#cursed facts

[autistobrat]

you recite at a play and play at a recital

[bunjywunjy]

I more meant the fact that there being a cave full of cheese was evidence for too much cheese in the US being the joke. It was probably a bit unfair because I have no clue about US dairy, and if there is too much cheese there. Just that cheese being in caves seems completely normal to me.

Caves are cold, dark and humid - the perfect conditions for aging cheese, and storing it, in the days before fridges. Lots of hard cheese are PDO (protected designations of origin) because the microbes that create that specific type of cheese are found there.

There is a reason most cheeses come from mountainous areas because there are suitable caves there (and usually named after that place). Parmesan (Parma, Alps, North Italy), Gruyère (Gruyere, Alps, Switzerland), Chaddar (Cheddar Gorge, Mendip hills, UK).

Sorry again for assuming I just honestly thought this was general knowledge. Now I'm confused if this is a wierd ND fact that just I know or if other Europeans do too?

oh no, we age and store cheese in caves here in the US too! that's normal.

no, the unusual part of this whole Secret Government Cheese thing is NOT the storage location.

what's unusual about the Springfield Underground Cheese Hoard is the sheer mind-boggling scale of it:

there is more than 1.4 BILLION pounds of cheese in storage at this facility.

Billion. with a 🅱️.

cheddar, swiss, muenster, you name it they got it! this all used to belong to the US Government, but apparently Kraft bought most of it recently and are now sitting on what may be the single largest collection of dairy products in the world.

no word on their nefarious plans for this much condensed lactose destruction, but it's a solid assumption that if you ask them for a slice they'll just laugh you out of the building.

[hylianengineer]

The internet likes hagfish, right? Well, I fell down a rabbit hole researching fish skulls and I've brought back cursed hagfish facts. Enjoy?

Someone's researching using hagfish slime fibers in clothing. Possibly as bulletproof material. Enjoy this article called "Fish Slime Might Be The Secret To A Better Bulletproof Vest."

Hagfish skin, which Wikipedia describes as "cover[ing] the body like a loosely fitting sock," and also "giving the impression of a blood-filled sack" is used to make accessories like wallets and belts. They market it as 'eel skin'. Despite the resemblance, hagfish are not real eels.

Look at this paper about making tofu with hagfish slime. Look at it, I need it to haunt you like it haunts me. They mixed hagfish slime with soy milk, called it 'soy slime,' and then COOKED IT! They did not say if they ate it but I have Concerns.

[fruity-hub-blog]

Cursed Fact #10

Contrary to popular fanon, the Fenton Parents DO believe ghosts can feel pain as evidenced by this conversation in Secret Weapons.

“It converts a ghost’s natural ecto-energy into a constantly replenishing fuel source!”

“Does it hurt the ghosts?”

“Oh Jazz, you know your father and I don’t care about that.”

“Yeah, if we hear it screaming, then we know it’s working!”

[insipid-drivel]

I'm starting a new game to both inform and upset people called Cool Fact; Cursed Fact. I'll just start without explaining anything.

Cool Fact: There are virtually no fleas or ticks anywhere on my property or around the general area where I live, which my vet + local dept. of fish and wildlife actually confirmed when I asked, and so none of my pets have ever had fleas or been bitten by ticks. The only time my pets need to be flea-treated is if they're overdue and are going to be around other animals. My vet even requested I avoid flea-treating my pomsky puppy, Tama, until she started being socialized with other dogs and people, "because she doesn't need to deal with chemicals she doesn't need right now. Her environment at home keeps her safe."

Cursed Fact: The reason there are no fleas or ticks is because the grass and woodlands around here are literally crawling with millions upon millions of jumping spiders that hunt them for food. It is impossible to walk in the grass without seeing at least several dozen spiders parting like the Red Sea around your foot. I have never been bitten by a single spider while living here.

[scribe-cas]

You can't just drop that you have an absolutely unhinged fact and not share it. So give up the weird fact, do eet.

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EVERY WRITER HAS AT LEAST ONE. THIS IS COMMON KNOWLEDGE.

Okay fine I will give in

Okay, so.

I think my weirdest fact, just off the top of my head-

Has to be probably that the wendigo species lactates regularly. Like, with no prompting, pregnant or not. A tie between that and the fact that angels do not have genitalia, but instead, a small star system between their legs.

The wendigo one is weirder so that’s the one I’ll elaborate on.

Okay so

The reason for this is because at one point, some of the species were not given the option to go out and hunt fully grown humans. They were aggressive, harder to catch, and more willing to burn things down to be rid of any monsters.

However, murdering a child (while usually considered bad form anyways) while far easier to do, because you could simply go in, pick up this barely sentient being, and then get rid of it as long as it didn’t start screaming, didn’t provide them with nearly enough food to last off of, and the entire species of demon was slowly dwindling and dying out because of that.

So certain wendigos (there’s not a defining factor yet, although I’m thinking it’s those who were afab?) just somewhat regularly produce milk, because evolution’s solution to this was:

If you can’t kill the adults, but the children don’t give you enough meat-

Steal away a child, and then raise it to become an adult.

They, as wendigos, could essentially raise us like livestock.

And for a while, that was exactly what they did. Like as a species, collectively.

Now, things are a little different, as while we do have much more advanced weapons, we aren’t exactly using fire to light our homes and we definitely aren’t going to throw a lantern into one of our massive industrial sized buildings, because god forbid we have to build that shit again- we just won’t do it, we’ll go get a gun or something. Therefore, adults have become easier to hunt again, especially what with all of the cameras and gadgets that we now use to watch our children with- we have baby cams and the doorbells that let us see what’s at our door and household security systems- it is way easier to run face first into a car and just have an adult go missing than it is to actively scrounge up a child unless they’ve got particularly neglectful parents.

But, the milk gene never went away or dwindled off. It usually stays somewhat out of the way, but often flares up when a wendigo is under times of duress and stress.

Wendigo milk, designed to produce humans good for food, is actually massively full of nutritional value, increases our capacity to build muscle mass, assists our digestive system, and usually tastes vaguely sweet to encourage drinking. (Although the flavor from wendigo to wendigo is different, it’s really neat)

Most wendigos don’t struggle with this as much, but the more time you spend on earth/around humans, the more actively their systems think they need it. Usually, this isn’t an issue- but for some demons who choose to spend the majority of their time on earth, it can get uncomfortable if there’s no pressure release, but usually a nursing pump does the trick to minimize discomfort. You just then have. Milk lying around

This, shockingly enough, ties into multiple plot points of mine- none of which are important to the main story, technically? It doesn’t change anything drastically other than kinda one main detail and then a few background details. But I think its funny because it’s essentially an Easter egg for my friends and I, because all of them know this fact from when I was originally working on the series.

Anyways if you’d like more elaboration I am happy to give it, but for now I will put a cap on my rambling so that you can digest this unhinged mess first. /lh

Hopefully you don’t hate me for this, if you do, I’m sorry LMFAO I know my characters to a near uncomfortable level

[regulusmasamune]

GUYS. I am losing it

I can't unlearn this. Holy crud.

[words-etched-in-her-skin]

Cursed fact #3

Due to every muscle in her body being superhuman, Alcina has a gorilla grip pussy so strong, it can crush coal into dimonds.

Well actually, that I agree with 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