Thread by @Ellipsister

I received a “365 Facts that will scare the s#*t out of you daily calendar” from a Secret Santa. But I’m 15 days in deficit, so will bring y’all up to speed 😂 #ScaryShitFacts

Jan 1: If u sneeze hard enough, you can fracture a rib. But try to suppress a sneeze and u might rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and drop dead.

Jan 2: A 3 month heat wave in the summer of 2018 led to an estimated 75 deaths and knocked out power to 34k LA customers for a week.

Jan 3: Gloucestershire, England, has an annual cheese rolling contest, where contestants chase a 7 pound circular block of cheese down a steep bumpy hill. Contestants fall, break bones and split their heads open.

Jan 4: Ancient Egyptian records dating to 1500BC incl the worlds oldest death sentence. A teenage boy convicted of magic was ordered to kill himself by poison or stabbing.

Jan 5: In Lebanon, men are permitted to have sex with a female animal. Sex with a male animal is punishable by death.

Jan 6: Your nose can remember fifty thousand different scents. So, Unlime a dog, once you sniff someone’s crotch, you will remember the smell and won’t have to sniff again later.

Jan 7: Caffeine is more addictive than marijuana.

Jan 8: Crocodiles cause 600-800 human deaths every year. Crocs attack with speed, launching themselves out of the water to snare their prey, which they drag under water and spin repeatedly until drowned or too disoriented to fight back.

Jan 9: Between 2 and 3 jockeys are killed each year - the same number of players who have died in professional baseballs entire history - making racing one of the most dangerous sports.

Jan 10: 2 of the most dangerous human parasites are Pladmodium (malaria causing), and Schistosoma (the flatworm) that causes schistosomiasis - an illness that damages internal organs and negatively impacts cognitive development in children.

Jan 11: The Moehau, NZs version of bigfoot, is said to stab victims with a long, bony finger.

Jan 12: The sale of sex toys and vibrators is banned in Alabama and Mississippi.

Jan 13: Nearly 10 million Americans use indoor tanning booths every year. The per capita rate for melanoma has increased by 100% in the last 30 years.

Jan 14: Roof falls were the most prevalent type of deadly falls in 2007, and resulted in 6591 fatalities from 1992-2009.

Jan 15: Blowfish (fugu) contain deadly amounts of tetrodotoxin, a poison 500 times stronger than cyanide. Several diners die each year from blowfish consumption, yet people continue to eat it.

Jan 16: In 2009, doctors in Izhevsk, Russia found a branch from a Fir tree germinated inside the lungs of a man suffering from seizures and coughing up blood.

Jan 17: A study showed that over half sports related catastrophic spinal cord injuries resulted from diving accidents - most of them during unsupervised activities in which alcohol was a factor.

Jan 18: Every year approximately 500 meteorites strike the earth.

Jan 19: “Dork” is the proper term for a whale penis.

Jan 20: Smoking estimates are highest for women without traditional high school diplomas and lowest for women with degrees.

Jan 21: multimillionaire David Pizer has arranged to freeze his body in liquid nitrogen when he dies in hopes of being brought back to life one day. He has also left his entire fortune to himself.

Jan 22: Some experts theorise that time travel may be possible by passing through black holes.

Jan 23: A giraffe has 12” hooves and legs that can kick in all directions. Giraffe kicks have been known to decapitate lions.

Jan 24: Golf carries the risk of injury and death most often from lightning, power lines, heart attack & heat stroke. Other golf deaths incl. an angry golfer swinging his club at his caddie after missing a shot. Another, threw his club at a tree, it rebounded and impaled him.

Jan 25: Capuchin monkeys often greet each other by showing off their erections.

Jan 26: A medium fruit & yogurt smoothie at Dunkin Donuts contains 4x as much sugar as a chocolate frosted cake donut