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Fun facts are usually meant to entertain or surprise us, but sometimes the truth can be a little unsettling. Whether it’s something bizarre about nature, the human body, or history, certain facts have a way of sticking in your mind and not always in a comfortable way.
So what happens when someone online asks, “What is a mildly disturbing fact?” From creepy discoveries to bizarre tidbits of knowledge, this thread shows that some facts can make you squirm, shiver, or think twice. These unsettling truths reveal how strange and sometimes alarming the world can be. Keep reading to see the most surprising and slightly disturbing facts people have shared!
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#1
30 years ago the average home took up to 30 minutes to become fully involved in fire, now it can be as little as 3 or 4 minutes due to the changes in construction materials and the massive amount of synthetic materials used in furniture etc.
Install smoke alarms and get out early folks.
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#2
Drinking and driving drastically reduces the chance to get cancer.
#3
The doctors when performing surgery that requires one to remove intestines momentarily put them on a rack because they wriggle around, and after they’re done they just put the intestines vaguely back and then the organ wriggles back the way it’s supposed to.
Zig Zag Wanderer 2 weeks ago
Intestines move around all the time. Every time I turn over at night, I'm more likely to fart.
There are a few things that almost everyone finds creepy, and spiders definitely top the list. Their multiple legs, fangs, and sudden movements make most people uneasy, but the reality of spiders is even more unsettling than their appearance. From their unusual behaviors to bizarre survival strategies, spiders are creatures that can genuinely make you squirm once you know the truth.
#4
Schizophrenia can hit randomly from the ages of 15 to 26 if it is in your genetics. Some people are totally fine, then bam, auditory hallucinations and delusions start happening.
#5
You're a brain inside of a skull. You don't have a skeleton inside of you; you are inside of a skeleton.
#6
In France, a pig was dressed in human clothes, tried in court and was sentence to death
... For eating a childs face
One particularly disturbing fact is about spider egg sacs. A single sac can contain over 500 babies, all waiting to emerge into the world. Just imagining hundreds or thousands of tiny spiders hatching at once is enough to make even the bravest shiver. This reproductive strategy ensures survival for the species but is definitely not for the faint of heart.
#7
If you live to become the oldest person alive, the entire human population has been replaced in your lifetime. Except you.
#8
Worrying about bad things you have no control over drains you of energy, making you less able to change negative things you do have control over.
#9
Whenever there’s an earthquake bodies in graves shake around like maracas.
Karma Black 2 weeks ago
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line; Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time
Some male spiders have shocking behaviors as well. In certain species, males willingly let themselves be eaten by females after mating. This might seem horrifying to us, but in the spider world, it’s an evolutionary tactic to ensure the female has enough energy to lay healthy eggs. Nature, in this case, is as brutal as it is fascinating.
#10
Thanks to pregnancy, the average number of skeletons in a human body is greater than one.
#11
There are over 200 corpses on Mount Everest and they are used as way points for climbers.
Chich the witch 2 weeks ago
Who, as someone pointed out, were once highly motivated individuals.
#12
The farthest point on the planet you can be from civilization in any direction is a blip in the Pacific Ocean called Point Nemo. If you were stranded there, you'd be thousands of miles away from help and it would be very unlikely you'd be seen or rescued as cargo ship routes don't go near it. To put the distance into perspective, the closest people to you would be the crew on the ISS.
Tucker Cahooter 2 weeks ago
The hand in that photo is deliberately placed to obscure the fact that the map doesn't have New Zealand on it
David Paterson 2 weeks ago
There are many places on Earth where the closest people would be on the ISS. Central Australia or Northern Canada for example.
Spiders also experience the world very differently than humans. Certain species of jumping spiders, known as salticids, can see ultraviolet light that humans cannot perceive. This gives them a unique view of their surroundings and allows them to detect prey and navigate in ways that are almost alien to us. Their vision is as strange as it is impressive.
#13
That many people in this thread mistakenly think probabilities are facts.
#14
You know what you call the stupidest graduate from the worst medical school in the country?
