Are You Sh*tting Me?: 1,004 Facts That Will Scare the Crap Out of You

by Cary McNeal

  46. Ibid.

  47. www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/bloodysuckers/leech.html.

  48. Ibid.

  49. www.economist.com/node/7001585.

  50. Francesca Gould, Why You Shouldn’t Eat Your Boogers and Other Useless Information about Your Body (Tarcher/Penguin, 2007).

  51. www.princeton.edu/~paw/archive_new/PAW04-05/14-0511/features1.html.

  52. Ibid.

  53. Ibid.

  54. Francesca Gould, Why You Shouldn’t Eat Your Boogers and Other Useless Information about Your Body (Tarcher/Penguin, 2007).

  55. Joan Perkin, Victorian Women (New York University Press, 1995).

  56. www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2465/what-is-nymphomania.

  57. Carol Groneman, Nymphomania: A History (W. W. Norton, 2001).

  58. Joan Perkin, Victorian Women (New York University Press, 1995).

  59. Francesca Gould, Why You Shouldn’t Eat Your Boogers and Other Useless Information about Your Body (Tarcher/Penguin, 2007).

  60. Ibid.

  61. Ibid.

  62. Nathan Belofsky, Strange Medicine: A Shocking History of Real Medical Practices Through the Ages (Penguin, 2013).

  63. Ibid.

  64. Lucy Worsley, If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home (Bloomsbury USA, 2012).

  65. William Potts Dewees, Treatise on the Physical and Medical Treatment of Children (H. P. Carey & I. Lea, 1825).

  3. THINGS THAT FALL FROM THE SKY

  66. www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2012/02/long_island_couple_pelted_with_poo_where_do_airplanes_dump_their_waste_.html.

  67. Ibid.

  68. Ibid.

  69. Ibid.

  70. http://old.post-gazette.com/neigh_north/20021121blueicenp3.asp.

  71. www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_wires/2006Oct20/0,4675,AircraftToiletIce,00.html.

  72. http://gizmodo.com/5953877/what-happens-when-you-flush-a-toilet-on-an-airplane.

  73. www.foxnews.com/science/2013/02/15/injuries-reported-after-meteorite-falls-in-russia-ural-mountains.

  74. Ibid.

  75. Ibid.

  76. www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/natural-disasters/4331114.

  77. Ibid.

  78. Ibid.

  79. www.idph.state.il.us/public/hb/hbb&bdrp.htm.

  80. Ibid.

  81. Ibid.

  82. Ibid.

  83. www.wildlifedamagecontrol.net/birddroppings.php and www.idph.state.il.us/public/hb/hbb&bdrp.htm.

  84. Ibid.

  85. Ibid.

  86. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-20780780.

  87. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/03/skydiver-craig-stapleton-survives-hitting-ground-at-30-mph.

  88. www.popularmechanics.com/outdoors/survival/stories/4344037.

  89. www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/natural-disasters/4331114.

  90. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/01/110106-birds-falling-from-sky-bird-deaths-arkansas-science.

  91. www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/natural-disasters/4331114.

  92. Ibid.

  93. www.livescience.com/32170-can-it-really-rain-fish.html.

  94. Ibid.

  95. www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/natural-disasters/4331114.

  96. Ibid.

  97. http://www.news.com.au/national/its-raining-fish-in-the-northern-territory-report/story-e6frfkvr-1225835295781.

  98. www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57541012/leopard-shark-falls-from-sky-onto-calif-golf-course.

  99. www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/02/thousands-of-spiders.

  100. www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/natural-disasters/4331114.

  101. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/03/calif-girl-hit-with-2-foot-long-arrow-on-school-trip.

  102. Ibid.

  103. www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,308676,00.html.

  104. www.atlasobscura.com/articles/hail-no-an-account-of-the-worlds-biggest-deadliest-hailstorms.

  105. Ibid.

  106. www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/3000/heaviest-hailstones.

  107. www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/11000/worst-hailstorm-disaster-death-toll.

  108. http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2008/19sep_pollen.

  109. Ibid.

  110. www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/nyregion/27zoo.html?_r=0.

  111. Ibid.

  112. Ibid.

  113. http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=9195124.

  114. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6502774.

  115. Ibid.

  116. http://blog.al.com/wire/2013/08/virginia_boy_7_dies_from_stray.html.

  117. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5350a2.htm.

