who died during the impact on the lifeboats
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#36
This bizarre helmet from 1925 was designed to improve work productivity and studying sessions
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#37
Theoretically, if you fold paper 51 times, you will find its end on the sun, and if you fold it 103 times, you would go beyond the observable universe
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#38
The beauty micrometer was a device designed in the early 1930s to help the identification of the areas of a person’s face which need to have their appearance reduced or enhanced by makeup
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#39
The only part of your reflection you can lick is your tongue
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#40
Jelly Beans are so shiny because they’re coated with shellac, which is made from insect poop
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