"One inmate who survived the first round of electrocution said death tasted ‘like peanut butter."
"There is a rogue black hole in our galaxy. It’s 5,000 light years away from Earth and has a mass seven times greater than our sun."
"Scientists predict that a body submerged in deep water will be skeletonized in less than four days."
"There is a phenomenon known as “stone baby” where a fetus dies and doesn’t get absorbed by the body. Instead, the fetus calcifies inside the mother’s abdomen. People have been known to carry around these mummified fetuses for 40 years, totally unaware."
"There are about 40 supervolcanoes around the world capable of claiming up to a billion lives…and we’re about 24,000 years overdue for an eruption."
"A sloth’s long nails aren’t actually nails. They’re bones that protrude from the skin and are wrapped in a layer of keratin."
"Parrots often bond with a keeper, from their perspective, as a lifelong romantic partner. If the person dies, or the parrot is displaced, they can go into massive depression and pluck out their own feathers."
"Parmesan cheese and vomit contain butyric acid, which is responsible for the most distinct aspects of their smells."
"Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, allegedly lost her virginity right on her mother’s grave."
"Since the eyes and nose are connected, blood from a nose bleed can travel to your tear ducts and start draining from there."
"If you have an intestinal blockage, you can burp up farts. It’s called feculent vomiting."
"Cotard’s Delusion is a rare psychiatric condition which causes the sufferer to wholeheartedly believe they are dead, putrefying, or simply do not exist.
Some Cotard’s patients refuse to eat, as they do not believe they need to, with one notable patient dying of starvation. Another woman once asked to be taken to a morgue to be with the other dead people."
"During the Victorian Era, it was not uncommon for families to take pictures with recently deceased relatives."
"Patchouli was used to cover up the smell of decaying flesh during the Black Plague."
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now that is a creepy fact.