14 Unexpectedly Creepy Fun Facts That Will Uneasily Stick in Your Mind
Isn’t the internet just a wild, wild place? One minute you’re hunting for cute cat videos or weird history facts, and the next—bam!—you’re neck-deep in some seriously creepy trivia that makes you question your life choices. Ever wondered what “mildly disturbing” really means when it comes to fun facts? Spoiler alert: it’s not your grandma’s bedtime stories. Thanks to a Reddit thread sparked by an inquisitive soul named chilloutjack, we’ve plunged headfirst into a rabbit hole packed with bizarre, unsettling, yet oddly fascinating facts. From the eerie silence planned for astronauts stranded on the moon to the grotesque social habits of adorable meerkats, these tidbits are guaranteed to tweak your brain in the best (or worst) way possible. Ready to get your curiosity tingling—and maybe your skin crawling? Dive in, and don’t say I didn’t warn ya! LEARN MORE
The internet is a powerful tool. There are seemingly no limits to the amount of information, both relevant and completely irrelevant, you can look up on your screen at any given time. Whether we’re talking history, wildlife, or downright amusing bites of wisdom nobody even asked for, the web makes it look like the world is a truly fascinating place. Well… usually. Because every now and then, your curiosity takes you to unfamiliar places where you wander into some terrifyingly creepy collections of trivia.
But facts are facts, no matter what. And to really see the whole picture, we sometimes have to roll up our sleeves and venture down the knowledge rabbit hole filled with darker tidbits of information. “What is a fun fact that is mildly disturbing?” asked Redditor chilloutjack and immediately kicked off a thread that is not for the faint of heart.
We’ve gathered some of the most ‘unfun’ responses from the thread to share with you all, so continue scrolling! Upvote your favorite entries and let us know which ones creeped you out the most below in the comments.
The entire Universe outside our galaxy could have completely disappeared over 20,000 years ago and we still wouldn’t know it yet. Our view of the Universe is actually what it looked like anywhere from thousands to Billions of years ago -with no way to see what it actually looks like “right now”. Imagine if you looked out your front window and saw your yard as it was 6 months ago, neighbors house across the street a year ago, and houses a block or two away as they were several years ago. Also off in the distance you see the glaciers from the last ice age. That’s what it’s like looking out at the Universe.
If Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin got stuck on the moon the official policy was to cut communication and let them suffocate in silence, Nixon even had a speech prepared in case this happened.
Snow White is 14 years old, and Walt Disney instructed animators to make her look “old enough to marry”.
There’s a condition in which people become blind, but deny their blindness. The brain creates false perceptions to fill in for the lack of sight.
It’s called the Anton Syndrome
Meerkats are adorable creatures. They even started in a show called Meerkat Manor.
But they are, by far, the most murderous species of any animal, killing more of their own species with greater frequency than any other animal
Male giraffes will headbutt a female in the bladder until she urinates, then it tastes the pee to helps it determine whether the female is ovulating.
Chimpanzees just flat out love to eat monkeys.
They love it so much they’ve feasted on certain breeds to local extinction.
Always found this mildly (moderately) disturbing because of the similarities in the species, like if wolves sought after puppies.
There was a series of movies during the 1980s called the “Guinea Pig” films that were so gory that the director of the movies was actually investigated by the cops and had to show how he did the effects
In medieval times, diabetes was known as the honey sickness and to test for it a physician would have to taste your urine.
A Rat King happens when multiple rats become congealed together in a tangle of tails, dirt, hair and blood.
