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We all love a true story. Whether it’s a true-crime documentary or a podcast detailing the life of an infamous con artist, audiences will devour a story that actually happened. So it’s no surprise that “The Odd, Mysterious & Fascinating” Facebook page has become so successful. With over 75k followers, this page has gained a loyal audience by sharing some of the most bizarre, entertaining and harrowing true stories we’ve ever heard. Anything from fascinating images of animals to details about the tragic deaths of celebrities, this page is the place to learn something interesting. We’ve gathered some of the most compelling posts from the page to share with all of you, so enjoy reading them below, along with an interview we were lucky enough to receive from Ryan, the creator of "The Odd, Mysterious & Fascinating".

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This is Keanu Reeves. He was abandoned by his father at just 3-years-old and grew up with 3 different stepfathers. His dream of becoming a hockey player was shattered by a serious accident. His daughter died at birth. His wife died in a car accident and his best friend, River Phoenix, died of an overdose.

No bodyguards, no luxury houses. Keanu lives in an ordinary apartment and likes wandering around town and is often seen riding a subway in NYC. When he was filming the movie "The Lake House," he overheard the conversation of two costume assistants, one crying as he would lose his house if he did not pay $20,000 - On the same day, Keanu deposited the necessary amount in his bank account.

In his career, he has donated large sums to hospitals including $75 million of his earnings from “The Matrix” to charities.In 2010, on his birthday, Keanu walked into a bakery & bought a brioche with a single candle, ate it in front of the bakery, and offered coffee to people who stopped to talk to him. In 1997 some paparazzi found him walking one morning in the company of a homeless man in Los Angeles, listening to him and sharing his life for a few hours.

In life, sometimes the ones most broken from inside are the ones most willing to help others.
This man could buy everything, but instead he wakes up and chooses one thing that cannot be bought, to be a caring person

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

This man is a legend. Other celebrities and people in general can learn a lot from this man.

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We reached out to Ryan, the creator of “The Odd, Mysterious & Fascinating” to hear how the page began and what it’s been like seeing it grow. “I created this particular page to share some of the odd and strange things you see circulating around the internet,” Ryan told us. “This page has grown to 35k likes/75k follows in just under a month. It is extremely exciting watching something grow so fast. This was also done organically and without ads.”

We also asked him how he decides what to share on the page. “I share things that I believe others want to see and that will bring new followers to my page,” Ryan says. “The odd, bizarre and strange things are what I’m usually drawn to.” And clearly, based on the growth of the page, he’s not the only one who enjoys learning about weird things.

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A sheep showing gratitude to the dog that saved him from a wolf attack.

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The Greek government has decided to legally ban overweight tourists from receiving rides from donkeys. The ruling comes after animal rights groups garnered media attention surrounding the poor treatment of the donkeys, which included carrying burdensome loads.

The law was created after animal rights groups complained about spinal injuries and open wounds that the donkeys suffered from due to carrying heavier tourists.

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

Good. Those poor donkeys are worked to death 😢

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When it comes to why Ryan enjoys sharing these posts, he told us, “I believe sharing these interesting stories keeps social media fresh and engaging. It also helps the younger audience engage as we do not post monotonous political posts or paid ads.” Lastly, Ryan wanted to add that right now he has a “total audience of 3 million followers spread out across several pages”, but his audience was even larger at one time. He went on to explain, “In 2019, I had a singular page with approximately 6.5 million followers that was disabled due to wrongly assigned community standards violations. It has been an extremely difficult battle rebuilding my audience after that happened.” While starting back at square one must have been devastating, Ryan clearly is a pro at what he does, given the traction this page is already getting. If you enjoy this list, be sure to head over to Facebook when you’re done and give “The Odd, Mysterious & Fascinating” a like.

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Sadly, this giant wolf-dog was dumped at a kill shelter after growing too large and becoming too much of a burden on the owner. Thankfully, a sanctuary took him instead and saved his life! His DNA testing came back as 87.5% Gray Wolf, 8.6% Siberian Husky and 3.9% German Shepherd. Wow!

