The Cucuteni–Trypillia culture existed in Eastern Europe between 5,500 to 2,700 BC. They constructed sophisticated and densely-populated settlements and burned them to the ground every 60-80 years to then rebuild the same settlement as before. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Why Upper Case and Lower Case
The origin of upper case and lower case comes from printing presses which manually set letters. Small letters, which were used the majority of the time, were kept in the lower, easier to access case. Where as the large letters were kept in the upper case. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Why is it called upper and lower case? | Office for Science and Society – McGill University
WTF Fun Fact – Japanese Pillow Fighting
There’s a national pillow fighting tournament in Japan. The fighters start by pretending to sleep on futons and when the whistle sounds, they spring to their feet and race to get a pillow. A mix between dodgeball and chess, teams throw pillows at each other while protecting the ‘King’. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Japanese compete to qualify in national pillow fighting tournament | Euronews
WTF Fun Fact – Great Dane Earns Blue Cross
During World War II, a Great Dane named Juliana was awarded the Blue Cross Medal for extinguishing an incendiary bomb by peeing on it. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Eppsicles
The popsicle was invented in 1905 by 11-year old Frank Epperson after he inadvertently left a glass of soda water with a stirring stick outside overnight in freezing weather. He originally called them “Eppsicles” but later in life his kids called them “Pop’s ‘sicles” and the name stuck. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – West Point’s Goat
The person who graduates last in his class from the United States Military Academy at West Point is called “the goat.” They get ~$1,000 (a dollar from each of their class mates) and join an exclusive club which includes Civil War hero General George Custer. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: The Curious Tradition of the West Point Goat | The Takeaway | WNYC Studios
WTF Fun Fact – Pink Floyd The Flamingo
Utah’s Great Salt Lake used to be the home of a single flamingo nicknamed Pink Floyd, who escaped from an aviary in Salt Lake City in the late 1980’s and would be seen wintering in Utah socializing with seagulls. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Pink Floyd and the Great Salt Lake — High Country News – Know the West (hcn.org)
WTF Fun Fact – Encephelaitis Lethargica
From 1915 to 1926 there was a mysterious worldwide epidemic of Encephalitis Lethargica. The disease, which attacks the brain, leaves some victims in a statue-like condition, speechless and motionless. It left 500,000 dead or incapacitated from it before mysteriously disappearing. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Michael Jackson’s Severe Insomnia
Michael Jackson suffered from severe insomnia and did not get any real REM sleep for ~60 days prior to his death. Instead, his personal doctor put him under general anesthesia via Propofol infusions every night. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Expert: Michael Jackson went 60 days without real sleep – CNN