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23 “Unfun” Facts People Have Learned Recently That Are Both Fascinating And Terrifying
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Life isn’t just about cute animals, fun artwork, and wholesome stories. Our world is full of uncomfortable historical and scientific facts that would make any Panda feel uneasy and just a bit queasy. However, we think that facts are facts: we have to do our best to see the full picture, even if we don’t feel too rosy and cozy reading some things.
We’ve collected the most ‘unfun’ facts about life on Planet Earth, as shared by internet users on the r/AskReddit subreddit. Scroll down to have a read. Though we have to warn you, these facts really aren’t for the faint of heart. If you’d rather have something bright and light instead, you should definitely check out this Bored Panda article right here about people doing good deeds out of the kindness of their hearts. To the rest of you who are sticking around—we salute your bravery and curiosity. Onwards!
Of course, we have to remember to take everything that we read on the internet with a grain of salt. We reached out to Joseph M. Pierre, a professor of psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, to talk about conspiracy theories, whether some events seem to attract far more lies than usual, and what kinds of people tend to believe in misinformation. Read on for Bored Panda’s interview with him. When you’re done, you should take a peek at our earlier article about not-so-fun facts right over here.
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#1
There is a whale called 52 Blue that only sings at that frequency meaning it can’t communicate with other whales. It is nicknamed the loneliest whale on the planet.
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#2
More Americans died in 2 months from Covid19 than 10 years of Vietnam.
Binky Melnik 7 months ago
Yeah, well, tell it to the anti-Vaxxers, anti-maskers, and other fuckwаds who somehow don’t care, don’t grok the stats, and/or who insist it’s just “a mild cold,” all while burying Grandma, Aunt Mildred, and the twins.
#3
When your skin becomes red from spending too much time under the sunlight, it’s basically because your skin cells are committing suicide to avoid becoming cancerous.
Binky Melnik 7 months ago (edited)
I’ve begun to wonder whether this oft-repeated factoid was made up in an attempt to scare people away from sunbathing, too much of which is most certainly harmful. It’s short, cute, and likely terrifying, so my guess is it’s waaay more effective than what came before (“Sunbathing will age you quickly”), which doesn’t work on people facing many, many more decades of life. I’m thinking a clever ad agency came up with it for a client, like maybe the Sunburn Death Prevention Council* or something. At any rate, it certainly does get around, thus proving people love not only to spread gossip but also fear. ETA: I know someone who lives to be the first to tell others that someone (a celebrity, an acquaintance, a friend, or a family member) has diеd. I swear she does all but phone people in the middle of the night to spread the news, so I have a feeling she loooves this one! *I just made this up, but it sounds really good, doesnt it? I’ll bet people’d pay a helluva lot more attention to it if “Death Council” were kept intact!
#4
The youngest person to ever give birth was a Peruvian girl, Lina Medina, a Quechua Indian who gave birth to a child in 1939 at age 5. She had precocious puberty and had her first period at age eight months. She may have been raped at a debauched indigenous religious festival where people often brought small children and rapes were known to occur. The man who raped her was never found, and she was silent about how she got pregnant.
The delivery was by Caesarean as vaginal delivery was deemed impossible. Her son was told that he was her little brother, and she also treated him in this manner. Obviously, she was an incompetent parent, preferring to play with dolls rather than tend to the baby, but that's to be expected. The case is well documented in medical journals, including photos of her pregnant body. It is also in the Guinness Book.
She later married, had another son, went to work for the physician who delivered her and lived a quite normal life. The son was healthy but died young at age 40. She and her family both refused all requests to speak of the case, including offers of significant sums of money. As of 2008, she was still alive at age 75 and living in a slum in Lima, Peru. If she is still alive, she would be 87 years old.
#5
You might still be “it” from an unfinished game of tag
#6
One day the last person who knows your name will die and you will be forgotten.
You could still be alive when this happens.
Binky Melnik 7 months ago
My dad has outlived every single one of his friends (not that he ever had any) and family save for his three daughters. (He’s 94.) He fusses a lot about what’ll happen at his funeral and burial site. I have no idea why he thinks he’s getting either; there’ll be no one to mourn him. I admit that now and then, I feel a small twinge of panic that when he goes, I’ll then be the oldest of us three. I’d rather not be, but I haven’t much choice in the matter, unless I’m hit by a bus.
#8
I’ve been thinking about my parents, who are in their mid-60s. During my first 18 years, I spent some time with my parents during at least 90% of my days. But since heading off to college and then later moving out of Boston, I’ve probably seen them an average of only five times a year each, for an average of maybe two days each time. 10 days a year. About 3% of the days I spent with them each year of my childhood.
Being in their mid-60s, let’s continue to be super optimistic and say I’m one of the incredibly lucky people to have both parents alive into my 60s. That would give us about 30 more years of coexistence. If the ten days a year thing holds, that’s 300 days left to hang with mom and dad. Less time than I spent with them in any one of my 18 childhood years.