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At age 17, Juliane Koepcke was sucked out of an airplane after it was struck by lightning. She fell over 2 miles to the ground still strapped to her plane seat and somehow lived. She then had to endure a 9-day walk through the Amazon jungle before eventually being rescued by loggers. She was the sole survivor of LANSA Flight 508 that killed 93 people in December 1971.

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The moment you realize this is only one photograph.

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The phenomenon of being drawn to odd and mysterious things is not new. “Freak shows'' were popular components of traveling shows in Europe and America throughout the Victorian period. These shows starred people with various unique physical features that captivated and confused audiences. Anything from being extraordinarily tall or short to being a woman with a beard could draw great crowds. Long before we had the internet and countless books at our disposal to learn about and see images of things we don’t encounter in our everyday lives, these “freak shows” were mind-blowing. Of course, we live in a much different time today. We have much better education about disabilities and unique physical features, and thankfully, it is now unacceptable to mock these things. But our human tendency to find fascination in things we do not understand lives on.

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"If I don't make it, please call my family and let them know how much I love them."

Todd Beamer was just 32 years old when his flight was hijacked by terrorists on 9/11. A passenger on United Airlines Flight 93, Beamer was forced to think quickly. He first tried calling AT&T, but both of his calls were terminated upon connection. Beamer then attempted to call his wife, but that call was also terminated. Finally, he contacted Airfone operators and was able to connect with a supervisor named Lisa Jefferson. While on the line, he pleaded with Jefferson to tell his pregnant wife and two sons that he loved them, but he also outlined a heroic plan to fight back against the hijackers alongside his fellow passengers and the flight crew. And that's exactly what he did.

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I knew I recognized that outfit!

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

Who knew the Austin Powers films could predict the future? They predicted Jeff Bezos and his rocket as well. Is Mike Myers the Nostradamus of our time?

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One popular way to seek out a topic few of us understand is by learning about true-crime stories. One might think learning about real-life atrocities would lead us to live in fear, but many of us actually find these stories exciting. Psychologist Dr. Chivonna Childs told the Cleveland Clinic, “Watching true crime doesn’t make you strange or weird. It’s human nature to be inquisitive. True crime appeals to us because we get a glimpse into the mind of a real person who has committed a heinous act.” Whether it’s John Wayne Gacy Jr. or Ted Bundy, hearing about someone who is capable of committing such gruesome crimes is almost beyond belief; we can’t help but be intrigued.

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By the time she was 17, Judy Garland was already reliant on "pep pills," a.k.a. amphetamines, and was being hounded by studio executives regarding her weight and looks. One executive called her a fat hunchback and encouraged her to smoke in order to suppress her appetite.

Garland's grueling work schedule — coupled with a strict diet of black coffee, chicken soup, and cigarettes imposed upon her by her Hollywood bosses — set the stage for her lifetime of body dysmorphia and substance abuse. The star attempted suicide at least 20 times in her life until her fatal overdose at 47.

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

Poor woman, I hope they were ashamed of themselves for treating her like that, although I doubt they were as long as the cash rolled in.

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In October 1983, Tami Oldham Ashcraft and her fiancé, Richard Sharp, began a 4,000-mile sailing trip from Tahiti to San Diego. Three weeks into the journey, they were hit by a category 4 hurricane that capsized their ship and knocked Ashcraft unconscious.⁠

Some 27 hours later, she awoke to find that her fiance was gone and she was stranded alone in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. With only a sextant and watch, Ashcraft journeyed for 41 days until she found the coast of Hawaii.

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Interestingly enough, true-crime stories also appeal disproportionately to women. But Dr. Childs says that it makes sense, considering that women are statistically more likely to be the victims of violent crime. “We want to watch true-crime in part to learn how to avoid being a victim,” she says. “It can teach us to be prepared in case we’re ever in that situation.” While it’s impossible to predict how any of us would react when confronted with a violent attacker (a situation hopefully none of us every find ourselves in!), I’d like to think that the hundreds of documentaries, podcasts and videos I’ve ingested featuring true-crime tales would do me some good. 

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This is a Hammerhead Bat, also known as the "Winged Moose" Wow!

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By the age of 12, Drew Barrymore was already a self-described "party girl" — thanks to her mom who took her to nightclubs in Los Angeles and New York. By the time she turned 14, she had spent a year in rehab, been emancipated from her parents, and lived in her own apartment.

