University of Melbourne Archaeologists have discovered 15 new sites in Laos containing more than one hundred 1000-year-old massive stone jars possibly used to “bury” the dead. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-06/anu-mmj060619.php
In 2013, the town of Brunete near Madrid had volunteers watch for dog owners who didn’t pick up their dog’s poop, gather the owner’s information by petting the dogs, and then sent the poop to their home in a “lost property” box. – WTF Fun Facts
The concept of “the munchies”, a side-effect from the use of Cannabis and it’s active ingredient THC’s impact on the CB1 receptor which results in an increase in appetite, has been understood since ~300 BC. – WTF Fun Facts
Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew (Wilderness Temple of the Great Glass Pagoda) is a Buddhist temple in Thailand and is also known as the Temple of a Million Bottles because it’s constructed with ~1.5 million empty Heineken and Chang beer bottles. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Pa_Maha_Chedi_Kaew
Roosters have “built-in” earplugs, which prevents them from damaging their hearing as they crow. When roosters open their beaks fully, their external auditory canals close completely.
Source: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-roosters-dont-deaf-loud-crowing.html
North Korea has only 8 internet hosts while the Vatican City has 107. USA has the most out of any country with over 500 million. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_Internet_hosts
Russian Lyudmila Pavlichenko aka “Lady Death” was the most lethal female sniper in history, she went on to record 309 confirmed kills in WWll. – WTF Fun Facts
Charles Vance Millar, a rich Canadian financier, made his will one last practical joke. In it, he left three men who hated each other a joint lifetime tenancy in a villa, some protestant ministers $700,000 in Catholic beer stock, and anti-horse racing advocates $25,000 in Jockey club stock. – WTF Fun Facts
Hotel La Montaña Mágica is a unique hotel built to mimic a volcano and even erupts water. It sits deep within the depths of the private Huilo-Huilo biological reserve in Chile. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://planetdens.com/architecture/hotel-la-montana-magica-huilo-chile-2/