Wiekes weetjes: the 10 most disgusting facts ever
Sorry in advance, because this is going to get disgusting, so I hope you've already had breakfast and maybe even lunch. Enough to hold out until tomorrow morning. No, it should be fine. Anyway, I actually never feel nauseous when I see or hear gross things. You don't either? Let's test that with these facts.
1. One in six phones has poop on it
Human poop. Your own poop, I hope for you. This came from a study conducted in London and I find it quite a high percentage. I immediately thought of that TikTok trend where you listen to a song while having your phone in your mouth... I saw that with Glen Fontein. Who's going to tell him this? Because if there's no poop on it, it's still a bad situation: in general, mobile phones contain ten times more bacteria than toilet seats. So yes, you might as well put that in your mouth.
2. According to the FDA in America, peanut butter can contain rat hairs
Yep. Five per 100 grams is the maximum allowed amount. And there can also be 30 insect parts in it. Just realize that they are very strict about peanut butter. What? In a box of raisins, for example, there can be 35 fruit fly eggs, and ten whole (!) insects. Oooookay.
3. Humans produce an average of one liter of snot per day
Per. DAY?! Holy shitballs, can you imagine how that is when you're sick? And where does that liter go? I'm completely thrown off by this fact.
4. If you find something stinky, it's literally in your nose
You smell particles of whatever stinks because they come into your nose. Think about that when someone farts or something. Particles of that are just chilling in your nostrils.
5. In a human lifetime, we produce 40,000 liters of spit
You could fill a small pool with that, right? With a hot tub next to it for your snot. Okay, I’ll see myself out. Even I feel nauseous from this.
6. Blue whales also have earwax, up to 250 kilos per ear
Per. Ear. That's just not okay, right? Sure, they are gigantic animals, but I really didn't expect this. Honestly, I never thought about it either. Want another fun fact? This is in their ears in chunks of about 25 centimeters. You’re welcome.
7. If you have severe constipation, you can have over 4.5 kilograms of poop in your body
That sounds particularly uncomfortable.
8. The part of your brain that finds things disgusting is suppressed when you're aroused
That also immediately explains the weird, disgusting fetishes that people can have.
9. There are tiny insects on our eyelashes
Yes, indeed, even now.
10. Tonsil stones
I have no further explanation for this. This is the only thing that really makes me intensely nauseous. Viewing is at your own risk.
