But if you’re in the mood to be disturbed, you’re in luck. Because below, we’ve gathered a list of some of the most unsettling facts about the human body that one TikToker has been enlightening his followers with. Enjoy learning something new about these bodies we cart around, and be sure to upvote all of the disturbing facts that you can’t believe are true (or those that you wish weren’t true).
More info: TikTok Image credits: mndiaye_97 Image credits: mndiaye_97 Image credits: mndiaye_97 Image credits: mndiaye_97 Image credits: mndiaye_97 Image credits: mndiaye_97 Image credits: mndiaye_97 Image credits: mndiaye_97 Image credits: mndiaye_97 Image credits: mndiaye_97 Image credits: mndiaye_97 Image credits: mndiaye_97 Image credits: mndiaye_97 Image credits: mndiaye_97 Image credits: mndiaye_97 Image credits: mndiaye_97 Image credits: mndiaye_97 You aren't actually you, you're just a brain controlling the body. The things that make you you is decided by a three-pound wrinkly mess of tissue.
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That weird feeling you get on a roller coaster is actually your internal organs slightly shifting around inside you, especially the ones not secured by ligaments like the intestines.
#2
If you rub the soles of your feet with garlic, you'll begin to taste it 30 minutes later, there's a compound in garlic that penetrates cell membranes, travels up the bloodstream, and reaches your taste buds. Meaning you can taste garlic with your feet.
#3
If you force someone to stay awake without giving them any food, they'll die of lack of sleep before they die of starvation.
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There's a kind of tumor that can cause teeth to grow in a woman's ovaries and a male's testicles.
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Men can actually produce milk, it's more common than you think most men are just too ashamed to admit it. And it can be triggered by starvation. Concentration camp survivors were given food after being starved for weeks and for some reason, they started lactating.
#6
If you decapitated someone, the disembodied head will be conscious for 15 to 20 seconds, long enough for them to realize what you did to them
#7
The brain has no pain receptors, meaning it's possible for people to stay awake and talk to doctors while they're performing brain surgery on them
#8
Because we evolved to walk on two feet, the pelvis and birth canal of women got narrower meaning they have to suffer one of the most painful births on the planet, which is why in 1780 chainsaws were used to saw off a part of the pelvic bone to make childbirth easier.
#9
Sometimes when you have a runny nose, it isn't snot. It's cerebral fluid that the brain leaks to reduce pressure.
#10
If a woman's ligaments stretch and her muscles aren't strong enough her uterus can straight up fall out of her. Kegels are your friend.
#11
When you breathe, most of the air goes in one nostril and comes out the other and they switch roles every couple of hours. And you're checking right now, right?
#12
You produce more earwax when you're stressed and stressed earwax smells way worse than the regular stuff
#13
Your immune system doesn't always recognize the eye as part of the body which is why there are many diseases where the immune system attacks and tries to destroy the eye which could blind you in the process.
#14
Your brain lies to you all the time. if you turn your head too quickly, your brain can't possibly process everything. So it'll take what little information it was able to grab and fill in the missing blanks. There's another way your brain kind of lies to you. If you cover one, the reason you don't see a big black void in your vision is because the brain basically makes up and fills in the missing parts based on the surroundings.
#15
The water you drink has probably been inside someone or something else.
#16
When you die, your body will begin digesting itself as enzymes eat through cell membranes and leak out.
#17
If someone sneezes in your face, they're launching germs at you at 100 miles per hour. Coughs aren't that bad because they're only about 60 miles per hour.
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