26 Disturbing Facts You May Wish You Never Knew

Things you should know that you're going to wish you didn't.

Published 7 years ago in Funny

Things you should know that you're going to wish you didn't.

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Playing video games can be bad for you! Yes, yes it can. In fact, it can even kill you if you play for long enough without stopping (typically a seizure or cardiac arrest).

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Food coloring made of a substance called castoreum, which just so happens to come from the anal gland of a beaver.

3
Over three years, the average 10 oz pillow will double in weight due to a collection of dead skin and mites.

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Eye shadow really contains crushed beetles? Sometimes crushed beetle parts are part of the recipe. Why? To make the eyeshadow more shiny.

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The dirtiest part of the house usually it’s the kitchen sink. In fact, the sink tends to have more fecal matter than the toilet seat. Why? E. coli thrive on the food and moisture

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Do lie detectors (polygraphs) work? Nope, they don’t. All they detect is your level of excitement (pulse, sweating, etc). In fact, many psychologists and scientists are vehemently opposed to the use of polygraphs in employment because they are so poor at detecting lies, and the results stay with the individual for quite some time. Note: oftentimes, practiced liars have an easier time passing a polygraph than a squeaky clean choir boy. Why? Because compulsive liars and psychopaths are used to lying. The choir boy, on the other hand, would get nervous if you even question his motives.

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How much does the internet know about me? Suffice to say that every search you have ever made is archived and available for any company or government to sift through…even 200 years from now. You have no secrets.

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How clean is my phone? Not very. In fact, scientists have found that many phones are contaminated with E. coli…basically poop.

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The office keyboard is really that dirty! Researchers have found keyboards to be some of the dirtiest things we touch everyday. On average your office keyboard will have 400 times more bacteria than your office toilet. Note: a lot of this comes from eating at your desk.

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Mmany dead bodies are at Disneyland! Every year, families ask to sprinkle the ashes of their loved ones. And although the answer is always no, officials have caught numerous people doing just that from various rides around the park.

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The FDA allows a certain number of insect parts, maggots, etc. per 100 grams of any given food. This is known as “levels of natural or unavoidable defects in foods that present no health hazards for humans.”

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Drinking alcohol can shrink your brain! Yup, recent research presented by the American Academy of Neurology has shown that drinking heavy amounts of alcohol over a long period of time may decrease brain volume.

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You have 10 times more bacteria cells than human cells. That’s right, you’re basically a walking, talking colony of bacteria. Note: for the most part, those bacteria are necessary to keep you healthy and living.

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Can birds bring down a plane? The short answer is yes. The longer answer is it depends on how many birds hit what part of the aircraft

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When scientists in North Carolina swabbed belly buttons, they found thousands of species of bacteria, half of which were new to science!

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Some tumors have teeth! They have more than just teeth. Known as teratomas, they can grow hair, eyes, and even brain matter!

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According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): “The raw meat materials used for precooked-cooked products are lower-grade muscle trimmings, fatty tissues, head meat, animal feet, animal skin, blood, liver, and other edible slaughter by-products.”

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Every time somebody flushes the toilet, poop goes flying and can hit your toothbrush…you do the math

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In the US, the most common type of worm infection is by pinworms (threadworms). About the size of a staple, 20% of kids will get them. During the night they crawl out of the rectum to lay eggs on the surrounding skin.

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Aircraft Toilets Can Suck Out Your Rectum.Although it defies belief there is a chance an airplane toilet can take more than just the waste with a flush. If a person's cushion is cushy enough (they would have to be rather obese) to form a perfect seal over the bowl, flushing could mean the end.