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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Crows can recognize and remember human faces.
I used to live next to an elementary school, had to walk through the school zone to get to my bus to work. I also had a crow family in the backyard trees that I kind of befriended (creatively called Bart, Mrs Bart, and Bart Jr.) They would come hop over and chirp and ask me for food when I was on my patio and I always had seeds and veggies for them (and occasionally treats like scrambled eggs!) After Bart Jr was taught by Bart and Mrs how to come ask for food, he had a short silly period where he would follow me to the bus stop just shrieking 😅 the parents picking up their kids from school probably thought this awkward white girl powerwalking past the school trying to pull up her collar to hide her face while a bouncy baby crow was bobbing after her, trying to goofily dodge strollers and students and all the while hollering like a dork was weird as heck. He was embarrassing but I miss my little Barts :) (definitely named after The Simpsons because I befriended Bart first, but all 3 were experts in shenanigans and mischief)
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That whole family, crows, ravens, magpies...the corvids...are all so much smarter than most folks realize. They are tool users for heavens sake.
I watched a video of a crow putting pebbles into a container of water. The displaced water then rose enough for the crow to drink. I thought, "Holy Archimedes! I'm dumber than a crow."
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If someone is mean to them or person/animal they like.
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I made the mistake of feeding a crow on my coffee break in the park. Now it's there everyday on the hood of my truck screeching at me until he gets his food. He's not grateful, just demanding. The only present I've received is some occasional crow c**p on my hood. He's brilliant all right, he's figured out a blackmail scheme.
If you leave food out for crows they will reward you. They will soon start leaving you trinkets of different sorts. A woman who loved to take pictures always fed the crows in her yard. She was in town one day taking some pictures. She accidentally left her lens cap in the area that she was taking pictures. There was a little box in her back yard. When she got home the lens cap was in the box. While typing this I was trying to remember where I read this. I believe I saw in right here on Bored Panda!!!
There was a crow that sat outside my house for multiple days a few years ago Probably remembered my face
Not only that, their language is complex enough that they can describe your face to their children.
A fun addendum to this fact is that crows are fully capable of teaching their young how to recognize human faces they have never seen before.
so if i had a pet crow and say it went somewhere and came back it would know me
And can pass on the human behavior so if the human fu*ks w/the crows - crows everywhere will hear about it
I knew of a shuttle bus driver at a casino who used to share his lunch with a crow with an injured wing, that couldn't seem to fly. Eventually, other crows befriended him too, and would lead his shuttle in to the casino. All of the shuttles looked alike, but they knew who was driving this particular one. Must have recognized his face too.
Cape buffalo (the ones in Africa) can remember for at least two years the faces of any human that tried to harm any member of their family. If they see any of those people they will chase the person up a tree and the rest of the cape buffalo family will come and wait at the foot of the tree for the person to come down.
What's creepy about this ? My summer project is to befriend a crow. Has turned out harder than initially thought. As very intelligent birds they will avoid human contact to much greater extent than for example seagulls, ducks or pigeons. So, when you try to bribe them, they just stare at you from the distance as the as the others practicaly throw themselves on your lap in their greed. If you succeed though, a crow can learn to return the favor and bring you gifts in return for treats. Can't see a screaming seagull doing that.
Human, on the other hand, can hardly remember or recognize what they had done to crows.
I have a goal of training the ones outside of my house. I want shiny objects in trade for food.
Why Dark Facts Are Scarier at Night?
Horror and darkness mix rather perfectly. Scary facts can evoke terror and horror because that’s simply how our brain works. Creativity plays an important part here because we start to imagine fictitious things. Our minds start imagining things that are simply not there… or are they?
Imagine for a moment a situation. You are in your room, alone in the house. You start reading through some dark facts we have compiled. You brush them off as “goofy” and “not scary.” But your ears pick up noises outside your door. You start thinking, “What was it?”, “Who made those sounds?” and your body trembles. That’s because your brain has been hijacked by fear.
Both horror movies and games work on the same principle. However, scary facts are way more interesting because they’re true to the bone. Thus, if you are looking for a quick pass to a nightmarish night — these facts are the way to go.
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.
You really need to google this, it's strange and really cool at the same time.
Real corpses were used in the 1982 film Poltergeist.
They were bought from a medical supply center and were much less expensive than making props.
There are bodies of over 150 dead hikers on Mount Everest, and they’are used as landmarks.
There is just too much visitors and pollution on Mt. Everest these days.
The Turritopsis Dohrnii jellyfish is officially known as the only immortal creature in the world. It lives forever.
Climate change is making spiders bigger.
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.
How Do Disturbing Facts Impact Our Sleep?
