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The human body is a fascinating thing. But despite the fact that we live in this complex sack of flesh for our entire lives, many of us know very little about it. And while there are plenty of fun facts to learn about our bodies, like that information travels to our brains at 268 miles per hour, there are also many facts about ourselves that we actually might not want to know.

But if you’re in the mood to be disturbed, you’re in luck. Because below, we’ve gathered a list of some of the most unsettling facts about the human body that one TikToker has been enlightening his followers with. Enjoy learning something new about these bodies we cart around, and be sure to upvote all of the disturbing facts that you can’t believe are true (or those that you wish weren’t true). 

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#1

“Human Body Facts That Will 100% Trigger You”: 27 Obscure Yet Terrifying Facts About Us Revealed By This TikToker Every child's jaw is packed with teeth which sounds normal until you realise this is what it looks like.

mndiaye_97 , pengouin85 Report

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

This should make you even more aware of how remarkable the human body is, that each of those teeth has a particular place to be, and they mostly end up in the proper place. (Yes, all living things are remarkable.)

Well-Dressed Wolf
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had 7 extra wisdom teeth. XD those teeth did NOT have any particular place to be. The dental surgeon said if I’d been born in a time before modern dentistry, the wisdom teeth would have become impacted and probably have killed me before I was 25 XD

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minnieslave0
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Who peeled a toddler to find this out?

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

I still have one of my baby teeth. The adult tooth never pushed out - still in there above the kid. Sometimes I want to be like that hiding tooth.

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

I had a baby tooth too, because the adult tooth was growing completely sideways into all the roots of the others like "I'm on an adventure!". Had to have surgery to remove some of bone from my jaw to get it out and put an end to its shenanigans.

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

But the thing is, whose child's skull is that? why does that guy have it?

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

He’ll put it back in. He’s just borrowed it off a child to show us.

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

This looks like something straight out of a horror movie.

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

Do apes/chimps or whatever is the closest relatives to man have a similar layout?

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

This freaked me out the first time I saw it. Still does, tbh. How can it not?

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    #2

    “Human Body Facts That Will 100% Trigger You”: 27 Obscure Yet Terrifying Facts About Us Revealed By This TikToker That weird feeling you get on a roller coaster is actually your internal organs slightly shifting around inside you, especially the ones not secured by ligaments like the intestines.

    mndiaye_97 , Gabriel Valdez Report

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

    And is this safe?

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

    Let's put it like this: if your organs were fastened more securely in place they could tear loose from.their moorings, causing a lot of trauma at even less stress than you get on a rollercoaster. So it's kind of a feature they can wander a bit when enough force is applied. They tend to settle back in their rightfully places quite fast I believe.

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

    So the stomach dropping sensation is actually my stomach dropping?

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

    Ain't nature wonderful...ly terrifying sometimes.

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

    Fun fact- if you have a cesarean you get this feeling randomly as your organs shift back into place.

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

    Didn't happen to me, I had very fast uterine involution and it felt like painful contractions.

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    Thee8thsense
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Roller coasters cause cataplexy in me, and it is terrifying! It causes my arms and hands to become too weak to hold on. So, as fun as they are for many people, for me they are now on the no-can-do list.

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

    That sounds absolutely terrifying!

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

    Better shifting than not moving and then suddenly stopping, right?

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

    It's okay unless you are a horse. Humans' interiors are well secured (tied down). But horses' intestines are sort of just in there, and can be taken completely out through an incision in the belly.

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

    Well, maybe better but still quite flexible and springy. The looseness helps the force of f.i. big falls dissipate more safely via the organs sliding around a bit to lose energy and later settling back.

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

    Whatever causes that wonderful sensation is worth the thrill.

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

    My husband spent a good deal of his life with his organs pushed together by cysts once they were removed he felt his organs shift for the first time. He was not a fan.

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

    I've seen stories where people have passed kidney stones after a roller coaster. Could be coinkydink, of course.

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    #3

    “Human Body Facts That Will 100% Trigger You”: 27 Obscure Yet Terrifying Facts About Us Revealed By This TikToker If you rub the soles of your feet with garlic, you'll begin to taste it 30 minutes later, there's a compound in garlic that penetrates cell membranes, travels up the bloodstream, and reaches your taste buds. Meaning you can taste garlic with your feet.

    mndiaye_97 , Cats Coming Report

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

    Ok I really want to try this now but I don't have any garlic. Any pandas out there willing to make the sacrifice in the name of science?

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

    Didn’t work. My feet smell like garlic and my neighbors are looking at me like I’m insane from what just happened in my garden. LOL.

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    Mimi777
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a coworker who felt the need to share with me that she put garlic up inside her because she had a yeast infection and heard it could cure it. She said she could taste it in her mouth after a while.

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

    I'm glad the feet aren't sending up any other tastes.

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

    They don;'t normally do. The garlic thing works because it contains essential oils, which have a very strong smell. This is why a person can exude the smell of garlic even hours after eating it...

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

    Anybody else tastes the bitterness of eye drops after putting them into your eyes?

    pineapple87
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That has nothing to do with the compounds in the eye drops. There's a direct connection from your tear ducts to the back of your throat through your nasal cavity. You know how your nose starts running when you cry and when your nose is running, you can suck the snot into your throat? It's the same system.

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

    If you are congested, rub Vicks on your feet ... Your nose will clear up in no time!! Awesome remedy for a baby with a cold 👌

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

    Why doesn't this work with hands then? I handle raw garlic a lot, and never experienced this.

    pineapple87
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you chop it in your food, you'll probably taste it off your plate first. (also, most people wash their hands pretty often while cooking)

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

    Yeah and if you eat too much pickled garlic, you'll reek of it for days...... found out the hard way... alas, I no longer eat jars of the stuff.

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

    Same thing happened to me.. I eat less garlic now

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

    I once ate garlic bread with a solid quarter inch of real garlic on it. The next morning, I woke up feeling fantastic! The skin on my arm smelled weird, and I realized it was the garlic. People who talk about the health benefits of garlic aren't kidding!

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

    If someone rubbed my feet with garlic, I would be terrified that they were about to pop me into a hot oven.

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    #4

    “Human Body Facts That Will 100% Trigger You”: 27 Obscure Yet Terrifying Facts About Us Revealed By This TikToker The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve razor blades which is why your stomach is in a constant battle to not digest itself. Only being kept in check by mucus.

    mndiaye_97 , Kindel Media Report

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

    Props to the guy who swallowed the razor blade so we could know this

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

    Someone... might actually have done this. Semi-consensually. There was a guy who, through an accident that I won't go into, ended up with a stomach fistula, and a scientist was fascinated by it and basically made him a guinea pig for seeing how long it took various things to dissolve in stomach acid... it's complicated and fascinating and fairly disturbing. You can look up Alexis St. Martin for the whole bizarre story.

