23 Terrifying Things Science Has Proven Real
‘Microplastics found in newborn babies’

If you’re looking to scare an audience, a spooky story would do the trick. A tale of some hook-handed spree killer scratching at car windows is enough to make people nervous in parking lots for the foreseeable future. Of course, their brain will eventually rationalize the fear by reminding them it was only a story.
What if, on the other hand, the frightening tale was plucked straight from the real world? Cold, hard, incontrovertible fact, confirmed by our smartest humans? Redditors provided a collection of just that — knowledge that’s, unfortunately, hard to brush off, given that it’s very much real.
Read on to ruin your sleep schedule… with science!






















