23 Facts That Are as Creepy as They Are Fascinating

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Feb 24, 2018 1:00 PM EST

These eerie true facts are sure to make you shudder. 

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    Text - Meerkats are incredibly homicidal. A study showed that 1 in 5 meerkats meet their end at the hands of a fellow meerkat, by far the highest rate among any mammal.
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    Organism - Genghis Khan's armies would often catapult the bodies of bubonic plague victims into enemy cities This is often cited as the first example of biological warfare
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    Tiger - A tiger's tongueis so rough, it can literally scrape paint off a wall or strip the skin off of the bones of an animal
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    Parachute - Attacking a military pilot bailing out from a plane is a war crime.
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    Text - VALENTINI Everybody knows that St. Valentine is the patron saint of love and marriage. but did you know he is also the patron saint of the plague? Oh, and also epilepsy. Hmmm...
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    Landmark - In 2010, a Disneyland Paris chef (about to return from an extended sick leave) committed suicide Scratched into his bedroom wall was the phrase (in French), l don't want to work for Mickey anymore'.
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    Motor vehicle - Democide' is the killing of people by government organisations. It is the biggest cause of unnatural deaths in the world
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    Snout - Sadness is the most enduring emotion. It can take 240 times longer to pass than other emotions such as happiness, guilt, or fear.
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    Vertebrate - The Ayam Cemani is a modern chicken breed from Indonesia. Nicknamed 'goth chickens every part of them is black, including their internal organs.
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    Product - If the current rate of antibiotic resistance maintains itself, up to 10 million people a year could be affected in the US That's far more than all forms of cancer combined.
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    Dance - In 16th century Europe, 'Dancing Epidemics would take hold of whole towns, causing people to 'dance for weeks non-stop. Many wouldn't cease until they died, usually from a heart attack.
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    Text - B Bayer, the pharmaceutical giant, once marketedHeroin to children as an 'effective' cold and cough medicine. R
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    Water transportation - The first film about the sinking of theTitanic was released just 29 days after the actual event The lead actress was a survivor of the disaster.
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    Rat - Scientists sampling 133 New York City rats found 18 viruses new to science.
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    Text - Charles Darwin discovered dozens of new species during his lifetime. He also ate most of them, in the name of science.
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    Text - If a man urinates on a pregnancy test and it is positive, there is a high chance he has cancer.
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    Product - Robert Augustus Chesebrough, the inventor of Vaseline, maintained that eating a spoonful of the petroleum jelly day was th a to a long life He lived to 96. pure petroleum original
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    Text - When you get 'blackout drunk, you don't forget what you were doing. you were simply never making memories in the first place. It's as if it never happened...
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    Social group - "TA In East Asia. the phenomenon of death due to overworking is so widespread there is even a specific word for it In Japanit is called Karoshi, in South Korea it is known as Gwarosa, and in China it is called Guolaosi
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    Text - Charles Byrne, an Irishman who stood 7ft 7 in tall was so worried his corpse would be stolen he requested his coffin to be weighed down and buried at the bottom of the sea. Upon his death in 1793, his body WAS stolen (by his personal doctor no less) and is currently on display at the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons in London.
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    Soldier - Serbia lost 60% of its ma le population in WWI.
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    Adaptation - The term 'crocodile tears stems from a medievel belief that crocodiles shed tears when they consume their prey.
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    Text - To unsure only the best puppies reached adulthood, Ancient Romans would light a fire around a newly born litter. The theory was that the panic stricken mother would save only her strongest offspring, leaving the so-called 'runt' or 'runts' to perish.
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