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Not all facts are fun. But that shouldn’t keep us from learning, because they can still be fascinating! Below, we’ve gathered a list of disturbing and unsettling information that you might not want to know from Unpopular Notes

From creepy facts about animals to obvious things you may be glad you’ve never previously considered, you’ll find a variety of information on this list. So be sure to upvote the facts you wish you hadn’t read, and try not to become too freaked out by any of these spooky truths!

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#1

“You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing There is a company that makes urns in profile to cast the shadow of the deceased

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Loverboy
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's cool, and I'm sure there's people who would like this, but I don't think I'd want to see that everyday.

RandomHumanBean
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yeah but there are also people who taxidermy their dead pets so...

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C.O. Shea
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My wife didn't last three days with our new kitten named after her deceased mother. I can't imagine a silhouette urn being much better.

Darren A
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is cool, reminds me of how they use to make death masks.

sturmwesen
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

fun fact:the face of the dummy for CPR is often that of a drowning victim https://www.livescience.com/cpr-doll-resusci-annie-face.html

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Nenyone_yay
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh my goodness imagine if they achieve this by making a model of your face and then spinning it really really fast. "WHEEEE!"

sturmwesen
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

more like they take a profil picture (from the side),make a negative, take the part with the face and make a mold and hold it at the spinning clay- or just use a 3D printer

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AnnaRachelle
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am sure this could make some people feel happy but it certainly wouldn't be for me. I honestly think it would cause me to cry more

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    #2

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing The green falling code in the matrix is just lots of sushi recipes

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    Loverboy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    His wife was Japanese, she had cookbooks, so the production designer scanned the recipes, then reversed and mixed up the characters. that's why none of that is actually readable.

    AnnaRachelle
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Love this! Matrix is one of the best movies ever. After I first watched it,I watched it again as it blew my mind!

    François Carré
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I suspect the mere idea of code falling like that with people being able to read it directly comes from Isaac Asimov's series of novels : Foundation.

    Zaach
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a program that runs the 'digital rain' as screen saver - love it until the damn lightning flashes

    Summer Woodsong
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The man who created the title sequence used his wife's japanese cookbook(s). (according to a quick google search)

    Laura Lett
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still can't eat sushi, bad reaction! Sick for a week!! Never , ever , again.

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    #3

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing Professional musician Dagmar Turner played her violin while a tumor was removed from her brain so that surgeons could preserve her ability to play music

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    Loverboy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's understandable. She had been playing since she was a little kid, she enjoyed it, she was great at it. If there was chance I'd lose a major part of my life, I'd do this too.

    bread lord
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    wasn't it to see if her motor function or something or other stopped working? not sure so correct me if I'm wrong

    Auntriarch
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, to monitor if they were going somewhere dangerous. Sometimes they give you flash cards to read for similar purpose

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    Huddo's sister
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pretty common for brain surgery to ensure you are not damaging the brain. Not disturbing.

    RandomHumanBean
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    u cant feel what happens in ur brain (no nerves) so except for the skin, which would probably be fine with local anesthesia, it wouldnt hurt i think

    Mysteria
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah. No pain nerves in the brain is kinda ironic lmao

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    Lotekguy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same song Nero played while Rome was burning? If not, should have been "I've Got You Under My Skin".

    XenoMurph
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But if the motor functions stopped, it's already too late. The neurons, once severed, are severed forever.. They might be able to stop causing MORE damage, but the damage will have been done.

    Maisey Myles
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I saw something like this on an episode of House- so cool

    ОльхаКинг(AlderKing)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    my doctor told me abt this! I’m a cellist and she offhandedly said one visit “if you ever get brain surgery done, you’ll have to play while you get operated on” and i just think that’s so cool!

    MED71
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dedicated to self and gift! Fascinating and admired. 🙂

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    #4

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing Greenland sharks live at least 400 years and don't reach sexual maturity until they are 150 years old

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    AxleMunshine001
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine that! Being a toddler for 40 years!

    Lyone Fein
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lots of people fit into this category.

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    David Gripon
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So being a Greenland shark breeder is probably not very rewarding.

    Laura Lett
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do we want to know how they figured this out?? Seriously?!

    John Dilligaf
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    imagine not getting laid for 150 years

    T'Mar of Vulcan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So.. basically real-life versions of Yoda's race.

    Ace
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They also give birth to live young, after a gestation period somewhere between 8 and 18 years. Imagine being pregnant for 18 years!

    Mr.G86
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Damn i can't imagine having a 150 yr old dry spell.

    Kathryn Baylis
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What late bloomers! Reaching sexual maturity at 150 if your lifespan is 400 is like a human dying when they’re 80, after not reaching their sexual maturity until they were 30.

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    #5

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing There are more statues of lions across the world than actual wild lions

    unpopularnotes , Dorin Seremet Report

    Loverboy
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honestly, this is just sad.

    Lyone Fein
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Um, the statues were created over the course of thousands of years. So maybe we need to compare the number of statues to the number of lions that have existed over the course of thousands of years?

    XenoMurph
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good point, but the underlying principle is sound. Some humans kill for fun,

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    Heather W
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's also more yard flamingos than real ones.

    Julia Ford
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How funny my son just told me that fact yesterday. Is this going around on tictok or something?

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    TonyTee
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a big problem then.. 😟

    Matias Marczak
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know, but I would guess that there are more drawings of humans than humans.

    Timbob
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, they don’t have to get born, survive and die. Maybe that’s why ?

    terence flanagan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are more Tigers AND lions in NORTH AMERICA than in the wild . Facts. Scary isn't it? Yes , there are loose tigers in the USA . YAY ! THANKS TEXAS

    Bookworm
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's terrifying how little it actually costs to buy a tiger and keep it in your backyard.

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    #6

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing A body farm is a place where various corpses are laid on the ground for forensics to study the decomposition process

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    CrazyKnitter
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would love to donate my body to a body farm after my death. They do so much good work on helping out forensic science. I'd like to contribute to it, even if I can't do the science myself.

    Meowmeow
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually me too. I like the idea of my body breaking down naturally and returning to the Earth and all the creatures who would benefit much more than being embalmed, in a box, in some makeup and dress, in a plot of land that could be used for the living for centuries to come. The more you think of it, the more disturbing the whole idea of burrying people in cemeteries where they don't decompose really is 😩

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    Miss Frankfurter
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The first body farm is in Tennessee. It’s called The Bass Anthropological Research Facility, better known as BARF. No kidding.

    Gozer LeGozerian
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Someone definitely had a good laugh coming up with that

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    Vintage Books
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The book Stiff by Mary Roach is fascinating if you're interested in this subject. Her wry humor when discussing death makes it less clinical and more relatable.