  118. Ibid.

  119. www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/vprp/publications/straybulletjtrauma.pdf.

  120. www.washingtonpost.com/local/va-boy-7-dies-after-being-hit-by-stray-bullet-on-fourth-of-july/2013/07/05/5e555da0-e5de-11e2-80eb-3145e2994a55_story.html.

  121. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6927917/Boy-killed-by-bullet-fired-three-miles-away.html.

  122. www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2011/12/confirmed-firing-gun-air-can-kill-someone/46462.

  123. www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14616491.

  124. Ibid.

  125. Ibid.

  126. Ibid.

  127. www.ksat.com/news/man-says-plane-part-fell-into-backyard/-/478452/21163344/-/42rp87z/-/index.html.

  128. http://abcnews.go.com/US/refrigerator-size-plane-door-crashes-washington-neighborhood/story?id=17194380.

  129. www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Falling-Metal-Object-Long-Island-Aviation-Documents-Mystery-213433311.html.

  130. http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/acid-rain-overview.

  131. Ibid.

  132. Ibid.

  133. Ibid.

  134. http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/health/case_studies/volcanic_ash.html.

  135. www.cnn.com/2013/02/26/world/africa/egypt-balloon-deaths.

  136. www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/apr/25/man-street-stowaway-fell-plane.

  137. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/4000-mile-journey-ends-at-a-london-cemetery-jet-stowaway-probably-still-alive-when-he-fell-from-undercarriage-as-it-approached-heathrow-8587632.html.

  138. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2157266/Florida-plane-crash-Body-Boston-Bramlage-13-discovered-falling-plane-crashed.html.

  139. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2308614/Frozen-turkey-vulture-falls-sky-wings-iced-blizzard.html.

  4. ALLEGED ALIEN ABDUCTIONS

  140. http://thefw.com/famous-alien-abductions.

  141. Ibid.

  142. http://thefw.com/famous-alien-abductions; Chris A. Rutkowski, The Big Book of UFOs (Dundurn, 2010).

  143. Chris A. Rutkowski, The Big Book of UFOs (Dundurn, 2010).

  144. Ibid.

  145. www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/11/48-percent-of-americans-believe-in-ufos_n_3900669.html.

  146. www.livescience.com/20250-alien-abductions-origins.html.

  147. http://thefw.com/famous-alien-abductions.

  148. Ibid.

  149. Ibid.

  150. Ibid.

  151. Book Sales, Inc., The World’s Greatest Alien Abduction Mysteries (Book Sales, 2002).

  152. http://thefw.com/famous-alien-abductions; Book Sales, Inc., The World’s Greatest Alien Abduction Mysteries (Book Sales, 2002).

  153. Book Sales, Inc., The World’s Greatest Alien Abduction Mysteries (Book Sales, 2002).

  154. Ibid.

  155. http://thefw.com/famous-alien-abductions.

  156. http://thefw.com/famous-alien-abductions; Book Sales, Inc., The Wor
ld’s Greatest Alien Abduction Mysteries (Book Sales, 2002).

  157. http://science.howstuffworks.com/space/aliens-ufos/alien-abduction.htm.

  158. Ibid.

  159. http://thefw.com/famous-alien-abductions.

  160. Chris A. Rutkowski, The Big Book of UFOs (Dundurn, 2010).

  161. Book Sales, Inc., The World’s Greatest Alien Abduction Mysteries (Book Sales, 2002).

  162. http://ufos.about.com/od/aliensalienabduction/a/godfreyabducted.htm.

  163. Ibid.

  164. www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/11/48-percent-of-americans-believe-in-ufos_n_3900669.html.

  165. Ibid.

  166. Book Sales, Inc., The World’s Greatest Alien Abduction Mysteries (Book Sales, 2002).

  167. Daniel W. Fry and Rolf Telano, The White Sands Incident (Horus House Press, 1992).

  168. Ibid.

  169. Book Sales, Inc., The World’s Greatest Alien Abduction Mysteries (Book Sales, 2002).

  170. Ibid.

  171. www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2005/09.22/11-alien.html.

  172. Ibid.

  173. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/response/searching-et-no-evidence-yet.

  5. DISGUSTING FOOD FROM AROUND THE WORLD

  174. http://travel.ca.msn.com/international/photogallery.aspx?cp-documentid=23957391&page=14.

  175. http://mentalfloss.com/article/20523/casu-marzu-maggot-cheese-mediterranean.

