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People In This Online Group Know Some Pretty Disturbing Facts About The World And Shared Them For Others To Learn
We don’t know so much about the world. We often hear that humans have explored only a tiny fraction of what hides in the ocean and if you think about it, we know even less about what lies in space. So when we do know something, we want to share, especially when there is a perfect opportunity.
Like when someone like Reddit user CallofDutysVeryOwn asks a question “What Is The Most Disturbing Fact You Know?” It seems that other Reddit users like reading and finding out new things and they might sometimes stumble upon something that disturbs them as they created a huge thread that has over 17k answers. Bored Panda collected the most interesting ones for you to enjoy and not to be disturbed too much.
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In 2016, about 11.5 million documents leaked from a tax office in Panama (tax haven). It revealed that nearly all rich people on Earth are part of an enormous criminal conspiracy to evade taxes and hoard stolen wealth. Absolutely nothing was done about it legally. If you want to know more, look up Panama Papers.
Bacteria antibiotic resistance is on a whole other level. Even In the 13 years I’ve been in a medical microbiology lab; antibiotic resistant has really become rampant. It’s not going to stop either. The bacteria multiply and evolve so quickly that even the most effective “bombacillins” will become obsolete. we are going to reach a breaking point where even things like a simple cut or a sinus infection could become life threatening. Don’t take antibiotics like a Z-pak for a cold. It’s most likely viral and the antibiotics are just superfluous. If you are prescribed antibiotics finish them.
Everybody on the planet needs to understand this. Misuse of antibiotics has created a resistance that we now have several strains of bacteria that will KILL us, and we have no antidote. Never, ever take antibiotics unless they are prescribed. Do not request or demand them if you have a virus, because they only work with bacterial infection, not viral. Listen to your doctors. Always finish the course. Taking them when you don't need them, or stopping too early is what causes resistance in humans, to the point where most antibiotics don't work anymore. It's also allowing bacteria to develop that are resistant to all our antibiotics. This situation has the potential to make Covid look like playtime.
I am disturbed by the fact that the internet has given an outlet to all the idiots and attention craving people. for example, I just watched a 747 pilot debunking titk tok videos that promote dangerous behavior on planes. That's a lot of energy exertion to set things right. And this is the tip of the iceberg.
And the psychologists who debunk the supposed psych tips from tik tok etc
The effects that trauma have on development are chilling. Trauma completely rewires the brain and makes everything from forming attachment to problem solving more difficult. Intervention and treatment can bring about great healing, although it is often a difficult and long road.
Half of the homeless people in America were in the foster care system at some point in their lives
60% of all wild life has vanished since 1970 and still going down.
There is a whale called 52 Blue that only sings at a frequency of 52 Hertz, meaning it can't communicate with other whales. It is nicknamed the "loneliest whale on the planet.
The Velociraptor noises in the Jurrasic Park/World franchise are actually the sounds of tortoises mating.
For someone who had to observe and record tortoises for hours in the past...this makes a lot of sense.
If u get the wrong blood type for a transfusion, one of the symptoms is "a sense of impending doom"
I'd never be able to tell, since I have a sense of impending doom on the daily.
Someones parents may have used u as a bad example.
Same, told to me more than once. Many people told my now wife to break up with me because I delivered pizza. I was in my early 20s and started college late. Now I make more than some of them 😆
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Of course they did, I'm an Aspie transgender lesbian. I'm like a textbook "this person is ruining society" example for conservatives!
I probably sound stupid, but what does Aspie mean?
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Especially true if you are the designated whipping child to the golden child. My sister discover 8 weeks ago after our egg donor bought the farm that my radio silence for 5 years was due to lies and her telling both that one wanted nothing to do with the other. My sibling had a rude shock when I handed over 5 years of messenger transcripts as proof.
So very sorry you had to experience such callous treatment. Hope you find unexpected joys in every single day.
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I embraced it. If you can't be a good example, be a dire warning! Total black sheep of the family.
Haaaahaha! Dire warning! I'm definitely using this at some point. Probably soon.
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People hated Jesus, Martin Luther King Jr and Abe Lincoln. Live your life. Don't live it for them.
Most definitely. For sure. I would put every penny I have on this fact.
I was once called a wild child by my best friend's mom because I was allowed to heat up a can of Spaghettios on my own when I was 10. Then again, this is the friend that tried to make a box cake mix at 23 and was completely bewildered.
Considering certain moments in my life, i even would say they were right.
yup:) omnisexual, non-binary and impulsive with anxiety,,,,, i have an entire family of conservatives oops lmao :D
Hey, they will build character or vocabulary. Either way, they'll become better for knowing you. Live your best life and remember... what people think is none of our business.
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HA! My own family use me as the bad example! Heck, I use me as a bad example!
Yeah because it was some stuck up Christian who said im cursed by the devil . I mean no disrespect but yes I have has seriously been told that im a horrible "sinner" by relative's and people strictly religion. . However i do not mean disrespect
And? Your point is? Someone's parents may have used you as a good example at the same time. Who cares?
Sure, hahaha! For, like, not eating a cake made with rancid fat at a birthday of a classmate in 1st grade. All the other kids ate it and confirmed my objection later on - but then and there, no one cared to agree with me, but everyone told his mother it was a great tasting cake. It tasted vomitable, to say the least, and that, I did. THAT example, they used. "Don't act like DC on a birthday party!", they said - meaning, eat the carelessly made fug dub crap someone's incompetent mother, father, sister, brother or grandma has made and pretend it is delishes AF, and don't stand up for the lonely one stating the truth - throw him under the bus and agree later, when dust is settled and no ones cares anymore. Classmates ... useless, spineless SOBs...
