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Disturbing Experiments Done By Real Scientists

Apparently science doesn't care if it scars our very souls.

Disturbing Experiments Done By Real Scientists

August 01, 2020

Science is here to help make sense of the world around us, but it doesn't care in the least if it scars our very souls in the process. Progress can take all sorts of forms, and some of these are the living, screaming embodiment of everything you secretly fear. Let's take a look at some of those experiments from the helpful folks in lab coats, who probably deserve to be either arrested or committed.

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A DOLPHIN MOVED IN WITH A PRETTY HUMAN UNDERGRAD. THE DOLPHIN, PETER, BECAME TRACTED TO HER. He bit and bruised her to get her to comply with his sexu — For details, read 6 Elaborate Science Experiments Done Just for the Hell of It

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PURDUE BUILT A CRAWLING TINFOIL ROBOT BABY. THE GOAL? TO INVESTIGATE DUST INHALATION. Turns out breathing in floor debris isn't sO bad. Purdue also — For details, read 5 Real Science Experiments Straight Out Of A Horror Movie

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1960S KIDS VIEWED A VIDEO OF A CLOWN BEING BEATEN. THEN THE PSYCHOLOGIST SENT IN A REAL LIVE CLOWN. Sure enough, the children happily assaulted the ma — For details, read The 6 Cruelest Science Experiments Ever (Were Done on Kids)

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SOME PEOPLE CAN'T FEEL FEAR, DUE TO A BRAIN CONDITION. SCIENTISTS TRY THEIR BEST TO SCARE THEM ANY WAY. They eventually discovered even the clinically — For details, read 5 Of The Creepiest Science Experiments Ever

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AMERICA TESTED MUSTARD GAS ON ITS OWN TROOPS. R2Bl HO GI HO G HD GAS 155 155H 155 LOT POD LOT PO LOT POS SHELL SHE SHELL SH 60,000 WWll TROOPS, MOSTLY — For details, read 5 Military Experiments That Told Ethics To F*ck Right Off

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RESEARCHERS PHOTOGRAPHED A BUNCH OF CHIMP BUTTS. THEN THEY ASKED CHIMPS TO MATCH THEM WITH FACES. The chimps could indeed recognize their peers just b — For details, read 6 Elaborate Science Experiments Done Just for the Hell of It

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SOUTH AFRICA TRIED TO CONVERT GAY SOLDIERS. TREATMENT COMBINED GAY PORN WITH ELECTRIC SHOCKS. After this horror movie method, there was always the ult — For details, read 5 Military Experiments That Told Ethics To F*ck Right Off

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SUBJECTS LOOKED IN A MIRROR TILL MONSTERS APPEARED. IMAGINARY MONSTERS. IT TOOK LESS THAN A MINUTE. In a follow-up, healthy young individuals stared — For details, read 5 Of The Creepiest Science Experiments Ever

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COULD FOES BIOLOGICALLY ATTACK THE U.S. COAST? TO FIND OUT, WE SPRAYED GERMS OVER SAN FRANCISCO. Within days, people mysterious, hard-to-treati by the — For details, read 5 Military Experiments That Told Ethics To F*ck Right Off

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JAPANESE SCIENTISTS GAVE A GIBBON A BUNCH OF HELIUM. SURE ENOUGH, THE GIBBON'S VOICE TURNED SQUEAKY. The team wanted to find how gibbons make their no — For details, read 6 Elaborate Science Experiments Done Just for the Hell of It

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Baby Experiments

TWO PSYCHOLOGISTS BUILT A VISUAL CLIFE. A GLASS SUREACE LOOKED LIKE A SUDDEN DROP. One at a time, they plopped a bunch of babies on the cliff' and — For details, read The 6 Cruelest Science Experiments Ever (Were Done on Kids)

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Turkeys

RESEARCHERS GAVE TURKEYS A MODEL FEMALE TURKEY. THE TURKEYS HAD SEX WITH IT. The researchers then removed the feet, tail, and wings from the model, an — For details, read 6 Elaborate Science Experiments Done Just for the Hell of It

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SLEEP PARAL SIS FREEZES YOU AS NIGHTMARES TAKE OVER. RESEARCHERS ARE STUDYING IT ... BY INDUCING IT. As one study's notes stated: She... was suddenly — For details, read 5 Of The Creepiest Science Experiments Ever

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A RESEARCHER TOLD KIDS HE TREASURED A TOY. HE GAVE EACH KID THE TOY, WHICH WAS RIGGED TO BREAK. When it broke despite the child's carefulness, the res — For details, read The 6 Cruelest Science Experiments Ever (Were Done on Kids)

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IN 1924, A DOCTOR DREW GRIDS ON SUBJECTS FACES. 8 THEN HE MADE THEM DO THINGS THAT DISGUSTED THEM. Like looking at porn and touching frogs. Then he fo — For details, read 6 Elaborate Science Experiments Done Just for the Hell of It

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THE MILITARY LOOSED 330,000 MOSQUITOS UPON GEORGIA. THEN THEY RELEASED TWICE AS MANY IN FLORIDA. The experiment was known as Operation Big Buzz. The a — For details, read 5 Military Experiments That Told Ethics To F*ck Right Off

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SIX DIFFERENT MISSIONS TOOK NEWTS. TO SPACE. WE WANTED TO SEE HOW THEY MATE; AND HOW THEY HEAL. Their fertility- -much like that of humans- went a lit — For details, read 5 Real Space Experiments That Are Clearly Horror Movie Plots

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DURING CIRCUMCISION, DAVID'S PENIS BURNED OFF. A PSYCHOLOGIST SAID TO RAISE HIM AS A GIRL. David wasn't transgender, and the psychologist wanted to se — For details, read The 6 Cruelest Science Experiments Ever (Were Done on Kids)

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SCIENTISTS HAVE BUILT ROBOT SHOCK GHOSTS. Tactile feedback Master robot Slave robot ELECTRODES TELL SUBJECTS SPECTRAL WRAITHS ARE NEAR. As Professor O — For details, read 5 Of The Creepiest Science Experiments Ever

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The Manhattan Project

THE MANHATTAN PROJECT CONTINUED POST-HIROSHIMA. DOCTORS INJECTED UNWITTING PATIENTS WITH PLUTONIUM. They also pulled 15 teeth from the first injectee, — For details, read 5 Military Experiments That Told Ethics To F*ck Right Off

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NASA SENT FLATWORMS TO THE SPACE STATION. SCIENTISTS CHOPPED A BUNCH OF THEM UP. One middle segment grew a new head. Then it grew a second head on its — For details, read 5 Real Space Experiments That Are Clearly Horror Movie Plots

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