Contrary to his modern day image as a ruthless tyrant, the infamous pirate Blackbeard actually spurned violence, preferring to rely on intimidation tactics, and never harmed or murdered anyone he held captive. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Jolly Company
Peter I of Russia created a club for his friends known as the Jolly Company, The Drunken Synod, and many other names, but it was simply a council of drunken fools, whose sole job was to drink and party. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_All-Joking,_All-Drunken_Synod_of_Fools_and_Jesters
WTF Fun Fact – Nookie-Bookie
The term nookie-bookie originated in the 1940’s for a person who manages prostitutes and arranges clients for them a.k.a a pimp or a madam. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Artificial Leaves Produce Drugs
Dutch researchers have created artificial leaves that produce drugs using sunlight. In testing, they successfully produced artimensinin, which is a drug to treat malaria, and ascaridole, used against certain parasitic worms. – WTF Fun Facts
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WTF Fun Fact – Lightning Strike Frequency
It is estimated that the Earth as a whole is struck by an average of more than a hundred lightning bolts every second. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/6/flash-facts-about-lightning/
WTF Fun Fact – Feral Cats Can Eat
The feral cat population in Australia was so large that they killed an estimated 75 million native animals every night across Australia, including birds, frogs, mammals, and reptiles. Australian authorities planned to kill 2 million feral cats by 2020. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.peta.org.au/issues/feral-cats/
WTF Fun Fact – USA’s Only Marsupial
The opossum or possum, Didelphis virginiana, is currently the only marsupial native to the USA. They groom themselves like cats and one possum can eat some 5,000 ticks in a single season, killing ~90% of all the ticks they encounter. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.wideopenspaces.com/did-you-know-that-opossums-eat-virtually-all-the-ticks-in-your-yard/
WTF Fun Fact – Drunken Tommy Fitz
After a barroom bet, Thomas Fitzpatrick stole a plane from a New Jersey airport and landed it on a Manhattan street in front of the bar in 1956. He did it again 2 years later when someone refused to believe him. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Stupendemys Geographicus
Car size fossils of the turtle, Stupendemys geographicus, were found in Colombia’s Tatacoa Desert and Venezuela’s Urumaco region. These turtles are believed to have roamed the region between 7 and 13 million years ago. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-51485011