Chances are, if you’re reading this, you’re on the Internet. And while the Net is certainly great and awesome and everything, it has its dark side. And it’s EXTREMELY dark. Here are a bunch of really sobering facts and statistics that might make you consider just shutting off the computer and reading a book instead.

Other than the fact that they existed, pretty much everything Hollywood and TV has taught you about Native Americans is purest fiction, drummed up by racist white people desperate to demonize the people that already lived on the lands that they wanted. Hopefully, we can set at least a few records straight with this article.

We all remember JFK’s “Ask Not” speech, and Chuchill’s “We Shall Never Surrender” speech. But many other powerful speeches are often overlooked, probably because they were never given. They only exist on paper and in an alternate universe where circumstances allowed their author to get in front of a microphone and talk.

We all like a nice, cold, refreshing Coke after a long hot day, right? Well, after reading about all the not-so-healthy additives that make up the soft drink, you might well think twice, and choose to pour yourself a tall glass of water instead.

Do run-of-the-mill guns and bombs bore you? Are you sick of the same old “mild firepower” that most harbingers of death bring to the table? Then maybe these pointlessly powerful weapons are more your fancy. Don’t just pierce your enemy’s heart and slowly drain their life away; make their entire body explode instead! It’s more sporting that way.

Far form just being a bunch of rocks, ancient Stone Age sites are filled with beauty and wonder. How did our ancestors, armed with nothing but basic tools and their hands, create such wonders? We may never know for sure, but we can at least gawk at the results of their handiwork.