5 Facts That Seemingly Don't Make Sense Together Except They All Made Me Say, "Yep, That's Creepy"

I'm really glad my headache medicine doesn't have any human in it.

Audrey Engvalson
by Audrey Engvalson

BuzzFeed Staff

1. Half of all plastics ever made were made in the past 15 years.

Boats docked in water polluted with plastic waste, highlighting environmental concerns
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Actually, 8 million tons of plastic escape to Earth's oceans each year.

2. It was only this year that the US Department of Health and Human Services banned non-consensual pelvic, breast, prostate, and rectal exams for "training and educational purposes" on patients under anesthesia.

Two medical professionals in surgical gowns assisting each other with gloves. It's a clinical setting
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Before this was passed, these exams could be conducted when not medically necessary.

3. The "microwave-safe" label on containers is given if the container won't warp or melt in the microwave. The label does not guarantee chemicals won't leach into food from the container when heated.

Person places a plastic container with food into an open microwave on a kitchen counter
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According to the FDA, one way to make sure something is microwave-safe is by following this simple test: "Put one cup of tap water in a glass measure. Place the water in the microwave oven along with (but not touching) the utensil to be tested—microwave on high for 1 minute. If the utensil feels warm or hot, it is not microwave-safe because it contains metal in the material or glaze. Do not use it. The utensil and/or the bottom of the oven might crack if microwaved."

4. Shoes discovered in the Titanic are usually in pairs. The bodies disintegrated, but the tannic acid in leather preserves the shoes.

A pair of worn leather shoes displayed in a museum exhibit, titled "Pair of Robber Shoes."
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When scientists studied the effects of decomposition underwater by submerging a pig, they found the pig was reduced to bones in four days and the bones decomposed after six months.

5. Finally, according to the Smithsonian, "peaking in the 16th and 17th centuries, many Europeans, including royalty, priests and scientists, routinely ingested remedies containing human bones, blood and fat as medicine for everything from headaches to epilepsy."

Medieval scene with figures in 15th-century attire interacting indoors; one figure on crutches
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There are a lot of other uses of dead bodies for medicinal purposes outlined in the article, and they're pretty haunting.

So many kinds of creepy! Do you have a strange, unsettling, or creepy fact that you think about more often than you should? Tell us in the comments below!

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