    Powerful Katrinka
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A wonderful book! Actually, all of her books are wonderful.

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    Justin Thyme
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Big one at UT Knoxville Tn-- funny, been there for 40 years, now development is encroaching-- newbies call to complain about the smell-- why would you move close to a Body Farm then complain?

    ThreeAngryLlamas
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not just on the ground. Suspended, rolled in carpets, stuffed in trash bags, left in the trunk of a car, etcetera. After organ donation, I want the rest of my corpse donated to a body farm.

    mysterious
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, so they can study decomposition in various climates and situations, and they can be used to recreate crime scenes.

    TonyTee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mafia used to participate in these studies.

    seana lammers
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or ‘contribute’ material for similar studies?

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    Id row
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, the book The Body Farm by Patricia Cornwell was a very good read if you'd like to learn more.

    Rostit .
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tennessee has a great one. I am not a fan of their BBQs though.

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    #7

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing Dogs like squeaky toys because it sounds like prey that's frightened or injured

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    RandomHumanBean
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i guess my dog is terrified of frightened or injured prey

    SCamp
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And they do the classic dog thing of grabbing the toy in the mouth and manically shaking their head from side to side- a primal throwback to snap- breaking the neck of a small catch

    Irish woman abroad
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dog used to love play fighting me for her toy - again, probably her hunting instinct kicking in, as she's definitely got predator instincts! Now she's too old and doesn't really do it. But on the bright side, dogs also bring us their toys as gifts, reserved for the people they love! She only brings these gifts to the closest family members, no matter how often she sees other visitors.😍

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    Lotekguy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cats like them because the sound annoys humans.

    Aisling Raye
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If my cat's toys don't make noise, she will gladly supply their death screams for them. It's always a bit terrifying to wake up in the middle of the night to screaming wails and yowls from the other room because your 6lb house panther requires the sounds of death to fully enjoy herself. (For anyone concerned: I have learned that these are not sounds of her being in pain. She's 6 years old and a trouble maker. I know what her "help me" noises are and I know what her "I'm pretending this thing is meeting its end by the power of my murder mittens" noises are lol.)

    BlueEyesWhiteDragon
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So exactly what cat prey sounds like bells ringing? Because all my toys have tiny little bells inside them.

    sturmwesen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate squeakies... I tend to destroy them on purpose before giving them to the dogs

    Best Behave
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s speculation. Dog toys have got squeakers in them cos that’s the easiest and cheapest thing to put into dog toys. There was no research to find out what noises should go into dog toys

    Rebecca O’Donnell
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you ever have the misfortune of hearing a rabbit being killed by a fox, you will notice it sounds just like the squeaker in dogs’ toys.

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    Sadie Parkes
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dog used to treat her favourite fluffy squeaky toy like it was her puppy

    YetAnotherSarah
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thought my dog had snuck a toy outside. No. Found a nest of baby bunnies.

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    #8

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins can

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    Loverboy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dolphins need to come up for air about every 10 minutes, while sloths can hold their breath for 40 minutes. They achieve this by slowing their heart rate.

    Lawrence
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why would a sloth need to hold its breath for 40 min?

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    Blue Mar
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Too lazy to breathe, understandable

    Sandra Scully-Mannaravalappil
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The greatest experience of my life was in Honduras where I was able to hold a Sloth at an animal sanctuary. It was a life changing moment in my life.

    AnkleByter
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To avoid being eaten or harmed by predators-and also humans.

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    C.O. Shea
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who dunked the sloth to find this out for Pete's sake?!?

    zak
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also, unlike dolphins, there has not been one recorded instance of a sloth sexually assaulting a human.

    Timbob
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And, AND , Dolphins can’t climb trees.

    Laura Lett
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sloths are actually incredibly fast swimmers

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    #9

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing Water bottles’ expiration dates are for the bottles, not the water

    unpopularnotes , Jonathan Chng Report

    Noho 2000
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How does plastic expire?

    Becky Samuel
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The plastic is kept pliable and prevented from cracking by the addition of some quite nasty chemicals known as plasticisers. As time passes, especially if the bottle is exposed to sunlight, the plasticisers leach out of the plastic into the water and make it morre and more toxic and the bottle more and more brittle.

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    The other-other David Wong
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not really. The date is because the FDA (in America at least) classifies bottled water as a “packaged good”. All packaged goods are given an expiration date regardless of need.

    Shushadei
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok, today I have learned somthing new! Thank You! I 've always been wondering...

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    2 years ago

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    terence flanagan
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    Did someone really NOT KNOW THIS ? JESUS. well 81 million voted for a senile man who doesnt know where he is. Lol what a world

    The Other Guest
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do you know every single fact in the world? No? Well guess what, neither does anyone else. Every day people are learning new things, including things that others may consider to be an "everyone knows that" bit of info. There's no need to be rude about it.

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    #10

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing This is a bigfin squid, a type of rarely seen cephalopod with arms and tentacles that can reach up to 26 feet long

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    Olivia The Cloud
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your telling me that's NOT an alien?!

    Meowmeow
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Eh it's alien to me. We live is vastly different habitas and technically it's not " terrestrial"

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    Francesca Annoni
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    7,9 meters for everyone outside USA

    Pyla
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is better and more recent footage and it is quite beautiful https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqoHWCbvhMS/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

    PrettyJoyBird
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She had to take a break for school she said. Busy needed to focus.

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    bread lord
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    looks like a backrooms critter

    D. Pitbull
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So... it really is a big f'in' squid.

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    #11

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing You may be living in the last year of your life without being aware of it

    unpopularnotes , Timon Studler Report

    Loverboy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Very well could be my last month, week, day, hour, even minute. There doesn't even need to be a reason, people die suddenly all the time.

    Noho 2000
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate this fact. In 2001 after 9/11, I swore I would do more with my life. In early 2002 I had to move to Chicago for work. Later that year, one of my all time favorite artists, Warren Zevon, was diagnosed with terminal cancer and went on Letterman (watch this interview on YouTube), and said that it's important to enjoy every sandwich. Fast forward 20 plus years later, and I am now the same age Warren was when he got his diagnosis and I still haven't done anything. Anyone in their 20s or 30s reading this, I will tell you; it goes by fast, so don't wait.

    Al Joy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I understand. Life is busy. I'm 60, and I thought I would have eaten my way through Italy by now. Nope, looking for a new job.

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    Miss Frankfurter
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My BFF got up on the morning of Jan 18/22, had her shower, got dressed and had breakfast entirely unaware that this would be her last day.