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

    Strong enough to dissolve razor blades, but corn on the cob….

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

    I can imagine that the corn doesn't stay long enough in the stomach for it to dissolve, but if you put something for a longer time it will.

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

    Those with acid reflux know about how strong stomach acid can be, when it comes up in their throat.

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

    It meets it match with corn.

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

    Mucus is amazing stuff. We all depend on it more than we know.

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

    Have there ever been cases where someone didn't have enough mucus?

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

    stomach ulcers are the beginning stage i think not sure about the rest though

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

    Wow, I didn't know I had Fungus the Bogeyman's daughter in my stomach. :D

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

    picture reminds me of a question I had- why does my belly hair grow in the direction of my belly button?

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    #5

    “Human Body Facts That Will 100% Trigger You”: 27 Obscure Yet Terrifying Facts About Us Revealed By This TikToker When you really think about it we're all just three-pound brains piloting meat bicycles we call bodies

    mndiaye_97 , Joel Ambass Report

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

    As a brain, I am dissapointed in my bike.

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

    I wanted a mountain bike but ended up with a tricycle

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

    I like the description jelly fish piloting a meat clad bone mech more myself.

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

    My favorite is the tumblr post that called it a wad of soggy bacon running a complex biomechanical suit, then compared it to a bowl of tapioca pudding.

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

    "Meat Bicycle" needs to be the name of a metal band.

    Katrina M. Alecson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Less of a fact and more of an interpretation

    The Veil of Fire
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Our bodies are just walking, talking, living carcasses. Once our spirit leaves the connection, the body is just a carcass.

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

    Energy powers every living thing. It can change forms, it can dissipate as heat, but it cannot cease to exist. So...you're not wrong if you're considering the spirit as energy.

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

    The Brain is the only organ that named itself.🧠

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

    I like how one guy put it: We are brains piloting bone mechs with meat armor. :)

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    #6

    “Human Body Facts That Will 100% Trigger You”: 27 Obscure Yet Terrifying Facts About Us Revealed By This TikToker If you force someone to stay awake without giving them any food, they'll die of lack of sleep before they die of starvation.

    mndiaye_97 , Andrea Piacquadio Report

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

    This is because we have stored body fat, but no stored body nap.

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

    I would love to be able to store naps :-) I will start napping now to be sure they are fully stored

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

    Theoretically you die of dehydration probably first, but yeah 🤣

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

    72 hours without water tops, then sets in marked dehydration

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

    About 5 days, if i recall correctly. An American POW was once made to stand perfectly still by his Japanese captors. He did it for three days, non-stop . Tough b*****d, wouldn't let 'em beat him. But, he would have collapsed and died eventually.

    Ace
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    2 years ago

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    Apocryphal and often-repeated story, but it didn't happen. It's just an urban myth.

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

    Well, the schools are really experimenting in this regard

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

    First they will go insane. Then death follows.

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

    Shoutout to the guy who tested this

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

    assuming they have access to clean water

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

    Ah yes, Russian sleep experiment

    Mandy Delaforce (PC Girl)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Depends on how skinny they are and how much water you allow them to drink.

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    #7

    “Human Body Facts That Will 100% Trigger You”: 27 Obscure Yet Terrifying Facts About Us Revealed By This TikToker There's a kind of tumor that can cause teeth to grow in a woman's ovaries and a male's testicles.

    mndiaye_97 , anatoliy_gleb Report

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

    Some even run for president!

    Carito alias La Cototina
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dermoid cysts or teratoma. I had mine taken out with one of my ovaries. I wanted to see it after the survey but I wasn't allowed.

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

    I had two, but my ovaries luckily stayed. I didn't want to see it but they showed me pictures of my ovaries and uterus and explained what they did. Even told me what was inside the dermoids... the doctor was maybe a bit too enthusiastic 😂

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

    Tumours all around the body are sometimes capable of growing teeth and hair.

    and_a_touch_of_the_’tism
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s called a teratoma and they can also grow hair, nails, and I think some organs?

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

    If that's true, that is absolutely terrifying. Like tumors are evolving to be a whole other being? Yikes!!

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

    Oh, I've seen one in the lab I was working during summer when I was at university. They always check for tumor when extracting cyst. It's honnestly pretty weird to find hair and teeth in an ovarien cyst but this type of cyst apparently never turn into cancer.

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

    Unfortunately, that isn't true. Teratomas can be mature or immature. In a mature lesion, the different types of tissue present (like intestinal mucosa, glands, muscle, cartilage etc) are fully mature and look identical to the appearance of the cells in the tissue in its proper location, so gut lining in a mature teratoma looks like gut lining in the normal gut. In an immature teratoma, the cells in the tumour are still recognisable as different tissues, but they recapitulate the appearance of cells at an earlier stage of development, so liver in an immature teratoma looks like liver found in an early fetus, not an adult. Mature teratomas are more common, and they've a 2% risk of malignant transformation, but the risk for immature teratomas is much higher.

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

    Oh so the movie Teeth can actually BE based on a true story?

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

    Yes teratoma. My granddaughter at 14 had a 2.2 pound teratoma removed from her chest. Unfortunately they had to crack her chest open but it was not cancerous so that was good news. Usually in the chest they are not. Her tumor didn't have teeth or hair but it did have skin cells in it. Hers was very dangerous, it was resting on her heart and up against her esophagus. She always had a cough and became hard for her to breathe. She had to go to a special children's hospital out of the area. She is fine now

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

    That was difficult to read, and must have been terrifying for you to live through... hope you and your family are thriving.

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

    My friend had one with teeth and hair. We named it Fred. She did not miss Fred once he was gone.

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    #8

    “Human Body Facts That Will 100% Trigger You”: 27 Obscure Yet Terrifying Facts About Us Revealed By This TikToker Men can actually produce milk, it's more common than you think most men are just too ashamed to admit it. And it can be triggered by starvation. Concentration camp survivors were given food after being starved for weeks and for some reason, they started lactating.

    mndiaye_97 , Spencer Selover Report

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

    Double checked this, because of course there's no source. It's true. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strange-but-true-males-can-lactate/

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

    Under continuing stress, your hormones can go crazy.

    Mimi777
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My husband can squeeze out this kinda milky liquid out of his nipples. It’s a apparently a party trick for him.

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

    I'd get him checked out though. Non after birth lactation is a sign of possible breast cancer in women and men.

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

    Yes, men have all the same structures in their breasts as women. Men can also get breast cancer. Any man who has a discharge from a nipple should run, not walk, to his physician to get it checked out (also if he has a lump or pain in a breast).

