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WTF Fun Fact – Dutch Cuddle Buddy

May 16, 2020 by WTF

During coronavirus related lockdown in the Netherlands, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment recommended single people make arrangements with one other person as a cuddle/sex buddy. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-52685773

WTF Fun Fact – Icelanders Own Guns

May 15, 2020 by WTF

Iceland has one of the highest rates of legal gun ownership globally. The country has about 300,000 people and an estimated 90,000 guns. Interestingly enough, it also has one of the lowest rates of violent crime in the world. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22288564

WTF Fun Fact – Seals & TB

May 15, 2020 by WTF

Recent research has found that seals brought Tuberculosis to North & South America and not European explorers. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/08/seals-infected-early-americans-tuberculosis

WTF Fun Fact – The Wheel Wasn’t First

May 15, 2020 by WTF

The wheel was not man’s first significant invention. Others predate the wheel by thousands of years including sewing needles, woven cloth, rope, basket weaving, boats and even the flute. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/a-salute-to-the-wheel-31805121/

WTF Fun Fact – Rain Of Fish

May 14, 2020 by WTF

The ‘Rain of fish’ is an annual event celebrated in the Honduran city of Yoro. During massive rain storms, hundreds of small silver fish supposedly rain from the sky onto the streets of the small town. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.livescience.com/37820-lluvia-de-peces-fish-rain.html

WTF Fun Fact

May 14, 2020 by WTF

Per the 2017 census, only 12% of Qatar’s population are Qatari citizens. The remaining 2.3 million people are expatriates. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar

WTF Fun Fact – Overweight Submarine

May 14, 2020 by WTF

Spain’s S-80 submarine program designed subs that were 70 tons too heavy and likely to sink when submerged. The cost to fix it is expected to be ~$9 billion. The problem was traced back to an engineer misplacing a decimal point. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://o.canada.com/news/spain-builds-submarine-70-tons-too-heavy

WTF Fun Fact – Switzerland Democracy

May 13, 2020 by WTF

In Switzerland, applications for citizenship are decided at the municipal level. Thus, if your neighbors find you too annoying then they can vote to deny your citizenship. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/elections/2018/03/how-swiss-canton-voted-deny-vegan-citizenship-because-she-was-annoying

WTF Fun Fact – 90 Mile Beach

May 13, 2020 by WTF

On the Northwest tip of New Zealand’s North island is 90 Mile Beach. The beach is officially a public highway but is only 55 miles long. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety_Mile_Beach,_New_Zealand

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