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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.

#1

Person in protective gear walking through a devastated urban area with collapsed buildings illustrating serotonin syndrome effects. History major here, we are already in WWIII. We just don’t know it yet.

natalie 💌 , Alex Shuper Report

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3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel it. I'm noticing. There's at least 2 or 4 countries that are instigating and one is located in North America.

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    #2

    Woman teaching a young boy while pointing at a book, illustrating learning about serotonin syndrome symptoms and effects. 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

    Mijita , Mikhail Nilov Report

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    nottheactualphoto
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am eternally grateful that both my parents were Literature People. They were both comfortable in many languages. We had wall-to-wall books in the apartment. I loved reading from an early age.

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    #3

    Hands pressed against a foggy, cracked window in a dark, eerie room depicting a haunting feeling linked to serotonin syndrome. The fact that there are people imprisoned in basements, secret rooms, and homes all over the world. Some are rescued, most are not.

    Stephanie Tackley , Gül Işık Report

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    StrangeOne
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I actually do think about this more than is healthy. I just imagine riding along a street and wondering what dark secrets people are hiding in their homes. It pains me to think there could be someone in need of help right now, within meters from me, and I just go along my way without a clue.

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    #4

    50 Creepy Facts That Might Make You Wish You Never Read Them 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

    Kelli R , Inzmam Khan Report

    #5

    Young woman drinking water from a shaker bottle outdoors, promoting health and awareness of serotonin syndrome symptoms. 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

    Liz , Miriam Alonso Report

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    Ejteh
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The headache that comes with hangovers is also caused by a dehydrated brain

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    #6

    Two young children kneeling by a window looking outside, illustrating a calm moment unrelated to serotonin syndrome facts. 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

    I have a username for a reason , Jessica West Report

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    Zara VP
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    3 weeks ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Siblings aren’t raised by the same parents—not really. Parents evolve with time, shaped by their own experiences and by each child they raise. The firstborn meets a different version of them than the youngest does. One gets the trial run, another gets the burnout, and another might get the calm after the storm. Parenting isn’t static—it’s a moving target, and every child walks into a different moment of it. Oftentimes, the parents and children may not realize that's happening in the moment.

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    #7

    50 Creepy Facts That Might Make You Wish You Never Read Them 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

    The Way , John-Mark Smith Report

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    LauraDragonWench
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    THIS 👆👆👆 SO FRACKING MUCH! Our lives revolve around Bronze Age principles and concepts that were (occasionally) novel for the time, but are today so completely outmoded and regressive that they're actually holding back our development. The bible (and koran and Torah) belong in the mythology section alongside all the other man-made tales of gods and monsters.

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    50 Creepy Facts That Might Make You Wish You Never Read Them studying aviation, "all the rules made in aviation are written in blood" bcs they are only made after a tragedy

    Alexandre , Rafael Cosquiere Report

    #9

    50 Creepy Facts That Might Make You Wish You Never Read Them A disproportionate number of CEOs fit the clinical definition of a psychopath.

    The Furies , Kampus Production Report

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    StrangeOne
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Psychopathic traits are not always a negative in some fields. Psychopaths can have awareness of what's right and wrong, and be able to understand, not necessarily feel, what empathy is. However, without empathy, they are able to make difficult decisions quicker, void of emotional reactions getting in the way. They are able to think with clearer logic and rationality in a calmer manner, and be able to function well under pressure. Of course, there are psychopaths who use their capabilities for nefarious objectives, and they are often the leaders of organized crime, controversial companies ( think tobacco companies), and crooked politicians.

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    #10

    Microscopic image showing cells with red markers highlighting serotonin syndrome effects on cellular structures. 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

    SavoyTruffle1 , National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Report

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    Bookworm
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Prions are the scariest thing I've ever learned about medically.

