Humans have a seemingly ceaseless appetite for “fun facts” but one brave, intrepid netizen, perhaps in a moment of boredom, posted “I’m sick of fun facts. Give me your worst not-so-fun fact. Make me regret asking,” and so people did just that.
If you finish this list and, well, regret it, don’t say you weren’t warned. Otherwise, get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your own examples in the comments down below.
#41
The nursery rhyme “Ring Around the Rosie” is actually about the plague. A pocket full of posies is referring to the flowers people carried to mask the smell of decaying bodies. You’re welcome.
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5points
#42
At age 9 I had a hitch trailer fall over and land on my head. Woke up covered in blood, nearest hospital was 10 minutes away dad doubled that time to drive me to a hospital that wasn’t Kaiser, but before he made a pit stop to my mom’s work to show me off. She yelled at him and told him to take me straight to the ER. By the time we get there I passed out due to loss of blood, woke up with 72 stitches on my head.
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5points
#44
Your eyes have their own immune system, if the body's immune system "discovered" your eyes, it would attack causing permanent damage and possibly blindness.
This can happen without warning at any time.
This can happen without warning at any time.
4points
#45
Vlad the impaler was a real person who inspired Dracula.
The nicer, quicker impaling was a sharp stake in the torso. The crueler, slower death was the blunter stake through the rectum.
The nicer, quicker impaling was a sharp stake in the torso. The crueler, slower death was the blunter stake through the rectum.
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4points
#46
Every single person (possibly even animal) that has ever walked this earth however far back it goes their body is still on this earth
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2points
#47
Not-so-fun fact: we don't need honey bees that much for pollination. They can actually be harmful for native species, both to flora and insects. For example, a chilean plant called "chilco" gets its flower ripped when a honey bee enters it to feed. The plant can't pollinate and the native pollinators starve.
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1point
#48
The fluoride in toothpaste comes from the byproduct of nuclear processes. Holler at my environmental law professor.
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-1point
#49
Many STDs exist because men couldn’t keep their d*cks out of animals.
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-12points
#50
Plaque is fecal matter that didn’t fully digest down the stomach and out the back so it changes form as it travels back up- hardens around the teeth
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-39points
