America’s oldest, unbroken treaty relationship is with Morocco, which was the first nation to recognize the US. The treaty was signed by Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Sultan Muhammad III. It has lasted 232 years and is called the “Treaty of Friendship”.–WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Ice Cream Bean
The ice cream bean (Inga edulis) is a fruit that has a taste very similar to its namesake vanilla ice cream. The tree which the bean grows on is native to the Americas and can grow to nearly 100 ft tall and produce bean pods up to 6 ft long. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Decibel Or 1/10th Of A Bel
A Decibel is not its own unit, but actually 1/10th of the seldom used “Bel”, a unit named in honor of Alexander Graham Bell for his contribution to acoustics. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Color Blind Crayon Molder
When he retired in 1990 after molding 1.4 billion crayons, Crayola’s most senior crayon molder, Emerson Moser, revealed that he was actually blue-green color blind. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Crayola Has Another Surprise: Top Crayon Maker Colorblind (apnews.com)
WTF Fun Fact – Hokkaido’s Monster Wolf Vs Brown Bears
The Hokkaido town of Naie has deployed a “monster wolf” robot that can roar and flash its eyes red to scare brown bears away from its residential areas. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Hokkaido city deploys ‘monster wolf’ robot to scare bears away from residential areas – The Mainichi
WTF Fun Fact – Smugglaroos Delivering Dunkaroos
After discontinuing the sale of Dunkaroos in the USA in 2012, General Mills created a website (Smugglaroos.com) so that U.S. users could register to be matched with Canadians traveling to their area who would volunteer to deliver them Dunkaroos. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Nineties Kids’ Favorite Snack, Dunkaroos, Is Coming Back – Eater
WTF Fun Fact – Robert Downey Jr. Naked And Red Handed
In 1996, Robert Downey Jr. was stopped by police after driving naked in his Porsche on Sunset Boulevard. He was also found in possession of cocaine, heroin and a .357 Magnum. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Robert Downey Jr. – Movies, Height & Iron Man – Biography
WTF Fun Fact – Freddie Mercury Wild Party
Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury once threw a party where he had dwarves walk around with plates full of cocaine strapped to the tops of their heads, as an offering to his guests. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Why Humans Enjoy Music
The leading theory behind why humans enjoy music is that we learn patterns and regularities within music, and we unconsciously predict what will come next. When we are right, our brain gives us a dopamine rush. Thus the constant dance between expectation and outcome is pleasurable to us. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Will we ever… understand why music makes us feel good? – BBC Future