After his daily 20-km run in 1976, Shavarsh Karapetyan (a retired Armenian swimmer) came upon an accident scene where a bus had fallen into a reservoir. Repeatedly diving 10m deep,Karapetyan pulled 46 people out of the bus, 20 of whom survived. – 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 – Illegal To Give Cat Milk
During WW2, it was illegal in Britain to give cats a saucer of milk, dogs a biscuit, or bread to pigeons. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Immurement
Immurement is a form of imprisonment, typically until death, in which a person is placed within an enclosed space with no exits. The prisoner eventually dies from starvation or dehydration. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Fatherless Ants
Male ants have no fathers because unfertilized ant eggs always produce male ants and only fertilized eggs produce female ants. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant#Development_and_reproduction
WTF Fun Fact – Expensive Spice
Vanilla is the second-most expensive spice after saffron because growing the vanilla seed pods is very labor-intensive. Pods are harvested daily to ensure the right maturity. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla
WTF Fun Fact – Full Moon And Animals
A recent study found dogs and cats are ~25% more likely to get injured on the days surrounding a full moon, but no conclusive evidence as to why that is. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.livescience.com/1696-full-moon-sends-dogs-cats-emergency-room.html
WTF Fun Fact – High Australian Wallabies
In 2009, Australian wallabies were getting into the medicinal opium fields and eating the poppies. They then hopped around while high resulting in crop circles. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8118257.stm
WTF Fun Fact – Chewing Gum Boost
A 2013 study found that chewing gum boosts visual memory tasks and concentration. This study focused on the potential benefits of chewing gum during an audio memory task. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130308093933.htm
WTF Fun Fact – Savage CEO
Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer had a nursery built for her newborn in her office. This was at about the same time she stopped allowing parents and others to work from home. – WTF Fun Facts