    Annie 1973
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cousin of mine, 23 years old, fit and healthy, went to bed one night and didn't wake up the next day. No drugs or alcohol. Just sudden adult death syndrome. 30 years ago

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    Beck
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am 44. I have lived through it least 43 of my death days (the date I will die). Will today but 10 years from now be my death day? Freaky.

    similarly
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My parent, and that parent's parent, both died of the same disease at the same age. I have chronic symptoms of that disease, worse than either of them, despite being medicated (when they were not, being largely unaware). I'm less than two years from that age. It's okay though. I really don't mind.

    TonyTee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel like this is a fact all of us should sadly be aware of. No one, absolutely no one, is immortal.

    Christopher James Quinn
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I sure hope so because I lost my one and only a couple of months ago. Someone gave her something that killed her. I want to get justice for her but I don't want to live anymore. I'm looking forward to dying.

    Ronnie Cutshall
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You could also be dead and reliving the last year of life.

    MED71
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's called mortality.

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    #12

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing When whales become so old and weak that they can no longer reach the surface, they go deeper and deeper until they touch the seabed and then slowly die

    unpopularnotes , Gabriel Dizzi Report

    Meowmeow
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh no. I think I am in a depressive state right now. I just sighed like wouldn't that be nice 😅😩

    Auntriarch
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It does sound rather restful. But your cat would be hungry

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    Trudi Clarke
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's called 'whale fall' and the whale is dead long before it reaches the seabed. It's body becomes an ecosystem in its own right after settling on the seabed. Some species float initially after death, others start to sink immediately.

    PolymathNecromancer
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Since they are air breathers, they drown

    KAREN
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or they just sink because they can't make it to the surface is more probable.

    Id row
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At least they were able to avoid being slaughtered by Japan.

    AnkleByter
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If it makes anyone feel any better, although some believe whales don't "know" things the same way we do, it's long been believed that they know when they hit bottom they will eventually simply become part of the ocean. It's a long held belief by many that there is on some level, a conscious understanding that their environment and other animals will benefit from their eventual demise. So, it's also a long held belief that this level of "sadness" is at some point overwritten by the knowledge that they're doing "good"-or whatever their interpretation of such might be. Not all hold these same beliefs of animals-but enough of us do and we believe that evidence of how they behave when doing this (and how their bodies respond) is enough to satisfy the belief :)

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    Michelle C
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At least it’s somewhat peaceful, right??

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    #13

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing This close-up shows the inside of a penguin's mouth

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    JoinMeZoe
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I really wanna unsee that. Will my love for penguins stay the same?

    Pyla
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They do have to grab very slippery fish

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    C.O. Shea
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who's a cute pengy?

    Garry Cowan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And that was the last thing Harry the haddock ever seen

    Gabby Ghoul
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's no more disturbing than a goose, which is to say not disturbing at all.

    DaVo
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    NOOT NOOT MOTHRFOCKER

    Astrius
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i did not enjoy scrolling fast on that one.

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    #14

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing This is the effect that sunscreen has when viewed through an ultraviolet camera

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    bread lord
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this actually makes me feel safer, shows that sunscreen can really help you :)

    Zenozenobee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can also look at UV photographies that show sun damages to have an Idea how much sunscreen is a good Idea.

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    Lotekguy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What a cool way to mess with racists' heads.

    Anne Jones
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, to insects, we are all dark skinned. Awesome! 😃

    Majungasaurus
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unfortunately no, UV is only one of many spectrums they perceive, so this isn’t what their vision looks like! But cute idea :)

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    Michael Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh hey! I bought one of these cheap UV cameras that plug into the USB port on your phone and your can check your family's coverage and know when they need to reapply when at the pool or beach.

    Kacy Harrison
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Welp, looks like sunscreen is cancelled.

    Id row
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Race card gunslingers are going to have a field day with this one.

    SkekVi
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yes that's how it's supposed to work. i'd be worried if it DIDN'T look like that....

    Sakura
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought it was an idnentical girl putting on facepaint 🤦‍♀️

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    #15

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing Ella Harper was born with a very rare orthopedic condition that caused her knees to bend backward and was known as the camel girl

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    Pyla
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    God, and she still had to be strapped into a corset and bustle 🙄🙄🙄🙄

    mandy the capibara
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think the corset might actually help her here, as it provides back support. Corsets, when well fitted and not tight laced, are not that uncomfortable.

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    bread lord
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i'm glad there are surgeries to correct this stuff now, less people have to live with stuff like this

    Lone wolf
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine being disabled to be called a camel girl

    Agnes Jekyll
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and if she was called that, she probably worked in a side show......I hope she had a good life. I hope so.

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    Sussy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This looks quite painful for the girl but quite cool

    MeowZer
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why not flamingo girl? Really interesting though, looks pretty crazy. I'd chase my brothers down like this daily.

    Jennifer Johnson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    she could also walk upright but could move faster this way. she did marry and have a family

    okpkpkp
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So the 'crab walk' in army basic training would be lots easier...

    Om
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the knees look like elbows, and the elbows look like knees

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    #16

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing Over 50% of commercial pilots have admitted to falling asleep while flying a plane

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    Loverboy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Of the 56% who admitted sleeping, 29% told Balpa that they had woken up to find the other pilot asleep as well.". Well, that makes my fear of flying so much worse.

    Bookworm
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be perfectly honest, on a modern commercial jet the computer is doing almost all the flying. The pilot is there to take off and land, occasionally adjust settings, and take over in the very rare event that things go wrong.

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    Carl Berna
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pilots are only needed for take off and landing, unless there is an issue in the air

    Tams21
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They might not need to physically fly the aircraft but they're meant to be monitoring systems, fuel, etc. and avoid turbulence and bad weather. Given that pilots failure to do those things has resulted in accidents in the past, I don't think it's right to suggest that they're only needed for take off and landing.

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    Helena
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Quiet enclosed, climate controlled, and white noise. Nothing to keep your interest, movement sensation, yeah, it's a recipe for sleep.

    FreeToFall
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My husband Is a pilot and I can assure you that they NEVER leave the airplane unattended.

    AnnaRachelle
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Due to a disability I can never fly again. And after reading this I am OK with that

    Cafesinner
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Luckily a lot is autopilot, and there are alarms etc

    Darren A
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most of the flight is on autopilot, so if they do doze off, I imagine they have several safe guards in place

    Jane Alexander
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe we need a third guy in the cockpit to keep the other two awake.

    Michael Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But what if that guy falls asleep? It's turtles all the way down!

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    Jane Hower
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also know that NO pilot is flying who has not had retraining more than 6 mos ago. That's why there are so many flight simulator companies around the US just to retrain and check on pilots.

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    #17

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing Though often pleasant to humans, the smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant's way of letting out a cry for help

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    Tugg Ster
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    how in the heck did someone figure this out? did they learn to speak "grass " ...?

