The pygmy hog is the world’s tiniest wild pig at 10″ tall and is the keystone species of the Terai grasslands in North India. It was once thought extinct but now several hundred are roaming wild. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Sex On The Moon
In 2002, NASA intern Thad Roberts stole a safe full of moon rocks so he and his girlfriend could have “sex on the moon.” After their romantic night at a hotel, they tried to sell the $21 million worth of moon rocks. He was caught and sentenced to 8 years in prison. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Fish Kick
The fish kick, a very difficult technique in swimming where the swimmer turns sideways and mimics the motion of an eel, is arguably the fastest way to swim and was used in the 2000 Olympics by Misty Hyman to win the 200m butterfly.–WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://coachsci.sdsu.edu/swim/champion/hyman150.htm
WTF Fun Fact – Steve’s Purple Urkle
In April 2021, Jaleel White, the actor famous for playing Steve Urkel on Family Matters, released a cannabis brand called “ItsPurpl” based on the popular strain of cannabis known as “Purple Urkle.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: ‘Steve Urkel’ Actor Jaleel White Launches Purple Urkle Cannabis Brand With 710 Labs (forbes.com)
WTF Fun Fact – Fermilab’s Ferret Felicia
Fermilab used to clean its particle accelerator with a diaper-wearing ferret named Felicia, who would run through the tubes and be rewarded with a snack. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Felicia The Diaper-Wearing Ferret Was Sent Into A Particle Accelerator For Science | IFLScience
WTF Fun Fact – Lake Tahoe’s Petroglyphs & Spirit Cave Man
Lake Tahoe is home to the oldest petroglyphs (nearly 15,000 years old) ever discovered in North America as well as a 9,000-year-old mummy, which is three times as old as the renowned Egyptian mummy King Tut. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Lake Tahoe’s Human History Mystifies, Fascinates, and Inspires|Tahoe Regional Planning Agency — TRPA
WTF Fun Fact – Ronna And Quecca
Due to concerns of the rapid growth of total data storage exceeding 1 yottabyte in the 2030s, the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) proposed to add two more prefixes to the metric system beyond Yotta- (10^24); Ronna- and Quecca- would be prefixes for 10^27 and 10^30, respectively. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: You know kilo, mega, and giga. Is the metric system ready for ronna and quecca? | Science | AAAS
WTF Fun Fact – LaFayette Buried In American Soil
Revolutionary war hero Marquise de LaFayette brought a large trunk full of American soil back to France so that he could be buried in American soil in his home of Paris, France. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: LaFayette, the American Experience – Journal of the American Revolution (allthingsliberty.com)
WTF Fun Fact – Papagaio do Tráfico
In 2019, Brazilian pоlіce seized a parrot who had been taught to alert criminals to nearby pоlіce by shouting: “Mum, the pоlіce!” After being seized, the parrot was “uncooperative” and stayed completely silent. – WTF Fun Facts