Scotland has more than 400 words or expressions for snow, according to a project to compile a Scots thesaurus. Academics have documented 421 terms – including “snaw” (snow), “sneesl” (to begin to rain or snow) and “skelf” (a large snowflake). – WTF Fun Facts
WTF • Fun • Fact ( /dʌb(ə)lˌju/ /ti/ /ef/ • /fʌn/ • /fækt/ )
1. noun A random, interesting, and overall fun fact that makes you scratch your head and think what the...
WTF Fun Fact – Goat-Antelopes
Mountain goats are not actually goats but belong to the family “Bovidae” which includes antelopes, gazelles, and cattle. They are more properly known as goat-antelopes. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – GatorBike
Jim Jablon spent $80,000 to commission the GatorBike. It was made by Swedish leather expert Benny Ohrman, who spent a year perfecting its scaly contours. The skin is detachable, but the gator head is fixed permanently into the handlebars with the speedometer implanted into the back of the skull. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: The $80,000 customized GatorBike sports skin and skull of a real alligator : Luxurylaunches
WTF Fun Fact – Titan’s Cryovolcano
Scientists believe that Saturn’s moon Titan has at least one 5,000 ft tall volcano that erupts ice, known as a cryovolcano. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Bats At Altitude
Despite flying in low-visibility night-time conditions, bats can fly to an altitude of over 5,000 ft. The flying mammals use their large wings to surf on air currents, which sweep upwards as they hit hills or slopes. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Bats soar to heights of 1600 metres by riding late night winds | New Scientist
WTF Fun Fact – City On Two Continents
Istanbul is the only city that is on two continents. The city straddles the Bosphorus strait, and lies in both Europe and Asia. It is also the most populated city in Europe. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Istanbul – Wikipedia
WTF Fun Fact – Vociferous Naked Mole Rats
Naked mole rats have an impressive vocal catalog of 17 unique sounds. Each colony of naked mole rats speaks its own unique dialect of chirps, a social feature that appears to be mediated by the colony’s queen and learned during adolescence. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Naked Mole Rat Colonies Have Their Own Unique Dialects | The Scientist Magazine® (the-scientist.com)
WTF Fun Fact – Gallant John Smeaton
While on a cigarette break, airport baggage handler John Smeaton confronted and kicked an attempted suicide bomber in the groin during the 2007 Glasgow Airport attack. He would later be awarded the Queen’s Gallantry Medal. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Medicinal Ketchup
During the early 1800’s, ketchup was made of fish or mushrooms in the US. Then in 1834, Dr. John Cooke Bennett added tomatoes to ketchup and claimed it cured diarrhea, indigestion, rheumatism and jaundice. Dr. Bennett went on to work with salesman Archibald Miles to sell it in pill form. – WTF Fun Facts