Doctor.
Multa Nocte 2 weeks ago
While this is true, it is only the top of the top of the top that are even admitted into medical school, much less graduate, so you're not exactly talking about the general population here.
#15
Years ago I saw an episode of *Monsters Inside Me* where this guy was doing something outside and a fly flew into his eye. It only made contact for a millisecond, but it was enough for it to lay eggs. After they hatched they started eating his eye from the inside and he was starting to go blind until a doctor figured out what was wrong.
Since then I get super paranoid whenever a fly goes anywhere near my face because of the fact that something like this can possibly happen to me.
In some parts of the world, spiders can literally “rain” from the sky. This phenomenon, called ballooning, occurs when spiders use silk threads to catch the wind and travel across distances. Hundreds or even thousands of spiders have been reported falling in areas like Australia, Texas, and Brazil. It sounds like a horror movie, but it’s a real and documented occurrence.
#17
Cannibalism is pretty common in hamsters.
Karma Black 2 weeks ago
Bunnies, too. My mother found this out the hard way when a bunny in the hutch gave birth.
#18
Some people don't wash their hands after pooping.
Zig Zag Wanderer 2 weeks ago (edited)
AND WE STILL HAVE PUBLIC WASH ROOM DOORS THAT OPEN INWARDS FORCING US TO USE THE HANDLE TO EXIT! Sorry, I get a bit wound up by that....
Another unsettling fact is that some spiders have evolved to mimic ants. Over 100 species have developed physical similarities and even pheromones to resemble ants, tricking predators and prey alike. This deceptive survival tactic shows just how cunning and eerie nature can be, making them both fascinating and creepy at the same time.
#19
Prions. When proteins in your body misfold, they create prions, which then infect neighbouring proteins causing them to misfold, creating a chain reaction and eventually eating *holes in your brain*.
All known prion diseases are fatal. They can k**l you in a bunch of fun ways, including taking away your ability to sleep or your ability to chew and swallow. They're also extremely contagious, and since they're not a virus, non-killable.
And to top it all off, symptoms can take years to appear. So you can be infected with prions in your system right now and not know it.
#21
If in the right conditions, when some bodies decompose, their fat turns into soap and turns the person into a soap mummy.
#22
There is a theory in neuroscience that two consciousness entities exist inside your mind but only one has access to speech. I think that is a mildly disturbing idea.
Tarantulas have their own frightening defense mechanisms as well. Some species can fling irritating hairs at predators, causing discomfort or even allergic reactions. This behavior, while effective for the spider, is a reminder of how these creatures have evolved in strange and sometimes disturbing ways to survive in the wild.
#23
The Dark Forest ~~theory~~ hypothesis for the Fermi paradox. Any civilization that makes itself known is instantly destroyed by a neighbouring civilization due to fear of themselves being destroyed.
#24
Commercial flights often carry dead bodies.
#25
Have you ever thought about how whales and dolphins die?
When they get too old and weak to swim to the surface to breathe, they start sinking into the cold, dark depths of the ocean, and suffocate.
#26
The youngest person to be diagnosed with early onset dementia was just 6 years old.
Zig Zag Wanderer 2 weeks ago
It's not really what we consider 'dementia'. It's typically a degenerative condition of the brain, although has similar symptoms to 'normal' old age dementia. Unfortunately, my wife started this at about 30 years old, and now has little cognitive ability left at 60.
Just like these creepy spiders, these posts are full of mildly disturbing facts that make you squirm, shiver, or rethink what you know. Which of these gave you the chills the most? Have you ever come across other creepy facts that left you unsettled? Keep reading to discover more of the most bizarre and disturbing truths people have shared.
#28
Most laugh tracks played in sitcoms we recorded around the early 50's. A good amount of the people you hear are dead.
#29
The fact that we developed nuclear weapons before color television.
Zig Zag Wanderer 2 weeks ago (edited)
To be fair, a nuclear b**b is a lot simpler to make than a colour TV.
