Well, that's something I wish I could un-learn.
These facts are honestly unsettling, and I'm gonna go lie down now.
1
Humans have enough bite power to bite off their own finger. The only thing that stops us is our brain's natural protection mechanism.
2
If you try to grab the brain in its natural state, it will fall apart. When you see scientists pick up a brain, it's because they've used chemicals to harden it.
3
Cruise ships are legally required to have morgues for the passengers that inevitably will die on each trip.
4
Nighttime is a natural state of the universe, daytime is only caused by a nearby radiating ball of flame
5
Locked-in syndrome is a medical condition where you can only move your eyes while the rest of your body is paralyzed. Basically, you can be trapped in a coma like state and be aware of it.
6
During World War II, Japan bombed China with fleas infected with the bubonic plague.
7
During Gladiator Games of the Colosseum, members of the audience would rush into the field to ravage off the blood of the Fallen Gladiators. They believed that in drinking the blood of the fallen warriors, that they would absorb their powers and skills.
8
Toddlers have adult teeth that are right under their eyes.
9
If you live a full life, you're going to have shed over a hundred pounds of your skin.
10
In the Victorian era, people used to take photos of their dead relatives in lifelike positions in order to keep them as momentos. Photography was so new and expensive that this was usually the only time someone had their picture taken.
11
Your bed can have up to 10 million dust mites.
12
1980 and 2021 are as far apart as 1980 and 1939.
13
Doctors went into surgery to remove what they thought was a tumor. It turned out to be what looks like a pine tree growing in this man's lungs. Experts say it more likely came through aspiration rather than a seed growing inside of his lungs.
14
In the 1930s, it was common for parents to hang their children in cages outside of their windows.
15
Hearing is the last sense to fade away before you die.
16
A different version of you exists in the minds of everyone who knows you.
17
If you live to become the oldest person alive, the entire human population will be replaced in your lifetime, except you.
18
A single Tiger in Nepal killed 436 people in its lifetime.
19
There were once sea Scorpions the size of a great white shark.
20
Genghis Khan significantly reduced carbon in the atmosphere because he killed so many farmers where all their farms just turned back into forest.
21
In the 1800s If you had dentures, they normally were made from the teeth of dead soldiers.
22
More than 80 million bacteria can be exchanged during a 10 second kiss
23
As of 2019, there are over half a million homeless people in the United States. There are also 17 million vacant homes.
24
Cannibalism is common in Hamsters.
25
There are over 200 bodies on Mount Everest and they are used as waypoints for climbers.
26
Dogs like Squeaky toys because it sounds like prey that has been frightened or injured.
27
In ancient England, people used hollowed skulls as bowls and cups.
28
Thanks to pregnancy, the average number of skeletons in a human body is greater than one.
29
People's general happiness peaks at age 21, and it does not come back to that level until they retire.
30
Babies grow mustaches in the womb that then spread to grow hair on the entire bodies. They shed it before birth.
31
Corn lizard squirt blood as a defense mechanism from their eyes.
32
Anthrax can be buried for hundreds of years and then reinfect people when the soil is disturbed.
33
Nearly everything that we can measure on Earth is contaminated with particles of microplastic.
34
In a government run experiment TSA did not catch 95% of the guns that went through through airports
35
Over 50% of commercial pilots have admitted to falling asleep while flying a plane.
36
On average, your cell phone has ten times more bacteria than a public restroom.
37
The survival rate of someone who experiences cardiac arrest outside of a hospital is 1 in 10.
38
The picture for your funeral may have already been taken.
39
The FDA allows for small amounts of rat droppings in candy bars.
40
In Kentucky, there is a Museum that houses over 900 antique ventriloquist dolls.
