Wiekes weetjes: 10 facts you would rather not know
Just be prepared: these facts are not going to sit well with you. It's time to ruin your afternoon with some hard facts that you'd rather not know, but you're also too curious not to read them. Very relatable. But: don't shoot the messenger... This is all seriously true.
1. There are more than two hundred bodies on Mount Everest and they now serve as landmarks for climbers.
The location of the majority of these bodies even has its own name: Rainbow Valley. That's because of the colored jackets the deceased wore and yes: you can find photos of them here on Google... Grim.
2. The photo they will use for your funeral may have already been taken.
Yikes, really unpleasant to think about.
3. Genghis Khan killed so many people that the carbon in the atmosphere actually decreased.
The farms and plains where many people lived turned back into forests and no one lived there anymore because everyone was wiped out. Insane numbers: he is responsible for the death of about 40 million people.
4. On average, people have more than one skeleton in their body.
Thanks to pregnant individuals. That sounds logical, but is also quite bizarre.
5. People who have frozen to death are often found naked.
When your body gets that dangerously cold, you actually feel incredibly hot, so hot that you can't help but strip off your clothes.
6. If you were to fall into a black hole, you would be able to see the beginning and the end of the universe.
The Big Bang, everything: you would see it all. Sure, you would be dead, but if it were possible... Isn't that hard to comprehend?
7. People who wake up later have faster psychopathic traits than early risers.
As someone who suffers from insomnia... What does that say about me?
8. People feel it when they are being stared at.
This is called the ‘primal gaze detecting’ and explains the feeling of being watched – that probably comes from the fact that it is indeed true.
9. Apollo 11 had enough fuel for about 15 to 20 seconds before they finally landed.
What fear they must have endured...
10. More than 50 percent of commercial pilots have admitted to falling asleep while flying.
Ah, how lovely for my fear of flying, this...
