Vincent van Gogh’s “Olive Trees” has a dead grasshopper in the painting which blew onto his wet paint while he was painting. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Nabta Playa
The world’s oldest known astronomical site, Nabta Playa, was built in Africa and is 2,000 years older than Stonehenge. Located in the Sahara desert, the 7,000-year-old stone circle was used to track the summer solstice and the arrival of the annual monsoon season. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Nabta Playa: The world’s first astronomical site was built in Africa | Astronomy.com
WTF Fun Fact – What’s At The Center Of A Snowflake?
At the center of every snowflake is a pollen or dust particle, which an extremely cold water droplet freezes onto to form an ice crystal. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Sweaty T-shirt Test
Researchers conducted sweaty t-shirt tests to see if smell impacted the choice of a mate. Men wore t-shirts for two days and then women were tested on which smell they liked. Women preferred the smell of men who were genetically similar but had different immune systems. Inheriting different immune systems would give offspring a survival advantage. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Evolution: Library: Sweaty T-Shirts and Human Mate Choice (pbs.org)
WTF Fun Fact – Neom
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman wants to spend $500 billion creating a new city in a Saudi Arabian desert wasteland called “Neom.” His plans include having an artificial moon, glow-in-the-dark sand, flying taxis, dinosaur robots, robot maids, and more! – WTF Fun Facts
Source: A Prince’s $500 Billion Desert Dream: Flying Cars, Robot Dinosaurs and a Giant Artificial Moon – WSJ
WTF Fun Fact – Monkey See Monkey Do
A monkey was electrocuted as it walked on high tension wires in an Indian railway station, falling unconscious on to the tracks. Another monkey attempted to resuscitate the animal by repeatedly biting, hitting, and dunking it in water. The electrocuted monkey was eventually revived.–WTF Fun Facts
Source: Monkey Revives Monkey Unconscious at Kanpur India Train Station: Video | Time
WTF Fun Fact – Dunking Ban
The slam dunk was banned in NCAA basketball from 1967 to 1976. The no-dunking rule was referred to as the “Lew Alcindor rule.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slam_dunk
WTF Fun Fact – Cotard’s Syndrome
Cotard’s syndrome (or walking corpse syndrome) is a rare mental disorder in which the affected person holds the delusional belief that they are dead, do not exist, are decaying, or have lost their blood or internal organs. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Cotard delusion – Wikipedia
WTF Fun Fact – Deaf Flights
“Deaf flights” were prescribed by doctors to cure hearing loss in the 1920’s and 30’s. Stunt pilots would take unsuspecting passengers up in planes and terrify them with loops, barrel rolls, and dives. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Doctors Once Prescribed Terrifying Plane Flights to “Cure” Deafness | History | Smithsonian Magazine