Being struck by lightning causes weird skin designs called ‘Lichtenberg figures’, named after the German physicist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, who originally discovered and studied them. – WTF Fun Facts
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Fun Fact – Star Trek’s famous phrase never actually said
The famous Star Trek phrase “Beam me up, Scotty!” was never actually said in any of the Star Trek films or television shows. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/103742/has-the-phrase-beam-me-up-scotty-been-used-in-tas-or-any-movies
Weird Fact Born without fingerprints
Adermatoglyphia, or immigration delay disease, is a genetic mutation that causes people to be born without fingerprints. Worldwide it affects only 4 known extended families. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/08/110809-fingerprints-skin-disease-health-science-weird/
Slash’s mom has got it going on
Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash once walked in on his mother naked in bed with David Bowie. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/slash-embarrassed-by-story-about-mom-naked-with-david-bowie-204278/
Anti-Witchcraft Unit
In 2009, Saudi Arabia created a special “Anti-Witchcraft Unit” and a telephone hotline for the public to report magical misdeeds. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/08/saudi-arabias-war-on-witchcraft/278701/
Crayola lipstick?
Clinique and Crayola have teamed up to create a box of lipstick crayons that are color-matched to actual Crayola shades. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/2017/01/134591/clinique-crayola-chubby-sticks
Ke$ha was born with a tail
Pop singer Ke$ha was born with a vestigial tail that was later removed and ‘stolen’ from her. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/celebritydiagnosis/40826
Altamura man fossil
Altamura man is an extremely well preserved fossil of a man who fell down a well/sinkhole over 100,000 years ago. Researchers are still trying to figure out how to safely extract the remains from the calcite. – WTF Fun Facts
people eat nearly twice as much food when dining
People eat nearly twice as much food when dining with a group of 7 or more people than they do when eating alone.
– WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://eatouteatwell.com/a-lot-of-people-at-the-table-you-might-eat-more/