Slow burn wikipedia thread One of the most terrifying diseases: Fatal Insomnia, where you lose the ability to fall asleep and then eventually go insane and die because you haven't slept in literally monthshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal_insomnia …
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Or the dude with an actual Murder Castle - this article is a wild ride through whacky, murdery shenanigans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes …
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Or this Tarrare, the guy with a neverending appetite who ate everything - absurd amounts of foods, trash, random objects, and possibly a toddler. He was used as a military spy because he could just eat and shit out documents in a box.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrare
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Or the Congo's hand collection: a rule that ended up with a high value being placed on large quantities of severed hands, which were treated like a form of currency. The rest of the article is also horrible.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_Free_State#Mutilation …
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Or Stigmatas! This is a thing where people spontaneously manifest religious wounds, often mimicking the crucifixion wounds of Jesus. A kind of sad article all around.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigmata
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We got the word 'cuck' from 'cuckoo', the bird which breeds by sneaking its own egg into other bird's nests.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_cuckoo#Breeding …
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And in a nicer direction, I really like this word/concept: "Mudita," which means "vicarious joy"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mudita
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Ok back to poop: In Korea and some other asian countries, they have a Shutdown Law, which makes it illegal for kids to play video games during certain hours of the day:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shutdown_law …
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A list of all the women executed in the United States since 1976https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_women_executed_in_the_United_States_since_1976 …
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