    Lotekguy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They were smoking some when they sensed the message.

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    martymcmatrix
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The smell is called GLV (green leaves volatile). The smell of rain is called Petrichor. You're welcome.

    NoNicknamePanda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Great, now I'm REALLY going to hate mowing. I'm sorry, grass.

    Anne Jones
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who does the grass think will help them?

    Reevee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If plants can alert and respond to danger, does this mean they can experience fear and/or pain? If so, how does this differ from animals, and how can vegans justify their choice as being better than someone who eats meat?

    hobbitly
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you think plants can feel pain and want to choose the option with less pain it would still be kinder to not eat animals. For the simple reasons that you need way more plants to feed animals that will feed humans, than you would need plants that will feed humans directly. But to answer your question: no a plant does not feel pain cause it has no nervous system.

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    Lisa H
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not surprising considering humans also tend to enjoy the smell of barbecued meat, fried chicken, etc. The food chain is pretty morbid when you really think about it. Almost everything is food for something else.

    Joe Publique
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Which is why it's called a food 'chain'. Moreover, I'm glad about that. Without meat in our ancestor's diets, we would never have been able to evolve (or power) the large brains that led to all of human creativity, art, music, literature, technology, and so on. Meat FTW.

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    John Dilligaf
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the smell of freshly cut grass is also am indicator of the chemical weapon phosgene

    LittleWombat
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aww this is my absolutely most favorite smell! I do hate that plants hurts though, although as someone who grows flower gardens, we treat our plants as if they have feelings soft of.

    Joe Publique
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Without a central nervous system, it is impossible for plants to 'hurt' or feel pain. Whilst they can respond to external stimuli such as turning towards the light and so on, they are not sentient beings and can not have 'feelings'. Hope that helps.

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    OWEN CASH
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I love the smell of mowed lawn in the morning."

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    #18

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing Pacu is a South American freshwater fish known for its square, straight teeth that eerily resemble those of humans

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    Pyla
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why are people freaked out by parallels in evolutionary selection.

    A B C the Third
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One theory is that people are afraid of something that looks *similar*, but not *quite* like them. That's why (at least in this theory) zombies are scary and racism works. I guess it's kinda the same with these teeth.

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    ️ ️lefty libra️
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that fish has straighter teeth than me 🥲

    Stephanie Did It
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Once in a pet shop, I saw a pacu bite a carrot in half when it hit the water. The rest of the carrot went quickly. You could hear the crunch.

    ArmyDog07
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Google Sheepshead fish. You’re welcome.

    Shark bait hoo haha
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder who they see if they get a cavity?

    martymcmatrix
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are some stories rumoring the Pacu is accused of biting off the testicles of men who took a bath naked...

    T5n
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And there is the urban legend that they have been known to eat testicles. Although this hasn’t been proven true

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    #19

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing Horned lizards squirt blood from their eyes as a defense mechanism

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    Ryan Caeruleum
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Awww, Horny Toads are so adorable

    Ann Coffman
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love them. We played with them when we were kids, this was late 60s early 70s. Then the Fire Ants took over Central Texas.

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    Tamera Gardner
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We frequently played with these as kids. I guess they weren’t too stressed because we never saw them squirt blood.

    Ann Coffman
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me too. We were gentle with them, Simple catch-n-release. Then the fire ants took over Texas and now Horny Toads are endangered.

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    Solidhog
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I squirt poo from my rear as a defence mechanism when scared. I think my way is more effective.

    glowworm2
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honestly, that is pretty metal!

    Sussy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Saw a video of this. Hella creepy

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    #20

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing Real bees were used during the making of the ‘90s horror trilogy Candyman, and actor Tony Todd was paid an extra $1,000 for every sting

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    Apathetic Bovine
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He was stung 27 times. Would you get stung that much for $27,000???

    RandomHumanBean
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i would love 1000 per sting cuz i got stung 14 times at once by yellowjackets. however, i would not get stung just for the money

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    Thom Serveaux
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well smear me in pollen and stick me in a field, I've got bills to pay.

    Brenda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd be in the hospital after the first sting! Heck of a chance they took. While 1 or 2 stints may not hurt you, you can be seriously injured by high numbers in a short period of time

    Anikulapo
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I admire people who say they would. I remember the last time I got stung. The world stopped spinning for a second.

    Scout Finch
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He's a Klingon. I'm sure it didn't hurt.

    Brandy Gray
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still don't like to watch that movie..Not that Candyman himself is that scary but something about the way they filmed it made it very unsettling to me. And of course the dog dies, d***s.

    Elizabeth Butler
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When a honey bee stings, it dies. Not true of most stinging insects.

    minnybri
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Real bees used to be used with horrifying frequency. In the Supernatural episode "Bugs" live bees were used, resulting in lots of stings, only to not show up well on the film and get CGId in afterwards anyways 😆

    Just a boring person
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would deny that offer, I hate the pain of bee stingers and the dead bodies of the unfortunate bees.

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    #21

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing The average person walks past at least 16 murderers in their lifetime

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    Loverboy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some sources state this number is as low as 4, some go as high as 41. It all depends how many people you interact with per day, in a big city it's likely. If you interact with about 25 people per day for 70 years, you've likely encountered 10 murderers, based on statistics.

    Kathryn Baylis
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What won’t cross most people’s minds is that not all murderers are serial killers or violent thugs. Sometimes totally normal, well-adjusted, average people unfortunately find themselves in circumstances where it’s kill or be killed. Whether during wartime or in self-defense, however, it’s still technically murder, and the person taking the life of the other person is still technically a murderer. It’s just the level of justification that’s different. So, this group may represent a good chunk of those 4, 10, 16, or 41 people.

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    Amanda-Joy Veness
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I worked in a maximum security prison so i definitely walked past more than that!

    SCamp
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is nigh on impossible, absolutely absurdly impossible to calculate. It totally depends on where you live and how you live. Utterly made up useless ‘fact’. Sorry, rant over, I just walked past 2 murderers

    Miss Frankfurter
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know I’ve been within about 4 feet of one of Canada’s most notorious murderers/rapists. Paul Bernardo. At one point he was living in a tiny place called Brown Hill. It had a gas station with a small restaurant. He was a friend of the owner’s sons. They gave him a job there. It’s where my mom used to get her car filled up. I remember on a visit home from Dallas, we went there and there was this young man who filled up the car and washed the windshield. White baseball cap, white t-shirt and blond curly hair sticking out from under the cap. It was Paul Bernardo.

    Joots (shants/jorts)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m from the US and EVEN I KNOW who Paul Bernardo is. DO NOT look him up or the murders / rapes that he committed with his wife. He should still be in jail, no actually 6 feet under!!

