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30 Unsettling Facts That Are So Creepy They Might Make You Close The Tab Immediately
Our world is a pretty scary place; you never know what's lurking around the corner or in some dark alley. But some people like to be scared and even look for frights voluntarily. In fact, 46% of Americans say they watch horror movies occasionally.
We know Pandas like to learn scary stuff too, so, we've prepared a compilation of frightening facts and stories from the Instagram page "Scary" that has a whopping 4.7 million followers. From freaky medical conditions and mystery disappearances to creepy nature and history facts – prepare to be scared as you scroll down these unsettling posts!
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Bored Jellyfish 23 hours ago
How is this so creepy it would want to make me close the tab?! it's awesome!
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One of the most terrifying things that can be found in our bodies is teratomas. They are tumors that can be both benign and malignant. What makes them something out of a body-horror story is that they can have hair, nails, teeth, or even contain remnants of organs like the lungs, liver, brain, or thyroid gland.
Teratomas are considered a rare type of tumor, with ovarian teratomas, for example, occurring in about 1.2 to 14.2 per 100,000 women a year. In newborns, on the other hand, one in 30,000 to 40,000 babies may have a sacrococcygeal teratoma. The tumors develop when there is a disruption in our cell differentiation process. Essentially, cells that don't have a specific task yet turn into muscle cells, nerve cells, or blood cells. That's why they sometimes contain remnants of random body parts.
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Rusty’scate 22 hours ago (edited)
Um poor birds that’s. Horrible but most animals have empathy there for sorrow. It’s sad but that Is why we can bond so deeply with them.
Sleep is essential for us, and experts say that you need seven to nine hours of sleep a day. But what if you suddenly couldn't fall asleep at all? Some people actually have this condition, and it's called fatal familial insomnia. Essentially, a person's sleep becomes so disrupted that they lose basic functions, such as the ability to speak, develop dementia, and eventually fall into a coma from which they don't wake up.
Almost half of all people experience regular insomnia, but fatal insomnia is very rare: only about 70 families in the world carry the gene. Despite its name, it's not actually a sleep disorder but a degenerative nerve disease. It's genetic, so people inherit the mutation of the prion protein (PRNP). The average cycle of the disorder from first symptoms to the end is about 18 months, although sometimes the end might come as shortly as in seven months.
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Kissing is a pleasant activity that people engage in daily, yet few ever think about the germs that they exchange with the person they're smooching. Researchers who did a study in a zoo in Amsterdam found that couples exchange 80 million bacteria during one long kiss.
Interestingly, the participants, who were intimate partners, didn't have significantly different microbiotas. The researchers suggest that it was because most couples have similar lifestyles, diets, and live in the same environment.
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TotallyNOTAFox 8 hours ago
Seems like people don't know that "Children and Women first" only applies if there is time to sort, in 99% of emergencies it's everybody off as fast as possible
Humans are not snakes, but we do kind of shed our skin too. We also leave our expired skin cells around in the environment: we shed from 30,000 to 40,000 skin cells every hour, almost a million an hour. But don't worry, you won't become skinless; new skin cells regenerate every 28 days.
"Why can't I see it then?" you may ask. You do actually see it: it's in the dust on your tables, shelves, windowsills, monitors, and keyboards. Extra fun gross fact: these tiny former bits of yourself also get eaten by dust mites.
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UnclePanda 14 hours ago (edited)
The stygian owl can be tracked by following the trail of scattered tourist items that smell like pooo.
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Bi.Felicia 20 hours ago
Mine are just breaking down, no rebuilding, in my spine anyway, thanks to degenerative disc disease.
Do you know what "immune privilege" is? There are a few sites in our bodies that trigger no immune response. Those sites are the testicles, central nervous system, placenta or fetus, and the eyes. Basically, our immune system doesn't attack injuries and foreign objects in the eye, for example, without causing swelling and inflammation to protect our vision. This makes our eyes the perfect candidates for medical studies where researchers can implant cells and biological treatments into the eyes without them rejecting the treatment instantly.
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Greymom 17 hours ago
Yes this is creepy and definitely not necessary, but really no different from “beauty “ practices and standards that have been, and in many case , still are, practiced the world over. Cultures that used to foot bind come to mind, as do current plastic surgery trends like ridiculously overdone breast augmentations and BBL’s. The human race has been deforming their own bodies (sometimes with consent as an adult or sometimes without consent as children, for thousands of years!
