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If you needed some more stress in your life, here are some seemingly mundane things that can be more dangerous than you'd expect. It turns out a lot of stuff that you see and do every day is heavy, poisonous, and otherwise surprisingly deadly. For some more bummers, here are not-so-fun facts to feel bad about.

So, the story on this one goes that an (awesome) girlfriend planned a big "Nailed It" themed, surprised birthday party for her boyfriend. Apparently, upon receiving this kind and loving gesture, the dude proceeded to break down and dissolve into a puddle of tears, because he wanted other people around to remember him. Awesome girlfriend asked the folks of Reddit whether or not she was in the wrong, and I mean, based off what we know, how could she be? 

Someone on AskReddit asked for married couples to share their biggest surprises with their spouses, after getting married. From innocent and quirky little things like leaving the lids unscrewed on jars, to some psycho level compulsive lying. It's really hard to know someone completely, until you've thrown in with them and spent more time together. 

You expect a certain amount of courtesy from hotel staff, and the staff expects some level of decorum from you. That said, it seems that over time, people who work in hotels tend to expect less and less from their customers. These people who worked in hotels and casinos have seen some interesting things. For a darker side, here are some of the saddest things casino workers saw on the job.

Chances are you've been to a haunted house, maze, or amusement park ride at some point, and whether or not you actually got legitimately scared is beside the point. The professional scarers who work in those places have seen a lot of scared people, like everything from fainting girlfriends to guys literally crapping their pants. It's gotta be a good time.

Sometimes the best thing to do is just turn around and walk away. We've heard from people who have been caught doing weird stuff, so now it's time to hear from the other side. People manage to accidentally barrel into some weird and awkward crap a lot. At a certain point all you can do is just turn around on the spot and never mention it again. Or, I guess, laugh at them.

Well that's a tense moment when you realize your success might have been influenced by your heart medication. That said, it would be the perfect excuse if he had been knowingly illegally doping. Eh, we take his word for it. Weird problem to have. Sometimes, however, people do lie to their doctors for a multitude of reasons. Here are some stories from doctors who saw right through lying patients.

Remember everyone, sleeping is the time when you're most vulnerable, and literally anything can happen. Not much makes a scary situation scarier than when you're jolted into reality with zero context. It's kind of impossible to prevent stuff like this happening while you're asleep, so just...try not to sleep I guess?

You never know who speaks your language. So be polite, or you could end up being the bad guy in a Seinfeld-esque shenanigans.

You never know what kind of family secret you might uncover when searching through old computers. Truly, proceed at your own risk. This TIFU story could have had a much worse ending, but despite the secrets on that old laptop, the story ended up kinda heartwarming. 

You've got to get real specific when it comes to rules unless you want to deal with people finding ALL the loopholes. Outside of that, sometimes you end up confronting an entirely avoidable scenario that only came about because you told someone not to do the thing. See Prohibition era.