The world’s oldest unopened bottle of wine is at least 1650 years old, known as the Speyer wine bottle or “Romerwein”. It was discovered during an excavation of a 4th-century AD Roman nobleman’s tomb. – 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 – Tunnel Through Earth
If you fell into a tunnel through the center of the Earth, it would take you 42 minutes to complete the trip to the other side of the planet. You would reach a maximum speed of over17,500 MPH at the center of the Earth. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/would-you-fall-all-the-wa/
WTF Fun Fact – Manual Babbling
Deaf children or children born to deaf parents babble with their hands (manual babbling) instead of vocalized babbling. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Bystander Effect
The bystander effect is a phenomenon known in psychology where individuals do not help a person in need of help, because they think someone else will help the person. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – McDonald’s Fried Apple Pies
Hawaii is the only place in the USA where you can get a fried apple pie. Everywhere else they are baked. Their recipe goes back to 1968, when the apple pie was first introduced at McDonald’s. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – $10 Million In 8 Minutes
Robert Downey Jr. was paid $10 million for only 8 minutes of screen time in the movie ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’. He got paid over $1 million per minute that he’s in the movie. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Supraorbital Gland
Penguins, and other marine birds, have a supraorbital gland that filters salt from their bloodstream, allowing them to ingest salt water when catching their prey. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Asbestos Now Val-Des-Sources
In October 2020, Asbestos, a town in Canada changed its name to Val-des-Sources in hopes of improving the city’s image. The town was once the location of the world’s largest asbestos mine. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-us-canada-54608836
WTF Fun Fact – Mandarinfish Can Produce Blue Pigments
The Mandarinfish is one of only two species known to produce cyanophores, which are blue-pigmented, light-reflecting cells, to achieve its blue coloring. Other animals that appear to be blue, such as peacocks, don’t actually produce a blue pigment. They have colorless cells which reflect light making it appear blue. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/creatura-blog/2015/05/beware-of-the-beautiful-but-poisonous-mandarinfish/