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

She has done amazingly well to be, what appears to be one of the most well adjusted people in the Entertainment industry.

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A giant eagle that was caught on camera in Alert Bay, BC.

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When it comes to the kind of media many of us are interested in, true stories via documentaries and podcasts have become insanely popular in recent years. Podcasts like Serial, My Favorite Murderer, The Dropout and Swindled have gained massive audiences, all by detailing stories that seem too outlandish to be true. Documentaries have also taken over streaming platforms, with Tiger King becoming the most watched show on Netflix for over 3 weeks in a row upon its release. Audiences are hungry for documentaries about anything that's mysterious to us, including celebrities. Some popular documentaries focusing on the lives of celebrities are Hulu’s The New York Times Presents: Framing Britney Spears and Netflix's Miss Americana and The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes.

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This is Simo Häyhä, the deadliest sniper in world history with over 500 confirmed kills in less than 100 days. He used no scope on his rifle and once held off over 4,000 Soviets with only 31 other Finns.

Over the course of the Winter War, which lasted roughly 100 days, Häyhä killed between 500 and 542 Russian soldiers, all with his antiquated rifle. While his comrades were using state-of-the-art telescopic lenses to zoom in on their targets, Häyhä was fighting with an iron sight, which he felt gave him a more precise target.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He chew snow to prevent visible breath and didn't use a scope to prevent reflections giving away his position - A sniper unit send to take him out was doomed by such reflections, as those gave away their locations to him

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In 2005, researchers discovered a phallus-shaped stone object buried in a cave in a German mountain, measuring eight inches long and three centimeters wide. Upon closer inspection, experts realized that they were looking at the world's oldest known dildo. Created approximately 28,000 years ago, this sex toy is older than civilization, religion, and marriage combined.

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

That pic shows centimetres, no way is that 8 inches long, they have got the wrong pic?

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Harry Haft was just a teenager when he was sent to Auschwitz. Once he arrived, the Nazi guards found out that he had some boxing experience — so they ordered him to fight his fellow prisoners in harrowing boxing matches where the loser would be executed. Forced to literally fight for his life, Haft never lost a single match, even though he would have known many of his opponents because the Nazis regularly sent people from the same town to the same concentration camps. From 1943 to 1945, he was forced to fight at least 76 people, none of whom he ever saw alive again.

Only in April 1945 did Haft manage to escape during a death march away from the camp — by killing a Nazi soldier and stealing his uniform. Haft then spent weeks running from village to village. Trained to fight to the death, he even killed an elderly couple who offered him shelter after he suspected they'd discovered that he wasn't really a Nazi. By the time he made it to Allied-controlled Germany, he weighed only 110 pounds and spent the next two years recovering in a refugee camp. But by 1947, he decided to fight again and immigrated to America to become a professional boxer — where he took on some of the biggest names in the sport.

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Time Magazine’s Judy Berman broke down “docu-mania” in a piece last year, analyzing the rapid rise of true stories on streaming platforms. She addressed the fact that there used to be a stigma around documentaries, with audiences assuming they are more like text books on a screen than riveting stories. But recently, and even more fueled by the pandemic, we are devouring documentaries faster than ever before. The Hollywood Reporter even stated that, “Access to archival footage, remote post-production capabilities and even teleconference interviews mean audiences are likely to see several docuseries born out of COVID-19’s binding circumstances.” Desperate to piece together what audiences were begging for, studios began digging up everything they could to pump out compelling, never-before-heard tales.

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Accused of murdering two white girls in 1944 without a shred of physical evidence, 14-year-old George Stinney Jr. became the youngest person in U.S. history ever executed in the electric chair

When he was put to death, he was so small that the state electrician struggled to adjust an electrode to his right leg. Stinney even needed to sit on a phone book for the electrocution to work properly. He then survived the first round of 2,400 volts, which caused his oversized mask to slip off and expose his tears. It took two more jolts before he was dead with the room reeking of burning flesh.

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

THIS is so damned disgusting ... death penalty itself is disgusting at maximum level already, but it needs us to memorize even worse cases within this worst of them all, to recognize the evil and, literally, final entitlement, in those enforcing or justifying this act of needless cruelty - over and over again, thousands of times a year.