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    Alicia M
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I dated one without knowing. For context, he killed his father and wasn't caught until years later. Everyone thought his dad just left, because he had a history of doing that. I dated him in the period after the murder but before being caught, so I had no clue. He wasn't violent, and didn't exhibit any strange behavior. He did not have a previous criminal record. It was incredibly shocking to everyone.

    Joots (shants/jorts)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why did he kill his father, do you know the back story?

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    Id row
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why you don't f with people out in public or on the road. You have no idea what that person is capable of or what they've done or willing to do.

    JL
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm hoping prison guards wreck the curve and I see far fewer.

    Atrociraptorous
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The scary thing about murderers iss how normal they seem

    Celtic Pirate Queen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ted Bundy grabbed a girl from the parking lot of the tavern at the bottom of my street (hill).

    Earl Grey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Better than bumping into them, don’t ya think?

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    #22

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing This was the day Sweden switched from driving on the left-hand side of the road to the right

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    SheHulk
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They actually held a referendum on this, and, as always, when this is done, people voted against it. They did it anyway eight years later. Referendums don´t have to be binding. Sometimes the government has to govern. I´m looking at you UK.

    Clown fish
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't you start with us s/. And it's only a bits of the UK Scotland goven themselves.

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    Irish woman abroad
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well of course it was going to be chaotic the first day! As long as they weren't like this month later, they were ok!

    Walter Atterholt
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was on Okinawa when they changed road directions in the 70s. They had a policeman on every corner an they shut the roads at midnight and everybody moved their vehicles to the other side. At 6am they fired off fireworks and sirens and started driving on the opposite side. They spent months changing road signs and stop lights. Even so there were multiple accidents.

    Michael Largey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They called it H-Day. (The Swedish word for right begins with an "h".)

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    #23

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing The movie Cannibal Holocaust was so realistic and so gory that the director Mr. Ruggero Deodato was charged with the murder of the actors

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    Mr Old School Cool
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Great publicity - maybe the arrest was staged and choreographed to make headlines

    Hey!
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not necessarily. People thought Mars had invaded Earth when H.G. Wells's The War of the Worlds played on TV (or the radio, I can't remember which).

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    MED71
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Animals were killed to make it. Not ok with me...

    sturmwesen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love horror and splatter movies. This is one of few I wont watch (the rest is mostly either bad or centers around rape)

    Greg Wilhelm
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They actually killed the animals in this.... It's a f****d up movie. I like the villain approach they took. Super realistic and probably happens quite often.

    Julian Slate
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wasn't it a commentary on imperialism? From what I understand the characters making the documentary are the the twist villian and start murder the locals there. (I might have that mixed up with another movie tho)

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    Loverboy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've seen bits and pieces of it, I can understand why they thought he murdered them, that s**t was frighteningly realistic. Should've just checked the actors tho

    Niall Mac Iomera
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Surely.the actors still being alive would be a giveaway?

    Noho 2000
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok, now I have to check this out.

    Sakura
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did they actually kill people in the movie? I mean like I know In the film they did but were people killed in the production/making of it?

    Brandy Gray
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No that was just rumors but they did put tribe members in a hut and set it on fire..an there is a rape scene with a young girl who didn't understand English an didn't know what they were going to film so her horror and fighting is real. All animal deaths are real.

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    #24

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing This is how a toothbrush looks like under a microscope after the first use

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    Christina Cloud
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is this before, or after you've finished cleaning the toothbrush after use?

    Ryan jackson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a single bristle under an electron microscope..I doubt there's any cleaning that satisfactorily enough hahaha

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    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This drives me mad. "HOW A TOOTHBRUSH LOOKS UNDER A MICROSCOPE" or "WHAT A TOOTHBRUSH LOOKS LIKE UNDER...". How/looks vs What/looks-like. Sheesh. "How" is a method. "What" is a thing. Hence "how it looks" is a method of looking. "what it looks like" means "what (object) it looks like".

    Irish woman abroad
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    After 30+ years of hearing kids (and adults!) massacre the English language with things like, "how are you called?" "How is a... (insert word) in English?", I'd like to thank you for pointing this out!!

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    Erin S
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Either "how it looks" or "what it looks like"... not "how it looks like."

    DonnerDinnerParty
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "This is how a toothbrush looks like "... 🤦🏻‍♂️

    You Should Do Nothing with the Fence
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry, the sentence is awkward. Maybe, "this is what a toothbrush looks like under a microscope..." or "this is how a toothbrush looks under a microscope..." Is it just me? It's just me. I knew it.

    USMCFelicia
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The title wording is driving me crazy lol.. This is WHAT a toothbrush looks like under a microscope... sounds much better imo..lol

    shan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Spray your toothbrushes with hydrogen peroxide:)

    Michael Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I prefer Hydrogen tetroxide for twice the cleaning power.

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    #25

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing In ancient Rome, the crushed brains of mice were used as toothpaste

    unpopularnotes , Svetozar Cenisev Report

    T5n
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And in Ancient Egypt, they were used to treat toothaches

    Pyla
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don’t know which is more disturbing, but it’s curing my time travel urge

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    Lotekguy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    DENTal. RoDENT. Not a coincidence, eviDENTly.

    Loverboy
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait, people don't do this currently? I've been using the wrong toothpaste...

    Trudi Clarke
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Harvesting them must have been immensely labour intensive! Btw, that's a rat in the photo, not a mouse 🙂

    Mary Kelly
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    looked to see if this "fact" appeared on any reputable sites...it did not...but, the romans did grind up shells, horns, egg shells, and sometimes bones to add to their toothpastes...kind of like the gritty substances added to modern toothpastes

    Jenn C
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Urine was used as teeth whitener, and to bleach or whiten clothes

    KAREN
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't believe everything you read🤣

    Sp2023
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Initially thought what the heck, but afterwards remembered that coackroaches produce some very strong antibiotics to keep "undigested" their brain by the microbia they live in. So there might be a case, that empirically... some ancients have come to this conclusion for rodents as well

    April Stephens
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No wonder that toothbrush looked dirty under the microscope in the other entry.

    Anouk T
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In modern times people eat sausages full of crushed bones, skin etc etc. and don’t even get me started on hairy pork scratchings… not that much different…

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    #26

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing The average person will spend five months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green

    unpopularnotes , Carlos Alberto Gómez Iñiguez Report

    Seabeast
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I swear there are some intersections in town where it becomes five years.

    Meowmeow
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, I swear I'd go through way before that. Though I'd definitely look around for a cop before doing it 😂

    Dawnyducks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some lights are legit going to be 5 months all on their own.

