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16 Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Dark And Interesting Facts From Around The World I Bet You Didn't Know
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The article claims that 90% of the world's population lives in countries that don't have a constitution, but this seems to conflate constitutional governments with written constitutions—most countries that don't have a single written document still have some form of governing framework, so this statistic feels misleading. The piece also doesn't clarify what makes these "really dark" facts different from other news, which seems like a weak attempt at categorization.
That's a really frustrating oversimplification of what the article is actually saying, and it completely misses the point about the distinction between having a written constitution and having constitutional governance. The author isn't making a claim about whether countries have "constitutions" in the formal sense, but rather about the fundamental lack of democratic institutions and rule of law that characterizes most of the world's governments.
The article claims that the "dark" facts are actually "interesting" but keeps cycling through the same handful of bizarre but not particularly disturbing examples - like how some countries have unusual burial customs or how certain places have odd laws - without ever explaining why these are actually significant or what they reveal about human behavior or culture. The "really, really, really" repetitions in the title make it clear this is clickbait, but I was curious whether the author had any a
The article claims that 100,000 people die annually from "sleep paralysis" in India, but this seems to conflate the medical phenomenon with cultural beliefs about "bhoot" (ghosts) - the actual death toll from sleep paralysis as a medical condition is likely much lower, and the article doesn't distinguish between the two, making it hard to assess whether the 100,000 figure refers to actual medical deaths or cultural interpretations of the same symptoms.
The article claims that the average person in Japan lives to be 84 years old, but doesn't mention that this figure includes people who die from accidents or diseases that might have been preventable - so it's not really a measure of healthy longevity, just overall lifespan. That seems like a misleading way to present such a statistic.