22 Diseases That Are Way Weirder Than You Realize

Cracked pays people to make smart memes. Visit the Photoplasty and Pictofacts Workshop to get in on it.

There's a lot to be horrified about, when it comes to diseases. But there are also a lot of weird, lesser-known facts about diseases that are genuinely interesting. So we asked our readers to put on their not-at-all-bloodstained lab coats and tell us the most interesting, unknown facts about serious illnesses.

We gave cash prizes to our favorite facts. But first, the runners-up:

22 Entry by Andrea Meno

Cholera can make you produce up to 5 gallons of diarrhea per day. 5 gallons would fill this bucket to the brim. CRACKEDCON

21 Entry by María Andrea Fernández

Huntington's is a horrible hereditary disease that has no cure. It causes the progressive degradation of nerve cells in the brain, which deteriorates

20 Entry by Joshua Yapcengco

The SPANISH FLU WASN'T SPANISH. During World War l, not one country in the Allied or Central Powers affected by the pandemic wanted to admit they were

19 Entry by Joshua Yapcengco

Measles can wipe out the immune system's information about past diseases making the infected more vulnerable to common viruses and bacteria. CRACKED C

18 Entry by PookieJones

Alzheimer's disease impacts memory faster than emotions. A study has shown that people who suffer from Alzheimer's continue feeling sad or happy even

17 Entry by Andrea Meno

CRACKED ce Multiple sclerosis changes your breath. Exhaled breath contains a mix of volatile organic compounds, and an MS patient's mix is very differ

16 Entry by Markos Hasiotis

Anorexia Nervosa can actually make a person think slower.

15 Entry by Lornie Aswila Jeffrey Lausin

CRACKEDOON People with a diagonal earlobe crease also known as Frank's sign may be at higher risk for coronary artery disease, periphelarovascular vas

14 Entry by Chan Teik Onn

Throughout history, the cure for scurvy (Vitamin C) was discovered, discredited, and discovered again. In the mid-19th century, citrus was found to be

13 Entry by Chan Teik Onn

Herpes may be unpleasant, but it allows you to emerge from bubonic plague unscathed. The virus helps your body fight off Yersinia Pestis, the bacteriu

12 Entry by Lornie Aswila Jeffrey Lausin

CRACKED.OON In the Victorian Era, people with tuberculosis were associated with feminine beauty The disease made victims paler and skinnier, and gave

11 Entry by Chan Teik Onn

CRACKED People suffering from n-deficiency anemia may frequently experience fatigue and migraine. But this health condition also has its perks. Becaus

10 Entry by Joshua Yapcengco

CRACKEDCON The Playboy Mansion hot tub was once responsible for a Legionnaire's disease outbreak affecting over 100 guests who attended a fundraising

9 Entry by Lornie Aswila Jeffrey Lausin

Women with rheumatoid arthritis often find that their symptoms temporarily go away while they're pregnant, and researchers still have no idea why. CRA

8 Entry by PookieJones

There is an upside to malaria. Scientists have discovered that people who were infected with the malaria virus were less likely to succumb to Ebola an

7 Entry by Harvey Sapigao

The Bubonic Plague was once used by Mongols as a biological weapon against the Italians. nfldleseiurseypoibyluimobgp.liuy While besieging the fortress

6 Entry by Lornie Aswila Jeffrey Lausin

Most people with Parkinson's experience hypomimia, where the facial muscles CRACKEDOON stiffen, causing them to have trouble changing expression by sm

5 Entry by Tiffany Johnson

CRACKEDCON You're unlikely to get Hansen's disease (more commonly known as leprosy), because 95% of people are naturally immune to it. Howeuer, accord

4 Entry by Andrea Meno

It's mostly people in Western countries who get heart disease, right? Nope. About 60% of all people diagnosed with heart disease live in India, which

3 Entry by Lornie Aswila Jeffrey Lausin

CRACKED The left breast is 5% more likely to get cancer than the right. This is possibly because the left breast tends to be larger, and therefore has

2 Entry by Chan Teik Onn

Throughout history, syphillis went by many names in different countries, and it was mostly named after those countries' enemies. For example, the Fren

1 Entry by Lornie Aswila Jeffrey Lausin

2nd-century Greek physician Galen invented the term gonorrhea. which means flow of seed, because he mistakenly thought that symptoms of penile dis

Must Read

15 Plates of Trivia That Landed on Our Tables This Week

When a swimming pool seems clean, that’s when you know it’s dirty

Authors: By Ryan Menezes
Published: June 03, 2023
Comments: 1

11 Revelations from the Live ‘Cheers’ Reunion with Ted Danson, George Wendt and John Ratzenberger

At this weekend’s ATX TV Festival, they talked warm non-alcoholic beer, gifting Kirstie Alley with a shotgun and Woody Harrelson’s remarkable ability to fart

Authors: By Tara Ariano
Published: June 03, 2023
Comments: 0

Five Chinese Towns That Are Strangely Familiar

Wait, what are near-exact replicas of Paris, France and Jackson, Wyoming doing in the middle of China?

Authors: By Mike Rampton
Published: June 03, 2023
Comments: 1

Five Recent Comedy Reboots You Didn’t Know Existed

Keeping track of the Hollywood nostalgia machine can be tough

Authors: By JM McNab
Published: June 03, 2023
Comments: 3

Rejected ‘Back to the Future’ Actors Made ‘Zoolander 2’ Instead

Owen Wilson as Doc Brown would have completed the trifecta

Authors: By Matt Solomon
Published: June 03, 2023
Comments: 0

Move Over Oscars, Kevin Hart Just Hosted the Walmart Associates Celebration

Hart hosted Walmart’s annual employee appreciation event, which made up for all the health-care their workers don’t have

Authors: By Keegan Kelly
Published: June 03, 2023
Comments: 7

13 Myths Created And Spread By The Marketing Industry

18 Fictional Characters Who Suffered So Much, It’s A Relief They Aren’t Real

15 Trivia Tidbits About Ace Ventura

‘Simpsons’ Showrunner Matt Selman Has Read Your Mean Tweets

12 Ways The Real World Is Like A Cheesy Fantasy Novel