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    #11

    Pathway covered with plastic waste and trash under green trees, symbolizing pollution effects on serotonin syndrome awareness. We aren't going to be able to fix what we did to the earth

    Socks(She/They) , Stijn Dijkstra Report

    #12

    50 Creepy Facts That Might Make You Wish You Never Read Them "a cured patient is a lost customer"

    Charlene Meserve , Pixabay Report

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    #13

    Pregnant woman sitting cross-legged on rug, holding belly with both hands, illustrating serotonin syndrome risks. everything pregnancy related is straight up body horror

    czika_bongo , Yan Krukau Report

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    #14

    Man wearing glasses and a light blue shirt looking stressed while leaning against a wall, related to serotonin syndrome. Men have frontal lobes not as developed as women and we live in a world dictated by their thoughts.

    usensne4111399 , Andrea Piacquadio Report

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    Phantom Phoenix
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We have the "advantage" of an extra "little brain" hanging around about ½ way down our bodies that many men rely on to do a lot of their thinking for them

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    #15

    50 Creepy Facts That Might Make You Wish You Never Read Them 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.

    kris , Richard Verbeek Report

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    Earonn -
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kids won't believe this but about 45 years ago to see dozens of butterflies over a normal strip of grass in Central Europe wasn't anything unusual. This year I've seen 3 so far. And my garden is very pollinator friendly.

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    #16

    Man with glasses and striped shirt looking into a mirror with lights in a dimly lit room, related to serotonin syndrome. 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.

    VANNY! (¬ ´ཀ` )¬ , Lucas Pezeta Report

    #17

    Two surgeons in protective gear performing surgery in a sterile operating room with medical instruments nearby, related to serotonin syndrome. 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!

    greenxeclectic , Jonathan Borba Report

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    Bookworm
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So it self-corrects. I find this more comforting than trusting humans who can make mistakes.

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    #18

    Young person in denim clothes sitting on worn doorstep covering face, symbolizing distress linked to serotonin syndrome effects. Severe childhood trauma can make people into psychopaths and take away their ability to feel empathy

    - guitarist - , Pixabay Report

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    KnightOwl86
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    3 weeks ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It can also do the opposite and make them almost too empathetic. Most of the kindest, most helpful and selfless people I've ever met had awful childhoods and a lot of them now do everything they can to help others. A lot of people like this can easily get taken advantage of because they struggle to say no to people in need. I've done this throughout my life and will literally burn myself out and let my life fall apart because I'm too busy helping others with their problems.

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    #19

    50 Creepy Facts That Might Make You Wish You Never Read Them 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.

    urawizhar , Alex Green Report

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    StrangeOne
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It could even be someone who's been just leading you on so they have someone, anyone, as a companion, but they haven't been into you as you have been into them.

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    #20

    Aerial view of an industrial area with smoke rising from factory chimneys and roads winding through the site. The climate crisis is FAR worse than they tell you.

    Fidel Caplan , Marcin Jozwiak Report

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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think we know that. Cooling the planet is tough enough, but we also have to fight the lies from climate change deniers.

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    #21

    50 Creepy Facts That Might Make You Wish You Never Read Them i probably wont be able to buy a house in my lifetime

    deja j , Kindel Media Report

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    Tropical Tarot
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    3 weeks ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only way I am getting a house is through inheritance. So not looking forward to it.

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    #22

    Sunlight creating colorful rays through trees in a forest, illustrating a serene yet eerie atmosphere related to serotonin syndrome. 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?!

    Smashley , Vlad ION Report

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    StrangeOne
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    3 weeks ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a very, very interesting topic for me. We have just 3 colour cones, 4 in rarer cases. Shrimp have 12. Seeing other colours part of the light spectrum, the likes we have never seen before, unfortunately it's near impossible for us to even imagine. We do come across them, but these are considered "impossible colours" and they appear muddy or bouncing between the mixed colours. Try mixing green and orange. Or purple and teal. If we had more colour cones those colours could possible make another vibrant colour we cannot imagine.

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    #23

    50 Creepy Facts That Might Make You Wish You Never Read Them That a majority of human history is not recorded and therefore the narrative of humans was created by those in charge at the time

    Kristen Nicole , George Sharvashidze Report

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    #24

    50 Creepy Facts That Might Make You Wish You Never Read Them 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.

    Spirit , SHVETS production Report

    #25

    50 Creepy Facts That Might Make You Wish You Never Read Them every financially successful man that I've interviewed fits the full definition of a malignant narcissist

    BeetleJude , Chloe Report

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    Isabelle Manzini
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read once that for men, money is power, while for women, money is freedom and I think it proves the point

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    #26

    Chimpanzee sitting on a mossy rock, holding a leafy stem, illustrating behavior linked to serotonin syndrome research. 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

    Lindsay , Getty Images Report

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    Passerby
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you want to know, DRC = Democratic Republic of the Congo. I had to look that up because I am not familiar with the abbreviation.

