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'Attack Of The Killer Facts': Grossest And Weirdest Facts Ever (PHOTOS)

Posted: 06/ 8/11 08:55 AM ET

In an age where the answer to almost any question rests right at our fingertips, it is quite humbling to discover there is still a demand for a bound compendium of strange (and slightly disturbing) information.

While scraping through the dregs of the internet researching my new book, "Attack of the Killer Facts: 1001 Terrifying Truths About Little Green Men, Government Mind-Control, Flesh-Eating Bacteria, and Goat-Sucking Vampires," (Adams Media, a division of F+W Media; May 2011) I learned two concrete things. First, never Google "alien sex experiments" unless you are fully prepared mentally for what you will see. Second, the world is a far weirder place than I could have ever possibly imagined.

Here you will find 17 of the strangest bits of trivia I unearthed from various books, magazines, websites, and general hearsay. Some are shocking, some are disgusting, and a few are both, but all of them offer a unique insight into the delightfully disturbing world of the weird.

Fact Attack: Worms invading your ass!
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Nearly all humans experience pinworms, a parasite that causes itching around the anus, at some point in their lives. To determine if you have an infestation, have a partner gently touch around your anus with tape while you sleep, when the worms are most active. They will stick to the tape and should be visible.

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In an age where the answer to almost any question rests right at our fingertips, it is quite humbling to discover there is still a demand for a bound compendium of strange (and slightly disturbing) in...
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1 hour ago (4:11 AM)
What I need to know is how to infect all the grasshoppe­rs along my favorite trout streams with those worms. Volunteer chum...
5 hours ago (12:16 AM)
Clarificat­ion for #14, he did not break through the "unbreakab­le" glass, he knocked the entire window (floor to ceiling) out of its frame and followed it out. He had performed this demonstrat­ion many times before and these things tend to add up...
6 hours ago (10:56 PM)
ummm...all milk is breast milk.....i­t just comes from an animal's breast
11 hours ago (6:33 PM)
Oh great, that's one use for duct tape that I would have rather not known about!
12 hours ago (5:24 PM)
The authors of the study insist that the only effective method for containing the outbreak is immediate and systematic eradicatio­n of the infected.

Errrrrrm, DUH!
13 hours ago (4:34 PM)
Pinworks circling uranus or Palin's e-mails? tough choice, hmmm
15 hours ago (2:28 PM)
I actually seen the horsehair/­grasshoppe­r fact on Discovery channel I think it was Planet Earth mini series.
12 hours ago (5:21 PM)
Check out this parasite. It makes snails 'glow' like a target so that the snail becomes more visible to birds. The parasite is ingested by the bird then spread out over a wide area to reproduce. pretty funk if you ask me.

http://www­.youtube.c­om/watch?v­=EWB_COSUX­Mw&feature­=related
01:13 PM on 6/09/2011
Googling "Alien Sex Experiment­s" is not nearly as fun as this article would suggest.
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12:19 PM on 6/09/2011
"Nearly all humans experience pinworms,.­.."

Next time you have to speak in front of a group and are feeling nervous, think of this.
11:38 AM on 6/09/2011
Now y'all know WHY a dog drags its butt on the carpet!!
11:37 AM on 6/09/2011
My friend told me a harrowing story about pinworms. If hemorrhoid­s start bothering me, I'm thinking pinworms! Ten again, if I get a headache I'm convinced that someone is stabbing my Voo-Doo doll effigy with a hat pin!
11:11 AM on 6/09/2011
Amongst Ed Gein's trophies was his Mother's vagina, he painted it silver.
11:04 AM on 6/09/2011
Read online pin worms are beneficial to people with MS and in allot of cases they reverse much of the damage wrought by the ailment. It's true.
03:30 AM on 6/09/2011
Just some thoughts..­.
If zombies are really real, I'm getting a gun.
Cats' would make AWSOME spies.
Am I the only one not a little freaked by the horsehair worm invading the mind of a grasshoppe­r.
01:03 AM on 6/09/2011
Whee does a bald female buy a merkin these days? I'm not talking about a bald head, now.