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50 Curious Facts That Highlight Life’s More Mysterious Side
The world around us is as scary and mysterious as it is beautiful and intricate. Many people would rather look away from the dark side of life, which is understandable. Because once you start opening that can of worms, there is no going back.
You’re about to read some of the scariest facts shared by some people on TikTok. You probably know many of these already, but you’re also likely reading some for the first time.
For those that flew under your radar, you will likely be tempted to do some Googling. But if you must, prepare yourself as you go down that rabbit hole.
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#2
I’m a teacher and it’s actually frightening the percentage of children that cannot read… We are trying to teach them in schools, but a lot of the learning happens from practicing reading at home
#3
The fact that there are people imprisoned in basements, secret rooms, and homes all over the world. Some are rescued, most are not.
#4
We are in the silent depression… the income to cost of living ratio is worse than it was during the Great Depression, but it’s not being talked about
#5
I've always struggled drinking water, but then I learned that the headache you get when you're dehydrated is - and I'mma scream when I say this - YOUR BRAIN SHRIVELING AND PULLING AWAY FROM YOUR SKULL
#6
the fact that 2 people can grow up in the exact same in environment same set of parents experience the exact same traumas, yet can describe entirely different memories and have exact opposite trauma
#7
That man has been interpreting the Bible as literal history, when it's psychological symbolism that reveals that the reader has the creative power. The harm that literal interpretation has caused
#8
studying aviation, "all the rules made in aviation are written in blood" bcs they are only made after a tragedy
#10
Prions exist. Knowing that is pretty awful. I should have specified prion diseases exist. CWD in deer, Mad Cow, incurable in humans. Can’t even autopsy without a hazmat room, then burn all equipment it touched. Scary stuff
#14
Men have frontal lobes not as developed as women and we live in a world dictated by their thoughts.
#15
Studying wildlife biology. Everything is dying. Species are going extinct at rates that are getting harder and harder to stop. This will eventually affect human food resources.
#16
psych major: if you stare into a mirror in the dark for a while, your reflection will grow disfigured and turn monstrous/something that’s not your face. it’s called the caputo effect.
#17
when they have to remove your digestive tract during surgery, they don't meticulously put it back in the order it's supposed to be, not only because it would take AGES, they don't even have to. They kinda shove it all back into the general area and just make sure nothing is twisted up, and our digestive tract moves back into place on it's own!
#18
Severe childhood trauma can make people into psychopaths and take away their ability to feel empathy
#19
That you can be in a relationship with someone and they can fool you for years, well into marriage. Can’t comprehend pathological liars, cheaters, abusers.
#22
I am an art teacher and I share all the time that humans can only see 0.0035% of the light spectrum! What else is out there?!
#23
That a majority of human history is not recorded and therefore the narrative of humans was created by those in charge at the time
#24
Reproductive adaptation like menopause. Humans, Elephants, Orcas all evolved to value experience over just reproduction, which is rare in the animal kingdom. Women should be valued more among our own.
#25
every financially successful man that I've interviewed fits the full definition of a malignant narcissist
#26
Bonobos are literally one wildfire away from becoming extinct and there’s not much we can do about it because they live in the DRC
#29
Slavery is still happening after all these years, and there are places where it is legal. It breaks my heart that we can only save so few.
#30
It’s a very well known fact but knowing that NASA gave up on doing research on our oceans and we know more about space than our own waters. 5% of the ocean’s creatures have been discovered. That’s it.
#31
The fact the civilisation and society would immediately fracture in the event of a major disaster is frightening, take the toilet paper shortage in 2019. Imagine if that was food or water
#32
You can form false memories—vivid, detailed memories of events that never happened. the brain can create entirely fictional experiences that feel 100% real.
#34
geologist here, Florida is almost entirely limestone which is rapidly dissolving due to sea level rise. the entire state will likely be underwater in the next 50 years
#36
The stress a woman’s mother goes through affects her DNA and her eggs. Meaning we are the product of the trauma our mother’s, grand mother’s, great grandmother’s and so on endured.
#37
we are 97.7% the same atoms as a combusted star, so when we die we just return to star dust and travel the universe for eternity.
#39
They didn’t use any numbness or anesthesia on babies and infants until 1985-1990s. Back then they believed that babies didn’t feel pain so they would perform their work without anesthesia
#40
The human immune system doesn’t recognize the eyes as an organ so if you get an eye infection, your immune system could attack them and you can go blind
#42
the universe is expanding, which is scary but I think the scariest part is that nobody knows what it’s expanding into
#43
Hospice nurse here. Do not choose your husband or any of your daughters as your POA. 9/10 times they are the ones most who will allow you to suffer and die a painful death bc they cant let go.
#44
Most humans can only tolerate an unstable food source for one week before they start to consider cannibalism. Just one week with unstable food sources and people go on the menu
#45
not too crazy but i work in vet med, and when i started i found out how rabies tests were done... The animal’s head is cut off because doctors find evidence of rabies in the spinal cord
#46
Every time you recall a memory it's not a perfect recall, some information will be slightly altered each time you recall the moment, your happiest memory may be true to you, but it really been distort
#48
The U.S military is the biggest buyer of glitter. It’s insane the amount they buy. But what for?? No one knows.
#49
Most people have vitamin deficiencies, not mental health issues. This does not include people with true trauma.
#50
A good chance Uncanny valley exists is because there was something else that hunted us and looked like us
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