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    #27

    Man in black hoodie sitting on park bench deep in thought, illustrating serotonin syndrome mental health effects. Mortician here. You could be living your last moments right now and have no idea.

    Leif , Chinmay Singh Report

    #28

    50 Creepy Facts That Might Make You Wish You Never Read Them The #1 cause of death for pregnant women in the USA is domestic homicide .

    Jennifer Jean , Leah Newhouse Report

    #29

    50 Creepy Facts That Might Make You Wish You Never Read Them 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.

    aninhar0saa , Pixabay Report

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    Rick Redmond
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    IFyou take the time to read the 13 th amendment, you will find there are about 1.9million leagal slaves in the United States. They are all in prison.I am Canadian and am curious why you refer to your country as the land of the free?

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    #30

    A lone diver illuminated by beams of light in a deep underwater cave, evoking mystery related to serotonin syndrome. 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.

    taz , Elianne Dipp Report

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    Phantom Phoenix
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why would the National *Aeronautics* and *Space* Administration research the oceans?

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    50 Creepy Facts That Might Make You Wish You Never Read Them 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

    CloudyDazed , Anna Shvets Report

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    StrangeOne
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know what's more disturbing. Selfish people hogging essentials, or that people just let them get away with it.

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    50 Creepy Facts That Might Make You Wish You Never Read Them You can form false memories—vivid, detailed memories of events that never happened. the brain can create entirely fictional experiences that feel 100% real.

    psychologyandforensics , Pavel Danilyuk Report

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    Luke Branwen
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Suck for some people. Fortunately, I'm 100% certain that my memory about kissing Saoirse Ronan is absolutely real. /j

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    #33

    Young man in black clothing stands in crowded city street at night with bright billboards, illustrating serotonin syndrome awareness. the bystander effect. no one is coming to save you

    weesnaw , Vlad Alexandru Popa Report

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    StPaul9
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is very important to not say 'Call an ambulance' but to command someone like 'You! Call an ambulance!' Point to another and say 'You! Support help me get this guy into recovery position' (epileptic here).

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    #34

    50 Creepy Facts That Might Make You Wish You Never Read Them 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

    Rose , Nachelle Nocom Report

    #35

    Old abandoned building with leafless trees in foggy weather, evoking a creepy atmosphere related to serotonin syndrome. unit 731, and how we know the human body is 70% water.

    Rachel , 松岡明芳 Report

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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Until Japan has its own Warsaw Genuflection moment ( for younger folks not from Germany: it was a spontaneous gesture by then Chancellor of Germany W***y Brandt, who upon visiting a memorial to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising spontaneously kneeled down in respect for the victims and acceptance of Germany's guilt. It was possible because Germany faced what it had done and refused to look the other way.) Japan still needs to gain the strength to do the same, and until it does, the weakness and sickness will fester in the heart of its society.

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    #36

    50 Creepy Facts That Might Make You Wish You Never Read Them 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.

    The Grey Lady Weeps , Alexander Dummer Report

    #37

    50 Creepy Facts That Might Make You Wish You Never Read Them 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.

    Momma B. , Isandréa Carla Report

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    Multa Nocte
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I believe that Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young covered this in their song "Woodstock."

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    #38

    Young man with curly hair sitting thoughtfully, reflecting on serotonin syndrome and its effects in a dimly lit room. the fact that u can just die or the world could end at really any time without any warning

    * ☾ ‧₊˚. sophi !! ꩜ 💥 , Kazi Mizan Report

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    #39

    Person in mustard sweater holding a crying baby indoors, relating to serotonin syndrome awareness and symptoms. 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

    Emily , Antoni Shkraba Studio Report

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    StrangeOne
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    3 weeks ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To this day, there's medical professionals that still believe "babies just cry for no reason." But that is just a front. They knew all along babies do feel pain. They just said babies don't to put worried parents mind's at ease, and so the staff could tuck their empathy aside so they could do their jobs. It was considered dangerous to use anesthesia on babies.

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    #40

    Close-up of a blue eye and eyebrow, showing skin texture and details related to serotonin syndrome effects. 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

    froggiebaybee , Almada Studio Report

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    Mreoww
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, eyes have their entirely own immune systems. The day the body’s immunity system finds out about eyes and the second immunity system, that day you’re doomed.

