The internet is a powerful tool. There are seemingly no limits to the amount of information, both relevant and completely irrelevant, you can look up on your screen at any given time. Whether we’re talking history, wildlife, or downright amusing bites of wisdom nobody even asked for, the web makes it look like the world is a truly fascinating place. Well… usually. Because every now and then, your curiosity takes you to unfamiliar places where you wander into some terrifyingly creepy collections of trivia.
But facts are facts, no matter what. And to really see the whole picture, we sometimes have to roll up our sleeves and venture down the knowledge rabbit hole filled with darker tidbits of information. “What is a fun fact that is mildly disturbing?” asked Redditor chilloutjack and immediately kicked off a thread that is not for the faint of heart.
We’ve gathered some of the most ‘unfun’ responses from the thread to share with you all, so continue scrolling! Upvote your favorite entries and let us know which ones creeped you out the most below in the comments.
#1
The rescue dogs from ground zero on 9/11 developed PTSD and needed therapy afterwards because there were so few survivors and so many dead recovered that they thought they’d screwed everything up and done a bad job.
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#2
If we held a minute of silence for every victim of the holocaust we will be silent for eleven and a half years
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#3
The entire Universe outside our galaxy could have completely disappeared over 20,000 years ago and we still wouldn’t know it yet. Our view of the Universe is actually what it looked like anywhere from thousands to Billions of years ago -with no way to see what it actually looks like “right now”. Imagine if you looked out your front window and saw your yard as it was 6 months ago, neighbors house across the street a year ago, and houses a block or two away as they were several years ago. Also off in the distance you see the glaciers from the last ice age. That’s what it’s like looking out at the Universe.
#4
If Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin got stuck on the moon the official policy was to cut communication and let them suffocate in silence, Nixon even had a speech prepared in case this happened.
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#5
The phrase “shoot for the moon. If you miss you’ll land amongst the stars.”
The next nearest star is 4.3 light years away. If you miss the moon, you’re absolutely f****d
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#6
Snow White is 14 years old, and Walt Disney instructed animators to make her look “old enough to marry”.
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#7
There’s a condition in which people become blind, but deny their blindness. The brain creates false perceptions to fill in for the lack of sight.
It’s called the Anton Syndrome
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#8
There are an estimated 35-50 active serial killers in the US. Famous serial killer Edmund Kemper (I think?) said he thinks that number is way higher because it was so easy not to get caught (he turned himself in).
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#9
Bunnies actually have the ability to scream, but they will only scream if they feel they are about to die.
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#10
Dolphins can and will pick stuff up and move it around using their penises
Image source: Mr_Sugar_Rush, Pixabay
#11
Male giraffes will headbutt a female in the bladder until she urinates, then it tastes the pee to helps it determine whether the female is ovulating.
#12
When you’re cremated, your teeth explode from the heat.
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#13
Chimpanzees just flat out love to eat monkeys.
They love it so much they’ve feasted on certain breeds to local extinction.
Always found this mildly (moderately) disturbing because of the similarities in the species, like if wolves sought after puppies.
Image source: YourDailyDevil, Pixabay
#14
When a male lion takes over a pride he will engage in infanticide and kill (and/or eat) all of the cubs that the previous male breed.
I know more disturbing facts than I care to admit.
Image source: Eddie843, Pixabay
#15
Christopher Mintz-Plasse’s mom had to be on set during the filming of his (attempted) sex scene in *Superbad* because he was only 17 at the time it was being filmed.
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#16
Want to ruin Finding Nemo?
Clownfish live in groups that are all male except for the biggest and most aggressive fish who is the Dominant Female. The next biggest fish is the Dominant Male, and these two are the only ones who breed. When the dominant female dies, the dominant male changes gender to become the dominant female. All the other males then fight to become the dominant male, and the cycle continues.
If you keep a Clownfish male on his own for long enough, he will become female.
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#17
There was a series of movies during the 1980s called the “Guinea Pig” films that were so gory that the director of the movies was actually investigated by the cops and had to show how he did the effects
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#18
If you have a boob job, the database for implants is so well-kept and readily available across the country that they can identify your body based on the serial number of your implants.
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#19
If you contract rabies it can lay dormant in your body for years until one day you get a headache, and by then its already too late and you will slowly go insane and grow an erratic fear of water and Inability to swallow – then you die.
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#20
Burnt humans smell like smoked Texas barbecue.
Before anybody calls me a serial killer, I worked in a trauma ER and the bad burn victims smelled exactly like this.
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#21
Meerkats are adorable creatures. They even started in a show called Meerkat Manor.
But they are, by far, the most murderous species of any animal, killing more of their own species with greater frequency than any other animal
#22
In medieval times, diabetes was known as the honey sickness and to test for it a physician would have to taste your urine.
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#23
In infants, their adult teeth are behind their eyes
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#24
A lion’s tongue is so rough it can lick your skin off. I learned this valuable piece of information from a toy in a Arby’s kids’ meal when I was younger.
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#25
Penguins will often work as prostitutes for other penguins to get stones for their nests
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#26
If you die while late into a pregnancy the build up of bodily gases can push the dead foetus out of your body. Its called postmortem fetal extrusion.
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#27
Anne Frank’s diary had lots of masturbation that later got cut out
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#28
Octopuses have what is called, “decentralized intelligence” which essentially means that their limbs have their own “intelligence”. For example, if a severed human limb touches acid or fire or anything that would cause pain, nothing would happen however if an octopus limb touches acid or fire, it would recoil and avoid it, even though it’s been severed and is no longer attached to the octopus.
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#29
Two out of three people have herpes. So, you probably have herpes. There are tons of herpes viruses. Not all of them cause sores.
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#30
Moths will vibrate their genitals as a way to prevent bats from locating them
Image source: lilchikinnugget, Pixabay
#31
It isn’t your sweat that smells, it comes from bacteria living on your body essentially s******g stuff out after they feast on your secretions
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#32
They couldn’t give the firefighters from Chernobyl morphine, because their veins were literally melting.
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#33
The world record for most kidney stones passed is 6,504 by Don Winfield, the most being removed is 172,155.
The largest kidney stone ever removed. was 20cm long and weighed 4.4 pounds, another being 13 cm.
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#34
Nutmeg was used as a hallucinogenic before modern drugs. It can also kill you if more than a tablespoon is eaten at once.”
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#35
A Rat King happens when multiple rats become congealed together in a tangle of tails, dirt, hair and blood.
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