At 17, Bon Jovi was sweeping floors at his cousin Tony Bongiovi’s recording studio, Power Station, where Christmas in the Stars: The Star Wars Christmas Album was being recorded. His uncle recommended him for the song “R2-D2 We Wish You A Merry Christmas”, which became his first professional recording. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Bon_Jovi#Beginnings
Gouldian finch chicks have blue opalescent beads on the corners of their mouths, called papillae, which make it easier for their parents to feed them in the dark. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://blog.cincinnatizoo.org/2014/01/28/why-are-there-spots-in-these-birds-mouths/
The freshwater African tigerfish (Hydrocynus vittatus) is one of the only fish with the ability to propel itself out of the water and capture flying birds. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/african-tigerfish-caught-eating-birds-in-flight-2014-1
In 1989, 4 sailors survived at sea near New Zealand for 118 days after their boat, the Rose-Noelle, was capsized by a rogue wave. They cut holes in the hull, collected rainwater, and caught and cooked fish. Despite losing ~40 lbs., they were in otherwise such good shape upon return that many doubted their story. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-10-22-mn-828-story.html
Snooker player Bill Werbeniuk became famous for his drinking ability which doctors advised him to do in order to counteract a familial benign essential tremor. He would drink at least 6 pints before a match and one during each frame. In the 1970’s, he once drank 76 cans during a match in Australia. – WTF Fun Facts
At night, Parrotfish protect themselves from tiny blood-sucking crustaceans called gnathiid isopods by creating a mucus cocoon which they sleep in. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2010.0916
Pablo Escobar was included on Forbes’ list of international billionaires for seven years straight, from 1987 until 1993. In 1989, he was listed as the seventh-richest man in the world. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pablo-escobar-worth-wealth-money-how-much-a8133141.html
Ancient Babylonians used a sexagesimal (base-60) positional number system instead of base-10. That’s why we have 60 seconds in a minute and 360 degrees in a circle. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_cuneiform_numerals
At the time of birth, a baby’s brain has roughly 100 billion neurons, but it began with nearly twice as many as an embryo. Starting in the third trimester, the brain eliminates unnecessary neurons via a process known as apoptosis. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://sites.duke.edu/apep/module-5-alcohol-and-babies/explore-more/normal-brain-development/