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22 Diseases That Are Way Weirder Than You Realize

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There's a lot to be horrified about, when it comes to diseases. But there are also a lot of weird, lesser-known facts about diseases that are genuinely interesting. So we asked our readers to put on their not-at-all-bloodstained lab coats and tell us the most interesting, unknown facts about serious illnesses.

We gave cash prizes to our favorite facts. But first, the runners-up:

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Entry by Andrea Meno

Cholera can make you produce up to 5 gallons of diarrhea per day. 5 gallons would fill this bucket to the brim. CRACKEDCON

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Entry by Fermosalua3

Huntington's is a horrible hereditary disease that has no cure. It causes the progressive degradation of nerve cells in the brain, which deteriorates

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Entry by YappyDoo

The SPANISH FLU WASN'T SPANISH. During World War l, not one country in the Allied or Central Powers affected by the pandemic wanted to admit they were

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Entry by YappyDoo

Measles can wipe out the immune system's information about past diseases making the infected more vulnerable to common viruses and bacteria. CRACKED C

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Entry by PookieJones

Alzheimer's disease impacts memory faster than emotions. A study has shown that people who suffer from Alzheimer's continue feeling sad or happy even

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Entry by Andrea Meno

CRACKED ce Multiple sclerosis changes your breath. Exhaled breath contains a mix of volatile organic compounds, and an MS patient's mix is very differ

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Anorexia Nervosa can actually make a person think slower.

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Entry by LAJL

CRACKEDOON People with a diagonal earlobe crease also known as Frank's sign may be at higher risk for coronary artery disease, periphelarovascular vas

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Entry by Chan Teik Onn

Throughout history, the cure for scurvy (Vitamin C) was discovered, discredited, and discovered again. In the mid-19th century, citrus was found to be

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Entry by Chan Teik Onn

Herpes may be unpleasant, but it allows you to emerge from bubonic plague unscathed. The virus helps your body fight off Yersinia Pestis, the bacteriu

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Entry by LAJL

CRACKED.OON In the Victorian Era, people with tuberculosis were associated with feminine beauty The disease made victims paler and skinnier, and gave

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Entry by Chan Teik Onn

CRACKED People suffering from n-deficiency anemia may frequently experience fatigue and migraine. But this health condition also has its perks. Becaus

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Entry by YappyDoo

CRACKEDCON The Playboy Mansion hot tub was once responsible for a Legionnaire's disease outbreak affecting over 100 guests who attended a fundraising

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Entry by LAJL

Women with rheumatoid arthritis often find that their symptoms temporarily go away while they're pregnant, and researchers still have no idea why. CRA

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Entry by PookieJones

There is an upside to malaria. Scientists have discovered that people who were infected with the malaria virus were less likely to succumb to Ebola an

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The Bubonic Plague was once used by Mongols as a biological weapon against the Italians. nfldleseiurseypoibyluimobgp.liuy While besieging the fortress

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Entry by LAJL

Most people with Parkinson's experience hypomimia, where the facial muscles CRACKEDOON stiffen, causing them to have trouble changing expression by sm

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Entry by femshep87

CRACKEDCON You're unlikely to get Hansen's disease (more commonly known as leprosy), because 95% of people are naturally immune to it. Howeuer, accord

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Entry by Andrea Meno

It's mostly people in Western countries who get heart disease, right? Nope. About 60% of all people diagnosed with heart disease live in India, which

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Entry by LAJL

CRACKED The left breast is 5% more likely to get cancer than the right. This is possibly because the left breast tends to be larger, and therefore has

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Entry by Chan Teik Onn

Throughout history, syphillis went by many names in different countries, and it was mostly named after those countries' enemies. For example, the Fren

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Entry by LAJL

2nd-century Greek physician Galen invented the term gonorrhea. which means flow of seed, because he mistakenly thought that symptoms of penile dis

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