  176. www.gadling.com/2011/03/16/bizarre-foods-european-delicacies-by-country.

  177. www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/07/23/gross-or-great-unexpected-delicacies-from-around-world.

  178. Ibid.

  179. www.gadling.com/2011/03/16/bizarre-foods-european-delicacies-by-country.

  180. www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/haggis-recipe.html.

  181. www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Black-Pudding-51145600.

  182. www.gadling.com/2011/03/16/bizarre-foods-european-delicacies-by-country.

  183. www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/07/23/gross-or-great-unexpected-delicacies-from-around-world.

  184. www.gadling.com/2011/03/16/bizarre-foods-european-delicacies-by-country.

  185. www.tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/97599/a-disappearing-delicacy.

  186. www.gadling.com/2011/03/16/bizarre-foods-european-delicacies-by-country.

  187. www.kalofagas.ca.

  188. http://listverse.com/2009/07/22/10-more-utterly-disgusting-foods.

  189. Ibid.

  190. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4867024.stm.

  191. www.mongolfood.info/en/recipes/airag.html.

  192. http://listverse.com/2009/07/22/10-more-utterly-disgusting-foods.

  193. Ibid.

  194. Ibid.

  195. www.businessinsider.com/extreme-foods-from-around-the-world-2013-6?op=1.

  196. www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/27/huitlacoche-corn-smut-goo_n_553422.html.

  197. http://mentalfloss.com/article/20523/casu-marzu-maggot-cheese-mediterranean.

  198. Ibid.

  199. www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/Scandinavians-Strange-Holiday-Lutefisk-Tradition.html.

  200. www.nbcnews.com/id/18494880/%22%20%5Cl%20%22.UhUilJKsiSo.

  201. www.culinaryschools.org/cuisine/10-disgusting-delicacies.

  202. http://list25.com/25-of-the-strangest-foods-from-around-the-world.

  203. www.gadling.com/2011/03/16/bizarre-foods-european-delicacies-by-country.

  204. www.culinaryschools.org/cuisine/10-disgusting-delicacies.

  205. Ibid.

  206. www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/07/23/gross-or-great-unexpected-delicacies-from-around-world.

  207. http://list25.com/25-of-the-strangest-foods-from-around-the-world.

  208. http://goafrica.about.com/od/botswana/ss/Mopane-Worm.htm.

  209. www.simonseeks.com/blog/world%E2%80%99s-strangest-delicacies.

  210. http://list25.com/25-of-the-strangest-foods-from-around-the-world.

  211. Ibid.

  212. www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/07/23/gross-or-great-unexpected-delicacies-from-around-world.

  213. Ibid.

  214. Ibid.

  215. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2013/apr/16/camel-meat-one-hump-two.

  216. Ibid.

  217. Ibid.

  218. www.thedailymeal.com/gross-or-great-27-unexpected-delicacies-around-world-slideshow.

  219. Ibid.

  220. www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/08/interesting-food-in-the-world_n_3239963.html.

  221. www.popcrunch.com/12-of-the-most-disgusting-delicacies.

  222. Ibid.

  223. www.businessinsider.com/extreme-foods-from-around-the-world-2013-6?op=1.

  224. Ibid.

  225. www.independenttraveler.com/travel-tips/funny-travel/seven-strange-foods-from-around-the-world.

  226. www.businessinsider.com/extreme-foods-from-around-the-world-2013-6?op=1.

  227. http://listverse.com/2009/07/22/10-more-utterly-disgusting-foods.

  228. www.foodandwine.com/articles/worlds-scariest-foods.

  229. www.businessinsider.com/extreme-foods-from-around-the-world-2013-6?op=1.

  230. www.independenttraveler.com/travel-tips/funny-travel/seven-strange-foods-from-around-the-world.

  6. BOOGERS

  231. www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=rhinotillexis.

  232. www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mucophagy.

  233. www.vat19.com/brain-candy/booger-facts.cfm.

  234. www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Dr-Oz-on-Health-and-Hygiene.

  235. Francesca Gould, Why You Shouldn’t Eat Your Boogers and Other Useless Information about Your Body (Tarcher/Penguin, 2007).

  236. Jody Sullivan Rake, Why Feet Smell and Other Gross Facts about Your Body. (Capstone, 2012).

  237. Ibid.

  238. Francesca Gould, Why You Shouldn’t Eat Your Boogers and Other Useless Information about Your Body (Tarcher/Penguin, 2007).

