The Vatican has its own telescope staffed by priests, and has previously been given awards for the pursuit of scientific research. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Vatican Observatory – Wikipedia
WTF • Fun • Fact ( /dʌb(ə)lˌju/ /ti/ /ef/ • /fʌn/ • /fækt/ )
1. noun A random, interesting, and overall fun fact that makes you scratch your head and think what the...
WTF Fun Fact – Project A119
In order to one-up the Soviets in the space race, the US Air Force considered detonating a nuke on the moon. Called Project A119, it was concluded there would be no typical mushroom cloud, but the flash would be visible from Earth. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.supercluster.com/editorial/we-choose-to-nuke-the-moon
WTF Fun Fact – The Big Wind
The Big Wind, a T-34 tank with two MiG 21 jet engines mounted to its roof, was invented in the cold-war era to mass decontaminate chemical or nuclear debris but is now used to put out oil fires. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: How Jet Engines on Tanks Put out Oil Fires – YouTube
WTF Fun Fact – Hot Sauce Valentina Ramirez Avitia
The hot sauce Valentina was named after the bold 17-year-old Valentina Ramirez Avitia who posed as a man to join the Mexican Revolution. She made it all the way to lieutenant and was expelled when they accidentally discovered her braids. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: The Untold Truth Of Valentina Hot Sauce (mashed.com)
WTF Fun Fact – Octopus Hearts
An octopus has 3 hearts. One pumps blood through its organs; the 2 others pump blood through its gills. When an octopus is swimming, the organ that delivers blood to the organs stops beating. This exhausts the octopus, which is likely the reason they prefer to crawl than swim. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Octopus Facts | Live Science
WTF Fun Fact – Tabby Cat
A tabby is any domestic cat with a distinctive ‘M’ shaped marking on its forehead. “Tabby” is not a breed of cat but a coat type seen in almost all genetic lines of domestic cats. Tabby originally referred to “striped silk taffeta” from the French word tabis. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabby_cat
WTF Fun Fact – Raccoon Finds New Home In Zoo
A raccoon in Germany broke into a zoo exhibit which housed 7 other raccoons. Since the raccoon is considered an invasive species in the EU, the zoo could not legally remove the vagrant raccoon and had to let him stay in the zoo. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Wild Raccoon Moves Into Zoo, And Zookeepers Have To Let Him Stay | HuffPost Impact
WTF Fun Fact – Bic Mac Museum
McDonald’s opened a Big Mac Museum Restaurant in western Pennsylvania on August 22, 2007, to celebrate the sandwich’s 40th anniversary. The museum houses the world’s largest Big Mac statue, at 14 feet tall and 12 feet wide. – WTF Fun Facts
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WTF Fun Fact – Nicholas Cage’s Quest
Nicholas Cage proposed to Patricia Arquette on the day they met. She jokingly requested a list of impossible things to ‘win her’, such as J.D. Salinger’s autograph. She got spooked when he started acquiring many of the items and avoided him. They met again years later and went on to marry. – WTF Fun Facts