India is home to the Ratufa indica, or the Malabar giant squirrel, which can grow up to three feet in length. They are capable of jumping 20 feet between trees and unlike their counterparts who bury their food, they store theirs in the treetops. – WTF Fun Facts
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WTF Fun Fact – Helper’s High
There is a psychological state called “helper’s high” whereby giving produces endorphins in the brain that provide a mild version of a morphine high. Research has shown that helping others lights up the same part of the brain as receiving rewards or experiencing pleasure. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Gold Shirt Worth A Quarter Of A Million Dollars
The late Datta Phuge gained fame when he ordered a custom gold shirt worth ~$240,000 at the time. It was made up of 14,000 pieces of 22-carat gold, weighed over 7 pounds and was put together by 15 craftsmen over 16 days. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Indian businessman famed for $240,000 gold shirt ‘beaten to death’ | India | The Guardian
WTF Fun Fact – Marley’s Royalties Going To Soup Kitchen
Bob Marley gave a songwriter credit on “No Woman, No Cry” to his friend Vincent Ford, who ran a soup kitchen in his hometown of Trenchtown, to ensure the royalty checks would keep it open. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Bob Marley Shared His Royalties With a Soup Kitchen | LedgerNote
WTF Fun Fact – Clever Octopus
A giant Pacific octopus named Billye took ~55 minutes to initially open a childproof bottle. After some practice, she could execute the push-and-turn trick—without any instruction—in an average of 5 minutes. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Speedy Octopus Sets Record for Jar Opening – Scientific American Blog Network
WTF Fun Fact – Christopher Havens Math Murderer
Christopher Havens, a high school drop out and convicted murderer, taught himself advanced mathematics and solved a decades old math puzzle involving “continued fractions” while in prison. He then published his findings in an international advanced math journal in January 2020. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Animal Crackers Freed
In 2018, after 116 years behind bars, animal crackers were freed from their cages by Nabisco after PETA wrote a request to their parent company. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: In a Victory for PETA, Animal Crackers Roam Free – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
WTF Fun Fact – Bioengineered Mosquitoes
In April 2021, researchers from biotech company Oxitec released bioengineered male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which don’t bite, to mate with the wild female population in the Florida keys. The genetically engineered males will pass a modified gene on that will kill their female offspring as larva. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: First genetically modified mosquitoes released in the United States (nature.com)
WTF Fun Fact – Google Maps Of Other Planets
There’s a Google Map for Mercury, Venus, Earth’s moon, Mars, Pluto, three out of four of Jupiter’s moons, and all but one of the round Saturnian moons. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Google Moon Space out with planets in Google Maps (blog.google)