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

    This is something that isn't really talked about and should be. Breast cancer is not common in men, but it does occur. I work in Pathology and whenever we have a male (by birth) diagnosis of breast cancer, there is a lot of confusion from the patient because they didn't realize it could happen.

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

    I wonder, does it work the same for babies as breast milk? Purely random thought.

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

    I mean, sure. There are men who have breast fed. It IS breastmilk. My only concern about the stuff the concentration camp survivors were producing would be an overload of stress hormones in the milk. Like cortisol, which is a known problem in distressed mothers.

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

    "it's more common than you think most men are just too ashamed to admit it" really? Most men are not ashamed they don't even know this

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

    It’s not saying men are ashamed in general. It’s saying men who lactate might be too ashamed to report it is happening. There are psych meds that can cause men to lactate and they might be too embarrassed to mention it to their psychiatrist

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

    Our then new born daughter was lactating and we were really confused. But it just happens

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

    This is due to the residual affect of the mother's hormones and yes, it happens.

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

    Many antidepressants make also cause lactation

    Ravioli
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My male newborn lactated for a couple weeks, apparently I flooded him with estrogen, it's called witch's milk and it happens to 4% of newborns

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

    I did this once when I was on a starvation diet. (NOT a good idea).

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    #9

    “Human Body Facts That Will 100% Trigger You”: 27 Obscure Yet Terrifying Facts About Us Revealed By This TikToker Since you shed about 40,000 skin cells a day, the dust you see in your house actually used to be part of you. Which means every time you breathe in someone else's house, you could be inhaling 1000s of somebody else's skin flakes.

    mndiaye_97 , Cats Coming Report

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

    Brings another meaning to, “I will always be a part of you”

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

    SOME of the dust in your house, that is.

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

    so if I lick dust in another person's house am I now a cannibal?

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

    I could've slept soundly tonight without knowing this

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

    This should be how people should've been made to stay at home during covid...

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

    That's why I hang out with successful people - you are what you eat. (This far this has been a fruitless endeavor, but they generally have better snacks than me so I'll keep trying...)

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

    And there's no escaping it no matter how much you clean and vacuum 🤣

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

    I'm very allergic to housedust, so I'm not lying when I say I'm allergic to people. For reals.

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

    I'm sweeping it up and saving it in tupperware. I plan to build a doppelganger and make it mow the lawn for me.

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    #10

    “Human Body Facts That Will 100% Trigger You”: 27 Obscure Yet Terrifying Facts About Us Revealed By This TikToker If you decapitated someone, the disembodied head will be conscious for 15 to 20 seconds, long enough for them to realize what you did to them

    mndiaye_97 , Gustavo Sánchez Report

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

    how exactly did we find out this information...?

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

    I swear I've read something about this before. Don't quote me but maybe something to do with the guillotine beheadings?

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    Son of Philosoraptor
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I call BS on this one. Yes the muscles of the face and eyes etc will have enough oxygen for the head to look animated briefly after decapitation, but the catastrophic and near instantaneous loss of blood pressure to the brain means unconsciousness, not awareness.

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

    "Alive" maybe but conscious, probably not. The sudden and massive drop in blood pressure would render you unconscious. Heck I even get black outs just standing up.

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

    One time my dad stood up too fast and fell down a flight of stairs and broke his toe

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

    I researched about this - do you still retain consciousness when you become decapitated? Because surely your brain doesn’t realise straight away right? I read loads of interesting stuff, I recommend you check it out

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

    France used the Guillotine for capital punishment until the 70s with detailed descriptions. Also, beheading was a common method of punishment for hundreds of years with many, many, many detailed accounts by witnesses and the Heads men themselves.

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

    They probably wish they still had the organs to cuss someone out

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

    Blows my mind the French used the guillotine until 1977.

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

    Most humane, non-suffering way to die back then

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

    What if time slows down for the dying brain, such that the last moments actually seem to last an eternity?

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

    Would they still be able to cuss you out though?

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

    no because they have no lungs. they could glare at you tho

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

    I mean, it makes sense...Much of your body is life support for the brain. Short of destruction of the brain itself, the quickest way the brain dies is lack of oxygen. We dont die instantly if we hold our breath, so the brain can survive a very short while without it.If you think about it, many causes of death are essentially lack of oxygen to the brain.

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    #11

    “Human Body Facts That Will 100% Trigger You”: 27 Obscure Yet Terrifying Facts About Us Revealed By This TikToker The brain has no pain receptors, meaning it's possible for people to stay awake and talk to doctors while they're performing brain surgery on them

    mndiaye_97 , Anna Shvets Report

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

    I knew this! There was a super famous saxophone player a few years back that had to get brain surgery or something and the surgeons had him play his saxophone during the procedure so they knew they didn't mess up.

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

    Shoutout to those surgeons performing one of the most complex medical procedures of all times while someone's playing the saxophone, meanwhile I forget where I'm going when someone at work plays phone music very quietly.

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

    My stepdad died of brain cancer but one of the weirdest parts of it was that he didn't feel any pain for 2 years until the tumors reached a size where his brain started pushing on his skull. Only the skull pushing actually hurt. It's weird to think you can have life threatening tumors and feel nothing

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

    And it can be important to talk to the patient in brain surgery so they know if they’re pressing on the right bits!

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

    Rosemary Kennedy was talking and singing during her lobotomy. Only when she stopped, did they stop cutting.

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

    Or Dr Lector is eating them..

    Kat'sPJs
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This was my first thought. Glad someone else thought it also.

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

    But doesn't the skin and stuff that you have to cut through to get to the brain have pain receptors, though?

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

    They use topical anesthetic on that part. It's actually the pressure against the muscles, skin, and bone in the skull that makes it hurt.

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

    My husband went through that. He is a talented Organist and Pianist. Phd in Performance. First open brain awake surgery in Austin at that particular hospital. They stimulated areas of his brain to try not to affect his motor skills during tumor removal. He was given pain killers for cutting through the scalp and anesthesia but not enough to put him out. Just to relax him so he would not freak out with his head open. He had a doctor talking to him keeping him calm the whole time. His motor skills are intact but his math skills and short term memory were lost. He still plays very complicated pieces from long term memory beautifully. But has no clue about a bank account and forgets conversations mid sentence. And the surgery was not that long ago. About 10 years.

    Happiness is Hippo
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That kind of short term memory loss sounds very difficult to live with but better than losing him to the tumour. I hope you have many more good years together.

