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19 “Weirdly Disturbing” Facts About The Human Body That, Admit It…You Kinda Wanna Know
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“It begins during pregnancy but never returns to baseline thereafter...” Warning: This post contains graphic descriptions that some readers may find disturbing. Some responses were also sourced from this thread. "That is, until tests were performed using stimuli that target one half of the brain, which showed that both hemispheres can hold very different opinions on things. Some people even had to fight their own arms, as both brains fought over what they wanted to wear or eat." "I didn't know this, but I knew a family who found out tragically. One of their family members' hearts was on the right, but they didn't know until he was accidentally shot on a hunting trip. He was a donor, and when his organs were being removed, they found his heart on the opposite side." "A GI specialist I was consulting with about potential surgery said that the intestines have connective tissue that keeps them 'anchored,' so even with pregnancy shifting organs around, the intestines will move back to their original areas. For more context, I was being examined for a small bowel obstruction very high up, which appeared 'mechanical' as opposed to a blockage like with constipation. There was a question of past surgical history versus trauma, which is when I mentioned pregnancy. I had a natural birth, which ruled out pregnancy as the cause. Turns out it was likely a forceful impact to the abdomen that caused it, and traumatic childhood experiences aligned with that." "In very rare circumstances (like a one-in-20-million chance), you can actually even get a primary malignant melanoma of the meninges, but it's difficult to prove because malignant melanomas on the skin seem to like to metastasize to the meninges, and they're far more common." "Sulfur hexafluoride is a gas you can inhale to deepen your voice (the reverse of helium); however, it is heavy and lingers in your lungs, making it more dangerous than helium to play with because helium is light and naturally drifts out of your lungs again." Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.