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In theory, there are people out there who don’t enjoy their spine tingling, and that eerie, watched feeling you get when you’ve creeped yourself out while alone in the house after dark.
I don’t know who they are, though, or what’s wrong with them, do you?
For the rest of us, here are 16 totally creepy facts you’re not going to be able to forget.
16. I don’t think this is true…right?
There’s a spider that gives you a 3h long boner, before you die from its bite.
15. They’re far smarter than you probably want to realize.
One reason that crows and ravens are associated with death is because they would often follow armies as they marched to battle.
Being both carrion birds and extremely intelligent, they realized that a large group of armed men marching on one direction meant that there would be a tasty meal of corpses to eat soon afterwards.
14. Are there…inadequate ones?
The human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds given adequate vacuuming systems
13. I am shivering.
Imagine being totally aware of someone preforming CPR but you physically can’t move or respond. Well that’s what happens when you get bitten by a blue ringed octopus, you have approx 6 minutes between being bitten and someone starting CPR to keep your heart and lungs functioning to ensure you survive, all whilst being totally aware of what is happening to you. Neurotoxins are fun!
The really creepy thing about this is one story of a guy who got stung, got CPR performed on him and survived. But went blind because he was lying on his back, eyes open, unable to blink because of the paralysis, starring into the sun. Imagine lying there, unable to move, unable to communicate, the sun slowly burning out your eyes and you can’t shut them.
12. Whisper that to your next partner and see what happens.
Most people smell different when they’re awake.
11. Okay this one I wish I could forget.
Crocodiles can gallop. Like a horse.
I don’t like knowing this so I am cursing you people with this knowledge as well. Fortunately alligators cannot.
10. That’s more than I expected.
Since 1900, over 13,000 people have been murdered by serial killers in the USA.
9. I don’t know how you lose such a thing but ok.
The US has lost 6 nuclear warheads in total
8. And we f*cking deserve it.
Polar bears are the only animals that are thought to actively hunt humans.
7. I’m guessing this explains a lot of hauntings.
Your brain can play tricks on you to make you see monsters in the mirror, called the Troxler Effect.
The Troxler Effect is an optical illusion that affects how you perceive things, both visually and mentally.
6. The last nice 8 minutes of your life.
If the sun exploded right now, you would be blissfully unaware of it for just over 8 minutes while the energy travels at the speed of light to get to you.
5. …what are you supposed to do then?
I once read that you should play dead if a bear attacks you, unless they start licking your wounds because that means they plan to eat you. That still haunts me to this day.
4. Let’s just keep doing the stay home thing.
There are upwards of 300 active serial killers in the world
3. Thinking about this makes me nauseous.
The astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger most likely didn’t die until they hit the water miles below the initial explosion.
‘Astronaut and NASA lead accident investigator Robert Overmyer said,
“I not only flew with Dick Scobee (STS-51-L Commander), we owned a plane together, and I know Scob did everything he could to save his crew. Scob fought for any and every edge to survive. He flew that ship without wings all the way down … they were alive.”’
2. She’s too sexy to go get embalmed today.
Female mummies in Ancient Egypt were always more decomposed than their male counterparts. They discovered that this was because male bodies were embalmed a lot sooner than female bodies. Female bodies were kept at the family home until they started to decompose in order to avoid necrophilia at the embalmers.
1. I never buy the “the didn’t think they felt pain” argument.
It wasn’t until 1987 that the American Academy of Pediatrics declared it unethical to operate on newborns without anesthesia.
Until surprisingly recently, the medical community felt it would be dangerous to give infants anesthesia and/or believed that they didn’t feel pain.
I’m definitely creeped out now, how about you?
Tell us your own favorite creepy fact in the comments!
