By the 17th week of pregnancy, a child’s unique fingerprints have already formed and the pattern won’t change. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.livescience.com/30-lasting-impression-fingerprints-created.html
WTF Fun Fact – Ice Cream States
Ice cream exists simultaneously in all three states: a solid (the ice crystals), a liquid (the milk and sugar solution), and a gas (the air bubbles). – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Rice Cake Monster
On Sesame Street, cookie monster actually ate painted rice cakes instead of cookies because the oil from the cookie would damage the puppets. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://soyummy.com/cookie-monster-never-ate-chocolate-chip-cookies/
WTF Fun Fact – Fairy-Wren Secret Tune
Fairy-wrens often have other birds laying eggs in their nests (a brood parasite). They have adapted by singing a special tune to their eggs. Once hatched, those that sing the password get food while any brood parasite chicks go hungry. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – NYC Cow Tunnels
In the 1930’s, cow tunnels were built by Pennsylvania Railroad under New York city to more easily transport cows to slaughterhouses. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Navajo Blanket
A Navajo blanket was appraised on the TV show “Antiques Roadshow” for $500,000. After seeing the broadcast, a disabled man realized he had a similar blanket which had been sitting in his closet for 7 years. He took it to an auction house and sold it for $1.5 million. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/20/krytzer-sold-navajo-blanket-thought-to-be-worthless-for-1-point-5-million.html
WTF Fun Fact – Order of the Pug
Roman Catholics in Bavaria founded a secret society in 1740 called the ‘Order of the Pug’. For initiation, new members had to wear dog collars and scratch at the door to get in. Established members would then bark at them while they were blindfolded and led around the room. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Dunnock Mating
The Dunnock (also known as a hedge sparrow or hedge warbler) takes just .1 seconds to copulate and can mate more than 100 times a day. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Guard Crocodiles
In 2016, during a drug raid, police found €500,000 worth of crystal meth and €300,000 in cash in Amsterdam. The cash was being guarded by two legally owned crocodiles. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2016/02/crocodiles-found-guarding-drug-money-in-amsterdam/