    SCamp
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And a 90 year old will spend approx 30 years sleeping

    Loverboy
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    More like 5 years depending on where you live

    Philly Bobcat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And some people who are high as hell will spend a half hour waitng for a stop sign to turn green...

    Brenda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Houston, you reach that number by 40 ! 🫨

    Auntriarch
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah right, they've never seen the Quedgeley lights at Cole Avenue

    Alyssa
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only city folk. Us out here in the country can just zoom around. 😁

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    #27

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing The Diomede islands have a distance of only three miles but due to locally defined time zones, they have a time difference of 21 hours from each other

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    Seabeast
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lynn C*x swam from Little Diomede to Big Diomede in 1987. ___ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynne_C*x

    Seabeast
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh great, they've censored her last name. It's spelled C O X

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    The Original Bruno
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is what Sarah Palin ACTUALLY was referring to. Making the point that as Alaska governor she did, in fact, have dealings with Russia, she pointed out that "You can see Russia from my home state." Tina Fey mocked her saying, "I can see Russian from my house!" Polls revealed that most Democrats believed that Palin had actually said that.

    Andy Frobig
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wouldn't have voted for her with a gun to my head, but I always thought this was unfair

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    Om
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    as I scrolled down, the gray line at the bottom appeared longer, then I saw it slowly shrink to its actual size. What kind of visual effect was that? lol

    Nikki138
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    2 years ago

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    Timbob
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those are popcorn bags !

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    #28

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing Google hires camels for the desert Street View

    unpopularnotes , Alex Dudar Report

    bread lord
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    since cars can't travel very well in the desert, they ride on camels and load the cameras on there instead!

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    Aberration
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't buy it. Camels are terrible drivers. They barely even signal.

    A P
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They still do it more than most north carolinians

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    Awesome At Being Autistic
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Right, I will be expecting to see Google Street View camels in Palm Springs from now on.

    KAREN
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why wouldn't you hire the regular means of transportation in any environment? Why is this surprising?

    Mike Y
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do they use polar bears in the Arctic?

    🦕 AroAce Dinosaur 🦕
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Google: Wait! Jerry! Jerry the camel: *turns around* What do you need? Google: you forgot your paycheck! Jerry: Oh! Thanks man! Now I'm off to Camel-vers. Want anything? I'll just get you some soup. Google: okay, thanks Jerry!

    A P
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Little did Jerry know, he was going to BE the soup

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    #29

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing If you have died around your cat, it is likely to start eating you in less than 24 hours, starting from the cheeks and eyes

    unpopularnotes , Kote Puerto Report

    Nat Rich
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd rather I was eaten than all this meat go to waste anyway.

    Missi Boness
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've told my pets that I don't mind if they eat me if I die.

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    Meowmeow
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is this why I'm sometimes woken up by licking on my face/arm? They're checking if I'm ready to munch munch?

    Patricia Stilwell
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My cat's too picky. He'd likely starve while yelling at me to feed him.

    Meowmeow
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mine too. They'll eat exactly 1 kind of kibble...I know I know wet food is good for them. They are offended by it and try to cover it like a litter box.

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    Moosy Girl
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This theory is likely based on that experiment where they left a dead body near a bunch of FERAL cats.

    Bebe Blue
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I worked at an animal shelter and we had a few cats come in after their owners were found deceased. They were found to eat at their owners, but it seemed to happen when they had no other food available. Definitely not feral, but desperate and/or opportunistic.

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    Yoongi's Tongue
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good, if he about to starve i would rather prefer for him to feed on my body

    Aisling Raye
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fun fact: you're dog is likely to start eating you before your cat. Dogs will lick and bite to try to wake you, eventually the drive to eat takes over. Cats generally wait until they're out of other options. Not because they care more about you, but because they're obligate carnivores that prefer live prey that they've caught, they're less likely to eat something that is already dead and just laying around.

    Moosy Girl
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And if you have pet rats, the other pets are really gonna have to hurry to get a bite, they’re probably already chewing on your toes while you’re keeling over. ;)

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    T'Mar of Vulcan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You don't have to sell Me on cats! I'm already a fan!

    Alexandra Davis
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I die and my cats don't have food, I'd rather them eat me then go hungry and die themselves.

    Anyone-for-tea?
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don’t know about my cats either, given they wouldn’t dream of touching food that’s been in their bowls more than an hour or two, and knowing how much dead bodies smell and how quickly, I can’t imagine they would find me appetising! And I don’t really want to find out either!

    Ken Beattie
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's amazing how quickly animals stop being picky when they're hungry. That said, I would expect it to take longer than 24 hours.

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    #30

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing People who fall in love lose an average of two friends each

    unpopularnotes , Scott Broome Report

    Olivia The Cloud
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not if you don't have any friends!

    Meowmeow
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't have 2 to lose so I'm an outlier bringing the average down. sorry guys it's probably a higher number for y'all 😅

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    Elizabeth
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be fair, my mom told me that her friends didn’t like my dad and that his friends didn’t like her when they first got together. Almost 40 years later and they are still together but haven’t seen any of those friends since the 1980s.

    Bloodyklaws
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes and people who fall out of love can loose everyone.

    WHAT
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Depending on the severity of love sickness you'll also lose some weight

    Ken Beattie
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not surprising. There's only so much time to go around and once you're married free time tends to drop, especially once kids arrive on the scene. For the most part though, it'll be the friends who are already low contact or fringe... the people you'd hang out with often enough to say they're a friend, but you probably wouldn't go on holiday with them or even invite them to your wedding.

    Brenda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I didn't. Neither did hubby. I wonder why?

    Marvin HoG
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I only had 2 friends to begin with!

    Lizzie Conkey
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Eh my husband and I don’t need friends

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    #31

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing This is an early meeting of the Mickey Mouse Club around 1930

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    MED71
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cult. I was more Looney tunes! Lol

    DBear
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's just disturbing.

    Loverboy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who's being sacrificed? Can I join?

    Rowan_the_raging_raven
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Off topic but my friends and I have started calling the mental hospital the mickey mouse club house or the funny farm or the grippy sock vacay

    Mike Y
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Depression was rough

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    #32

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing Future biotechnology can be used to make prisoners feel as if they were serving a 1000-year sentence in a matter of eight hours

    unpopularnotes , Larry Farr Report

    Noho 2000
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So what, it's not enough to lock them up, but now we can engage I'm torture? If you want to swat a fly, swat it. Don't pull off its wings. Who the hell wasted their intelligence coming up with something so Draconian? Cure cancer.

    Tan Artt
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    High tech version of medieval torture devices :( Prisons have not been a place for rehabilitation at all. It's always been to hurt people.

