21 Disturbing Facts That Might Freak You Out

1.

Peanut butter and other packaged foods can have rodent hair, feces, and insect “fragments” in them

2.

“Medical errors” are the 3rd-highest cause of death in the US

3.

Bored ducklings can become cannibals

4.

One milliliter of coastal water from the ocean can contain up to 10 million viruses

5.

And for even more ocean fun, it’s essentially full of black holes

6.

Armadillos can carry leprosy

7.

Up until the mid-80s babies were operated on without anesthesia

8.

Human remains were once used in remedies

9.

In 1980, CNN prerecorded a video to broadcast when it came to the end of the world

10.

Our livers shrink and grow significantly every day

11.

There may be beaver secretion in your cosmetics or food products.

12.

We’re actually more microbe than “human”

13.

There’s a parasite that brainwashes rodents into being eaten

14.

We humans shed our skin, and really quickly

15.

Speaking of skin particles flying around us, in underground subway stations we’re inhaling A LOT of them…15% to be exact

16.

Microplastics have been found in the placentas of unborn babies

17.

Some crocodiles can gallop

18.

Stroking a parrot’s back can turn it on

19.

Most days you’ll produce two to four PINTS of saliva

20.

Our own brains could eat themselves when we’re too hungry or too tired

21.

We throw away 900 million tons of food every year