13 Spooky Facts That Keep Us Up At Night
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There are some days when life just feels a little too...spooky. Do you know? Like everything is going wrong, and you can't seem to do anything right. These days, it's helpful to have some facts about spooky life to help you put things in perspective. Here are some today.
1. Sometimes, when you're having a spooky day, the best thing to do is just relax and take it easy. Everything will work out in the end.
2. Spooky life is unpredictable. You never know what's going to happen next.
3. Just because something is spooky doesn't mean it's bad.
Some people look to horror or suspense movies to be scared. We at Cracked turn to cold, hard facts. Nothing is spookier than the true nature of this messed-up world. Here are 13 facts that'll make you go, "Hmm…okay, didn't want to know that, thanks."
Are you curious to know more? Don't be a chicken..scroll on down for some spooky facts that keep us up at night!
![CHARLES II OF ENGLAND DRANK HUMAN SKULLS Called The King's Drops, the King consumed an alcohol drink including a tincture made from skulls taken by gravrobbers in Ireland. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/6/797476.jpg)
Source: Gizmodo
![OLD HOUSES IN IRELAND HAVE HORSE SKULLS BURIED UNDERNEATH THEM Some historians believe the horse skulls helped with acoustics for step-dancing. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/4/797474.jpg)
Source: JStor
![THE HOLLINWELL INCIDENT IS STILL UNEXPLAINED During a student marching band competition in July 1980, children suddenly started fainting. 300 children were hospitalized, after falling down like nine pins. The leading theories link it to pesticides or mass hysteria. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/5/7/797457.jpg)
Source: BBC
![CARL TANZLER ROBBED A GRAVE AND LIVED WITH THE CORPSE FOR SEVEN YEARS The radiology technologist was obsessed with his young patient. Two years after she died, he stole her remains and slept with her decomposing body for years. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/5/797475.jpg)
Source: Atlas Obscura
![BEATING HEART CADAVERS ARE WHEN PEOPLE'S BODIES LIVE ON AFTER DEATH There have been instances of people who have been pronounced completely brain dead (not just in a coma) whose bodies have lived on for up to 20 years. Biologically speaking, there is never a single moment of death. Organs fail in different moments. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/5/6/797456.jpg)
Source: BBC
![THE PARIS MORGUE USED TO A BE A POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT! SPOT The morgue used to display bodies in hopes of identifying the drowned, but by the late 1800s, it became a public spectacle, drawing huge crowds and street vendors. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/5/3/797453.jpg)
Source: jStor
![SATURN DEVOURING HIS SON WAS NEVER MEANT FOR PUBLIC DISPLAY The famous painting is one of 14 haunting paintings that Francisco Goya painted directly onto the walls of his house, overwhelmed by the Spanish Civil War and his personal medical issues. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/5/2/797452.jpg)
Source: Joy of Museums
![A CAT WAS BURIED ALIVE AND CAME BACK HOME A cat was hit by a car and buried. The owner swears it was cold and lifeless. Five days later, the cat shows up, suffering only from a broken jaw and ruined eye. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/5/0/797450.jpg)
Source: ABC News
![SERIAL KILLER WILLIAM BURKE'S SKIN WAS MADE INTO A POCKETBOOK William Burke was a murderer and grave robber who was publicly executed. After his death, macabre souvenirs were made from his body. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/5/1/797451.jpg)
Source: Cult of Weird
![HITLER WAS INVOLVED WITH HIS NIECE UNTIL HER DEATH BY SUICIDE Geli Raubal was Hitler's 17-year-old housekeeper who he became romantically obsessed with, keeping her basically a prisoner of his house until her death. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/4/9/797449.jpg)
Source: Vanity Fair
![MEERKATS ARE THE MOST MURDEROUS MAMMAL Meerkats are the most likely mammal to die due to another meerkat. About 20% of meerkat deaths are murders by other meerkats. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/4/8/797448.jpg)
Source: NPR
![HONEY BEES USE ANIMAL POOP TO DEFEND AGAINST WASPS Bees have been seen foraging for animal poop and then using it as a defensive tool to protect their colonies against giant hornets. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/4/6/797446.jpg)
Source: EurekAlert!
![FACEBOOK DEVELOPED AN AI THAT INVENTED ITS OWN SHORTHAND Two chatbots started learning from one another and speaking in a shorthand they created. They experiement was shut down shortly after. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/4/5/797445.jpg)
Source: BBC