32 Unwanted Facts People Can't Unknow
The Fascinating and Disturbing World of Unusual Facts
Today, the internet has become a treasure trove of information. From historical events to psychological insights and bizarre trivia, people are constantly seeking out new knowledge. However, some facts can be as intriguing as they are unsettling. While these pieces of information may make us uncomfortable, they remain facts—unchanged by our emotions.
A recent post on r/AskReddit asked for "not fun facts," and the response was overwhelming. The thread gained over 82,400 upvotes and 35,100 comments filled with strange and fascinating information. Here are some of the most memorable answers:
1. Search and Rescue Dogs on 9/11
Search and rescue dogs on 9/11 were getting so sad from finding only deceased bodies that human helpers buried themselves in the rubble so that the dogs could find them and be happy.
2. Mental Health Mortality
More people die from mental health issues than all forms of violence combined. This highlights the serious challenges many face.
3. Your Brain Erases Your Nose
Your brain erases your nose from your vision until you actively think about it. You're obstructing your vision 100% of the time, but your brain removes it as useless information. When you start thinking about it or close one eye, you can see your nose again. This raises questions about what else your brain might be hiding.
4. Holocaust Survivors and Alzheimer’s
People who survived the Holocaust and later develop Alzheimer's often believe they are back in the camps. They escape one of humanity's greatest horrors only to die in it 50 years later.
5. Flatworms’ Sword Fight
If two male flatworms meet, they will sword fight with their penises until one loses. The loser becomes female and they mate.
6. Scurvy and Wounds
People with extreme scurvy start to have all of their old wounds open up. Without vitamin C, the collagen that holds scars together stops working.
7. Quokkas and Their Babies
Quokkas, known as the world's happiest animals, will throw their babies at attackers if threatened.
8. Blue-Ringed Octopus
A blue-ringed octopus, found in the Pacific, is tiny and cute, but one painless bite gives enough venom to kill 25 male adults.
9. Organ Donation Rates
In countries that require you to opt-in to organ donation, fewer than 15% of people register. In the US (an opt-in country), 18 people die every day waiting for an organ transplant. “Opt-out” countries see over 90% of their population registered for organ donation.
10. Men’s Belts
Men’s belts are the dirtiest item of clothing. They are touched after pooping and before washing hands, never washed, and worn daily for years.
11. Identical Twins
If you are an identical twin, it is possible that you and your siblings' identities were swapped and your parents never caught it.
12. Modern Slavery
There is more slavery in the world right now than at any time in history.
13. Smelling Your Lungs
You can smell your own lungs. Your brain just filters out the smell.
14. Power Outages
Most power outages in the US are caused by squirrels.
15. Vasily Arkhipov
Vasily Arkhipov was a Soviet navy officer who refused to authorize a nuclear attack during the Cuban Missile Crisis. If he hadn’t been on that submarine, the US and Russia would be a big, grey spot on the globe.
16. Intestines Realign
Your intestines will “wriggle” themselves back into the correct position. Doctors who do intestinal surgery don’t have to worry too much about how they put the intestines back in.
17. Horses Can’t Throw Up
Horses can't throw up. So if they eat something bad or get a bad gas bubble, they just lay down and die.
18. Functional Illiteracy
Between 10 and 20% of US adults are functionally illiterate. This means they cannot comprehend what they are reading at a high enough level to do basic tasks like filling out a form.
19. Migraines and Strokes
Migraines and strokes carry similar symptoms, so if you suffer regular migraines, you may not notice you're actually dying one day.
20. Prolonged Erections
The reason you’re supposed to contact a doctor if you have an erection lasting longer than four hours is because prolonged priapism can lead to gangrene of the [private part].
21. Spider Rain
Spider rain is a real and naturally occurring phenomenon.
22. Climate Change and Heat
A third of the world's population live in areas projected to suffer extended periods of unsurvivable heat by 2070.
23. Dogs and Squeaky Toys
Dogs love squeaky toys because they sound like small animals dying.
24. Bed Bugs and Traumatic Insemination
Bed bugs procreate by traumatic insemination. Males literally stab females with their [private parts].
25. Sweating Sickness
The sweating sickness hit in multiple small epidemics in the early modern era. It had a 50% average mortality rate and was incredibly contagious.
26. Melting Glaciers
Antarctica’s glaciers are melting at such a fast rate that even with radical climate change laws today, it will take hundreds of years to recover them to pre-industrial levels.
27. Birds and Tongue Cutting
It was once thought that birds (parrots, magpies) needed their tongues released to learn to talk. This involved cutting their tongues without anesthesia, but it plays no role in their ability to talk.
28. Cockroaches in Coffee
There is a non-zero maximum threshold for the amount of cockroach that can be present in ground coffee because it is impossible to keep them out entirely.
29. Gympie-Gympie Plant
In Australia, there is a plant called the Gympie-Gympie that has such a severe sting that horses who brush against it throw themselves off cliffs because they’d rather die than continue to experience the pain.
30. Bird Flu
The threat of a deadly bird flu spreading to humans is always there. It takes just a little bit of negligence in screening chickens for this to happen.
31. Tapeworm Cancer
A man once had a tapeworm get cancer. That cancer metastasized, and the man passed away from tumors of tapeworm throughout his entire body.
32. Live Chat Support
Live chat support agents can see what you type before you send it, so they can reply quicker.
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