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    #41

    50 Creepy Facts That Might Make You Wish You Never Read Them Anyone could have a stalker they don’t know about.

    Kristan , Alex Fu Report

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    #42

    Spiral galaxy in space with bright stars and glowing core illustrating serotonin syndrome concept visually. the universe is expanding, which is scary but I think the scariest part is that nobody knows what it’s expanding into

    rubaespams , Pixabay Report

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    StrangeOne
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The universe is so unimaginatively huge, we just can't comprehend how big it is. It goes beyond the observable limits. It will be many millennias before our galaxy reaches anything we should be concerned with. Even then, it's not like we can stop it from happening. I don't find it scary. Just interesting.

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    50 Creepy Facts That Might Make You Wish You Never Read Them 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.

    Bri , Tima Miroshnichenko Report

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    StrangeOne
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People do this with pets. If you know someone who's left a pet to suffer because they think bringing it to the vet to be put down humanely is cruel, don't think they wouldn't do the same for you.

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    #44

    Person sitting on a couch clutching their stomach, illustrating discomfort related to serotonin syndrome symptoms. 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

    JackJack , Sora Shimazaki Report

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    Rika
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unpopular opinion, but I don't think cannibalism is all that terrible. Humans are animals, after all. No, I wouldn't eat my relatives, but I also wouldn't eat my pet chicken unless I have no other choice. It doesn't mean that I have any issue with eating chicken in general. (Now, even if cannibalism was morally accepted, it wouldn't be a popular thing: the human body isn't designed to digest human flesh, very few people would put themselves through the pain of digestive issues when they can eat a cow instead.)

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    #45

    Veterinarian examining a small fluffy dog with a stethoscope, highlighting serotonin syndrome awareness in animals. 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

    gaby :3 , Tima Miroshnichenko Report

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    3 weeks ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If it's alive it's quarantined and they wait to see if it develops symptoms. If so it's euthanized and then tested as above. I think it's euthanized and tested if people are bit also without waiting for symptoms. Edit: TIL BP hasn't censored euthanized. Yet.

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    #46

    50 Creepy Facts That Might Make You Wish You Never Read Them 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

    _04852 , Juan Pablo Serrano Report

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    StrangeOne
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still recall the feeling of falling and landing on the floor as a baby. It stung my entired body and my head hurt. I still have a flat indent in the back of my skull. My mom says I fell from the change table. I remember my mom just dropping me from her arms, her shouting then picking me up going "awwww" with a slight grin. I've seen her give me that similar grin whenever she sees me upset about something she's done unfairly to me. There's been an emotional, affectionate disconnect for a very long time between us. She went a very long time without cuddling and hugging me when I was around 5 and 6. Sometimes I wonder if the fall was so traumatic it caused a nightmare I was able to retain in my head. Some nightmares I had when I was 2 and 3, and later have been stuck in my head to this day, but I know them as nightmares. The brain is weird.

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    #47

    Young woman in a white shirt closing her eyes and gently holding her wrist, showing signs related to serotonin syndrome. When someone dies, you can smell it on them days before.

    Morgan , Mikhail Nilov Report

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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even if they get hit by a bus? This is very generalised. surely it depends what they're dying of.

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    #48

    50 Creepy Facts That Might Make You Wish You Never Read Them The U.S military is the biggest buyer of glitter. It’s insane the amount they buy. But what for?? No one knows.

    Nena V , cottonbro studio Report

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    Bookworm
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey! What the General and the General's Wife do in private is their business.

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    #49

    Young woman holding her head in pain, showing symptoms related to serotonin syndrome and severe headache distress Most people have vitamin deficiencies, not mental health issues. This does not include people with true trauma.

    TriggerMamaASMR , Andrea Piacquadio Report

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    StrangeOne
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Since I started taking more supplements, I've noticed a change in my energy and moods. However, I still get irritable, flashbacks and invasive thoughts. I'm just more chill about it on the outside.