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In March of 1993, photographer Kevin Carter captured this haunting photograph of a vulture stalking a young Sudanese girl, who was reduced to a skeletal state because of the country’s famine. Carter won the Pulitzer Prize for the photo, but a short time after, he tragically ended his own life.⁠ ⁠

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So many people hounded him for not getting involved. Poor guy, what was he supposed to do? Save everyone he came across? It’s just a reminder that collectively we don’t do enough, and his documentation of that is rightfully highlighting that.

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On September 30, 1999, Hisashi Ouchi was exposed to the highest dose of nuclear radiation in human history. A 35-year-old lab technician at the nuclear plant in Tokaimura, Japan, Ouchi was mixing a uranium solution by hand directly over an open container when he accidentally poured in too much uranium, immediately causing a violent explosion.

For the next 83 days, Ouchi suffered unimaginable agony as the radiation worked its way through his body, obliterating his DNA and causing his skin to melt off and his eyes to weep blood before he finally died. And though he begged for death, doctors refused to listen and kept him alive against his will for nearly three excruciating months.

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

It is extremely important to understand that the doctors had no choice. They were legally obligated by law to keep him alive unless he himself asked to be euthanized, which he never did. After Ouchi last consciousness, only his family had the ability to allow his euthanasia. They refused to sign the papers and asked the doctors to continue with treatments. Many of the doctors and nurses thought it was unethical to continue Ouchi’s suffering and some were even disgusted by they had no choice, they were forced. They even had the family members come in to see Ouchi every day to show them that his condition was only deteriorating and convince them to sign the papers to end his suffering. So point is, the doctors shouldn’t be the one to blame. The family were blindsided but they shouldn’t take all of the blame either. It was ultimately Japanese law that caused this, which is unfortunate, because literally nothing could have been done by the doctors. Source: https://qr.ae/pvCbgI

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Ki Li
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It says he begged for them to Take his life. Is that not the same?

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

i’m literally about to throw up, i hate humans. why the f**k would they keep him alive with good conscience. i hope they rot in hell for all eternity

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Brandon Reda
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Why the f**k would they keep him alive with good conscience." Because he never "begged for death." The only thing he had been saying was that he wanted to be able to go home. His family refused to authorize pulling life support in hopes that at the very least, he would be stable enough to pass away at home to honor his wishes.

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

I honestly think the Japanese government was trying to keep him alive for as long as possible to study the effects of radiation poisoning...scary stuff!!

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Monika Rhodes
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

His family wanted him resuscitated and he was brought back to life. Blame lies on few fronts here.

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

There is an article with a VERY VERY NSFW/NSFL image of his body in hospital. Without disrespecting this poor man, what is lying in that bed doesn't look anything human.

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

I've read about this before, and I'm sure it's not as simple as keeping him alive against his will. There's a YouTube video on it, but I can't remember the title.

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

It was so they could study its effects on him, and Mr. Ballen does a fairly comprehensive retelling in his YouTube series.

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

His FAMILY kept him alive against the doctors' recommendations. There are documentaries giving the details.

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

Yeah I just read a few, all stated he suffered multiple heart attacks that would have ended his suffering. His family demanded he be revived each time. May they suffer too, if only a fraction of what he did.

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

His family demanded the treatment to continue. Doctors recommended a shorter less painful exit, but the family wouldn't listen. Also doctors later publicly admitted that they had little idea of what else to do as none of even remotely similar had ever happened in their professional careers.

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

Japan was known for unimaginable cruelty during ww2. They knew from their own past experiments on human beings what kind of cruelty this was. What was their reasoning? I mean this has to be considered a special case even if the country doesn't have state sanctioned assisted suicide. Horrible.

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

Their "reasoning" was that he told his family members and medical staff that he wanted to be able to go home. His family refused to sign authorization to pull him from life support in hopes that he could possibly be stabilized and pass away at home. Stop villainizing the medical staff

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But at his family’s insistence, the doctors continued their experimental treatments even as his skin began to melt from his body.

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

The real story it was not the doctors who refused, it was the family, his wife and parents. They requested to do everything they could to save him, but i the end they were refused because there was nothing more that could be done.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Edit: There's a comment saying his family refused to let the doctors euthanize him. Apologies for misinterpreting this. Shame on that family for putting their own relative through that pain. That's evil.