Heck, I've used myself as a bad example. Did it quite often in AA/NA talks with young people. Some of the dumb experiences I can wrap in humor but when it comes to relating consequences of those decisions it's serious. If I give one person pause for reflection, it's worth it.
The way we experience life is not linear, but logarithmic. We’ve all noticed that a year keeps feeling shorter, but it’s because there’s a mathematical formula for it. It’s called Weber’s Law. Life is truly too short. Before we ever notice, it’s over.
Mummies weren’t that rare until the Victorian British ate so many of them.
There was a time when babies were operated on without anesthetics. It was believed that their nervous system wasn't developed enough to feel pain.
You could be one brain injury away into being a completely different person. Possibly miserable.
Stroke patients can unfortunately sustain brain trauma that can change temperaments, personality, language, mobility, etc. Important to know the signs of a stroke and seek medical attention immediately.
You could have an aneurysm in your brain right now waiting to explode and you'd never know
Thanks for the added anxiety but somehow I rather know than not know...strange.
Well recently I found out cobras can growl
Even if you dont have a facebook account, Facebook have a "shadow profile" on you, that collects data from all over the internet (Piecing together age, name, location, interests and the like), to get to know who you are, so if/when you create a new account, they already know everything about you.
Also…squirrels are not herbivores! They have, in fact, been known to attack and devour those adorable little chipmunks when particularly hungry.
One out of every 200 people on Earth are related to Genghis Khan.
Only 20% of the males born in the Soviet Union in 1923 survived World War 2
Unless you have a child you are the last of a lineage that goes back to a single celled organism floating in a soup.
This is the age of stars. There will come a time when no new stars form and all stars will die. There will be no light. None. Just darkness and cold. Comforting somehow.
Might not be that disturbing but blind people don’t see black, they just don’t SEE. If they were born blind, they don’t know what black is. So, they just do not see anything at all
I’ve been deeply involved in AA for over 47 years. One of the many things I’ve learned is all professions include ppl who are drinking or drunk while working. This includes airline pilots. I’m betting as I write this there is a legally drunk pilot in the air right now.
Dogs like squeaky toys because it sounds like prey that's frightened or injured.
For my fellow habitual neck crackers; studies show there is a 1 in 20,000 to 1 in 250,000 chance that popping your neck can cause a small tear (dissection) in the inner lining of an artery, which can lead to blood clots forming that can create a blockage in an artery downstream, causing an Ischaemic Stroke (a condition where the blood supply to part of the brain is cut off.)
Cloudy oysters mean they’re full of “reproductive fluids”
I learned that the amount of soldiers stationed in Alaska that are depressed/suicidal is off the charts. Kids get stationed up there that aren’t outdoor people are absolutely miserable. They don’t have the tools to cope yet.
It's not only troops, there was documentary about lives of young people in Alaska, and it was miserable. Always same people, nowhere else to go or hide, drug and alcohol abuse sky-high... I am pretty outdoor person I think but unless you're willing to risk your life camping for weeks in wilderness there's really very little you could do.
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I love me some facts. The fate of the world seems grim, but only when you view it through a human-centric lens. Fact is, the world and the universe will go on long after us and hopefully something better will come along!
Yeah the world wont end, it might became too hostile for humans to survive (doubt it, we as a species seem to be very resilient parasite) but it will go on.
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That’s great , it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes , an airplane Lenny Bruce is not afraid. Eye of a hurricane , listen to yourself churn world serves its own needs , dummy serve your own needs. --Michael Stipe.
Speed it up a notch, speed, grunt, no, strength - the ladder starts to clatter with a fear of height, down, height, wire in a fire, represent the seven games and a government for hire and a combat site - left her, wasn't coming in a hurry with the Furies breathing down your neck. Team by team, reporters baffled, trumped, tethered, cropped. Look at that low plane, fine, then - uh oh, overflow, population, common group, but it'll do, save yourself, serve yourself!
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is it at all comforting that things like fossil fuels and precious metals and useful anti-biotics and pandemics and, you know, the entire world being on fire seems to be coming to a head at the same time? part of me is like "hurry up, at least it will all be over!"
I have bad news for you. This sort of "everything seems to be coming to a head" scenario... is not new. It happens all the freaking time throughout human history. And it always seems like this new one is "the big one". That said, very real problems had to be addressed with each previous doomsday event, and this time is no different!
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I love me some facts. The fate of the world seems grim, but only when you view it through a human-centric lens. Fact is, the world and the universe will go on long after us and hopefully something better will come along!
Yeah the world wont end, it might became too hostile for humans to survive (doubt it, we as a species seem to be very resilient parasite) but it will go on.
Load More Replies... That’s great , it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes , an airplane Lenny Bruce is not afraid. Eye of a hurricane , listen to yourself churn world serves its own needs , dummy serve your own needs. --Michael Stipe.
Speed it up a notch, speed, grunt, no, strength - the ladder starts to clatter with a fear of height, down, height, wire in a fire, represent the seven games and a government for hire and a combat site - left her, wasn't coming in a hurry with the Furies breathing down your neck. Team by team, reporters baffled, trumped, tethered, cropped. Look at that low plane, fine, then - uh oh, overflow, population, common group, but it'll do, save yourself, serve yourself!
Load More Replies... is it at all comforting that things like fossil fuels and precious metals and useful anti-biotics and pandemics and, you know, the entire world being on fire seems to be coming to a head at the same time? part of me is like "hurry up, at least it will all be over!"
I have bad news for you. This sort of "everything seems to be coming to a head" scenario... is not new. It happens all the freaking time throughout human history. And it always seems like this new one is "the big one". That said, very real problems had to be addressed with each previous doomsday event, and this time is no different!
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