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    Loverboy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would literally rather die. From the prisoners perspective, that would be literal hell. Depends how bad the crime is, I suppose.

    potatoe
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes ones who commit thing like rape and torturing deserve a million years or more

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    LK
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I so wish people would stop using prison as punishment and instead use it as a time of education, therapy and attending to underlying medical needs. Rehabilitation and treatment reduces the rates of further crimes considerably.

    Irish woman abroad
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, it's been proven in countries with a more forward-thinking approach.

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    deejak
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can't just say that without elaborating.

    Lotekguy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That means their victims will see the one who raped, assaulted or stole from them back on the streets the day after conviction. Won't that be a heartwarming experience?

    potatoe
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “ That means their victims will see the one who raped, assaulted or stole from them back on the streets the day after conviction. Won't that be a heartwarming experience?” Going through 100 years of monotony has causing mental issues on a persons brain. now imagine a person has to suffer something like this for 1k years - the next place the person would end up like would be a mental asylum where it would be the persons final destination

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    T5n
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can someone please explain to me how this works? This is cruel and I wouldn’t wish it upon anyone but I’m a fan of learning interesting facts

    zak
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not real, it's just an idea that is incredibly improbable for lots of reasons.

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    Patricia Stilwell
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And having this technology is more important than curing cancer? Or Parkinson's disease, or MS, ALS, or anyelse?

    TonyTee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel the same way, actually put this high-tec stuff to good use man, like wtf 🙄 It’s sad how people can have their priorities so mixed up and even sadder who those people are.

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    Darren A
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like an episode of DS9

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    #33

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing There are only two days that do not last 24 hours: the one of your birth and the one of your death

    unpopularnotes , Kahar Erbol Report

    Vishy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Extremely stupid statement.

    🦕 AroAce Dinosaur 🦕
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I agree that it's incorrect, but you don't have to be rude about it. People have feelings you know.

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    Lyone Fein
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Um, those days are the same length as all the other days. You just don't experience the full length.

    Lotekguy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Twice a year Daylight Savings switches make this one wrong.

    Red Sonja
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I call BS on this statement.... If Someone was born at EXACTLY midnight and that same individual happen to die at 11:59 pm then.......

    Loverboy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A day is actually 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 seconds, so no day lasts 24 hours.

    Nenyone_yay
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Calendar days last 24 hours, astrological days might be shorter but I sure don't adjust my clocks by 3 minutes and 56 seconds every morning 😉

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    LK
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For many people, here's two days each year that don't last for 24 hours. It's the change from winter time to summer time, and back again.

    Moosy Girl
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Accompanying photo is of OP, who hasn’t yet learned that things still exist even if you can’t see/experience them. :p

    Tim Ess
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Incorrect. There are days with leap seconds.

    Dan Buckley
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unless you are born at exactly 00:00 and die as the clock strikes midnight

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    #34

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing CPR only works 7% of the time outside of a hospital environment

    unpopularnotes , Michel E Report

    S
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    According to whom? There are many instances of unreported cpr... j/s. It sounds very discouraging that way

    Catherine Graves
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anyone who has had CPR performed on them would be unable to get up and walk away. They all require further treatment and are hospitalized. I would extrapolate that statistics are compiled from their records. Even in hospital many do not survive, just speaking from experience.

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    TheNewJenBrady
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If someone needs CPR, they are pretty much dead. Giving CPR is giving them a chance to live, even if it's a small chance. CPR isn't going to make things worse for them, so please don't let this statistic discourage you from giving CPR if you ever find yourself in such a situation. And I say this as someone who's life was saved in part because I was given CPR. My father's life was saved with CPR too. Both from nearby people who jumped in and started chest compressions immediately

    Rachel Ainsworth
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The survival rate also depends on how quickly the person gets to hospital. Please support your local ambulance services and let ambulances through when their lights are flashing.

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    Satan Laughs
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is BS. Always help. Compressions are fine and you don’t have to do mouth to mouth. My degree says so. BP doesn’t fact check?

    Jeroen de Wijn
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't be silly Of course BP does not fact check. It's a vehicle for advertisements filled with content from secondary and tertiary sources whose provenance is unknown or suspect. Their "editors" just copy paste some internet bits without any oversight, I assumed this was clear to everyone. This is an entertainment site, not an informstive one...

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    Panda Kicki
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, this should be taught at all CPR-courses. Without a defibrillator odds of sucess are slim. There is a reason the hearts stops and CPR is mainly to preserve cirkulation until deff arrives. Many who has failed to save someone with CPR is sad and thinks something is wrong. But in reality, you where just not one of the few lucky % to have a victim with the right issue for undeffed CPR to work on.

    Norm Gilmore
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We get taught this in refresher courses as electricians in NZ. You are giving a chance to someone who without you has no chance at all.

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    Kathryn Baylis
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don’t care if I fall into that unfortunate 93%, I STILL want someone to at least TRY, ffs!

    Teresa Spanics
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I retook my Saint John's First Aid and relearned CPR which is now just chest compressions. I suggest watching on YouTube "The Bee-Gees' song 'Stayin' Alive" to listen the beat which is what you need to do to do CPR.

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    C.O. Shea
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I aspire to be one of those lucky 7 percenters.

    Brenda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most people aren't trained in CPR and do it wrong. Even doing it correctly causes damage most times, like the sternum getting broken. But doing nothing is worse. 911 operators can talk you through what to do if necessary.

    Hey!
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It works 100% in movies.

    Best Behave
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Define “works”. The intention is to keep oxygenated blood circulating until the paramedics arrive. In that, it’s highly effective

    martin734
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That increases to around 20% if a defibrillator is used alongside effective CPR. Many public places such as high streets, libraries, shopping centres, schools, pubs and travel stations all have public AEDs available for emergency use by members of the public.

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    #35

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing In the event of a plane crash at sea, the cabin crew must prohibit passengers from carrying the bodies of relatives or friends who died during the impact on the lifeboats

    unpopularnotes , Kirill Report

    Bloodyklaws
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Right because of all those plane crash survivors. After a 600 mph uncontrolled impact with the ocean I can see how the lifeboat capacity would be a real issue.

    EvilNob
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not my deceased relative, sir. It's my emergency snack.

    C.O. Shea
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Remember those sociology lessons in school... there's a boat that will only hold 7 people, but there are 13 of you. Who gets tossed to the sharks?

    Jane Alexander
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They're called 'Life Boats' - duh.

    Paul Werner
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    what if they die on the boat do you have to throw them overboard

    DonnerDinnerParty
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Great question! Yes, those who pass must be thrown overboard

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    Mary Kelly
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    but what if i want a snack later?

    KAREN
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tell that to the surviving crew!!