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    #50

    Humanoid robot with exposed mechanical parts and lifelike face symbolizing serotonin syndrome effects on the brain. A good chance Uncanny valley exists is because there was something else that hunted us and looked like us

    carl_9999 , Possessed Photography Report

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    3 weeks ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The "uncanny valley" is a phenomenon where something that appears almost but not quite human elicits a sense of unease or creepiness in viewers. This unsettling feeling arises when an object, like a robot or a CGI character, is too close to human-like, but not quite perfect in its appearance or behavior.". Wouldn't be surprised if there's been other primates that hunted our ancestors.

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    #51

    no information is safe in the digital age. anything you think is secret is almost certainly not. coming from a digital crime detective.

    redinkpoet Report

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    #52

    50 Creepy Facts That Might Make You Wish You Never Read Them one that sticks with me is that you can literally die from a broken heart…the heart strings and muscles deteriorate over time

    Lady_Reaper<3 , cottonbro studio Report

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    StrangeOne
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Heartbreak is painful. Not just an emotion. It can feel like a heart attack coming on, including numbness and pins n needles going down your arms.

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    #53

    50 Creepy Facts That Might Make You Wish You Never Read Them Microplastics are in everything, we have no control group to test the effects or impact that it is making. We made plastics, We made microplastics, We cant take that back.

    Col , Alfo Medeiros Report

    #54

    the more stuff we store digitally the more we risk losing it all if technology stops being accessible

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    Libstak
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I keep saying this, especially about money. No paper money and we are one massive solar flair, EMP strike or malicious cyber attack from very real disaster.

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    #55

    The slippery slope between social groups, political groups, religious groups, communities and cults is VERY SLIPPERY. We crave belongingness more than we thought.

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    #56

    How many serial ki**ers could have been possibly stopped if their parents had noticed the signs.

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    Kim Kermes
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Many serial or multiple ki11ers had at best neglectful parents, and nobody else to provide affection and stability.

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    #57

    Young woman with tears on her face, appearing distressed, illustrating emotional impact of serotonin syndrome symptoms Trauma is so common now that behaviors we think are normal are actually severe trauma responses to abuse that we didn’t register as such

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    Earonn -
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And when you're little, your brain just finds "a" way to handle that trauma. It doesn't care about that being the best way. It only wants you to stay alive.

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    #58

    Psychosis is terrifying having experienced lower levels of it. The fact that your reality doesn’t match up with everyone else’s version of it. Snapping out of it is worse you can’t remember the truth.

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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As an epileptic, I experienced some deja vus. They were absolutely convincing, the "feeling" of remembering correctly was so strong I'd waged my annual salary on it. Only my reason would tell me that the deja vu was impossible (eg "this pen cannot have been in this position on this desk before because I bought it only an hour ago"). It tells you a lot about your brain, and also why not to trust those who think something must be true because they are convinced it is. Conviction is a feeling, and feelings can lie.

    #59

    50 Creepy Facts That Might Make You Wish You Never Read Them Your brain physically deteriorates from emotional trauma

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    #60

    The blue eye gene came from one common ancestor so everyone w blue eyes is distantly related.

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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean, we are anyway. Lots of our genes came from one common ancestor - and in parts that makes us relatives of bananas or fruit flies...

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    #61

    The transatlantic slave trade caused shark migration patterns to change bc of the amount of dead bodies being thrown off those ships

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    #62

    Trees can communicate. So during a forest fire the can hear the trees around them screaming but can’t run away…

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    StrangeOne
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The way trees communicate with each other is complex, and they do have social dynamics among each other.

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    #63

    Our future doctors are using ai to pass their classes/exams

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    The Darkest Timeline
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are they? If so, in what ways are they using it? Do they no longer have practical exams? There is nothing wrong per se with using AI as a starting point for writing papers and such and we definitely need to find ways to check if people actually understand things but “future doctors are using AI” without any context is an empty statement.

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    #64

    there is a correlation btw contracting a virus (flu, covid, etc) your second trimester of pregnancy and that child being diagnosed w schizophrenia later in life

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    #65

    When given a transfusion of blood that isn’t your type, one of the symptoms is “sense of impending doom”

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    Luke Branwen
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So I get the wrong blood and feel the urge to play the famous 1993 first-person shooter game.

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    #66

    1 in 200 miscarried fetuses have cyclopia, that's like over 1,000,000 a year. do not Google cyclopia unless you want to ruin your whole day. I'm still upset about reading the wiki page.

