1. Bring Me Some Water
You can’t be positive all the time, so in case you were having a wonderful day, here are 35 depressing facts that will knock you back into reality.
Evian water is just naive spelled backwards.
Ciaprettadu
2. Let The Sunshine
The sun could have already exploded. We wouldn’t know for a bit over 8 minutes.
pazinskimh0
3. Happy Birthday
Every year on the anniversary of its arrival, the Mars rover sings happy birthday, to itself, millions of miles from anyone.
TheRealGunn
5. Laughing With You
In television shows with canned laughter – you’re hearing dead people laughing. Those tracks were recorded ages ago. You’re laughing along with the dead.
eemianz
6. Odds Against You
Claw game machines at arcades have a pre-determined number of winners. Even if you grab the toy perfectly the tension on the claw will be released to let it drop back down into the pile.
Diaryliannera0
7. No Brains
The human brain starts deteriorating after age 27.
theonlydidymus
8. Vagal Inhibition
Inside of your neck, there is a nerve known as the Vagus Nerve. This nerve controls your heart rate. The Vagus nerve, while important, can also lead to instantaneous death due to trauma as minor as pinching the areas near it.
This is known as Vagal Inhibition.
Patapatamon
9. Bullied
If you ever got bullied your bully is probably more successful in life than you are.
10. Search And Rescue
The search and rescue dogs on 9/11 were literally becoming depressed because they only found dead bodies. Their handlers started taking turns burying themselves in the rubble so the dogs could actually “rescue” someone.
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11. Watching My Weight
A single Oreo has the same number of calories as an egg.
menshealth14v
12. Whale Of A Time
Scientists found a whale that sings at a frequency of 52 hertz, where as the standard for most whales is around 15-25 hertz. This means that this whale cannot communicate with other whales, was found to travel alone, and is pretty much going to be alone forever because of something that they cannot control or change.
snopjupy
13. Mans Best Friend
Dogs love squeaky toys because it’s from their wolf instinct of almost dead prey still whimpering.
Creasynt
14. Heart Attack
Only 8% of cardiac arrests survive even with CPR. Of those 8%, only 10% do not have some type of brain damage.
levamoi
15. Stroke
When you get an eyebrow piercing, it’s possible that a certain nerve could be hit. And if it is you’ll look like you’ve had a stroke from then on.
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16. We’re All Going To Die
Even if you eat healthy, be good, love people and be generally a nice person, you will still die.
pure_awesome_stuff
17. I’m Not Dead Yet
People who jump to kill themselves often are alive after the neck breaks. Brain activity is still there.
TheHundredsOpenness
18. Challenger
Some, if not all, of the crew of the shuttle Challenger were alive and awake during their minutes-long free fall into the Atlantic following the break-up of the shuttle/rocket.
bestithe
19. Weekend
By the time you reach the age of 18, on average, you have 3200-3500 weekends left in your life.
gjallard
20. Traumatic Smells
The smell of fresh cut grass is your lawn’s first aid response to trauma just inflicted upon it.
viriavoxc
21. A Way To Die
You can die from a paper cut.
Bacteria that live harmlessly on your skin right now can get in there and cause a horrible flesh-eating infection consuming an inch an hour.
alderaanirebel
22. Long Neck
Giraffes are unable to cough or swim due to thier body proportions. They will die if they get stuck in a river or if something gets caught in their throat.
Cantorusal
23. Smoking
The smoke from an open fire is far more carcinogenic than the smoke from cigarettes.
nubukqj
24. Started From The Bottom
50 percent of doctors graduated bottom half of their class.
method1g
25. Got Milk?
You don’t actually need dairy in your daily diet. The only reason it is recommended is because after WWII the US govt realized how much they had sitting around going bad so they started working with the dairy industry to put it in the “food pyramid”.
zdalny5m
26. Richie Rich
If you have a roof over your head, and AC or window unit to keep your place cool, a fridge to keep your food cool, and a vehicle to travel around in you are in the top 25% richest people in the world.
quesig6k
27. Can’t Pick Me Up
One day your mother put you down and never picked you up again.
Smashingcabbage
28. Hint Of Beaver
Artificial Raspberry flavoring is made partially of an extract from the anal glands of Beavers.
ARealBillsFan
29. I Feel Pretty
Every person thinks they’re 7 times more attractive than they actually are.
sleepis4theweakkk
30. Public Pool
The first 1/16″-3/4″ of a pool’s water is actually sweat, skin oil, and other bodily fluids that have risen to the top, but it’s still sanitary since it had bonded with the chlorine, creating what is known as a chloramine. These chloramines are what sting your eyes and make the pool smell like chlorine.
tremolombi
31. Meaningless
Everything is temporary and ephemeral and therefore any emotional investment into anything will eventually fade out into nothingness regardless of how long it’s imagined importance is maintained by thoughts and beliefs. It all passes, everything is temporary.
SurrogateOfKos
32. Speak My Language
More people speak Klingon than Navajo.
halelaun7
33. Tastes Familiar
Fruit Loops are all the same flavor.
Deithhik
34. Down The Drain
“Flushable” wipes are only flushable in the sense that they won’t clog your toilet, not that they’re safe for the sewer system. They’re actually pretty bad for it.
dupeljski7e
35. Legalize It
Slavery is still perfectly legal in America. The thirteenth amendment unequivocally provides that you can be punished for any crime with slavery, though the actual results vary from state to state. In some states you can be forced to work without compensation and private corporations can profit from your labor.
seshetaqk
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