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    Pansexual Child of Hades
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But the skin and tissue surrounding the brain has pain receptors right? Or is Dr Mike wrong in that one 911 reaction video?

    kitteh floof lover
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and yet, it's the brain that tells us we're in pain, interesting

    Knittin'Kitten
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The famous Hungarian author and humorist, Frigyes Karinthy, wrote an autobiographical book when he found out he had brain tumor. It's called "A journey round my skull". He was operated around 1936 and he was awake during the surgery and shared a lot of details about how it felt. It's a great read, and I heard it was in the curriculum in some medical schools for a while.

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    #12

    “Human Body Facts That Will 100% Trigger You”: 27 Obscure Yet Terrifying Facts About Us Revealed By This TikToker Because we evolved to walk on two feet, the pelvis and birth canal of women got narrower meaning they have to suffer one of the most painful births on the planet, which is why in 1780 chainsaws were used to saw off a part of the pelvic bone to make childbirth easier.

    mndiaye_97 , Anna Shvets Report

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

    I have no doubt whatsoever that it was neither proposed nor invented by a woman.

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

    I dunno. I worked in a maternity ward for a while, and the shout of 'JUST GET IT OUT!' was heard more than once.

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

    I had two kids w/o painkillers but at NO point did I think a chainsaw near my pelvic bone would be a good idea.

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

    I had two kids by having my abdomen gutted and I still don’t think a chainsaw near my pelvic bone would be a good idea.

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

    If I am not wrong, another consequence of this was that human babies also evolved paralelly to be born much more "prematurely" to fit the narrow birth cannal. Human babies are born totally defenseless and underdeveloped. They are dependent to their mothers for longer time than the babies of other mammals that are able to move a bit or hold onto their mothers or some even can run not so long after birth.

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

    It’s more like: Women who tended to give birth at an earlier point in gestation were selected for (in the evolutionary sense), and their counterparts who give birth once the baby is too large to pass the opening were selected against, which I know sounds wildly pedantic, but evolution never actually makes any choices or coordinates things so neatly because it has no agency, it cannot actually deliberate. Even scientists who know perfectly well how it works also make use of verbiage that invokes the ghost of an agent. They say things like “giraffes grew longer necks to get at higher leaves”, which, grammatically, makes it sound like giraffes got together to deal with that high-leaf situation. They obviously didn’t do that. The ones that had slightly longer necks got slightly better fed and were slightly more fit during the mating season, so had a better chance of passing on their long-neck genes. Evolution is just a way to talk about a certain kind of statistics.

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

    It's called the "obstetrical dilemma", and, in evolutionary terms, it's only getting worse. The human cranium is still on a path toward enlarging, and the pelvis can only be so wide while still functioning for bipedal locomotion. We are creeping toward an impasse.

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

    Yups. Women have pelvic spreading which helps to a degree, but it's also why younger girls/teens are at a higher risk for giving birth so young because the spread just doesn't help them. Big, oversized babies are a problem too.

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

    I forgot that this was the original use for chainsaws.

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

    Yes, I was just reading about it recently..... my female partner freaked out a bit when I told her :-)

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

    So how cutting your bone with a chainsaw is less painful than birthing a child? I don't think they had anesthesia at that time either...

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

    It wasn't about pain, it was about getting out a stuck baby

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

    This process is known as SYMPHYSIOTOMY and for many years, sawing through pubic ligaments/cartilage and, more rarely bone, was used in Ireland as an alternative to Caesarean. Over 1,500 women in Ireland between 1944 and 1987 were given this torment without their informed consent. The procedure will leave you unable to walk, pee, poo, or give birth again, depending. It doesn't use a chainsaw. Just a medical bone saw. Also, this torture was first advocated (by a man) in 1597. Rather than call a midwife to turn a breech baby or similar, the man just got to sawing.l.. without care for consequences for the woman. It's been used across Europe and Africa, and people as recently as the 2010s still advocated for its use over caesarean section. Source: WHO, UN Committe Against Torture, and Irish Examiner. (My ucnle by marriage is born Ireland, his aunt had one done, so that's how I heard about it)

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

    I'm feeling a little faint now especially the recency

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    Impasta (she/they)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And some people still think getting kicked in crotch is more painful.

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    #13

    “Human Body Facts That Will 100% Trigger You”: 27 Obscure Yet Terrifying Facts About Us Revealed By This TikToker Sometimes when you have a runny nose, it isn't snot. It's cerebral fluid that the brain leaks to reduce pressure.

    mndiaye_97 , Brittany Colette Report

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

    This isn't quite accurate. Yes, it can happen, but it's pretty rare, it happens when there's a hole in the membranes around your brain or spinal cord, not just to reduce brain pressure, there's usually other symptoms associated with it, and if it does happen, you should see a doctor. It can heal on its own, but it also puts you at a risk for meningitis.

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

    And how do I know if it is brain fluid?

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

    So that one Calvin and Hobbes comic where he sneezes and is relieved that there’s no brains in his tissue isn’t entirely that far off.

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

    CSF leaks are very rare, most people do not experience them.

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

    I recently read a story about a UK woman who has CSF leaks and for some like her, it can be really debilitating. The trouble is usually in finding the leak, for those who have problems because theirs don't heal, etc. She was treated a couple times with some kind of blood clot therapy I think it was, but she's still suffering from it (more leaks). The only time she feels any relief from symptoms is to be laying down horizontal so it's pretty much wrecked her, unfortunately.

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

    I vaguely remember a lady who had this problem and her grandchildren referred to her as "drippy grandma". She got the hole fixed, so her brain no longer leaks.

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

    Ooooooooooooooooooook add that to the list of stuff that I never ever wanted to know

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

    This is usually also accompanied by a bad headache that is relieved by lying down. Unfortunately common in people like me who have connective tissue problems and rarely diagnosed in a reasonable amount of time. Lots of doctors telling people with CSF leaks to stop overreacting before they finally find it.

    The voice of reason
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This happened to my aunt. She had a small tear in the membrane around her brain. Had surgery to repair it.

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

    How would you recognize the difference?

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    #14

    “Human Body Facts That Will 100% Trigger You”: 27 Obscure Yet Terrifying Facts About Us Revealed By This TikToker Sometimes during brain surgery, they'll peel your face forward like a goddamn banana.

    mndiaye_97 , Anna Shvets Report

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

    If it'll peel, it'll heal. Rather have my face temporarily stowed near my nose than have major scars that would scare children and small animals.

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

    i wouldn't mind scaring children, but i would not be able to function if I scared small animals.

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

    Have had this experience. I was born with a cranial deformity (craniosynostosis- specifically trigonocephaly or a triangular shaped skull). I have a large scar running across the top of my head from one ear to the other ear.

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

    I had it done twice for surgery to patch bilateral semicircular canal dehiscence (holes in my skull that let my "brain juice" get in my ear canals). "Being peeled like a banana" was exactly how my surgeon at the Mayo Clinic described how he would get to the area that needed to be patched.