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    #67

    There are still hundreds of people missing from hurricane Katrina

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    Earonn -
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And not all were killed by the Hurricane. Who knows how many were m******d and hidden...

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    #68

    history person here: there's actually a fairly large amount of items made from leather made fr human skin. books, shoes, coin purses, etc. we have a pair of shoes at our local museum. really sad story

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    Mamie Van Boring
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdx9l4x7xjno N@zis made stuff out of human skin, including the lampshade in this news article.

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    #69

    From an abnormal psych perspective; you’ll brush paths with serial unalivers more than you will ever think.

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    #70

    50 Creepy Facts That Might Make You Wish You Never Read Them The fact that, at this right time, people and animals are suffering, getting beaten, makes me ultimately sad. I feel not worthy for this world.

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    StrangeOne
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I really try not to think about it. Unfortunately, we can't be out there 24/7 searching and saving every single being. I wish it were possible.

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    #71

    People who really study consciousness and free will largely agree that "free will" is mostly us justifying our actions after the fact. we have some free will sure but not nearly as much as we like to pretend

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    StrangeOne
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I really had unbounded freewill, I would be up much later than I know I should and I would never go back to my job again. What stops me is I need moolah to live and help support my disabled daughter. I guess one could consider that free will, too. I still have options to change both our lives, however that could be not for the better.

    #72

    about half the water used in concrete is lost forever. chemically bonded with no efficient way to get it back. makes me think each time i see a skyscraper

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    #73

    the more things i learn about slavery and the "aftermath" if you could even call it that revolts me. theres always something i didn't know and it always shakes me to my core

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    #74

    the brain doesn’t have pain receptors. If someone was literally poking your brain (surgery) your brain wouldn't feel it.

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    StrangeOne
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You won't feel it in your brain, but it will trigger other sensations in your body.

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    #75

    if you start experiencing the symptoms of a dementia, you're 10-20 years too late

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    #76

    50% of all human that have ever been born have died before age 5.

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    Earonn -
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We are so blessed. And then idiots come and take this gift from their children and throw it away. Because of ego.

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    #77

    The fact that nothing actually touches each other because of the atoms

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    #78

    Career paramedic. A ridiculous amount of people die on the toilet and then proceed to become wedged between the toilet and wall or bathtub.

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    Libstak
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because the dying body evacuates the bowel and bladder as one of its final acts so the urge to pee and p*o will be your last urge in life.

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    #79

    Healthcare worker checking blood pressure of a woman showing possible serotonin syndrome symptoms in bed. serotonin syndrome. I'm absolutely terrified of it.

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    Ace
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder why they picked on this in particular to be so afraid of? It's an obscure condition that can affect people who are on prescription meds designed to increase their serotonin levels, who for some reason react more than expected and create too much of it as a result. Such individuals are already under medical supervision, and the condition is easily resolved by reducing, withdrawing or changing the medication.

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    #80

    Not scary but quantum physics and neuroscience. The trajectory of your life 1000% depends on your beliefs and mindset about yourself our mind is more powerful then we give credit

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    StrangeOne
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know I hold myself back, and the more self-awareness I get the more it's been apparent for far too long.

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    #81

    Morticians know if you were a hairstylist because you’ll have a bunch of hair behind your eyes

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    #82

    Humans as a species display signs of Zoochosis, we aren't meant to live like this

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    #83

    If you want to, you can easily take a picture of someone’s keys and 3d print them. You can also reverse engineer locks to find which key should open it. I’m in cybersecurity.

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    Ace
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cybersecurity has absolutely zero to do with physical locks, so basically this person is saying they know nothing about what they're talking about.

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    #84

    Periodontal disease having a link to Alzheimer’s

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    #85

    basically 80% of languages are probably going extinct in the next 20-50 years

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    Lexi
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Plenty have gone, it's why we can't decipher a lot of the text left behind from the Aztec, Maya, Minoan to name but a few that we can see from what they left behind. The language of many real native Americans is being or has been lost and that is in the last hundred or so years. There are hundreds of cultures and civilisations who's language is gone because they are gone or the younger people moved to find work and dropped their native language. It's happening, it has happened and will continue to happen.

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    #86

    The scary fact that human flesh is similar to pigs. That's why when a body is being cremated, most people think they smell a BBQ

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    #87

    There are sharks that evolved to survive and thrive in underwater volcanoes.

