20+ disappointing facts that can scare (26 photos)

Life is multifaceted. In it, as in everything, there are bright and dark sides. Let's look at a few disappointing facts from the most different areas of our life. Perhaps you already knew something from this list, maybe you're learning something for the first time.





1. Human trafficking makes $150 billion a year



2. When you get a sunburn, some cells die, not to become cancerous. All the mechanisms in our body are thought out protection. And if the damaged cells survived, but at the same time retained defect, they can cause cancer





3. A large number of people who died of dehydration had access to sufficient fresh water



4. If a person is bitten by an animal with rabies, he is still within 12 weeks will feel well and lead a normal life. When symptoms appear, serious conditions are inevitable, up to lethal outcome



5. Google fired two support team leaders artificial intelligence for publishing articles about the dangers of this artificial intelligence



6. Pigs can easily eat a human corpse.



7. Now there are about 18 genocides on our planet. Many of them began after World War II



8. There is such a disease - scurvy, caused by a lack of vitamin C. In the course of this disease, the destruction of the whole organism occurs, including old wounds reopen



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10. In 1978, pilot Frederik Valentich flew over Bass Strait in Australia said it was being pursued by air vessel. According to the last words of the pilot, it was not a plane. Then his plane disappeared and was never found



11. Fatal familial insomnia is an incurable hereditary a disease in which the patient inevitably dies of insomnia. Behind Throughout history, 42 families are known to have been affected by this disease.



12. In 2009, a paralyzed Belgian woke up from a 23-year-old coma. Doctors found that he was conscious and heard all this time, what's going on around



13. Bacterial resistance to antibiotics continues represent one of the main dangers to humans. None of the 43 antibiotics currently in clinical trials solves the problem of sustainability



14. Even in the 21st century, a certain percentage of people believe that The earth is flat, despite plenty of evidence that it isn't.



15. Last year, 1.5 billion disposable masks ended up in the oceans.



16. There are more slaves in our world now than there were during the era of the transatlantic slave trade.



17. During the filming of the American musical "Wizard of the Country Oz" actors were forced to work day and night. They were given pills, so that they can stay longer on the set, and then sleeping pills



Here is what actress Judy Garland later said (as Dorothy): "They gave us refreshing pillsso we can last longer act in film. Then we were taken to the studio hospital, we were given sleeping pills, and after 4 hours they woke up and again handed invigorating pills so that we could work another 72 hours straight. It has become a way of life for us."

18. When a crocodile loses a tooth, there is already a new one in its place (it is slightly smaller in size)



19. Florida, USA, inhabited by mosquitoes that carry the virus eastern equine encephalitis. If such a mosquito bites a person, then in within a few days, the patient develops a brain tumor, which can lead to death



20. There are about 150 bodies of dead climbers on Mount Everest.



21. Sugar consumption in large quantities is one of the problem that worries the minds of specialists. largest consumer sugar in the world - India. Israel is not far away



By the way, in 2018 alone, Indians ate 25.39 million metric tons of sugar - more than the countries of the European Union combined. IN that same year, every Israeli resident ate more than 60 kilograms of sugar, or approximately 165 grams per day.

22. You can die even in a dream. For example, from sudden arrhythmic death, which occurs due to heart problems



23. Thousands of people go missing every day in the world. According to Ministry of Internal Affairs 500 people go missing every day, and about 100 of them are children



24. During one kiss, 80 million bacteria are exchanged.



25. Fashion harms the environment. According to the UN, every minute in the world sent to a landfill and burned tons of fabrics that can be filled a whole garbage truck. In addition, polyester, which is considered the most popular fabric, takes 200 years to decompose