Knowing why disturbing facts are scary, you might want to understand how they impact your sleep schedule. It’s not a myth that horror genre-related stuff (scary facts included) worsens sleep. However, to prove the myth practically, watch a horror movie or read some terrifying facts before sleep. The likely outcome is that fear will kick your fight-or-flight response into overdrive, signaling the body to release adrenaline (if you get scared, of course).
If you missed a few biology classes, adrenaline is a hormone our bodies produce. It’s usually released in dangerous or stressful situations. It activates our “fight or flight” response and keeps the body on high alert. Truly horrific facts, when read at night, will quickly trigger the production of this hormone.
High alert mode can heavily disturb your sleep because adrenaline keeps you up and makes you feel moody and slightly annoyed. So, the next time you decide to read a scary collection of facts, don’t expect to fall asleep early. Just make sure to get around 8 hours of sleep the next day.
Dogs like squeaky toys because they mimic the screams of their prey.
This always makes me think my one dog immediately rips out squeekers to silence their screams. He's a good boy though
Two Scottish surgeons originally invented the chainsaw to assist childbirth.
Locked-In Syndrome is a condition in which a patient is fully aware but is stuck in a coma-like state.
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.
"Somniphobia is the extreme fear of sleep. People with somniphobia may worry or obsess throughout the day about how they can avoid sleep. They may be afraid of what happens when they do fall asleep, such as having a nightmare or sleepwalking."
While Ted Bundy was a psychology major at the University of Washington, he worked at Seattle's Suicide Hotline Crisis Center.
Ducklings can engage in cannibalistic behaviors when they're bored.
I was most shocked by "bored"....I thought it would have been at least hungry lol
When you die the last sense to leave your body is the ability to hear.
So I can therefore hear if someone says "Yes, he's finally dead!" so I'll know who to haunt. Lol
More than 80% of our ocean is unmapped, unobserved, and unexplored.
it’s a pretty good thing, when you see the condition of the known areas
How Many Creepy Things Are in the Ocean?
Humans are natural explorers. Thus, something we can’t explore gets shrouded in mystery. The more mysterious the place — the creepier it is. You might not know it, but only 20% of the ocean has been explored. Thus, it’s no wonder why so many creepy things and facts come from this place.
While we might label space as the most mysterious thing, that title goes to the oceans. With 80% of the ocean still unexplored, what we know now is already creepy. For more creepiness, check out creatures found in the deep seas. It’s a guaranteed way to get a mild case of insomnia.
So, regarding how many scary things are in the ocean, the answer is simple — a lot already, and much more hidden. Someday, we might explore 100% of the ocean. By that time, we will be indeed frightened to our cores.
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.
Horned Lizards can defend themselves by squirting blood out of their eyes.
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.
King Charles II drank alcohol mixed with pulverized human skulls.
Well how else are you supposed to consume the strength of your enemies?
Some ants turn into zombies via parasitic fungus which manipulates their brains.
It’s called Cordyceps fungi, and affects a lot more than just ants
Arrhythmic death syndrome is a sudden condition where someone seemingly healthy dies suddenly with no apparent cause of death.
During the mummification process, Ancient Egyptians remove the brain through one of the nostrils.
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.
Criminologists estimate that there's a 1-in-3 chance police will never identify your killer if you're murdered in the US.
Fatal familial insomnia makes it impossible for someone to sleep for months.
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.
Is that somehow tied to risk, maybe they do more risky activities on their birthday.
Some female spiders allow their young to eat them alive.
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Here’s a silly one: male parrots regurgitate on females they are attracted to. It’s like saying “I’M SO HOT FOR YOU BABE, WHENEVER I SEE YOUR FACE I WANNA TOSS MY COOKIES!!” 🦜💘🤮. . . The science at work here is the bird is demonstrating his ability to be a good provider. He is willingly bringing up food from a storage pouch in his throat (called a ‘crop’) to feed his would-be girlfriend. Regurgitation and vomit are not the same thing in the avian world. A mother parrot can similarly feed babies with food from her own crop. Birds appreciate a free meal even if it’s been pre-chewed for them!
The majority of these have been used numerous times in different posts.
Here’s a silly one: male parrots regurgitate on females they are attracted to. It’s like saying “I’M SO HOT FOR YOU BABE, WHENEVER I SEE YOUR FACE I WANNA TOSS MY COOKIES!!” 🦜💘🤮. . . The science at work here is the bird is demonstrating his ability to be a good provider. He is willingly bringing up food from a storage pouch in his throat (called a ‘crop’) to feed his would-be girlfriend. Regurgitation and vomit are not the same thing in the avian world. A mother parrot can similarly feed babies with food from her own crop. Birds appreciate a free meal even if it’s been pre-chewed for them!
The majority of these have been used numerous times in different posts.