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    #88

    Horses cannot throw up, instead they colic and pretty much die

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    StrangeOne
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why it's so important to know what to feed horses. Do NOT go up to horses and give them any food you think they may like without consulting with the horse owners. Oats, lush grasses, moldy hay, beet pulp, and anything heavy in carbs and starches can cause excessive gas, causing colic. The horses are okay where they are. They have their food in their pasture. Always ask if you can feed a horse apples, too. I could go on.

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    #89

    The more you discover about life the less you want to live it, it's better for mental health to experience than research

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    #90

    Humanity once came so close to extinction it's estimated that there were less than a hundred remaining. Every modern day human is descended from those survivors.

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    Grenelda Thurber
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's way more complicated than this implies, but the smallest number I found was "100,000 to 1,000." "Less than a hundred" isn't accurate according to the latest science. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_bottleneck

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    #91

    I do know that the brain named itself and I think that's cool

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    #92

    we don't actually perceive the world as it actually is. it's technically upside down but our brain processes everything a fraction of a second. we experience everything at a delay we cannot detect

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    Mreoww
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember once reading somewhere that our retinas perceive the world upside down, and that the brain converts it back upright or something. It’s something to do with the concept of convex/concave lenses and the image formed by them.

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    #93

    Elementary school students reading level determines our prison system. Kids who can’t read have a higher odds of going to jail.

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    #94

    Person covering face with hands looking distressed, illustrating symptoms related to serotonin syndrome effects. Harlequin syndrome babies. My sister would show me those pictures when i was a child to make me literally terrified when i disobeyed

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    StrangeOne
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This pisses me off. Harlequin is the rarest type of ichthyosis, and ichthyosis is already uncommon enough. Although infant mortality is high with those born with it, there have been people who've lived into their adulthood with the HI. Skin disorders already get stigmatized. It doesn't need to be stigmatized even more. HI is disturbing to see and not for the faint of stomachs. I don't recommend looking it up. It looks as though the infant is born inside out, if you're curious but don't want to actually see. It's incredibly painful for the infant and horrific for the parents, and absolutely tragic. It is a genetic disorder caused by a mutated gene of the ABCA12, that is carried by both parents. Thus how incredibly rare it makes HI. Although, both parents may not exhibit any symptoms and traits of ichthyosis, making it very difficult to predict if their baby will be born with the genetic mutation. Most couples don't think of testing their genes for these kinds of genetic mutations.

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    #95

    That your brain is lowkey your worst enemy if you fall asleep too fast your brain thinks you died so it jerks the body to make sure you still alive

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    A dense cluster of green leaves and plants covering a shaded area in a natural outdoor setting related to serotonin syndrome. P****n Ivy grows in areas where soil has been disturbed and is only poisonous to humans. It acts like the Earth’s immune system to repel humans from the wounded areas.

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    Libstak
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What a bunch of rubbish. Correlation is not causation. Poison ivy grows in many places humans have typically never touched, there are a thousand ways for earth to be disturbed, we are not being targeted by earth with poison ivy.

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    #97

    some triceratops ended up having to eat other animals because there was no plant life during the extinction event for them to eat. they ended up dying from meat poisoning

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    #98

    when you die, you see all your memories flash before your inner eye. it's because the brain tries to rapidly find a solution, fast forwarding every situation in life in hopes of finding how to stay

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    #99

    As a CJ major- most cops end up ki**ing people. It’s a lot of people who get ki**ed by cops and it goes “unsolved”

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    #100

    There’s a certain depth at sea where you wouldn't be able to swim back up… the water would just start to pull you down

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    Bob Brooce
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    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, gravity pulls you down regardless of depth. If you hold your breath and descend the increasing water pressure compresses all of the gas in your body. Most people become negatively buoyant at about 30'. The reason that free divers can survive at depths hundreds of feet and pressures of 150 psi or more is because blood from the extremities is squeezed into the torso and prevents collapse. You can swim back up from any depth (as long as you're alive and conscious), but it will take more effort because of your negative buoyancy.

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    #101

    Male mummies are found to be way better preserved because female bodies were not sent immediately for embalming right after death due to fear of necrophila.

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    #102

    Human life could have literally come from extraterrestrial origins via asteroids, etc. we are the aliens

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