Danger Animals
Despite its slow glide through the water, this venomous marine creature with a transparent, cube-shaped bell is considered one of the most lethal animals in the ocean.
What is a box jellyfish?
This famous carnivorous plant uses sweet nectar to lure insects before snapping its trigger-haired leaves shut in a fraction of a second.
What is a Venus flytrap?
This condition—colloquially known as "Alice in Wonderland syndrome"—causes patients to perceive their body parts or surroundings as shrinking or growing disproportionately.
What is a micropsia (or macropsia)?
This 2003 disaster starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez features the titular blind hero and features an infamous scene where they fight with playground equipment.
What is Daredevil? (Alternatively accepted: What is Gigli?)
Born Ehrich Weiss, this legendary illusionist is best known for his death-defying escapes from handcuffs, water tanks, and straightjackets.
Who is Harry Houdini?
This largest of all living lizards uses its serrated teeth and toxic saliva to subdue prey. It is native to the Indonesian islands.
What is a Komodo dragon?
This plant’s scientific name, Atropa belladonna, honors the Greek Fate who cuts the thread of life; it has historically been used by women to dilate pupils, but ingesting its shiny black berries can be fatal.
What is deadly nightshade?
First notably documented in 1848 by a tamping iron exploding through his skull, this railroad foreman gave scientists profound insights into how personality and executive function are linked to the frontal lobe.
Who is Phineas Gage?
Sweeping the Razzies, this 19 million Razzie-winning 2000 sci-fi flop starring John Travolta is famously based on the writings of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.
What is Battlefield Earth?
Known for his tall stature and flowing hair, this modern magician is a permanent fixture in Las Vegas and is famous for making the Statue of Liberty disappear.
Who is David Copperfield?
Found in Central and South America, this colorful amphibian secretes batrachotoxin through its skin, making it the most poisonous animal on Earth.
What is the golden poison frog?
This incredibly painful Australian shrub, also known as the gympie-gympie, is armed with silica-tipped hairs that inject a neurotoxin, causing a sting that can last for months.
What is the stinging tree?
In 1951, cells were taken without her consent from a tumor in this woman's cervix. They became the first immortalized human cell line, known as HeLa cells.
Who is Henrietta Lacks?
Often cited as one of the worst video game adaptations ever made, this 60 million 1993 box office bomb starred Bob Hoskins and Dennis Hopper.
What is Super Mario Bros.?
This dynamic duo combined comedy, silence, and grand illusions, with the shorter partner never speaking a word during their performances.
Who are Penn & Teller?
This large, flightless bird native to Australia and New Guinea possesses dagger-like claws capable of delivering a lethal kick.
What is a cassowary?
Native to the Southern U.S., this vine is playfully referred to as "the plant that ate the South" due to its aggressive, suffocating growth that overtakes entire trees and abandoned structures.
What is kudzu?
Also known as hypertrichosis, this exceedingly rare genetic anomaly or mutation causes abnormally thick hair to grow all over a person's face and body.
What is Werewolf Syndrome?
This widely mocked 2008 romantic comedy starring Paris Hilton and Christine Lakin gets its unfortunate name from the term for an "ugly-beautiful" dog.
What is The Hottie and the Nottie?
This famous duo dominated the Las Vegas Strip for years with their iconic white tigers before a tragic on-stage accident in 2003.
Who are Siegfried and Roy?
Responsible for more human fatalities than almost any other animal worldwide, this tiny winged insect acts as a deadly vector for diseases like malaria and dengue.
What is a mosquito?
Native to India, the seeds of this plant contain ricin, a highly toxic poison that causes the rapid destruction of ribosomes.
What is the castor bean plant?
Occurring when a fetus becomes enveloped inside the body of its twin during early development, this extreme and rare condition results in a parasitic twin mass often discovered in the host's abdomen.
What is fetus in fetu?
Earning a legendary 0% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes, this 2018 mob biopic starred John Travolta as the "Teflon Don" Gambino crime boss.
What is Gotti?
This English stage magician and bestselling author of Trick of the Mind is famously known for performing the perilous Russian Roulette routine live on television.
Who is Derren Brown?