FACT: The use of maggots to clean wounds has proven to be effective for patients who don't respond to traditional treatments. FACT: The Icelandic dish hakarl is beheaded basking shark that is buried in the ground for six to 12 weeks to putrefy before it is eaten. The world is a scary place, and it gets scarier every day. From the creator of the bestselling 1,001 Facts That Will Scare The Sh*t Out Of You (Adams Media, 2010) comes this new collection of 1,004 (count 'em!) truly horrifying and horrifyingly true facts about the world around us.
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FACT: The use of maggots to clean wounds has proven to be effective for patients who don't respond to traditional treatments. FACT: The Icelandic dish hakarl is beheaded basking shark that is buried in the ground for six to 12 weeks to putrefy before it is eaten. The world is a scary place, and it gets scarier every day. From the creator of the bestselling 1,001 Facts That Will Scare The Sh*t Out Of You (Adams Media, 2010) comes this new collection of 1,004 (count 'em!) truly horrifying and horrifyingly true facts about the world around us.