17 Unsettling Facts That Might Give You The Heebie Jeebies

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Ada Elder
May 14, 2019 1:00 PM EDT

We're pretty into weird facts and history memes, but these dark and unsettling facts take that interest to a slightly morbid zone. But if you're anything like us, you'll appreciate these bizarre and creepy tidbits.

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  • 01
    Text - IN 1934, A MOUNTAIN SLIDE DUMPED HEAVY ROCKS INTO A LAKE NEAR A TOWN CALLED TAFJORD IN NORWAY. THE SLIDE TRIGGERED A 203-FOOT TSUNAMI THAT HIT TAFJORD, KILLING 40 PEOPLE AND INJURING COUNTLESS MORE
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  • 02
    Tire - IN ANCIENT TIMES, HOLLOWED OUT HUMAN SKULL WERE USED AS BOWLS AND CUPS. X
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  • 03
    Text - QUEEN ELIZABETH 1 USED TO PAINT HER FACE WITH WHITE LEAD AND VINEGAR TO LOOK YOUNGER. THIS MIXTURE WAS VERY CORROSIVE AND CAUSED HER TO 'AGE' RAPIDLY
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    Text - THE HISTORICAL MADAME TUSSAUD'S WAX MUSEUM IS FAMOUS FOR BEING FILLED WITH INCREDIBLE WAX STATUES. MADAME TUSSAUD GOT HER START BY GRABBING FRESHLY-CUT HEADS DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND WORKING ON HER WAXING PROCESS
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  • 05
    Face - SOME TUMORS CAN GROW HAIR AND TEETH.
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    Text - SOME ANTIDEPRESSANTS HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO COMPLETELY BLOCK SOMEONE'S ABILITY TO FEEL LOVE.
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  • 07
    Green - IT TAKES FAR LESS THAN 5 SECONDS FOR BACTERIA TO COVER THE FOOD YOU DROP ONTO THE FLOOR.
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    Nature - IT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE FOR FIR TREES TO GROW INSIDE OF YOUR LUNGS.
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    Black - STATISTICALLY SPEAKING, YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO FIND A DEAD BODY UNDER YOUR BED THAN IN A GARBAGE CAN.
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  • 10
    Leaf - A STING FROM A JAPANESE HORNET CAN DISSOLVE FLESH AND CAUSE KIDNEY FAILURE.
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  • 11
    Black - IF YOUR STOMACH DOESN'T PRODUCE A NEW MUCUS LINING EVERY FEW WEEKS IT WILL DIGEST ITSELF.
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  • 12
    Headphones - IT TAKES ONLY 1 HOUR OF WEARING HEADPHONES TO INCREASE THE BACTERIA IN YOUR EARS BY 700%.
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  • 13
    Text - BACK IN 1977, A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY DISCOVERED A TOOTH GROWING OUT OF HIS FOOT.
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  • 14
    Furniture - A HUMAN HEAD REMAINS CONSCIOUS AND AWARE' FOR APPROXIMATELY 15-20 SECONDS AFTER DECAPITATION
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    Product - veGa veGa veGa One NTER Ohe AL NUTRITIONAL SHAKE NUTRI ONA SHAKE ve veda NUTRI SHAHE profe EHOCOAE prote JOHN FRENCH, AN ALCHEMIST FROM THE 1600S WOULD DRINK AN ELEXIR MADE OUT OF BRAINS IN AN ATTEMPT AT LIVING FOR ETERNITY. veGa one veca one veGa veGa One veca one Proten HAN A ARE SNAKE SHAKE
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  • 16
    Furniture - BEING BURIED ALIVE WAS SUCH A COMMON THING THAT SAFETY COFFINS HAD TO BE INVENTED INCASE IT HAPPENED TO YOU.
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    People - THE VENT HAVEN MUSEUM IN FORT MITCHELL, KENTUCKY, IS FILLED WITH VINTAGE VENTRILIQUIST DUMMIES
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