    Claire the Devils Advocate
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had jaw reconstruction and they peeled my face

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

    You prefer they peel like an orange? If it can peel, it'll heal. My mom's face was peeled like that, she's fine. Deal with it. And it's only the forehead they peel, not the whole face, FFS....

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

    Yes it’s true. They even have tiny clips to hold it down so it won’t go flapping back. This is common for certain plastic surgeries…facelifts etc.

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

    "I wanna take his Face. Off."

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

    I knew they did this but the comparison to a banana peel has me dying 😂😂

    Cll
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    So. I guess the new thing now is to be inarticulate. Ok they're not sheep. Oh wait I guess acc. to you they are.

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    #15

    “Human Body Facts That Will 100% Trigger You”: 27 Obscure Yet Terrifying Facts About Us Revealed By This TikToker One of the first things a surgeon does before the surgery is clean out the belly button because there can be 67 types of bacteria in there.

    mndiaye_97 , RODNAE Productions Report

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

    1. EXACTLY 67? 2. Surgeons clean nothing besides their own hands.

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

    I had an invasive foot surgery three days ago and NOBODY cleaned my bellybutton out for me! I feel ripped off and I demand to speak to a manager this instant!

    NanaJo430
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm surprised navel piercings don't get infected at an alarming rate if this is true.

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

    Happened to me. I wasn't even intended on getting pierced but went with my then boyfriend to get his done and got talked into it. The damn thing kept getting caught on my clothes but also infection after infection despite cleaning twice a day. Just took it out and it healed easily. My body was clearly like WTF, and just wanted it out.

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

    It blows me away that people don't wash the top/back of ears, feet, legs, and bellybuttons. That's just so weird.

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

    So, just who counted?

    Katrina M. Alecson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What about eye surgery and other facial surgery (I've had several) what would be the point then?

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

    eye surgery is awful. It takes longer to recover than any other surgery

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

    Where I come from, the hardcore fluff is first removed from the patient's navel with so-called surgical tweezers, which is what we call the bare thumb and forefinger, and the evacuated samples are archived according to odor notes and previously validated nasally by the microbiologist on duty. Finally, the samples are launched with an AmazonPrime rocket to Elon Musk's research package station on his private planet "Fullpost I".

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

    more often an OR technician not Dr. or RN.at least where I am from.

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    #16

    “Human Body Facts That Will 100% Trigger You”: 27 Obscure Yet Terrifying Facts About Us Revealed By This TikToker If a woman's ligaments stretch and her muscles aren't strong enough her uterus can straight up fall out of her. Kegels are your friend.

    mndiaye_97 , Cliff Booth Report

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

    Been there. Done that. I give prolapse a one star out of five.

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

    Oh god, this happened to my mom, as well. It was a nightmare for all involved. Trying to explain Kegel exercises to a woman in her 70s (who is also your mother) was… not fun. I had no luck explaining to her which muscles to work. My family has very few personal boundaries (no banjo music type stuff though, thank you) and I was nearly ready to have her put a finger up there OBGYN-exam style into my body and do a Kegel so she’d know what I was talking about. Though she probably still wouldn’t have understood how to flex the same muscle in her body. XD

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

    My mom had a hysterectomy when this happened to her.

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

    Uterine prolapse is most typical after childbirth or due to trauma of other natures, abnd you can be strong AF and still experrience it. Don't assume it's about her muscular strength. Pelvic floors are complicated networks of connective tissue and bone. .... MD (And, no, Kegels won't prevent it, but they reduce likelihood.)

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

    Sometimes. Sometimes too many Kegels can cause painful s e x and/or incontinence. See a pelvic floor PT, people. Edit: stupid autocorrect

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

    Read this 4x and still don't know what it says.

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

    I’ve actually seen this when I was a nurse. Elderly ladies, their cervix was so fallen down it was visible. They used something called a pessary to deal with that. As much as I’ll write or everyone will be racing for the brain bleach.

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

    When I worked in a nursing home, this was a frequent issue for the cna’s . We would have to lift very tall men or use a hoyer lift for super obese patients. I lasted a few years but couldn’t hack it and the strain on my body. This was 25yrs ago and I hope things have changed but not enough staff to go around and I doubt it’s gotten much better.

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

    And it results in having to wear a f***y pack (at least in the UK!).

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

    Hmmm...do you mean a pessary? In America a f***y pack is basically a purse one wears around the waist to hold your wallet, keys, etc.

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

    Just like, fall out? What about skin?

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

    Skin's still attached. It's called a prolapse.

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

    This is the worst way of describing how uterine prolapse occurs that I have ever heard. Don’t do Kegels/pelvic floor exercise until you are and adult (well into your 20’s) or are pregnant and don’t do more then suggested. Too much and too soon can screw things up just as much as not enough.

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    #17

    “Human Body Facts That Will 100% Trigger You”: 27 Obscure Yet Terrifying Facts About Us Revealed By This TikToker When you breathe, most of the air goes in one nostril and comes out the other and they switch roles every couple of hours. And you're checking right now, right?

    mndiaye_97 , MART PRODUCTION Report

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

    Also, when you realize you are breathing, it switches from automatic mode back to ‘oh, so you’re back again! Here, focus on breathing so you don’t die!’ mode

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

    My friend has their discord status as 'breathing now set to manual' and it f***s me up every time I see it

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    Stardust she/her
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With a stuffed nose and I can confirm, the stuffiness changes nostrils every few hours

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

    Breathing in through the left nostril is an exercise for calming and also cooling down. Breath in through the left nostril while you have the right covered and exhale through the right while you have the left covered. Do this for 5 to 10 cycles then switch. The left nostril activates the parasympathetic nervous system, it's science!

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

    That's extremely helpful, Narwhal Blast! Anything that helps to relax is something many people need. Also, fu.ck you CII. Nobody asked for your snarky comments either, you douche conoe

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

    so when i can’t breathe during a cold is bc my other nostril that’s SUPPOSED to breathing for me is blocked full of SNOT

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

    Best thing I've ever found for my nose/sinuses with a cold, is using a saline solution spray. The non-habit forming kind. The salt water pulls excess moisture out of swollen sinus cavities to make them shrink. The trick I found was to not move for as long as I could, after I sprayed into each nostril. Keep your head straight, don't tip it back (or it'll run down your throat) and don't tip it forward (or your nose will run). Don't sniff, or snort, or do anything except to dry the inside of your nose with a tissue. Keep still for a few minutes, let the solution sit and do its thing. This can be hard to do, but the payoff is worth it. After those few minutes, feel free to sniff/snort/swallow, or blow your nose.