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

Untrue. The doctors kept him alive at the request of his family that they do everything in their power to save him. It makes me so angry that people claim this.

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

Was it even legal in Japan to euthanise a person if he asked for it back then? the text make is sound as if they simply didn't want to do it, but it's not as simple as that to kill a person, even if you're a doctor, even if it's for their own good.

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

They could have pulled the plug, but his family refused to and Ouchi himself at the very beginning (and the sparse moments of consciousness before he passed) had told them that he wanted to be able to go home.

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

This is the most heart wrenching thing I've ever read on here...

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

Why the hell did they keep him alive if he was clearly in agony and there was no hope? People have the right to live but I think we also deserve the right to die. If someone has a terminal illness that will only get worse or if they are critically injured or poisoned and there no hope for survival or a quality of life they should be allowed to choose the swift way out.

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

Because this post completely fabricated part of the story. He never "begged for death." He told them he wanted to be able to go home and kept saying that during his brief glimpses of consciousness as the weeks went on. His family refused to sign authorization for PAS/pulling the plug.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Stop. The doctors did *not* "keep him alive against his will for 3 months," and definitely did not do so for the thrill of it. Moreover, he never "begged for death." They asked him early on that if things got bad enough if he would like to be pulled off of life support. He said he wanted to go home and then slipped into unconciousness after a few days. The only thing they could get out of him when he was conscious in the weeks after was, again, that he wanted to go home. Doctors were literally required to keep him alive by law because he had not given them instructions to do otherwise and he still possessed bodily autonomy. His family iirc wanted him kept alive up until the final days in hopes that he would either regain consciousness to say goodbyes or that there was any chance for a miraculous recovery. Please stop spreading this egregious lie that make the doctors look like heartless monsters.

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

Radiation didn't work it's way through his body; it's like an X-ray; it is a flash of radiation that destroys DNA.

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

Is this really necessary to put this on here. Let him rest in peace.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not the highest dose, stop this BS sensationalist titles. Violent explosion of neutrons... Omfg the original accident was very interesting too, no need to color the story this much. Oh and the post is not talking about what's in the title. They kept him alive, allegedly, so he can say goodbye to his family.

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

Just thinking of this poor man's suffering makes me feel sick. Sure, if you love someone you want to do everything to keep them alive, but not at that kind of cost in pain and agony! When you realize that your loved one is in torment, that existence for them means nothing but unending torture, that their condition is terminal and nothing more can be done to save them - then you just have to let them go, no matter how painful it might be for you...

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

Doctors probably did not 'refuse to listen' but simply followed the law. At least, I hopethat#S what they did and not just some horrific experiment too see what happens. Poor man.

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That is awful. Nuclear power is just useless. The sun gives us all the power we need. Oh, lol at the name being Ouchi. I'm sorry. That was trashy.

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

Nuclear power is anything but useless. Like most things it has dangerous elements which must be designed for to avoid problems. The average coal plant outputs more radiation that reaches people in a year than a properly functioning nuclear plant will in its lifetime. Chernobyl and Fukushima were absolutely preventable, but incompetence and greed won out. Three Mile Island at worst exposed people to less than half of the dose a chest X-ray gives, and less than 5 percent of what a person is dosed with naturally every year just from being on earth. As everything switches to electric (cars, ships, etc) nuclear energy should absolutely play a huge role in providing that power without the carbon penalty.

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Paul Jenkins wrote a list of “Reasons Why Documentaries Are Important” for Brilliantio, and many of them align perfectly with why “The Odd, Mysterious & Fascinating” page is so successful. The first reason being the classic idea that “truth is stranger than fiction”. Many of the stories featured on the Facebook page sound unbelievable. And while many of them are tragic or harrowing, we can’t help but be captivated by them. Much like documentaries, “The Odd, Mysterious & Fascinating” also conveys a “kaleidoscope of humanity”, allowing readers to learn about how diverse our world and all the people in it are. 

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Former NFL star Pat Tillman was hailed as a hero in 2004 after he was "killed by the Taliban." But it was a lie — he'd been killed by friendly fire. And while the shooting has since been described as accidental, some believe it was intentionally planned by the U.S. Army.

