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Rats were long blamed for spreading this 14th-century pandemic, though modern science points more to fleas as the real culprits.
What is the Black Death?
This two-word phrase, often used ironically on TikTok and Twitter, refers to the state of being so deep into niche memes and chaotic content that your cognitive functions resemble digital decay.
What is brain rot?
This infamous concentration and extermination camp in Poland became one of the most notorious sites of the Holocaust, where over 1 million people, mostly Jews, were murdered.
What is Auschwitz-Birkenau?
This historic site in Pennsylvania, known for its haunting stories and eerie sightings, was the site of a bloody battle during the American Civil War and is now considered one of the most haunted places in the U.S.
What is Gettysburg?
This 1994 film, directed by Robert Zemeckis, tells the story of a man with a low IQ who unexpectedly influences several historical events in the 20th century United States.
What is Forrest Gump?
This rat with culinary dreams became a Parisian chef in a 2007 Pixar film.
What is Remy?
This bizarre YouTube series, featuring toilets that dance and battle in surreal scenarios, became an internet sensation in 2023 and sparked a wave of memes, fan art, and confusion.
What is Skibidi Toilet?
In 1994, this African country experienced a mass genocide, where an estimated 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu were killed in just 100 days by extremist Hutu forces.
What is Rwanda?
This famous hotel in Colorado, often considered one of the most haunted in the United States, inspired Stephen King's novel The Shining due to its eerie history and reports of ghost sightings
What is The Stanley Hotel?
This 1999 film, directed by David Fincher, revolves around an unnamed protagonist who forms an underground fight club with a charismatic soap salesman, leading to a dark exploration of identity and consumerism.
What is Fight Club?
In 2015, a video of a rat dragging a slice of pizza down New York subway stairs made this nickname go viral.
What is Pizza Rat?
This term refers to a state of heightened fixation, often associated with prolonged indulgence in online or visual stimuli, where the individual experiences a trance-like, obsessive focus.
What is "gooning"?
Between 1915 and 1923, the Ottoman Empire carried out a systematic campaign of mass killings, forced deportations, and starvation of this ethnic group, often regarded as one of the first genocides of the 20th century.
What is the Armenian Genocide?
This mysterious, often terrifying creature from Mexican folklore is said to be the spirit of a woman who roams at night, wailing for her lost children, and is often depicted as a ghostly figure in white.
Who is La Llorona?
In this 1980 film directed by Stanley Kubrick, a man takes a job as the winter caretaker of an isolated hotel, where he slowly descends into madness, influenced by supernatural forces.
What is The Shining?
While a group of crows is called a "murder," a group of rats goes by this slightly more civilized-sounding name.
What is a mischief?
This group, known for their humorous portrayal of dads or men who thrive on bulk purchases and Costco trips, became an internet meme symbolizing dad energy and the love for warehouse shopping.
Who are the "Costco guys"?
This genocide, carried out by the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, led to the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people through execution, forced labor, and starvation.
What is the Cambodian Genocide?
This infamous hotel in Los Angeles, once known as the "Hotel Cecil," has been the site of numerous mysterious deaths and paranormal reports, including the eerie case of Elisa Lam in 2013.
What is the Cecil Hotel?
In this 1992 film, a botched diamond heist leads to suspicion and betrayal among a group of criminals, each known only by a color-based alias, including Mr. White, Mr. Pink, and Mr. Blonde.
What is Reservoir Dogs?
What do rats do when experiencing utter happiness?
What is "boggling and bruxing"?
This term refers to the popular and surreal TikTok trend where users edit videos to mimic the effects of time distortion, often with exaggerated expressions and fast-forwarded or slowed-down actions, creating a disorienting visual experience.
What is "hyperpop editing" or "hyperreal editing"?
During the early 20th century, this group of indigenous people in what is now present-day Australia suffered a large-scale massacre and near-extermination by British colonizers, often referred to as the "Black War."
Who are the Palawa (or Tasmanian Aboriginals)?
This eerie creature, known for its glowing red eyes and terrifying shrieks, is said to haunt the forests of the Midwest, and its name is often associated with a creepy, cryptid-like figure from American folklore.
What is The Mothman?
This 2009 film, directed by Tom Six, gained notoriety for its grotesque premise, in which a deranged surgeon attempts to surgically connect three people in a disturbing and grotesque manne
What is The Human Centipede (First Sequence)?