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

    I had a decades long sinus infection (never diagnosed until decades later!) and finally had it cleared out surgically. Breathing through the nose is loud! It took a bit to get used to the loud noise as I breathed through my nose fully in decades! Our brains usually filter out unnecessary stimuli.

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

    Yeah brain filtering is so col but strange, like how we "see" our noses but the brain just blocks that out as useless info.

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

    also: did you know there is no place in your closed mouth your tongue rests comfortably. It just hangs in there

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

    Is that a picture of Scarlet Johansson?

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

    Yeah but I can't breathe through my nose! I'm a mouth breather

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

    There is a yoga exercise in which you have to breath just through one nostril. I always thought it would just be a focus thing

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

    It's supposed to be more than just a focus thing if you get into the actual philosophy of it. It has to do with the movement of energy (prana) throughout the body.

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    #18

    “Human Body Facts That Will 100% Trigger You”: 27 Obscure Yet Terrifying Facts About Us Revealed By This TikToker You produce more earwax when you're stressed and stressed earwax smells way worse than the regular stuff

    mndiaye_97 , Olivier Bergeron Report

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

    I wonder which poor sod had to go around sniffing people's earwax for this to be discovered.

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

    I actually experienced this on myself in the last while.... twas kinda freaky

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

    My BO smells different when I'm stressed, at least according to myself. But what I really want to know is why humans are so attuned to the way dogs smell when they're stressed out. I 100% know what that smells like, and when I ask people, a lot of them know what I'm talking about. I want to know why dogs smell so strongly to humans in general. Was there some kind of advantage to this in the past?

    Well-Dressed Wolf
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We’ve evolved alongside dogs for some 30,000 years now. They used to be valuable “tools” (hunting, herding, guarding, etc) that humans relied on to help them survive. Perhaps it evolved along the way so humans could identify when their valuable canine companions were stressed, so the humans could help them before it progressed to illness/sickness or death? That’s total conjecture on my part XD

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    🧶𝔹𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙 𝕂𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣🪡
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cortisol makes *everything* smell worse - sweat, discharge, breath, etc. Take time to destress, folks! And don't be afraid to stop and relax for a while! Humans were never meant to live such overburdened lives the way so many of us do these days.

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

    Western ear wax is gooey and orange, most Asian ear wax is dry and gold colored

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

    Stress sweat really stinks too.

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

    My earwax is used by fragrance designers in place of ambergris and the waste products from the making process of the final product are added to most common home fragrance nebulizers.

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

    Cats have a weird affinity with earwax - my two will fight over a used cotton bud

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

    Can anyone confirm, please? 😆

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    #19

    “Human Body Facts That Will 100% Trigger You”: 27 Obscure Yet Terrifying Facts About Us Revealed By This TikToker Your immune system doesn't always recognize the eye as part of the body which is why there are many diseases where the immune system attacks and tries to destroy the eye which could blind you in the process.

    mndiaye_97 , CDC Report

    Stardust she/her
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My one relative had this happen to him, he’s now blind in one eye

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

    Immune System: THERES SOMETHING ATTACKING YOU Me: No those are my eyes Immune System: YOUR EYES ARE ATTACKING YOU? Me: No- Immune System: CALL THE POLICE

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

    Allergies are also the immune system thinking totally benign substances are dangerous (like poisons). And this can be triggered in all kinds of ways. Ther is even something (a disease I think) that can make you allergic to meat

    [loading username]
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Alpha-gal syndrome. My uncle caught it from a tick bite. He can only eat fish and poultry now. Any red meat sends him into anaphylaxis and he needs an epi pen. Except venison, for some reason. He can still eat that. Even the doctors don't know why.

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

    Our eyes have their own immune system, at any moment our bodies immune system can attack our eyes for literally no reason, pretty bad design.

    Cll
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    2 years ago

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    How many bodies?

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

    So horrific and heart breaking, something like this can happen when you have cancer. Your immune system, which is trying to kill the cancer cells, goes haywire and interprets your brain as foreign thing in your body that needs to be destroyed. And it does. Seen that too. I’ll never forget her or her family. My heart is aching right now just writing this.

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

    Yes and the eyeball can actually rupture as discovered by my family member. Best kee up with annual eye checks to make sure this doesn't happen.

    Cll
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    2 years ago

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    They're called *vision appt.s*.

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

    It's called immune privilege and I think the brain has it too.

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

    It is called that, but no, your brain shares its blood supply with the rest of your body.

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

    I have one of those diseases. It's called Sjogren's. My immune system doesn't only attack my eye but can be diagnosed or suspected due to the eye damage the disease causes. Sjogren's attacks the moisture producing glands in the body and eyes are heavily reliant on moisture to stay healthy. As a result, I have extremely dry eyes that affect my vision. Some with advanced disease aren't able to cry.

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

    The worst part is that you'll never see it coming

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

    I had this, in combination with my immune system attacking my kidneys. TINU-Syndrome it's called. I am okay now and only have some minor lasting damage. But it costed me 2 years to become better and a whole bunch of prednisone. Scary stuff.

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    #20

    “Human Body Facts That Will 100% Trigger You”: 27 Obscure Yet Terrifying Facts About Us Revealed By This TikToker There could be mites having sex on your eyelashes right now you would have no way of knowing

    mndiaye_97 , engin akyurt Report

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

    I am perfectly ok with not knowing.

    Ali H M Salehuddin
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why are they doing this infront of my eyes? They should feel ashamed of themselves. Go away, get a room somewhere. No... Not in my ear canals! I do not want to hear sex noises either.

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

    Tiny little scratching noises? Lol

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

    Great, the mites are having more sex than I am.

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

    Ah well at least something on my body is getting some.

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

    They're my pets and they're all called Fred.

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

    that sounds confusing, can you name one Juan

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

    Probably less disgusting to us than what our hotel/motel bed could tell us.

    Cll
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    2 years ago

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    I didn't know beds spoke.

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

    ah s**t... *Starts pulling on eyelashes*

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

    Not just ON your eyelashes, but inside the follicles themselves. All over your body, for that matter. It's symbiosis, where they're actually a huge help and not a hindrance. The theory is that they evolved this way because they're definitely lazy little sods.

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

    It's like have your own little peep show free of charge

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    #21

    “Human Body Facts That Will 100% Trigger You”: 27 Obscure Yet Terrifying Facts About Us Revealed By This TikToker Your brain lies to you all the time. if you turn your head too quickly, your brain can't possibly process everything. So it'll take what little information it was able to grab and fill in the missing blanks. There's another way your brain kind of lies to you. If you cover one, the reason you don't see a big black void in your vision is because the brain basically makes up and fills in the missing parts based on the surroundings.

    mndiaye_97 , Hailey Reed Report

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

    I have vision loss in some parts of my eyes (I'm going to a eye specialist on tuesday and I'm scared of what might be wrong) so my brain does this all the time, it's really weird because sometimes I don't see things because they're at the "wrong" place for my eyes and they just fill out the gap with whatever is beside. So like on a paper some of the things that's written/printed on it is gone and the space is just white.

