Scientists have developed a nanoparticle injection for the eye which converts infrared into visible light allowing night vision for up to 10 weeks. The injection has worked on mice in research trials. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Military Night Vision Goggles | How Do Night Vision Goggles Work? (popularmechanics.com)
On May 19, 1996, Kermit the Frog gave the commencement speech at Southampton College, Long Island University. – WTF Fun Facts
Source:Southampton College News: Kermit’s Commencement Address at Southampton College (archive.org)
Peter Carl Fabergé, creator of the 50 Imperial Easter eggs known as Fabergé eggs, also carved a single Fabergé potato from pinkie-brown agate. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Caroline Scheufele on a Fabergé potato | The Economist
With every bottle of Laphroaig whisky, you are entitled to a lifetime lease on a 1ft square plot of land on the Scottish island of Islay. It is a part of Laphroaig’s loyalty program “Friends of Laphroaig. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Join New Friend of Laphroaig Programme – Plots of Peat – Laphroaig
Parting of the Waters is an unusual hydrologic site at Two Ocean Pass on the Great Divide in Wyoming, where one stream, North Two Ocean Creek, splits into two distributaries, Pacific Creek and Atlantic Creek, which then flow into their respective oceans. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Two Ocean Pass – Wikipedia
Fidel Castro was obsessed with a hybrid Holstein cow named Ubre Blanca (“White Udder”) due to her prolific milk-producing abilities. In 1982, the Guinness Book of World Records certified her as the world’s highest-producing dairy cow, providing over 24 gallons in a single day. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: The History of Cuba’s Ongoing Obsession with Ice Cream (vice.com)
TASER is actually an acronym for Tom A. Swift Electric Rifle. The Tom Swift is in reference to a book character that is an inventor of amazing gadgets, who was a childhood favorite of the Taser’s inventor Jack Cover. – WTF Fun Facts
In 2015, a National Geographic expedition found sharks living inside one of the most active underwater volcanoes on Earth, a place where scientists think nothing but bacteria should be capable of living. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: These Sharks Thrive Inside an Underwater Volcano (nationalgeographic.com)
Chinese video sharing and streaming site Bilibili used 1,500 drones to create a light show designed to celebrate the first anniversary of the China release of mobile game Princess Connect! Re:Dive, followed by a huge QR code to download the game.–WTF Fun Facts
Source: “A Chinese Gaming Company Used Drones To Form a Scannable QR Code in the Sky” — Hypebeast