17 Unfortunate Facts People Didn't Want to Learn

1.

Chainsaws were originally meant to be a surgeons’ instrument.

2.

Bob Ross actually hated his Afro; when he started out it was the cheapest hairstyle to maintain and once he picked up some traction it was too iconic to get rid of.

3.

There are regulations on how much ground up cockroach may be in coffee. Not if, how much.

4.

An octopus penis is actually one of their tentacles. So if you would go and pet an octopus at Sea World or some other place you could be groping their penis.

5.

That anesthesia doesn’t always works. My colleague donated one of his kidneys to his brother and he experienced the entire operation without being able to move or scream. Pain and all. Took many months of therapy moving on from this.

6.

There are some species of butterflies that look for human blood to suck.

7.

My dad and I both took DNA tests for “fun” and I found out we aren’t related. 0% match.

8.

Cockroaches can fly at 5km per hour and can live 3 weeks without their head. They eventually die of starvation. They have a main brain in their head and also a primitive brain near their abdomen. Cockroaches also pre-date grass.

9.

So you know that old folks homes have the highest percentage of STDs, as they won’t have to worry about getting pregnant.

10.

Hugging dogs can sometimes stress them out.

11.

There was an experiment once where, every hour, a rat had to choose between getting fed or having the pleasure nerve of its brain stimulated. And the rat being tested starved every time.

12.

Every year thousands of children write to Santa Clause. One of the most requested things children ask for on their Christmas lists is a dad.

13.

That my date of birth is exactly 9 months after my dad’s birthday.

14.

There are several active serial killers in the U.S. and most of them will never be caught. Also there is a pretty good chance you have walked by at least one murderer in your life, and if you live in a city like New York and you walk a lot that number goes up.

15.

About 98% of relationships are due to proximity. Meaning, all the relationships you’ve ever had are 98% due to you living or working close with that person.

16.

My parents are swingers and are now well into their 70’s.

17.

The strange pistachio you get every few nuts, the one that tastes a bit funny is because a navel orange worm died inside of it. Sorry.