Not only was Tillman shot three times in the head, but he was also shot at close range and it was later determined that the Army had lied about his unit being ambushed by the enemy. Eerily, all of Tillman's personal items had been burned — including his uniform and private journals. On top of that, rumors had surfaced that he was about to go public about his opposition to the invasion of Iraq and the War on Terror with a televised meeting with Noam Chomsky. But this meeting would never happen.

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“They couldn’t get shoes on him because his feet had swelled up,” she recalled. “They had to cut up the formal wear, too, because they couldn’t get it on him, there wasn’t a whole body to put it on.”

In 1986, firefighter Vasily Ignatenko heroically responded to the radioactive fires caused by the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station explosion. He put most of the fires out in a couple of hours, but spend far too long near the radiation. After several weeks of suffering, he would die from his exposure. After his death, Ignatenko's body was so radioactive, he had to be buried under layers of zinc and concrete in order to protect the public from his corpse.

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In 1989, Billy Idol threw a three-week-long party in his penthouse at the Oriental Hotel in Bangkok. All the sex, drugs, and property damage eventually prompted the hotel to hit Idol with a $250,000 bill.

But when he still refused to leave, the military had to be called in to corral the British rocker. Idol was shot with a tranquilizer dart and hauled out on a stretcher before he would finally stop partying.

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

Seems like it would have been fun to be an adult in the 1980s. The party stories are legendary

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Only a few will remember him

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Near the end of his life, Bob Marley was told by a doctor that he had "more cancer in him than I've seen with a live human being," and that he only had a few months to live, so "he might as well go back out on the road and die there."

Three years earlier, the reggae icon had been diagnosed with melanoma under his toenail in 1977. Doctors removed the nail and the nail bed, but Marley refused to have the toe itself amputated to stop the spread of the disease, insisting that it violated his Rastafarian religious beliefs. By 1980, the cancer had spread throughout his body, infecting his liver, lungs, and even his brain. Marley played his last show on September 30, 1980, in Pittsburgh, performing Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust" during the soundcheck to the bemusement of his roadies, who didn't know anything was wrong. He died eight months later at the age of 36.

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“4 days ago, a group of friends and I went to Murree together. We were having a walk through the Murree Hills at 2 or 3am and this happened. All of us were together. One friend asked to take a group photo of us, and took it with flash because there was low to zero lighting. When i went through my pictures later on, I was shocked to see a person standing right behind one of my friends. He had a pale white face and if you close in on his legs you can see it look as if it is not of human. None of us knew the person 3rd from the left.”

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When Joe Pichler was just six years old, he made his acting breakthrough with a commercial for a Seattle department store. Soon after, he moved to Los Angeles, where he landed a part in 1999's "Varsity Blues" before earning a leading role in two installments of the "Beethoven" franchise.

Pichler then moved back to his hometown of Bremerton, Washington to attend high school and had plans to return to Hollywood after he had his braces removed — but he never got the chance. In the early morning hours of January 5, 2006, Pichler mysteriously vanished, and police have been unable to solve his disappearance to this day.

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In 1993, lawyer Garry Hoy fell 24 floors to his death while demonstrating the tensile strength of his office windows to a group of visiting law students. Far from being an unusual incident, body-checking window safety was his signature - and fatal - move.

Hoy's regular practice of hurling himself at window panels in front of onlookers and harmlessly bouncing off ended disastrously when it accidentally popped the glass out of its frame and sent "one of the best and brightest" lawyers plunging from the skyscraper.

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Between 2000 and 2003, biologist Amie Huguenard spent three summers in Alaska with her boyfriend Timothy Treadwell studying and filming grizzly bears. Treadwell, who was better known as the "Grizzly Man," had met Huguenard during a book tour in 1996 and the pair had instantly bonded over their love of animals. But then, in October 2003, the couple was brutally mauled and eaten by a half-ton bear that attacked them at their camp. And the audio of their horrifying final moments was captured on tape.

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

Honestly, I never understood these kind of people. You know is dangerous, you know it can kill you, but you are still going with it. Especially with animals.Even the thousands years domesticated ones can kill you, in given circumstances, but you are gambling with the wild ones in plus....

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