Have you ever had a really big dinner that you had trouble digesting? If you're worried that your stomach acid won't be able to do its job, don't worry: it's capable of dissolving materials such as bone, teeth, and even certain metals. In comparison, battery acid has a pH of 0. In turn, stomach acid has a pH of 1 to 2 and can dissolve thin steel and razor blades.
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TotallyNOTAFox 8 hours ago (edited)
That's why CPR should never be stopped at an emergency side, the brain only needs 30% of it's oxygen demand to prevent necrosis to happen. People might not be contious but they won't suffer from brain damage afterwards
Which one of these stories and facts did you find the most terrifying, Pandas? Do you know a scary story or fact that you would like to share with us? Tell us all about them in the comments! And if you feel like this list isn't scary enough for you, check out these blood-chillingly terrifying real-life events and the creepiest things doctors have ever seen in their line of work!
#22
Beak Hookage 19 hours ago
One guy who had this happen to him was so traumatised he later took his own life.
#23
Lee451 Henderson 23 hours ago
She probably thought it would be a blessing if he did. Comatose for twelve years?
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Zig Zag Wanderer 23 hours ago (edited)
Actually, the information is varied, constantly changing, and utterly bizarre. Our brain filters it all to make a sensible and relatively stable set of images. Without this we'd be overwhelmed. Certain chemicals like LSD can remove these filters and everything gets through. It's a wild ride. For example, relative sizes are a complete fabrication.
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Zig Zag Wanderer 22 hours ago (edited)
But it's a safety mechanism that works most of the time for most people. Paying attention to it can prevent a lot of problems. Some call it a 'gut' feeling, and it's real.
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Zig Zag Wanderer 23 hours ago (edited)
But can they do it in light? Enquiring minds want to know!
#35
UnclePanda 14 hours ago
"If I won a million dollars, a million and five dollars worth of shitt would happen to me." ~ Traci Smith
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Zig Zag Wanderer 23 hours ago
We carry more bacteria than our own cells, and would dîe without them.
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Jeremy James 22 hours ago
More information: Scan of lower torso and legs showing cysts from parasitic infection.
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Chich the witch 22 hours ago
From the link: " Mobile County, Alabama, authorities say a 14 year old girl was found living alone in a mobile home with seven dogs after her mother and stepfather reportedly moved to Florida and left her behind". They are now in custody. Someone suggested that these people should be the ones ice goes after, not people who work and pay taxes.
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Beak Hookage 18 hours ago
This has happened to me. More than once. It's every bit as horrible as it sounds.
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Zig Zag Wanderer 23 hours ago (edited)
Been there. Done that. Quite alarming. Scared me enough to never allow it again. Protip from a long-time toadtripper, tapping your leg or something continuously makes it almost impossible to fall asleep, for some reason. Allows you to get somewhere safe to nap.
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GenericElder 1 day ago
. . . and it's still legal to enslave the imprisoned (i.e. forced labor). But I'm sure that's got NOTHING to do with all the "For Profit" prisons, right?
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Zig Zag Wanderer 23 hours ago
When your body can no longer do the things it needs to do for you to survive, that's dyîng of old age.
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GenericElder 1 day ago
Same x-ray was shown on another list as belonging to a professional stuntman? Are there ANY real people running BP anymore?
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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 1 day ago (edited)
Cordycep mushrooms. These mushrooms are also popular taken as a powder to increase stamina in sportspeople and gym enthusiasts. They may also help people recover stamina after suffering long covid.
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Zig Zag Wanderer 23 hours ago
Because the surface of the Sun isn't particularly hot. The 'heat' we feel comes from radiation well within it.
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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 1 day ago
Also, some people, the racists, sexists, homophobes, transphobes, MAGA people simply do not have a brain.
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Zig Zag Wanderer 22 hours ago
Not just delayed, severely edited. You couldn't concentrate otherwise.
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Peter Bear 1 day ago
Only if you're in the exact path of totality, which is nowhere near 'the world'. And total eclipses happen far more often than every 100 years.
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David Paterson 16 hours ago
Enjoyed these. Not nearly as scary or upsetting as some of the medical related discussions.
David Paterson 16 hours ago
Enjoyed these. Not nearly as scary or upsetting as some of the medical related discussions.
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