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Stranger Than Fiction

Graveyard Shift

Imagine pretending to be sick or injured just to receive attention. While it seems strange, there&#39;s actually a psychiatric disorder called Munchausen syndrome that describes people who do just that. And, in some cases, the person with Munchausen&nbsp;inflicts injury or illness on someone else - often a child - for the same reasons.&nbsp;

Munchausen by proxy is a sadistic disorder that causes caregivers to hurt others for their own benefit.&nbsp;Because the perpetrators are frequently mothers, it is usually a long time before doctors or authorities suspect anything at all. Although the motive&nbsp;is generally to elicit emotional sympathy and attention - not murder - there are many true stories of Munchausen by proxy that end in death.&nbsp;

These true Munchausen by proxy cases are horrifying and sad, and these stories can seriously <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/weird-video-games-that-mess-with-your-head/robert-carnevale?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">mess with your head</a>.&nbsp;

12 Shockingly True Munchausen by Proxy Stories

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Lists about the gazillions of things spinning around the whole infinite universe.

Space: The Final Frontier

Space

Some of the most stunning images in existence are photos&nbsp;from the&nbsp;International Space Station.&nbsp;The coolest and most breathtaking&nbsp;ISS pictures&nbsp;are taken on&nbsp;handheld cameras operated by the astronauts.&nbsp;Consider <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/space-selfies/jacob-shelton">the selfies possible</a> at over 200 miles above Earth with nothing but some tethers to hold you down.&nbsp;Between work, school, friends, and updating social media it's easy to forget that we're spinning at 1,000 miles an hour on a small blue dot in the middle of an infinitely expansive&nbsp;chunk of Unknown. It frequently slips our minds.&nbsp;Luckily, we have astronauts and cameras to remind us just how far science - and humans -&nbsp;have&nbsp;come. Here are some of the most incredible pictures&nbsp;from the International Space Station to remind you of our place in whatever the universe even is.

The Best Pictures from the ISS

Photos from the Hubble telescope are out of this world. For&nbsp;decades&nbsp;this trusty telescope has pushed the limits of space exploration and furthered scientific discovery. Since its launch in 1990&nbsp;and five reparative space missions, Hubble has delivered some of the coolest photos in existence.&nbsp;These pictures&nbsp;are some of the best&nbsp;insights we mere earthlings have into the vast and incredibly overwhelming depths of our universe. Although contemplating space,&nbsp;time, or black matter may launch even&nbsp;the strongest among us into an existential crisis, these Hubble photos are well worth a peek - you might actually get sucked in.

The Best Pictures from the Hubble Telescope

The Best Pictures from Hubble Telescope

Fun and horrifying facts many weird, gross, and excruciatingly painful things that can happen to you & your body in your final moments.

Terrible Ways to Go

What does being strangled to death feel like, really? Though there understandably aren't any personal accounts, doctors, scientists, and survivors of strangulation - are able to detail the process the body goes through and give some hints as to what it might feel like. Spoiler alert: it does not feel&nbsp;good. More than the basic panic&nbsp;the body goes through during strangulation, there are phases of the&nbsp;shockingly long process that can only be described as excruciating.So what's going on from a scientific perspective and what&nbsp;happens to the body when it's strangled to death? This list breaks down the medical talk and gets into the creepy, scary details&nbsp;of fatal strangulation and&nbsp;asphyxiation.

What It Feels Like to Be Strangled to Death

Lists about astronauts, space exploration, and what we've learned about the effects of space travel on the human body.

Life in Outer Space

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What would it be like to have sex in outer space? Is it even possible? NASA&nbsp;isn't coughing up any of the dirty details, but this list is full of scientific&nbsp;hypotheses on what it&nbsp;would actually be like in zero gravity. Cosmic coitus is a bit trickier than Star Trek led us to believe. Between one's&nbsp;inability to get it up while up there&nbsp;and the amount of Velcro straps that would be necessary to keep two people together during the act, space love seems <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/anime-like-black-clover-recommendations/ranker-anime?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">like a black</a> hole for romance.&nbsp;Although no studies have taken place specifically on how to do it&nbsp;among the stars, there is enough understanding of the body's reaction to zero gravity to make some guesses and, at this point, you've reached the event horizon. There's no going back. So&nbsp;prepare for take off. Next stop:&nbsp;lunar lovemaking in all its&nbsp;awkward glory.

What It’s Like to Have Sex in Space

What are professional cuddlers? Put simply, they're people who get paid to platonically snuggle with clients. We've all snuggled up with someone or something (looking at you, Mr. Blankie)&nbsp;and have all reaped the benefits of a warm hug at one time or another, right? So why is it so odd to consider it a real profession?&nbsp;We pay for tons of other services that we otherwise provide ourselves: eating out vs. cooking at home, a paid massage vs. forcing a friend to rub our&nbsp;back, getting a manicure vs. biting our nails incessantly. So, when it comes to professional cuddling, why do the warm fuzzy feelings seem a little less fuzzy?Here are some professional cuddler facts&nbsp;that explain why&nbsp;we should maybe shine a light into the dimly lit&nbsp;room of platonic spoons and squeezes - for an easy&nbsp;$150 an hour.

11 Facts About Working As A Professional Cuddler

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Very Superstitious

Everyone knows at least one old wives' tale&nbsp;(or 75). These superstitions are both doubted and depended on, but because there is a decent amount of skepticism surrounding old wives' tales as a whole, it's worth a closer look into which are true, right? Right. As it turns out, there are a surprising number of true old wives' tales.For instance, look at Galileo! His ideas about space&nbsp;were doubted for 300 years before they were adopted as facts. Now, throwing a noodle against the wall to determine its readiness isn't as insightful as the layout of our solar system, but somebody's great-great-great grandma deserves some credit for the perfect pasta.&nbsp;And&nbsp;while&nbsp;eating bread crusts won’t give you curly hair&nbsp;and putting salt in water won’t make it boil any faster, not everything you were told as a child was false. Here are a few&nbsp;old wives' tales you can count on. (Spoiler alert to the gossips: itchy ears didn’t make the list).

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