“People who are slowly going blind might suffer from Charles Bonnet syndrome, where they hallucinate patterns or, in some cases, people.”
“Spiders have clear blood.”
“A 3,000-year-old mummy can still have fingerprints.”
“Exploding Head Syndrome causes people to hear extremely loud noises in their head just as they are falling asleep.”
“Studies suggest your brain doesn’t necessarily stop its activity the moment you are clinically dead. You might literally hear yourself declared dead. Up to 30 minutes of brain activity was recorded in one patient.”
“90% of cells in the human body aren’t human.”
“One method of execution the ancient Romans used involved beating people and then sewing them into a bag with a live dog, snake, monkey, and chicken and throwing them into the ocean.”
“Astronomers have identified a force pulling all galaxies towards a single point. This is called, “dark flow.””
“Scientists can trick people into thinking that they are invisible by using virtual reality illusions.”
“The Romans used to torture people by having goats lick their feet. Goats like salt, so they would soak their feet in salt water. Eventually the goat’s tongue was rough enough that the skin would wear away; then you’d have a wound with salt trickling in.”
“Freshwater snails kill up to 20,000 people a year.”
“Female spiders often eat male spiders.”
“We’ve only explored about 5% of the ocean.”
“”If you get bitten by a human, you absolutely have to go to the hospital right away because the amount of deadly bacteria in any given person’s mouth could actually kill you if it enters your bloodstream.””
“You can substitute 65 grams of blood for an egg if you’re baking something. The study that found this used pig’s blood, but…it stands to reason any blood would work.
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I don't think the Romans gave a f@#k about animals. They definitely gave a shit about humans. Reading about the stuff Roman emperors used to do for giggles is pretty gnarly stuff.