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16 Terrifying Facts You Should Of

The world hides scary truths. It's valuable to understand threats impacting us directly. In response to a forum query, "What's a truly horrifying fact?", here's shared wisdom.

TERRORISM

"CIA's Operation Northwoods proposed staging US terrorist attacks to blame Castro, justifying war with Cuba. JFK rejected it. Details came from declassified docs."

CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE

“Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (mad cow) can lie dormant for more than 50 years, is universally fatal, and is inheritable. There is no cure.”

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE

"Antibiotic resistance, accelerated by misuse, is a major global health threat, potentially making simple infections deadly. WHO warns.

DEMENTIA

“Dementia has no age limit.”

CHAINSAW PROTOTYPE FOR CHILDBIRTH

“That two Scottish doctors originally invented the first chainsaw prototype for childbirth.”

BRAIN ANEURYSMS

“That brain aneurysms usually do not have symptoms, and it can kill you if it ruptures.”

NUCLEAR WEAPONS

“The US military has lost several nuclear weapons, and not all of them have been recovered.”

CONSTIPATION

“It is physically possible to be so constipated that your stool will back all the way up your digestive tract, and you can vomit feces. You’re welcome.”

POWER GRID

“It would take months to years for the power grid to recover from a sufficiently strong solar storm.”

PEOPLE WITH ZERO SUPPORT

“That there are people in this world who have absolutely zero support and absolutely zero people to count on.”

SUN ERUPTIONS

"Sun eruptions caused past blackouts and could now be lethal anytime."

SNAKES

“If you cut off a snake’s head, it can live independently from the body for up to 7 minutes.”

THE EARTH IS INDIFFERENT TO OUR SURVIVAL

"Earth predates us by billions of years and is indifferent to our existence. Past mass extinctions make us no safer. Our advanced species may know our extinction in advance."

TIME IS PASSING AS WE SPEAK

"Time passes rapidly, with days, weeks, months, years slipping by. It's not about stopping it but what you do with it."

FLIES, THE MOST DANGEROUS OF ALL ANIMALS

“Some scientists consider the flies the most dangerous of all animals because of how easily they spread illnesses.”

HEARING IS THE LAST SENSE

“Your hearing is probably the last sense that you lose when you die. Imagine hearing all the people around you.”

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