15 Facts That Are Truly Terrible

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http://listverse.com/2011/02/20/15-facts-that-are-truly-terrible/

1. In Illinois in 2008, a woman had to have her dachshund, called Roscoe, put down after the dog gnawed off her big toe while she slept. Mrs Floyd, 56, woke up too late because nerve damage from diabetes had left her with no feeling in her toes. [Source]

2. By the time an average American child leaves elementary school, they have seen 200,000 violent acts and 40,000 murders on television.

3. Criminals who are generally considered to be physically unattractive receive, on average, a 50% longer jail sentence for their crime that good looking criminals. [Source]

4. Pubic lice is found primarily in pubic hair. But they can also be found on the chest and thighs and, perhaps more revolting, on facial hair (including eyelashes and eyebrows).

5. Eating cocaine can lead to severe bowel gangrene. Though fortunately most people wouldn’t be stupid enough to do so.

6. Until the 1800s, Turkish women suspected of cheating where tied in a sack of cats and thrown into the ocean.

7. If you wash towels with underwear there is a very good chance that they will be contaminated with feces (according to “The Secret Life of Germs”).

8. Alkaptonuria is a rare condition in which a person’s urine turns a dark brownish-black color when exposed to air.

9. In the 2000s up to 29 albino children have been murdered by being hacked apart with a machete in Tanzania to supply a trade in their body parts to people who think it will help them achieve great wealth.

10. Over 700 species of bacteria thrive in the average human mouth. Additionally, human saliva keeps the mouth’s acid balance right – if it didn’t, the mouth would be so acidic it would eat its own teeth.

11. During the 1995 and 1997 famines in North Korea, the starving peasants dug up and ate human bodies.

12. When you urinate, a small amount of the urine enters your mouth through the saliva glands. But that’s okay – fresh urine is cleaner than saliva.

13. In 1835 a unique event occurred in the United States: it became debt free for the first time. Unfortunately it is also the last time it was debt free.

14. Are you reading this while eating at your office desk? You might want to reconsider. There are more than 400 times the bacteria on an office desk than on a toilet.

15. Martin Luther, the religious reformer reputedly ate one spoonful of his own feces every day stating that he “couldn’t understand the generosity of a God who freely gave such important and useful remedies.”
 
Are these facts? And if so, how terrible are they really? Where are your sources for this info?
 
I admit, normally I love reading DavidW's controversial posts. He is a smart guy with a creative outlook. But, I truly do not see the point of this post. I will also admit that I reported it, twice even. I asked both times for it to be deleted. Nothing against the OP at all, but in my opinion, this isn't worthy of even the Lounge.
 
DavidW;4903779; said:
http://listverse.com/2011/02/20/15-facts-that-are-truly-terrible/

1. In Illinois in 2008, a woman had to have her dachshund, called Roscoe, put down after the dog gnawed off her big toe while she slept. Mrs Floyd, 56, woke up too late because nerve damage from diabetes had left her with no feeling in her toes. [Source]

2. By the time an average American child leaves elementary school, they have seen 200,000 violent acts and 40,000 murders on television.

3. Criminals who are generally considered to be physically unattractive receive, on average, a 50% longer jail sentence for their crime that good looking criminals. [Source]

4. Pubic lice is found primarily in pubic hair. But they can also be found on the chest and thighs and, perhaps more revolting, on facial hair (including eyelashes and eyebrows).

5. Eating cocaine can lead to severe bowel gangrene. Though fortunately most people wouldn’t be stupid enough to do so.

6. Until the 1800s, Turkish women suspected of cheating where tied in a sack of cats and thrown into the ocean.

7. If you wash towels with underwear there is a very good chance that they will be contaminated with feces (according to “The Secret Life of Germs”).

8. Alkaptonuria is a rare condition in which a person’s urine turns a dark brownish-black color when exposed to air.

9. In the 2000s up to 29 albino children have been murdered by being hacked apart with a machete in Tanzania to supply a trade in their body parts to people who think it will help them achieve great wealth.

10. Over 700 species of bacteria thrive in the average human mouth. Additionally, human saliva keeps the mouth’s acid balance right – if it didn’t, the mouth would be so acidic it would eat its own teeth.

11. During the 1995 and 1997 famines in North Korea, the starving peasants dug up and ate human bodies.

12. When you urinate, a small amount of the urine enters your mouth through the saliva glands. But that’s okay – fresh urine is cleaner than saliva.

13. In 1835 a unique event occurred in the United States: it became debt free for the first time. Unfortunately it is also the last time it was debt free.

14. Are you reading this while eating at your office desk? You might want to reconsider. There are more than 400 times the bacteria on an office desk than on a toilet.

15. Martin Luther, the religious reformer reputedly ate one spoonful of his own feces every day stating that he “couldn’t understand the generosity of a God who freely gave such important and useful remedies.”
:WHOA: I'm eating right now, while reading this. :(
 
hahah im not against the post really, haha just not my cup of tea
 
CLDarnell;4903880; said:
I admit, normally I love reading DavidW's controversial posts. He is a smart guy with a creative outlook. But, I truly do not see the point of this post. I will also admit that I reported it, twice even. I asked both times for it to be deleted. Nothing against the OP at all, but in my opinion, this isn't worthy of even the Lounge.

Really? I am actually surprised by your comment. ( unless you are being ironic)
reading through the titles of the first page of lounge threads.....what is the point of most ( if not all) of the threads in the lounge?
 
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