The holes in honeycombs start as circular tubes staggered with one another. The heat formed by the activity of the bees then softens the wax, which connects the gaps between the holes. Finally, the wax hardens into the the most energy efficient shape, the hexagon. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Paint The Town Smurf Blue
To promote the Smurfs (2011) movie, Sony painted the traditional “pueblo blanco” town of Juzcar, Spain a bright blue. The residents were so happy with the increase in tourism afterwards that they elected to keep the change permanently. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Winnie ille Pu
Winnie ille Pu is a 1958 translation of Winnie the Pooh into Latin by Alexander Lenard. The book became the first foreign-language and only Latin book to make The New York Times Best Seller list. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Winnie ille Pu – Wikipedia
WTF Fun Fact – The Deadly Cone Snail
The Geography Cone snail is one of the most venomous animals on Earth. It releases a cloud of insulin when a fish swims by causing it to go into hypoglycemic shock. Once immobilized, it injects the fish with a cocktail of up to 200 toxins. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: What is the most venomous animal in the world? – Museums Victoria
WTF Fun Fact – Popcorn For Cereal
In the 1800s, popcorn was often eaten as a cereal with milk and sugar. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Pico da Neblina (Fog Peak)
Due to its remoteness in the Amazon and virtually constant dense cloud cover, Brazil’s tallest mountain at 2,994m above sea level – Neblina Peak – remained undiscovered until the 1950s. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Neblina Peak : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering : SummitPost
WTF Fun Fact -The US’s Only Floating Post Office
The J.W. Westcott II is a boat operating as a floating post office on the Detroit river. It has its own exclusive zip code (48222). It delivers mail to ships while they are still underway using ropes and buckets.–WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – The Diderot Effect
The Diderot Effect is obtaining a new possession which often creates a spiral of consumption leading you to buy more new things. As a result, you end up purchasing things that your previous self never needed to feel happy or fulfilled.–WTF Fun Facts
Source:Diderot effect – Wikipedia
WTF Fun Fact – China’s First Ever Olympic Medal
China didn’t win a medal in the Olympics until 1984. Their first ever medal was a gold medal and it was also the first to be awarded at the 1984 Olympics. Xu Haifeng won the 50 m pistol event. – WTF Fun Facts