21 Disturbing Facts That Might Freak You Out

Nathan Johnson Published 04/15/2022 in eww

They teach you a lot of "facts" in school. Little, mostly useless tidbits of information that you'll never use but stick around in your head for decades, resurfacing every now and then in hamfisted attempts at filling awkward silence or -- for some reason -- right as you're trying to fall asleep. We've all got a few too many of those little factoids taking up space in our head for no good reason.

That's when you send in these bad boys. These are the kinds of facts they don't teach you in school. The kinds of facts that, heck, you're probably better off not knowing. If you want old, boring facts gone, send in a team of these ruffians to clear house, because when they're done, these are the only facts you're gonna remember.

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Peanut butter and other packaged foods can have rodent hair, feces, and insect “fragments” in them
2.
“Medical errors” are the 3rd-highest cause of death in the US
3.
Bored ducklings can become cannibals
4.
One milliliter of coastal water from the ocean can contain up to 10 million viruses
5.
And for even more ocean fun, it’s essentially full of black holes
6.
Armadillos can carry leprosy
7.
Up until the mid-80s babies were operated on without anesthesia
8.
Human remains were once used in remedies
9.
In 1980, CNN prerecorded a video to broadcast when it came to the end of the world
10.
Our livers shrink and grow significantly every day
11.
There may be beaver secretion in your cosmetics or food products.
12.
We’re actually more microbe than “human”
13.
There’s a parasite that brainwashes rodents into being eaten
14.
We humans shed our skin, and really quickly
15.
Speaking of skin particles flying around us, in underground subway stations we’re inhaling A LOT of them…15% to be exact
16.
Microplastics have been found in the placentas of unborn babies
17.
Some crocodiles can gallop
18.
Stroking a parrot’s back can turn it on
19.
Most days you’ll produce two to four PINTS of saliva
20.
Our own brains could eat themselves when we’re too hungry or too tired
21.
We throw away 900 million tons of food every year

1.
Peanut butter and other packaged foods can have rodent hair, feces, and insect “fragments” in them
2.
“Medical errors” are the 3rd-highest cause of death in the US
3.
Bored ducklings can become cannibals
4.
One milliliter of coastal water from the ocean can contain up to 10 million viruses
5.
And for even more ocean fun, it’s essentially full of black holes
6.
Armadillos can carry leprosy
7.
Up until the mid-80s babies were operated on without anesthesia
8.
Human remains were once used in remedies
9.
In 1980, CNN prerecorded a video to broadcast when it came to the end of the world
10.
Our livers shrink and grow significantly every day
11.
There may be beaver secretion in your cosmetics or food products.
12.
We’re actually more microbe than “human”
13.
There’s a parasite that brainwashes rodents into being eaten
14.
We humans shed our skin, and really quickly
15.
Speaking of skin particles flying around us, in underground subway stations we’re inhaling A LOT of them…15% to be exact
16.
Microplastics have been found in the placentas of unborn babies
17.
Some crocodiles can gallop
18.
Stroking a parrot’s back can turn it on
19.
Most days you’ll produce two to four PINTS of saliva
20.
Our own brains could eat themselves when we’re too hungry or too tired
21.
We throw away 900 million tons of food every year