    Jenny Barnes
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Very few people, if any will survive a jumbo jet sea landing. An ocean is not calm. The waves and swells will cause the plane to cartwheel and break up. Look up a video of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961. It didn’t end well. Small planes may fair better

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    #36

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing This bizarre helmet from 1925 was designed to improve work productivity and studying sessions

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    Meowmeow
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because when you take it off you're so thankful to breathe again you'll do anything?? I'm pretty sure that's called torture.

    Nobody
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    looks like something Mr Kellogg made for teenage boys

    Pyla
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The 20’s may have been roaring, produced jazz, and gave us Hemingway, but there was sone legit weird going on.

    Jenn C
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The creator used to eliminate distractions as he tried to write a novel

    Bill Swallow
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Designed by Hugo Gernsback, magazine publisher and editor, did magazines like 'Electrical Experimenter' and the first science fiction pulp magazines (for which he coined the term 'scientifiction'). He designed this and wore it himself to block out distractions while he was working.

    🇳🇬 Asi Bassey 🇳🇬
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank God for noise-canceling headphones.

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    #37

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing Theoretically, if you fold paper 51 times, you will find its end on the sun, and if you fold it 103 times, you would go beyond the observable universe

    unpopularnotes , Markus Spiske Report

    Loverboy
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today

    Curly Q
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    THERE'S A HUNDRED AN' FOUR DAYS OF SUMMER VACASHUUUN

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    Irish woman abroad
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember they proved one time on a BBC children's programme that you can't fold a piece of paper 8 times, no matter how big, because the thickness of the fold makes it impossible to continue. Ok, it wasn't very scientific, but they started with a massive sheet of paper, and by the time it got to 7 folds it took 3 of them to partially fold it over and hold it down. It was really interesting, obviously, as I've never forgotten it!

    sofacushionfort
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Elon Musk wasting millions on rockets. All he needs to do is start folding paper.

    freakingbee (they/them)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...and we've probably read this fact more than 103 times on here already

    Michael Morford
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here's why this statistic is intent and why it drives me nuts that it keeps being cited: the statistic is based on the thought that a perfect fold in a piece of paper still maintains a modest angle. This, do enough additions of the angle's resulting height and you can calculate into infinitum until you get to the moon. But the ignorant part of that is it would require a piece of paper insanely, nearly infinitely, long. HOWEVER, the point that is missed is that a paper in length equal to the distance of the moon would be exponentially shorter than the piece of paper required for the stupid experiment to be done.

    Jo Davies
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can only find a piece of paper 7 times due to the fact that you are reducing it's surface area.

    Blue_Mouse (read bio)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah but if you were the hulk then I’m sure you could do it

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    C.O. Shea
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Theoretically, I'm a genius.

    MED71
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sheldon is in the ball pit again.bazinga

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    #38

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing The beauty micrometer was a device designed in the early 1930s to help the identification of the areas of a person's face which need to have their appearance reduced or enhanced by makeup

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    Curly Q
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We dont need that anymore because we can't even see ourselves under all the filters. 👍

    Nancy Howard
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And of course a male invented it.

    Beelzebub
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Googled it, and the guy's name is "Max Factor Sr". Seriously. Max Factor sound like the name of a Batman villain.

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    LeeAnne B
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aah.. a women's face you mean?

    Kathryn Baylis
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Basically, the homogenization of beauty. Counterintuitive, because beauty that’s all the same becomes boring and forgettable. It’s the little flaws that make beauty interesting, striking, and captivating, and folks, having a lovely soft, warm glowing inner light does show through, and enhance beauty even more. There are people who have perfect faces and bodies but they’re all surface—-no inner light. Having intelligence and humor also enhances beauty. Of course, the fact that it’s all in the eye of the beholder is the most important part of all.

    sturmwesen
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Max Factor invented it, if I remember correctly

    Julian Slate
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No thanks I'll just put on eyeliner bad

    CaptainDinosaur
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My first suggestion would be ditch the bird cage.

    Bill Swallow
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because we really need some anonymous rando to be the sole authority on what is beautiful.

    OutspokenHBW
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is probably an app that does the same thing.

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    #39

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing The only part of your reflection you can lick is your tongue

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    Beck
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ignore me. I figured it out🤪

    Curly Q
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I shall not ignore you. How did you do it?

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    June Blair
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who comes up with this stuff?

    Paul Aguilera
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My reflection licked my nose but my mouth was closed and now I'm scared 😳

    HelluvaHedgehogAlien
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I played rock paper scissor with my reflection because I’m bored, and I won!

    Michael Largey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the only part of your reflection you can kiss is your lips.

    Ronnie Cutshall
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My tongue is 4 inches long. It can reach some interesting places.

    martymcmatrix
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Didn't "Nietzsche" claimed, "And if you lick your reflection long enough, your reflection will lick you"?

    Michelle Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some people can touch their nose and or chin with their tongue

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    #40

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing Jelly Beans are so shiny because they're coated with shellac, which is made from insect poop

    unpopularnotes , Patrick Fore Report

    Norm Gilmore
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    After checking, shellac is a secretion used to make protective tunnels, not an excretion (poo)..

    still the same farting bee
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    It's used for multiple (sorry to let down the hope of this not being real)

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    Loverboy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Shellac is found in more than just Jelly Beans, they're in a lot of your favorite chocolates and mints.

    Shark bait hoo haha
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's no different than eating veggies you grew in your garden that was fertilized with cow manure.

    bread lord
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    hey, if it tastes good, it tastes good

    Alexandra Davis
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can get vegan ones that aren't made of shellac if beeswax! They're more and more common in the UK

    DonnerDinnerParty
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But beeswax is a byproduct of the insects... Wouldn't that make it no longer "vegan"?

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    Alyssa
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Guess I love insect poop! 🥳

    TonyTee
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol guess you ain’t the only one either apparently, at least it tastes like jelly beans right? xD

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    Dennis Green
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Shellac is a resin deposited on tree trunks by the lac bug (Kerria lacca). It is not their excrement. It's no weirder than eating honey, which is flower nectar that has been processed by multiple bees to remove water and convert the sucrose to fructose and glucose.

    Moosy Girl
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s not insect poop! … it’s insect sweat. :p

    C.O. Shea
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seriously? Ok, I get it Universe... no more candy.

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    #41

    “You May Be Living In The Last Year Of Your Life”: 40 Disturbing Facts That You Might Be Better Off Not Knowing After death, the enzymes from your digestive system begin to digest your body

    unpopularnotes , JF Martin Report

    Bloodyklaws
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not if you are eaten by a shark.

    Lyone Fein
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And then your cat starts in on you.

    C.O. Shea
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kinda gives "cat gut"a whole new meaning.

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