17 Weird, Unsettling but Interesting Facts

Eggs

Eggs have a protein structure so similar to our blood that you could use blood as an egg substitute for baking cakes, etc.

Polar Bears

The average polar bear liver contains enough Vitamin A to kill 52 adults.

Whales

Whales don’t die from old age they just lose the strength to pull them selves up for air and slowly sink and drown

All Governments Lie

Right now, this very moment, your government is doing things YOU think only other governments do.

Challenger Disaster

The exact timing of the deaths of the crew is unknown; several crew members are known to have survived the initial breakup of the spacecraft. Three of the air packs that were found in the wreckage of the Challenger disaster were activated, meaning at least one, probably three of the astronauts were alive all the way to the ocean. By design, the orbiter had no escape system, and the impact of the crew compartment at terminal velocity with the ocean surface was too violent to be survivable.

In the 1980’s? Seriously?

Doctors used to perform heart surgery on infants without anesthesia. Thankfully this practice was ended. In the 1980s.

Missing Persons

It is estimated that 30% of all missing persons reported to police who are never located, have been murdered. More often than not they have been murdered by the person reporting them missing. The police know this, but lack evidence to proceed with prosecutions.

It’s literally everywhere

There is micro plastic in everything you eat and drink. Even the air you breathe contains plastic

Happens more than you think

When X-ray technology first became widely available to pediatricians, they noticed a startlingly high number of broken bones. Confused doctors assumed there must be a previously unknown pediatric bone disease being observed for the first time. Turns out they had no idea how prevalent child abuse was.

Once you smell it, it’s too late

One of the most toxic chemicals on Earth is an organic mercury compound. The material safety sheet notes that it has a slightly sweet odor, but at a concentration where the smell is detectable, it is already lethal. That observation came from someone who would inevitably die from accidental exposure

Stationary Murderers

Around 30 people die every year, getting crushed while shaking a vending machine. That’s one hell of a way to go.

Horny Dolphins

Dolphins cut of the head off of smaller fish and use the body for masturbation. Isn’t nature wonderful. Video evidence of this happening was uploaded to YouTube by user alexandros malikides, who claims to have spotted the action during a wholesome, family visit to the zoo. Unfortunately it’s been removed by YouTube for violating it sexual policies.

Before it was removed it racked up half a million views. That’s half a million people logging into YouTube to watch a dolphin rape a beheaded fish. What’s wrong with us/me? I’d almost guarantee if you’re on this page you came here to learn about the dolphin beheading a fish and masturbating with its body didn’t you? Didn’t you? No worries, your secret is safe with me. The murderous horny dolphin is in the photo below.

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Head turner

A human head can twist approximately 306° before it pops off.

Decomposition

Generally, it could take about a year for the body to decompose into a skeleton in ordinary soil and eight to twelve years to decompose a skeleton. And if a dead body is inside a coffin and buried deep underground, it could even take 50 years to decompose all tissues on the body

Hungry Ovaries

To the females reading this, did you know you can grow teeth on your ovaries? You do now.

Soap Company

The body fat of a drowned person turns into a soap-like substance if they stay under water with no air contact

Fragile Ears

If you can crush a soda can, you can pull off a human ear. The two actions take the same amount of force to perform, around 8 lbs.