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The 5 Most Horrifying Bugs in the World. There are about 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 insects on earth at any given moment.

The 5 Most Horrifying Bugs in the World

Seriously, that's a real number. For every one of us, there are 1.5 billion bugs. But some of them are so horrifying, just one is too many. Here are five you want to avoid at all costs. Japanese Giant Hornet (vespa mandarinia japonica) From: Japan, obviously. Why you must fear it: It's the size of your thumb and it can spray flesh-melting poison. Think you can outrun it? Forty people die like that every year, each of them horribly. More scary shit: Here's how the Japanese hornet treats other insects (and would presumably treat us, if we were small enough). What to do? Behold the hornets systematically seize them with huge, wicked jaws and literally fucking cut them apart, one by one by one by fucking one. Nature is fucking hardcore. Bullet Ant (Paraponera clavata) From: Rainforests from Nicaragua to Paraguay It's called a Bullet Ant because its 'unusually severe' sting feels like getting shot. And, they're blind. 5 Ways To Hack Your Brain Into Awesomeness.

Much of the brain is still mysterious to modern science, possibly because modern science itself is using brains to analyze it.

5 Ways To Hack Your Brain Into Awesomeness

There are probably secrets the brain simply doesn't want us to know. But by no means should that stop us from tinkering around in there, using somewhat questionable and possibly dangerous techniques to make our brains do what we want. We can't vouch for any of these, either their effectiveness or safety. All we can say is that they sound awesome, since apparently you can make your brain... #5. So you just picked up the night shift at your local McDonald's, you have class every morning at 8am and you have no idea how you're going to make it through the day without looking like a guy straight out of Dawn of the Dead, minus the blood... hopefully.

"SLEEEEEEEEEP... uh... What if we told you there was a way to sleep for little more than two hours a day, and still feel more refreshed than taking a 12-hour siesta on a bed made entirely out of baby kitten fur? Holy Shit! Lucid Dreaming. By lucid dreaming, you can gain complete control over the one place that no one will ever care about: your imagination.

Lucid Dreaming

Just The Facts Lucid dreaming is a scientifically proven phenomenon. While some get into lucid dreaming in order to treat chronic nightmares, or to experience all facets of the human experience, approximately 99.8% of people use it as a tool for cheap and interactive 3D porn. A lucid dream is a dream in which the dreamer is aware that he or she is dreaming, and he or she can even choose to control and manipulate his or her dream. Dream, dream, dream. How to Take Control of Your Dreams: So, you've doubled your weight over the past five years, you own a record-shattering collection of greasy pizza boxes and broken aspirations, and you're beginning to consider installing a toilet bowl in the place of your computer chair?

In order to even begin to get control over your dreams, there are a few preliminary tasks you must complete. The Tasks: 1. "What? " Calm down! 2.