Are you one of those horror junkies who spend their free time watching horror movies and listening to true crime podcasts until late at night? Welcome to the club, our twisted friend!
We’ve all seen some crazy stuff. From creepy-crawly insects to serial killers and haunted houses, there’s nothing we won’t watch if it’s on the screen in front of us. But as frightening as these movies and shows are, some scary facts about our world make reality way more disturbing than fiction could ever be. For example, did you know that Aztec priests offered still-beating hearts to the gods, freshly severed from sacrificial victims? Or that safety coffins were invented because so many people got accidentally buried alive? Or again, that there’s a museum in Pennsylvania that displays mutations, tumors, and anomalies for everyone to see?
Well, you already know the world is full of creepy things, but it’s better to remind ourselves of how much from time to time, right? So here we are with tons of other disturbing facts for you to enjoy! You might be surprised by how many of them sound like urban legends but are actually true.
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There are over 200 bodies on Mount Everest, and they’re used as landmarks.
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Locked-In Syndrome is a scary condition where you are conscious while in a coma.
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#5
Teratoma is a tumor made up of several different types of tissue, such as hair, muscle, teeth, or bone, and can occur anywhere in the body, including the brain.
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#6
Crows are so intelligent they can recognize a human face, even hold funerals for their dead.
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#7
As recently as 1999, it was widely believed by medical professionals that babies could not feel pain until they were a year old.
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#8
Your cat might sense when you are dying.
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#9
According to the FBI, the number of serial killers, that are still not caught among the USA, varies from 25 to 50.
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#10
Doctors treated women “hysteria” through a “pelvic finger massage.”
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#11
Even after decapitation, human heads stay conscious for a while.
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#12
Fatal familial insomnia makes it impossible for someone to sleep for months.
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#13
People can die with no discernible cause of death. We're talking about sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS).
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#14
Around 8% of young people are thought to hear voices at some stage in childhood. This makes hearing voices about as common for young people as having asthma or dyslexia.
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#15
The Asian giant hornet’s sting is so painful that one entomologist described the sensation of being stung as feeling "like a hot nail being driven into my leg".
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#16
In 2007, a woman died after drinking more than a gallon of water in three hours. She did it to win a Wii.
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#17
The Mutter Museum displays various mutations, tumors, and anomalies of human anatomy.
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#18
Mike the Headless Chicken was alive for 18 months after being decapitated.
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#19
In 1973, two men in a small submarine experienced a malfunction in the sub. The sub slowly started sinking. Although the men were able to radio for help, they knew they only had enough oxygen to survive for three days. When the rescue team finally found them, they only had 12 minutes of oxygen left.
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#20
We only have good information on less than 5% of the world’s oceans, and maybe sparse information on another 10%.
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