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Article created by: Saimonas Lukošius
Nighttime is for horrors and discovering how frightening the world really is. We aren’t talking about ghosts and other paranormal phenomena. They haven't YET been added to the library of proven scary facts. We are here to take a look at the scientifically proven horrors. The ones that we can’t deny or run away from. And unfortunately (or luckily for all you dark copers out there), there are many creepy facts about humans and the Earth we live on.
Human bodies might work in creepy ways, but they can’t beat the frightening things our minds have done. For example, one of the scariest facts on our list touches upon the horror movie Poltergeist. This might come as a shocker to you, but the corpses you saw in the movie — those were actual human remains. With this scary fact in mind, you might watch the movie from a different perspective. Or never watch it again.
However, to truly make your sleep feel more like a nightmare, you should know the dark facts about Earth and its inhabitants. Crows, for example, can remember and recognize human faces. On the other hand, some scary facts touch upon geography. Mount Everest, the highest mountain above sea level, is also the world’s highest graveyard. Approximately 150 bodies are resting on this giant of a mountain. All of whom will likely never be recovered.
Ready to get scared? If so, turn off the lights, cozy up in your bed, and delve into the scary and disturbing facts we have compiled below. Also, we advise you to stick till the end because, throughout the post, we explore how scary facts affect sleep and why the ocean might be the most terrifying place on Earth!
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Tooth-in-the-Eye Surgery. Surgeons put a tooth in a blind person’s eye to restore their sight. It was pioneered in the 1960s, and it actually works and it’s still being done today.
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The Turritopsis Dohrnii jellyfish is officially known as the only immortal creature in the world. It lives forever.
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A haunted radio station from Russia has been broadcasting a dull monotonous tone for twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, for the last three-and-a-half decades. Every few seconds it’s joined by a second sound, like some ghostly ship sounding its foghorn.
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Locked-In Syndrome is a condition in which a patient is fully aware but is stuck in a coma-like state.
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The film 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' is based on a real story reported in the LA Times. A boy was terrified to go to sleep, and when he did, he died while screaming about a nightmare.
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While Ted Bundy was a psychology major at the University of Washington, he worked at Seattle's Suicide Hotline Crisis Center.
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Technically it’s not impossible to die from holding in a sneeze. Some injuries from holding in a sneeze can be very serious, such as ruptured brain aneurysms, ruptured throat, and collapsed lungs.
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Alien hand syndrome is a phenomenon in which one hand is not under control of the mind. The person loses control of the hand, and it acts as if it has a mind of its own.
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Arrhythmic death syndrome is a sudden condition where someone seemingly healthy dies suddenly with no apparent cause of death.
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During the mummification process, Ancient Egyptians remove the brain through one of the nostrils.
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People with Cotard's syndrome believe that parts of their body are missing, or that they are dying, dead, or don’t exist. They may think nothing exists.
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Criminologists estimate that there's a 1-in-3 chance police will never identify your killer if you're murdered in the US.
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You’re more likely to die on your birthday. The chance someone will die on their birthday is 6.7 percent, which is higher than any other day.
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