  239. Ibid.

  240. Ibid.

  241. Ibid.

  242. http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/yucky/booger.html.

  243. Ibid.

  244. Ibid.

  245. www.livestrong.com/article/290573-the-function-of-nose-hairs.

  246. http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/yucky/booger.html.

  247. www.boogiewipes.com/booger-facts.

  248. Ibid.

  249. www.uamshealth.com/?id=12781&sid=1.

  250. www.boogiewipes.com/booger-facts.

  251. www.webmd.com/allergies/features/the-truth-about-mucus.

  252. www.boogiewipes.com/booger-facts.

  253. Ibid.

  254. Ibid.

  255. Jody Sullivan Rake, Why Feet Smell and Other Gross Facts about Your Body. (Capstone, 2012).

  256. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3566273/Man-dies-from-picking-his-nose.html.

  7. STOOPID CRIMINALS

  257. www.rd.com/slideshows/stupid-criminals-smart-technology.

  258. www.rd.com/slideshows/dumb-criminals-worse-luck-than-you.

  259. www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/28/biker.meeting.

  260. http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/bizarre&id=5789597.

  261. www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_11627101.

  262. www.shortlist.com/home/worlds-dumbest-criminals.

  263. Ibid.

  264. National Geographic, Weird but True! Stupid Criminals (National Geographic Children’s Books, 2012).

  265. Ibid.

  266. Ibid.

  267. www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/3000/oldest-convicted-bank-robber.

  268. Leland Gregory, The Stupid Crook Book (Andrews McMeel, 2002).

  269. Ibid.

  270. Ibid.

  271. http://arti
cles.latimes.com/1993-05-14/local/me-35384_1_serial-killer.

  272. Gini Graham Scott, The Robber Who Shot Himself in the Face (Sourcebooks, 2009).

  273. Ibid.

  274. Ibid.

  275. Ibid.

  276. www.abc27.com/story/23627366/suspected-shoplifters-left-baby-behind-police-say.

  277. http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/bizarre&id=7358088.

  278. www.foxnews.com/story/2008/05/01/texas-cops-bust-man-trying-to-cash-360-billion-check.

  279. www.ocala.com/article/20130709/ARTICLES/130709720.

  280. www.murfreesboropost.com/bizarre-drug-dealer-alerts-police-to-stolen-weed-cms-36511.

  281. www.kpho.com/story/23105968/pd-man-who-stole-ambulance-fought-with-officers-spit-at-nurse.

  282. www.10news.com/news/police-thieves-stole-jukebox-from-rancho-bernardo-hooters-thought-it-was-atm.

  283. www.wltx.com/news/article/215828/2/Trail-of-Cheetos-Le.

  284. http://ktla.com/2013/03/05/half-naked-dui-suspect-tries-to-flee-in-toy-truck/#axzz2jozTpGX2.

  285. http://abcnews.go.com/US/LegalCenter/story?id=507964.

  8. TORTURE DEVICES

  286. John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic (Harper & Brothers, 1900).

  287. Geoffrey Abbott, What a Way to Go: The Guillotine, the Pendulum, the Thousand Cuts, the Spanish Donkey, and 66 Other Ways of Putting Someone to Death (Macmillan, 2007).

  288. Mark P. Donnelly and Daniel Diehl, The Big Book of Pain: Torture & Punishment Through History (History Publishing Group, 2011).

  289. Ibid.

  290. www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/13/deals-from-the-darkside-torture-tongs-video_n_2291320.html.

  291. Ruth Scurr, Fatal Purity: Robespierre and the French Revolution (Macmillan, 2007).

  292. www.crimelibrary.com/photogallery/cruel-and-unusual-punishment.html.

  293. Ibid.

  294. Ibid.

  295. Ibid.

  296. Ibid.

  297. Ibid.

  298. www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2006/05/take_my_life_please.html.

  299. www.medievality.com/garrotte.html.

  300. www.crimelibrary.com/photogallery/cruel-and-unusual-punishment.html.

  301. http://antiwar.com/blog/2011/11/04/uzbek-dictator-shifts-from-boiling-people-to-freezing-them.

  302. www.tribunesandtriumphs.org/colosseum/roman-executions-at-the-colosseum.htm.

  303. www.trutv.com/library/crime/photogallery/cruel-and-unusual-punishment.html.