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

    I have this and it's because some scar tissue in my eye was shrinking and pulling on my retina. I had surgery to separate the scar tissue from my retina but the damage was done. It kept me from going blind in that eye though. I hope they can help you and improve your vision. Best wishes

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

    I don’t see it as lying. I think it’s just like “ok this is the best I can do with that the eyes gave me. It looks like a purple giraffe on top of a purple… couch? I want to say couch. Anyway give that to the clever part of the brain, they’ll work it out. Whatever you do don’t give it to the amygdala or he’ll go ape sh!t.”

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

    Also, your brain filters out your nose unless you're actively thinking about trying to see it. In theory, there could be an entire alternate universe right in front of us, but our brains filter it out because it's deemed unimportant or distracting

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

    Hold up, is it saying if you cover one eye you don't see a black void to that side....I do see that in my periphery unless I move the open eye in that direction to cover that field of view. I also always see my nose and the frame of my glasses and never forget they're there. The thing is though, I'm autistic, and I have a really sensitive sensory system and just do not filter out some of the things others do.

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

    I don't see my nose but I do see the rim of my glasses and I am not autistic (to my knowledge). I was prescribed glasses back in 2012 and have only ever used rimless ones because the first one had thick black frame and could help but see the world in that frame ALL the time, it was irritating and gave me headache.

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

    There's a syndrome called 'Charles Bonnet' where (usually in elderly blind) the brain 'makes up' the missing background, often with weird hallucinations - seeing the postman as a cartoon roadrunner for instance. The people know they're hallucinating, so usually aren't worried and are used to it....so sometimes don't report it to their medical team.

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

    This is also why (I think) it doesn't bother you to turn your head while looking forward but it usually DOES bother you if you are watching a video and the video camera suddenly pans right or moves around a lot. When you do it yourself your brain is ready for it / knows about it but when you are just sitting in a chair staring forward the brain has no warning the image is going to suddenly change.

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

    Ok this is actually terrifying to me

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

    The older I get, the more certain I am that no human can ever actually know for certain what is real and what is not... At first it was monumentally disturbing but now I actually find it comforting because I finally have a real reason to always have a background level of idgaf

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

    This is why eyewitness testimony is so very unreliable as evidence when it comes to criminal court proceedings. Ask 10 people about an event they all witnessed and you'll get 10 different answers. Our memories aren't nearly as reliable as we believe them to be.

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

    Not only are our memories often unreliable, we often "see" what we expect to see.

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

    Also, you can always see your nose but your brain just blots it out. That's why you know when there is something on your nose but don't see your nose.

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    #22

    “Human Body Facts That Will 100% Trigger You”: 27 Obscure Yet Terrifying Facts About Us Revealed By This TikToker The water you drink has probably been inside someone or something else.

    mndiaye_97 , engin akyurt Report

    A Wild Bean
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Probably? Nah, definitely. This is the same water that's been on our planet since way before the dinosaurs (edit: it was a typo, please be nice)

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

    Yups, our water is essentially "space water", since all of it got here through the cosmic bombardment of Earth in the very early days, and some through chemical reactions. Besides all the rock and metal, water is as old as the Earth almost.

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

    Same goes with air. Air is constantly recycled. The air you breathe right now has been in the lungs of many famous - and infamous - people, the dinosaurs, all your loved ones and at least one cute capybara. I think it's kind of beautiful how this connects us all.

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

    My 5 year old likes to remind me when I’m drinking water that I’m drinking “dinosaur pee.”

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

    The bigger concern is if something or someone else is in the water.

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

    After a 4-billion year history of life on Earth, the water inside of you has DEFO been part of many other living organisms.

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

    We are all drinking dinosaur pee

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

    The gold ring you wear could've been part of a Pharoah's funeral. It's fungible.

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

    Liar, Liar! I have searched every single finger of my hands but I can't find a gold ring. Fortunately, the search did not take long because I have been working in a sawmill for many years. 🤘

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    #23

    “Human Body Facts That Will 100% Trigger You”: 27 Obscure Yet Terrifying Facts About Us Revealed By This TikToker When you die, your body will begin digesting itself as enzymes eat through cell membranes and leak out.

    mndiaye_97 , Pavel Danilyuk Report

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

    I mean, sure, why not. Make those nutrients available to whatever needs them right now, I certainly don't need them anymore. Eat me, I don't mind!

    I'm.Just.A.Girl
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why I want a green burial. Eat me Earth!

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

    Presumably why embalming was invented

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

    What came first. Embalming or mummification?

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

    Embalming stops this. We should not be embalmed.

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

    my body will be incinerated, not so nasty

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

    I want cremation thank you very much

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    #24

    “Human Body Facts That Will 100% Trigger You”: 27 Obscure Yet Terrifying Facts About Us Revealed By This TikToker You can exchange as many as 80 million bacteria in one 10 second kiss, and if you kiss your partner multiple times a day you'll develop similar colonies of oral bacteria.

    mndiaye_97 , V T Report

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

    I vaguely remember reading that if you regularly exchange bodily fluids with a partner your body will actually tolerate their cells and they can be used as a donor for certain things.

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

    I remember reading that too, but I forget what study it was.

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

    My mother goes ape if my dad lies on her pillow, especially since she learned about the eyelash mites. I said but you've kissed him yes and stuff? Yes but that's different!!! Ok mum....

    rxndomhumxn01
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    See this is why I don't like kissing, it's basically like 'I love you, have my bacteria!'

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

    Stop, I’m getting excited !

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

    According to research, the intestinal bacteria can also be more similar in couples who have been together for a long time than in identical twins.

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

    This is why kissing someone with cavities can give you cavities!

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

    True love is sharing communicable diseases.

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

    So? This post is making every bodily function seem like a horrible thing.

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    #25

    “Human Body Facts That Will 100% Trigger You”: 27 Obscure Yet Terrifying Facts About Us Revealed By This TikToker If someone sneezes in your face, they're launching germs at you at 100 miles per hour. Coughs aren't that bad because they're only about 60 miles per hour.

    mndiaye_97 , Mojca J Report

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

    My youngest child running at me yesterday sneezing in my eyes! Lol oh my downvoter is back. Following me about like a scary stalker

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

    Every comment of CII's I've been reporting for harassment. WTF is wrong with them!? Must be a very sick individual to seek out and harass specific people the way they do 😕 I really hope they get banned soon 🤞

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

    Can someone tell my Dad be because he refuses to cover his nose and mouth when sneezes and its disgusting. He claims he did that once and felt his eyes move. I told him cover, not 100% block but the man's an idiot.

