Plenty of us Pandas are real fans of horror stories, right? Spooky movies, scary novels (hello, Mr. King!), and thrilling, chilling radio plays set our teeth on edge and give us goosebumps that will last all night. But do you ever wonder about real-life creepiness? Reality can often be scarier than whatever nightmarish things our imaginations come up with… and here’s the proof.
Redditor u/Vacancier1807 started up a thread that’s perfect for the post-Halloween period. They asked people to share some very (emphasis on very) creepy facts. Internet users obliged and what follows are some truly terrifying real-life facts that will keep me awake thinking about them for many nights to come.
Scroll down for the creepiest facts, as shared on this r/AskReddit thread.
However, a note of warning: this post and the sense of impending doom it brings with it might not be for everyone. If at any moment you feel like it’s all too much for you, then I cordially invite you to check out my wholesome and soothing gardening article on Bored Panda right over here.
#1
Bacteria and viruses can be frozen for millions of years and still be viably infectious, and having never encountered humanity before, could have no end of catastrophic results should they be uncovered and manage to infect a person or animal.
Not to worry though, it’s not like millions of ancient pathogens are currently trapped in permafrost which is now melting bit by bit each and every day…
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#2
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.
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#3
Blobfish in its natural habitat looks like a normal fish, but it lives so deep under water that it doesn’t use a normal gas bladder to keep itself balanced. Instead, it has a spongy skin that is slightly less dense than water, which becomes damaged and bloated when fishermen bring it up too quickly.
It’s not really the ugliest fish. It has just experienced something worse than one of us being thrown into outer space. Between sea level and space, there’s one atmospheric pressure of difference. Between sea level and 2000 feet under water, their upper limit, there’s 60 atmospheres of difference.
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#4
Rosemary Kennedy was JFK’s sister. She suffered from oxygen deprivation at birth and that unfortunately stunted her mental growth. She had a pretty decent childhood, but as she grew older she began to act out. Afraid that her behavior would risk his political career, her father, Joseph, agreed to have her lobotomized. Her mother, Rose, was against it and forbade him from doing it. So he did it behind her back when she went on a trip.
After the operation, Rosemary’s already low IQ was lowered even further, to the point she could no longer walk or communicate. Her family had her locked up in an institution and basically disowned her. They never visited and never publicly acknowledged her anymore. Rosemary died at the age of 86.
Her mother never for gave her husband for what he had done.
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#5
If you get a blood transfusion and get the wrong type of blood, one of the symptoms is ‘a sense of impending doom.’
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#6
Crocodiles can gallop like horses. I don’t like knowing this so I am cursing you people with this knowledge as well. Fortunately, alligators cannot.
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#7
If the sun exploded right now, you would be blissfully unaware of it for just over eight minutes while the energy travels at the speed of light to get to you.
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#8
Elmer McCurdy was a failed old west “outlaw.” His preserved body was put on display in a traveling carnival and years later he was eventually assumed to be a mannequin until he was used on set for the TV show the Six Million Dollar Man.
His arm accidentally fell off during the shoot, revealing bone and muscle and that he was a corpse, not a mannequin.
#9
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.
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#10
Either somebody knows where Malaysia flight 370 went missing to, or nobody does. Both are equally terrifying.
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#11
More than 7000 people die annually due to the doctor’s bad handwriting.
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#12
In 2015, a young woman began to have headaches. They discovered that she had a brain tumor, and when the doctors removed it, they were shocked to see that it was a lump resembling skin that contained bone, teeth, and hair. But this was no parasitic twin: the mass was called a “teratoma,” or “monstrous tumor.” When the woman was an embryo, some cell tissue fell off and ended up where wasn’t supposed to be, her brain. It then develop hair and teeth while the rest of her grew as normal.
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#13
There’s a parasite that enters a fish’s mouth, eats the tongue and replaces itself as the fish’s new tongue
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#14
The astronauts aboard the space shuttle Challenger most likely didn’t die until they hit the water miles below the initial explosion.
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#15
There are upwards of 300 active serial killers in the world
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#16
CNN has had a pre-recorded broadcast from the 90’s which they will premiere during the end of the world
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#17
1 in 100 people are psychopaths.
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#18
You’re more likely to be murdered by someone you know than a stranger
#19
Serial Killer Richard Chase took any unlocked door as an invitation to come inside.
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#20
Your brain can play tricks on you to make you see monsters in the mirror. This is called the Troxler Effect. It’s an optical illusion that affects how you perceive things, both visually and mentally.
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#21
Polar bears are the only animals that are thought to actively hunt humans.
#22
When you happen to be murdered there is only an about 40% chance that your murderer will be found and punished.
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#23
A single tiger has killed over 436 people in India.
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#24
Hearing is the last thing to go after you die. You just might hear the paramedics and firefighters call off CPR…
#25
Tarantulas can swim.
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#26
The US has lost 6 nuclear warheads in total
#27
Cannibals find the palm of the hand the tastiest
#28
Since 1900, over 13,000 people have been murdered by serial killers in the USA.
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#29
in 1975 the CIA had a heart attack gun, it kills people and then the dart denigrates. just imagine what is classified now.
#30
Ducks become cannibals due to boredom , of all reasons. They can only be stopped by cutting off their “mouths”!
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