#30
It’s physically possible to die of a broken heart. It was seen in either mice or frogs, after them having a large emotional response to something, their heart valves collapsed.
#31
Butterfly's have been known to drink blood!
Jeremy James 2 weeks ago
And mosquitoes drink mostly nectar, except when it's time to grow some eggs.
#33
Baby boomers had severe retirement issues.
When millennials and younger retire, it's going to be a full blown human crisis.
Invest in that 401k hommies!!
Zig Zag Wanderer 2 weeks ago
Baby boomers are still entering retirement. What do you mean, 'had'?
#34
Some people survived the sinking of The Arizona during Pearl Harbor but where's trapped inside. The guards would hear banging form inside for the next week or so but could do nothing to help.
#35
You're the oldest you've ever been, and you'll never be this young again.
#36
It takes longer to say WWW then it does to say World Wide Web.
Jan Rosier 2 weeks ago (edited)
like in copshows... saying GSW takes longer than saying gunshot wound
#40
There’s no limit to how many times a person is allowed to take their driver’s license test after failing it, meaning even the dumbest person you know is legally allowed to operate a speeding death machine.
#41
Humans have managed to only explore approximately 5 percent of the ocean floor. The other 95 percent remains undiscovered.
General Anaesthesia 2 weeks ago (edited)
If it's undiscovered, how do we know it's there? Unexplored?
#42
The brain named itself.
#43
In toddlers, their adult teeth are right underneath their eyes.
#44
The fact that cheese is basically expired milk with salt.
#45
In the English north east town of Hartlepool an abandonded French warship washed up ashore. The only thing onboard was a monkey dressed in a navy uniform. Having never seen French people before the people of hartlepool assumed the monkey was a French person and was put on trial in court and was eventually hanged for not answering any of their questions.
People from Hartlepool to this day are called "monkey hangers" as an insult and the town has statues of monkeys all over.
Zig Zag Wanderer 2 weeks ago (edited)
Not an unreasonable assumption. Perhaps it was eating cheese, and surrendered?
#46
A pregnant woman has 506 bones in her body.
David Paterson 2 weeks ago
Up until week 6 only 206 bones. Just before childbirth anywhere between 481 and 506.
#47
Tigers aren't just trafficked for their pelts; their organs, blood, and even claws are thought to have medicinal properties.
#49
Figs and a certain species of bees are completely codependent on the other’s existence. The fig tree relies on the bees to pollinate for it, while the bee relies on the fig tree to lay her eggs in the figs, as the fig is an immediate food source for the larva.
#50
Subway footlongs aren’t a foot long.
Zig Zag Wanderer 2 weeks ago
Other 'footlongs' aren't actually a foot long either, I'm afraid, ladies.
#51
Your body will only hurt more and more as time goes on. Sometimes you'll get new (back, shoulder, finger) pain all at once, and it won't go away ever again, except for fleeting moments.
#52
One day, when you were a child getting cuddles and being carried about, Your mum put you down and never picked you up again.
#53
That you can always see your nose, your brain just chooses to ignore it...
#54
You walk past by an average of 16 murderers in your lifetime.
#55
That anyone’s whose death you don’t have to experience in your lifetime will have to experience yours.
Zig Zag Wanderer 2 weeks ago
I don't think that word 'experience' means what you think it means
#56
That 2016 some countries were fluted with these killer-clowns harrasing people and actually being a long time problem for police all around but nobody talks about it anymore. It's like it never even happened.
#57
Water has a 100% consumer mortality rate.
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Huddo's sister 2 weeks ago
Not only had I heard all of these before (many not true) but some people seem to have a strange idea of what is creepy. Like, of course my nose is always visible...
Maren Villadsen 2 weeks ago
Pretty dumb list. The facts are Either not true or basic knowledge
Huddo's sister 2 weeks ago
Not only had I heard all of these before (many not true) but some people seem to have a strange idea of what is creepy. Like, of course my nose is always visible...
Maren Villadsen 2 weeks ago
Pretty dumb list. The facts are Either not true or basic knowledge
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