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

    He's a disgusting idiot indeed, sorry. Holding a bit of tissue or a thin piece of cotton in front of your mouth and nose when you sneeze won't hurt and definitely won't make the eyes pop out!

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

    My cat will sneeze directly into my face and then look at me like *I* was bothering *HIM*.

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

    I sneeze really hard and I'm sometimes amazed at what the sound wave from it can do. Examples: Standing by my mother's piano in a quiet living room. I sneezed about 5 feet away from the piano and I could hear the strings echoing inside the piano. I've also heard it ping off the metal of my treadmill about 5 feet away as if something had lightly tapped. it. I don't get it really. Kind of weird but has been that way since I can remember.

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

    I work in a school and it is alarming how often people sneeze in my face

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

    Cars should run off sneeze power!

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

    This happened to me 2 weeks ago. Obviously, I got very sick. People suck.

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

    I had a friend tell me that if you sneeze with your eyes open, they'll pop out👁

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    #26

    “Human Body Facts That Will 100% Trigger You”: 27 Obscure Yet Terrifying Facts About Us Revealed By This TikToker You aren't actually you, you're just a brain controlling the body. The things that make you you is decided by a three-pound wrinkly mess of tissue.

    mndiaye_97 , cottonbro studio Report

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

    Well most of the time the rest of me also feels like a wrinkly mess so I am not too worried about this one

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

    One of my teenage neighbors (14 M) is autistic and struggles with social and general anxiety. He became a big fan of Mobile Gundam Wing (the anime) last year, and was telling me the other morning that it changed his life. When I asked him how, he said something along the lines of, thinking about his body as a "mech suit" and himself/his brain, as the "owner/operator". In his thinking, this helps to put a "barrier" between himself and his perception of other people, and theirs of him, which helps to calm his anxiety. Sweet kid, and it seems to be helping him, because he'd never done more than just wave at me whenever he saw me, but that day (I was bringing in my garbage can while he was walking to the bus stop at the corner) he stopped and talked to me.

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    Alecto76
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As addressed in the vision post here, I find it freaky that you are your brain, but your brain can lie to you - editing your vision, burying traumatic memories - its an existential rabbit hole.

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

    It actively edits your perceptions of reality on a much deeper level than just your vision. Numerous experiments have demonstrated that the brain has a definitive preference for cause/effect and pattern recognition. Basically, your experience of reality is your brain's best prediction of what the world outside your body is like and will be like in the immediate future.

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

    Not necessarily true. We don't know for sure where the "mind" ends or begins. organs may even contain memories. There are a lot of stories where organ donor recipients end up having similar tastes to their donor and remembering things they never did.

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

    I feel like I finally know myself now. I'm a three pound wrinkly thing. How individualistic (if that's even a word).

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

    Ok then, separate the brain and the body and see how long they work without each other

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

    Also you are two persons that are just in sync with each other. look it up. XD

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

    I find this nonsense. I am a brain in a body, that means that the whole thing IS me.

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

    With a spiritual aspect that recharges during sleep.

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

    you are the soul who activate the brain to control the body... At least I am

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    “Human Body Facts That Will 100% Trigger You”: 27 Obscure Yet Terrifying Facts About Us Revealed By This TikToker Placentophagy is the practice of a woman eating the placenta that comes out after she gives birth. And apparently, she has two options. She could cook it or eat it fresh out. A Canadian study claimed that 24% of women polled ate the placenta.

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

    Eat it fresh out?! That's a bit much. I mean other mammals do it but I can't wrap my brain around a human doing that. Haven't looked this up recently, but I've heard of drying it out and putting into a pill form and just taking it like a daily vitamin. Edit: if you've eaten a fresh placenta, no shade to you. You do you. Not trying to offend anyone.

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

    I call b******t. https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/why-do-women-eat-their-own-placentas-canadian-study-seeks-to-find-out-1.4239432?cache=fbvfbdkpstrm "The study’s authors acknowledged there was most likely an “overestimate” of women who ate their own placenta in their findings because they sought mothers in social media parenting groups."

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

    Agree, there's no way a quarter of all women are eating those. Imagine people taking home doggy bags of placenta from the hospital. Absolute shite.

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    Rosa Carone-Prendergast
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's disgusting and I don't care what excuses people come up with to do it....it's still f*cking gross.

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

    Take my upvote please. Ive expelled a lot of things from my body, just because they are "natural" doesn't mean they're edible.

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

    Wow, so much misinformation in these comments. Yes, placentophagy is fairly common nowadays. It started among "natural" or "crunchy" communities, but you would honestly be surprised. I get clients from all walks of life who want to know more about it. The placenta is almost always dehydrated, combined with herbs and put into capsules. It’s taken to reduce postpartum depression and increase milk supply through ingestion of hormones remaining in the placenta. There haven’t been wide scale studies, so no hard data yet, but preliminary studies have been done to get the ball rolling. However, anecdotal evidence - particularly for reducing depression - is very high. It's possible that it's placebo effect, but since the risk appears to be very low (if prepared properly), and the depression rate is astronomically high right now, most birth professionals are in favor of whatever we can do to lower it. Also, you can still bank cord blood. And you use a cooler, not a doggy bag. Geez.

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

    As humans are one of the only mammal species that does not regularly eat the placenta, it appears that there is no evolutionary advantage in doing so. The fad for eating the placenta is just that, a modern fad with no scientific backing or principle behind it. It does make some people richer though, so I guess that's why it persists.

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

    There have been concerns regarding the placenta containing infection, in particular group B strep. I recall reading of an infant who contracted the infection a few times (seriously ill) before they figured out the source.

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

    How was the infant getting the infection when it was the mother having the placenta? It’s extremely unlikely to pass through breastmilk unless it’s expressed breastmilk that become contaminated (which was the case in the articles I read, so didn’t really have anything to do with the placenta eating).

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

    This is why I kinda hate any 'study' because the samples sizes are usually the favourable audience not the general public

    The Accidental Cat Thief
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel like they did this study in the hospital about half an hour after birth and the moms thought they had asked if they had eaten their chicken broth.

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

    Im fairly certain the only reason some animals eat the placenta is to protect themselves and their offspring from predators who may smell the fresh birth. It doesn’t have much of any nutritional value

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

    I got to see my placenta after my identical twins were born. Seeing both cords and how it was sorta split, sorta connected was really cool. Not 1 iota of a chance that I would ever eat the thing!

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