The larvae of the beaded lacewing (Lomamyia latipennis) fart on the much larger termites to paralyze them before eating them. They can paralyze up to 6 termites with a single fart which paralyzes them for ~3 hours. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.wired.com/2015/06/silent-deadly-fatal-farts-immobilize-prey/
Brad Pitt tried to buy himself out of the movie “Interview with the Vampire”. After hearing there was a $40 million exit clause, he was forced to shoot the rest of the movie. It went on to receive 2 Oscar nominations. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a340921/brad-pitt-interview-with-the-vampire-made-me-miserable/
The map below shoes the movement of an eagle over a twenty year period. It had the tracker fitted in Russia and it died twenty years later in the “valley of the child” in Saudi Arabia. – WTF Fun Facts
Scientists have found intense geothermal heat seeping up from Earth’s interior under Antarctica. The heat production there is nearly four times the global average and is warmer than 99% of the measurements taken around the rest of the world. – WTF Fun Facts
Small spiders don’t jump using muscles. Instead, they control the blood pressure in their legs like a hydraulic system to propel them upwards. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://asknature.org/strategy/leg-uses-hydraulics-and-muscle-flex/
In 1929, W. Forssmann performed the first human heart cath on himself. He inserted a catheter into his arm and then walked to the X-ray room to see if it reached his heart. He was fired from the hospital, but later awarded a Nobel Prize in 1956. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_catheterization
In the late 17th-18th century a “cackler” was a chicken and a “cackling fart” was an egg. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://victoriablakewriter.wordpress.com/2020/03/17/historical-slang-cackling-fart/
Your appendix stores samples of good bacteria so it can repopulate your digestive system in case they are wiped out entirely by diseases such as diarrhea. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5011360/
The New York City Ballet has an annual shoe budget of $780,000. Their dancers go through 500 to 800 pairs of pointe shoes performing “The Nutcracker” over 6 weeks and use even more pairs in just 2 weeks performing while “Swan Lake.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.dancespirit.com/the-secrets-of-new-york-city-ballets-pointe-shoe-room-2543661527.html