Are You Sh*tting Me?: 1,004 Facts That Will Scare the Crap Out of You
Cary McNeal
Language: English
Pages: 197
ISBN: B010EUI9I0
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
FACT: The use of maggots to clean wounds has proven to be effective for patients who don't respond to traditional treatments.
FACT: The Icelandic dish hákarl is beheaded basking shark that is buried in the ground for six to 12 weeks to putrefy before it is eaten.
FACT: Used during the Dutch Revolt, rat torture involved trapping rodents under a bowl on a prisoner's stomach then heating the bowl's exterior so the animals would eat through the victim's flesh to try to escape.
FACT: The average person picks his nose five times every hour, occasionally eating what he picks.
The world is a scary place, and it gets scarier every day. From the creator of the bestselling 1,001 Facts That Will Scare The S#*t Out Of You comes this new collection of 1,004 (count 'em!) truly horrifying and horrifyingly true facts about the world around us.
From ancient medical practices to doomsday scenarios, to disgusting food from around the world and the entire terrifying state of Florida, the facts in Are You Sh*tting Me? are sure to entertain and disturb you at once. Unless of course you are already disturbed, in which case this is the book for you!
anus. FACT 402 Women have historically used many different materials as pessaries (cervix blockers), ranging from grass to rice tissue paper to sea sponges. FACT 403 Egyptian women used crocodile dung as a spermicide. FACT 404 The German word for the birth control pill is, conveniently, antibabypille. FACT 405 Baboons eat plums as a natural form of birth control: the fruit has chemicals that work similar to progesterone, one of the active ingredients in birth control pills. FACT 406 In
syrup, dyes, preservatives such as sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate, and numerous other chemical additives. FACT 838 When you’re drinking bottled green tea, you might not be getting as many antioxidants as you think—many commercial green tea products are little more than sugar water. FACT 839 While green tea has been linked to weight loss and cancer prevention, researchers have not been able to rule out other healthy behaviors as contributing factors. FACT 840 In a study of green tea sold
and Ritalin. FACT 854 The FDA doesn’t review energy drinks because they are sold as dietary supplements. FACT 855 People who exercise shouldn’t drink energy drinks. The loss of fluid from sweating and caffeine can lead to dehydration. FACT 856 Energy drinks are popular with teens and young adults. In a 2007 survey of 496 college students, 51 percent said they had consumed at least one energy drink during the past month. FACT 857 Energy drinks and alcohol are a dangerous match. Since energy
hydrogen sulfide gas, which can cause health problems when highly concentrated. FACT 918 Unchecked moisture in a home can lead to smelly mildew, which is produced by molds and emits volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that can be dangerous to your health and damage your home. FACT 919 Most new carpets contain VOCs and emit them as strong-smelling gases that can cause a variety of health issues, from headaches and nausea to allergic reactions and dizziness. FACT 920 Carpets can also contain known
but his car wouldn’t move. His next recollection was of the UFO flying away. When Moody arrived home, he found that many hours had passed. FACT 162 British police officer Alan Godfrey claimed that he was on patrol one night in November 1980 when he saw a large UFO hovering over the road ahead of him. As he attempted to make a sketch of the craft, there was a tremendous flash of light. His next recollection was of being farther along the road, but the UFO had vanished. FACT 163 Later, under