“Loganamnosis” is a word to describe an obsession with recalling a specific word that has been forgotten. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: loganamnosis – Wiktionary
WTF Fun Fact – Kindergarten Wolfartsweier
A kindergarden school in Karlsruhe, Germany has been built to look like a giant white cat, complete with whiskers and circular windows for eyes and a slide for a tail. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: German Kindergarten Designed as a Giant Cat (mymodernmet.com)
WTF Fun Fact – Hero Taylor Winston
29-yr-old Marine veteran Taylor Winston stole a truck to drive victims of the Las Vegas shooting to the hospital. He and his girlfriend made 2 trips picking the most critically injured each time after helping boost others over a fence away from the shooter. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: How a Marine vet saved 2 dozen lives during the Las Vegas shooting (businessinsider.com)
WTF Fun Fact – Staring For An Altered State Of Consciousness
In 2015, Italian psychologist Giovanni Caputo created a study to induce a drug-free altered state of consciousness by sitting and stare into someone else’s eyes for 10 minutes straight. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Umm Nyolokh
The Humr people of Sudan consume Umm Nyolokh, a drink made from the liver and bone marrow of giraffes which is believed to contain traces of the psychodelic drug DMT . The Humr people tell of hallucinations of giraffes after drinking Umm Nyolokh. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Elderly Crime In Japan
Many elderly Japanese are committing petty crimes in order to get free shelter and food. Twenty percent of crimes are committed by someone over age 65. Of the 2,500 over-65s convicted in 2016, more than 1/3rd had at least five previous convictions. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Why some Japanese pensioners want to go to jail – BBC News
WTF Fun Fact – Antarctica Shrinks Your Brain
Researchers found that living in Antarctica for months on end caused brain shrinkage, especially in the hippocampus. They speculated that living in relative isolation and a “monotonous” environment may be the root cause. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Lonely Antarctic Expeditions Shrink People’s Brains | Live Science
WTF Fun Fact – Late Sexual Maturity
Female Greenland sharks are believed to reach sexual maturity when they surpass the 13 ft. in length, which takes approximately 150 years to achieve. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – The World Mosquito Project
The World Mosquito Project cultivates and releases mosquitoes infected with a bacterium called Wolbachia which is passed down to future generations. The bacterium appears to block mosquitos from transmitting arboviruses (dengue, chikungunya & yellow fever) & Zika. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Infecting Mosquitoes With A Bacteria Could Help In The Battle Against Dengue : Goats and Soda : NPR