Hi friends! Happy Monday! Today is a very dark and gloomy day in Melbourne and so I thought it'd be the perfect day to talk about some spooky facts. Enjoy :D #spookyfacts #spookyseason
Spooky Facts
Phasmophobia is the fear of ghosts/the paranormal/the supernatural.
There is a surgery where a surgeon will put a tooth in someone's eye to help restore sight. It is called Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis.
Real corpses were used in the 1982 movie Poltergeist.
Vampire moths will suck blood of Vertebrates and this includes human shudder.
There is a phenomenon called "exploding head syndrome" which is where people experience auditory hallucinations either waking up or falling asleep. Don't worry, the head doesn't actually explode.
Scientists can trick people into thinking they're invisible - in a study participants were given a head-mounted display that showed a real time feed of an empty space nearby, so when the participated looked down, they would think they couldn't see their body.
The chainsaw was originally invented to assist in childbirth (i.e., to help remove the pelvic bone) - UGH, I want to throw up.
Ducklings can develop a behaviour of cannibalism due to boredom or aggravation of some kind.
There are ants that are "zombie-ants" which are ants that have been infected by a fungus. This fungus is known as Ophiocordyceps unilateralis and this is what happens "When a hapless ant makes contact with an O. unilateralis spore, the spore attaches itself to the ant and begins to drill into the ant’s exoskeleton with a combination of enzymes and pressure. When past the ant’s exterior armor, fungal cells feed on the ant’s insides and begin to spread throughout the unfortunate victim’s body. Once the infection progresses past a critical stage, the ant’s behavior changes. Instead of following the colony’s pheromone trails and foraging, as an ant normally would, the infected ant walks erratically. It wanders aimlessly for a time, before the fungus compels the ant to climb up a nearby twig or stem and lock on to it with its jaws. Death follows shortly after. In a few days, a stalk shoots out of the ant’s head, releasing spores to start the whole process over again."
Snails, Spiders, and Octopuses all have blue blood.
Alien Hand Syndrome is where a person experiences their limbs acting seemingly on their own, without conscious control over the action. Spooky.
la Isla de las Muñecas (The Island of the Dolls) is said to be one of the most haunted places in the world.
Cornflakes were invented to stop people's m*sturb*tion urges, ugh.
Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins can.
When people die, the last sense to go is hearing.
20% of children report hearing voices of some kind - creepy.
There's a phenomenon called "Troxler's fading" which a visual illusion that affects visual perception, a type of "filling in" of sorts by the brain and sometimes, people can even see monsters in the mirror because of it.
Thanks for reading! Let me know your favourite spooky topic in the comments below.
Much love,
Ash xoxo
Exploding head syndrome, duckling cannibals, eek!