15 Creepy Facts That'll Give You the Heebie-Jeebies

Creepy, disturbing, and unusual facts to put into your buttery brain.

By MainFeature

Published 6 years ago in Creepy

Creepy, disturbing, and unusual facts to put into your buttery brain. Blood can squirt out way further than you ever imagined, fetuses can grow mustaches and eat them, your digestive system is very long. All that and more, here.

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The Tree Lobster was believed to have gone extinct by 1920 but was rediscovered in 2001. It is a stick insect that has been described as the "rarest insect in the world." It can grow to be eight inches long.

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We create 25,000 quarts of saliva in our lifetimes. That's 6250 gallons!

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Bacteria in rings can cause the dreaded "ring rash." So if your ring finger gets itchy, try cleaning it off. Otherwise it's probably a nickel allergy.
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Also known as "Miracle Mike" the chicken toured the country in side shows. Some believed the whole thing to be a hoax, until the University of Utah Salt Lake verified the owner's claims.

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The study, published in the American Journal of Medical Genetics: Neuropsychiatric Genetics found that people with light-colored eyes, including blue, green, grey, and brown in the center but lighter around the edges showed a higher frequency of alcohol dependency compared to those with darker eyes. Scientist believe the chromosome that colors your eyes is responsible for alcohol dependency.
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Just so you know, the thing that keeps your meat red is the same thing you have an alarm in your home for. Yummy!
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The average human loses 40 lbs of skin over the course of their life. Did you know: That's the same weight as 40 lbs of bricks and 40 lbs of feathers!

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Don't text and drive! Check out Werner Herzog's documentary "From One Second to the Next" for more reasons not to.
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The digestive system is 20 feet long! It includes he mouth, the esophagus, the stomach, the small intestine and the large intestine with the liver, pancreas, and gallbladder helping out too.

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Exploding head syndrome is a type of parasomnia. Parasomnias are a category of sleep disorders that occur during the transitions between sleep and waking or between different stages of sleep. The effect can be quite disturbing.
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This gives "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" a whole new meaning.
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Maybe Quinten Tarantino's "Kill Bill" wasn't such an exaggerated film after all.

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Fulmars are a seabird found near the UK. They resemble gulls and their babies like to lose their lunch.
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We're all just water balloons waiting to die. That's a lovely nihilistic thought to carry you through the afternoon.
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Babies are freaking gross. You had a mustache before puberty and you didn't even know it.