27 dark facts that you immediately want to forget (28 photos)

Probably everyone has a friend who loves to show off his erudition and sprinkles interesting facts left and right. But sometimes these know-it-alls say things that make your hair stand on end, and you just want to ask: “Why did you tell me this and how can I forget it now?” These are the facts that Reddit users decided to remember, but we can’t ignore them - it’s terribly interesting!





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"When X-rays first became widely available to pediatricians, they began to notice a huge number of fractures. Baffled doctors believed they had discovered a previously unknown bone disease in children. It turned out that people simply did not realize how common child abuse was."

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“Since the human body is mainly made of carbon, it can be turned into a diamond.”

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“The mortality rate for childbirth is higher than for abortion.”

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"Whales don't die of old age. At some point they simply become too weak to swim to the surface for air and slowly sink to the bottom and suffocate."

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“Right now, the government of your country is doing what you think only the governments of other countries do.”

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"Three of the air supply devices found in the Challenger wreckage were activated, meaning at least one of the crew members was alive before falling into the ocean."

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"Doctors used to perform heart surgery on babies without anesthesia. Fortunately, this practice stopped. In the 1980s."

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"About 30% of all missing persons who are never found were killed, and in most cases they were killed by people who reported them missing. The police know this, but they don't have enough evidence to prosecute them."

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“When Adolf Hitler’s mother, the only person he loved, was dying of cancer, she was treated by a Jew. Hitler promised the doctor his eternal gratitude and kept his word even when he became an anti-Semite, and then the Fuhrer, and demanded protection for the doctor and his family.” .

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“Urine used to be used to make stained glass.”

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"There are mites that live in the pores on a person's face next to the hair follicles, feed on sebum and come out at night to mate directly on the skin. And nothing can be done about it."

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"Everything we eat and drink contains microplastics. There are even microplastics in the air we breathe."

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“The average polar bear liver contains enough vitamin A to kill 52 people.”

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"About 30 people a year die from trying to shake a vending machine."

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"Egg white is so similar in structure to our blood that it could theoretically be used as an egg substitute in baking, etc."

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"One of the most toxic chemicals on Earth is the organic compound mercury. The material's safety data sheet states that it has a slightly sweet odor, but at the concentration at which this odor is noticeable, it is already lethal. Whoever made this observation , died as a result of accidental exposure."

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"Dolphins cut off the heads of smaller fish and use them to masturbate. What a beautiful world this is."

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"Often people who are near death smell sweet. The smell is more floral. This means that the body has already begun to decompose. They may also smell a little like alcohol, especially on their breath."

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“There is a fungus in nature that takes over the brain of an ant and essentially turns it into a zombie.”

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"Camels' urine is like thick syrup - this is how their bodies conserve water."

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"A person can turn their head about 306 degrees before it comes off."

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"Typically, it can take about a year for a body to decompose to a skeleton in normal soil, and eight to twelve years for the skeleton to decompose. And if the body is inside a coffin deep underground, it can even take 50 years for all the tissues to decompose."

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"Ovaries can grow teeth."

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“If the body of a drowned person remains in water for a long time without contact with air, his fat turns into a substance similar to soap.”

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"All the bones in your body are wet and warm."

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“To rip off a person’s ear, you only need to use as much force as it would take to crush a soda can.”

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"Some tumors can grow teeth and hair."