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Facts You Probably Wish You Didn’t Know: 40 Disturbing Truths Shared Online
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Facts You Probably Wish You Didn’t Know: 40 Disturbing Truths Shared Online

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There are plenty of wholesome corners on the internet. This just isn’t one of them.
In various Reddit threads, people have shared some of the creepiest facts they’ve ever learned. From unsettling truths about life and the universe to disturbing details about science and nature, these revelations are anything but comforting.
We at Bored Panda have gathered some of the darkest ones below. Scroll through—just be warned, some of them are definitely not for the faint of heart.
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#21

Man in denim shirt sitting on couch, looking thoughtfully at his phone, reacting to creepy facts that stick in the brain.
My iPhone figured out my son’s nickname and labeled all his pictures with it.
30points

#22

Facts You Probably Wish You Didn’t Know: 40 Disturbing Truths Shared Online
I don’t know why but thinking about something at the bottom of the ocean like the Titanic gives me the creeps. All that pitch black water.
30points

#23

Brown bear standing on rocks in a stream surrounded by green foliage, illustrating creepy facts that might get stuck in your brain.
There is a bank in the state of Colorado that has a lockbox in it. In that lockbox is the last recording of Timothy "Grizzly Man" Treadwell, a conservation enthusiast and bane of the existence of Katmai National Park rangers, due to his dangerous interactions with the park grizzlies.

The recording consists of the audio of Timothy and his girlfriend, Amie Huguenard, being attacked, eaten, and k****d (in that order) by Bear 141 "Ollie"*. The only people to have listened to this audio are the park rangers and troopers who assisted in identification and recovery of Treadwell and Huguenard's bodies, the forensics specialists working on the case, and Werner Herzog, director of the documentary about Treadwell called "Grizzly Man". Herzog is the reason the tape is in a private bank lockbox and will never see the public light of day.

*"Ollie" is the name given to the bear by Treadwell, as is commonly done by fans of the Katmai Bears. He was tagged as Bear 141, and park rangers and NPS staff are no longer involved with naming bears: all named bears are considered to be "unofficial fan names".
28points

#24

Pregnant woman sitting on exercise mat holding her belly, illustrating creepy facts that might get stuck in your brain.
Today i learned that you can get pregnant while being pregnant. As a woman that scared the s**t out of me.
28points

#25

Young mother sitting in a cozy chair feeding her baby, illustrating a comforting scene linked to creepy facts that stick in your brain.
Some women have reported feeling their organs slowly slide back into place after giving birth via a C-section.
25points

#26

There's a shortwave radio transmitter based in Russia that has been continuously broadcasting strange, repetitive buzzing sounds, periodically interrupted by spoken Russian, stating names or random numbers. This has been going on continuously since the early 1980s and possibly longer.
24points

#27

View from inside a dark cave opening to sky and tall trees, illustrating creepy facts that might get stuck in your brain.
In Hawaii there are hundreds caves throughout the islands and the ancient Hawaiians buried there dead in them , so it could be possible that if you find a unmarked cave it could be a chance it has ancient remains in it .
23points

#28

That before/as we lose our baby teeth, the permanent ones are already inside our skull. Waiting... Watching...
23points

#29

A non zero number of farmers go missing yearly from pigs. They will eat just about anything.
23points

#30

View of Earth from space with sunlight casting a glow, illustrating creepy facts that might get stuck in your brain forever.
During the merger of two black holes,a black holes can occasionally get ejected from the system and get shot out into open space and become a wandering black hole, the creepy part for me is that because a large part of the way in which we see black holes is through their interactions with their surroundings we wouldn’t really be able to see it coming towards us.
22points

#31

Snails have teeth.

How many?

15,000 - 25,000

If I remember correctly their teeth are one of the hardest materials on Earth.
22points

#32

Close-up of a pig with dirt on its face, illustrating a creepy fact that might get stuck in your brain forever.
How humans and pigs are so weirdly related.


You can use pig pancreas for transplants and to make insulin. You can use more organs of a pig.


But the fact that scares me, terrifies me is...Humans smell like good pork when they burn.


I was in the spot of an accident with high voltage and it burnt my dad's hand...to this day the smell haunts me. My dad was fine, but the smell. The live burnt flesh, in this hue of vicious pink that feels unnatural and charred black. It smelled of smoke, burnt dirt and pork.



I don't eat pork anymore. My dad actually loves eating pork though...so I guess someone is a cannibal :/.
21points

#33

Tumors can in some cases grow eyes, hair and/or teeth.
21points

#34

40% of commercial pilots admit to falling asleep during
a flight.
21points

#35

Night sky filled with stars above dark tree silhouettes, illustrating creepy facts that might get stuck in your brain forever.
When a star explodes it creates a Gamma burst and it destroys all in it’s path If a Gamma burst goes off near Earth we’ll all be wiped out because it happens immediately and there is no warning.
19points

#36

If you die alone at home, your pets might eventually start eating you. Especially cats.
19points

#37

Close-up microscopic image of a creepy fact showing a tiny parasite near a human hair strand.
You have millions of mites, known as demodex, living on your face.
18points

#38

That death is inevitable and sometimes comes in unwanted/unexpected ways like natural causes or by intention.
17points

#39

We're all going to physically and mentally deteriorate, then die.
16points

#40

That the ocean is full of dead bodies.
14points
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