According to scientists from the Defense Advanced Research Laboratory (DARPA), bees or buzzing insects can be trained to detect bombs. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://science.howstuffworks.com/bomb-sniffing-bees.htm
Venetian 17th century scientist Michiel Angelo Salamon came up with an idea to distill the essence of the bubonic plague and paint it onto Albanian fezzes which the besieging Turks would acquire. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22830494-400-17th-century-plot-to-use-plague-hats-as-bioweapons-revealed/
The drunkard’s cloak was a barrel with holes for one’s head and arms that was put on drunk people to publicly shame them while they were paraded through their town. Historical records show the punishment was used in the UK, USA, Netherlands and Denmark. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drunkard%27s_cloak
A 2015 study from the University of Innsbruck found that people who drink their coffee black are more likely to be psychopaths. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/black-coffee-psychopath_n_561baf08e4b0dbb8000f150f
Grammy award winning Jamaican rapper Shaggy, famous for his hits “It Wasn’t Me” and “Boombastic”, served as a US Marine in Operation Desert Storm during the First Persian Gulf War. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaggy_(musician)
Incredibly, recycling just one ton of paper saves 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space, 17 mature trees, 682.5 gallons of oil and 7000 gallons of water. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.recyclingbin.com/Recycling-Facts
Edgar Allan Poe’s bestselling book as a living author was a schoolbook he was hired to abridge and reorganize titled The Conchologist’s First Book. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2015/12/14/edgar_allan_poe_s_textbook_on_seashells_was_his_only_bestseller.html
The Omeo is a wheelchair based on Segway technology which allows users to move hands-free at a max speed of 20km per hour. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://omeotechnology.com/theomeo/
At one point in the 1990’s, 50% of all Compact Discs production in the world was dedicated solely to creating AOL install/sign-up discs. They spent over $300 million on discs and acquired a new subscriber every six seconds. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2010/12/27/aol-discs-90s/