When you look at that reality, you realize that despite not being at the end of your life, you may very well be nearing the end of your time with some of the most important people in your life. If I lay out the total days I’ll ever spend with each of my parents—assuming I’m as lucky as can be—this becomes starkly clear.
It turns out that when I graduated from high school, I had already used up 93% of my in-person parent time. I’m now enjoying the last 5% of that time. We’re in the tail end.
Michael Goldsberry 7 months ago
My folks ended up living with me. They spent just a bit more time with me than I did with them.
#9
Fatal familial insomnia exists. It’s a rare, incurable prionic brain disease that progressively destroys your brain’s ability to sleep. Eventually, you stop sleeping altogether, go insane, have seizures, and die.
#10
You have a higher chance of dying on the way to get a lottery ticket than actually winning.
Binky Melnik 7 months ago (edited)
This one is wildly understated! The chances of being killed going to buy a ticket are ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE higher than they are of winning the lottery. I live in Spanish Harlem and hafta deal with doing to the drugstore for a box of bandaids and hafta be patient while the people in front of me spend $50-75 per paycheck buying lotto tickets. It physically pains me watching their vain hopes (as well as appreciable clots of cash) go down the drain each month. (Well, in theory, it goes into the school system, but I’ve seen the figures, and the schools get poorer and poorer every year. SOMEONE’s making money off the lottery, but it’s neither the poor, uneducated, old immigrants nor the schools who were initially told the lottery would save ‘em all because they’d bring in many tens (hundreds?) of millions of dollars every year. Since it’s gone neither place, I’d looove to see where it’s *actually* gone; it’s gotta be AMAZING!
#11
Your voice on recordings is actually how your voice really sounds. Your voice in your head is a bit muffled and deeper because the sound travels through your head instead of the air. That's why it feels weird to hear your own voice recorded.
#12
Anyone can have a brain aneurysm at any age. No matter your health situation
Binky Melnik 7 months ago
A friend of mine was 26, had a pretty wife who was four months pregnant, and he was fun, funny, and a joy to be around, and then in the blink of an eye, he was gone. I doubt he had a clue it happened, it was so fast. On the other hand, , both my mom and her sister lived with multiple brain aneurysms. Aunt Mischa had nine, four of which were operable, and my Ma had seven, four of which were operable. Both had the removable ones removed, and then had to live with the ticking time bombs in their heads. Both were told that the surgeons had rooted around soooo much in their brains that their later lives were gonna be … not good. And they were right. But both got a LOT more life to live thanks to the surgeries (Aunt Mischa got roughly 45 years, and my Ma got 25). I have an incredibly fascinating story if you’d like to read it: After the surgery, my sister took care of my Ma during her recovery. My sister, the baby, was CRAZY-close to my Ma and vice versa.
#13
That brain-eating amoebas exist at all and is also pretty commonly found in freshwater ponds and lakes. Apparently, only 4 people have survived getting it in the last 50 years.
#14
When Hitler was four years old he fell into a pond next to a church and nearly drowned. however, the priest jumped in and saved his life. to think that WWII and the holocaust, as well as modern history as a whole, could have been prevented if not for that man is mind-blowing.
Lil be lil 7 months ago
History is crazy. A Hitler clone has also been saved lately, how will he thank the Universe for that?
#15
According to quantum mechanics, there's a small chance the whole universe will suddenly disappear in the next 5 seconds also there's a small chance the universe, the earth, all the people, the buildings, whatever device you are reading this from, your posts, the replies, the whole internet, your knowledge of everything, your personality, your memories, your existence, etc... was created just 1 second ago
#17
Child helplines are most busy day is Christmas Eve, because parents get drunk and what not. It's so sad to think about.
#19
After experiencing the symptoms of Rabies there is no going back, you are dying 100%
Binky Melnik 7 months ago (edited)
I’m pretty sure this one’s now wrong, as someone recently survived rabies for the first time. Right? Am I remembering correctly? (Please forgive me if I’m wrong; my propensity for confusing dreams with reality appears to worsen as i age.)
#20
From 1948- the end of the Cold War, there were approximately 5,000 close case scenarios in which Nuclear weapons were launched or detonated. The fact that we are alive is a statistical miracle.
#21
There are only 2 states in the US that have outlawed child marriage. One of them only just put it into law a few weeks ago. 23 states don’t even have an age limit on marriage.
Binky Melnik 7 months ago
The text doesn’t match the graphic, obviously. So many questions, like why did we need these laws? 😰😰😰 And the states that don’t have ‘em, WHY don’t they have ‘em? Yuck; was about to go look, but it turns out I really don’t wanna know why. 🤬 I hope there’s a very special karma for men who want to marry children.
#23
A new mattress weighs about 90lbs, a used mattress weighs about 110lbs
Binky Melnik 7 months ago
I spose sealing it in an airtight sack of some sort the moment you get it in the door will prevent it from filling with dеad skin, perspiration, mites, and all the other detritus that contributes to that 20 pounds! 😱
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