Foxes use the Earth’s magnetic field to estimate distances. It works as a kind of ‘rangefinder’, to estimate the distance to its prey and help them make a more accurate pounce. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Rimini’s Survivor
Mr. P is a 101-year-old Italian man who survived both the Spanish Flu and WW2, and has now beat Covid-19 too. He was born in 1919 while the 1918 flu pandemic was raging in his hometown of Rimini. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Cat’s Eye Watch
Ninja’s could tell time time by how dilated a cat’s pupils were as they dilate in a regular pattern throughout the day, regardless of ambient light. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Shavarsh Karapetyan
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 – 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