Birds eat up to 550 million tons of insects each year or as many as 20 quadrillion (20,000,000,000,000,000) individual bugs. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Emergency Bra
In 2010, Dr. Elena Bodnar created the “Emergency Bra” which can be unhooked and split into two face masks which filter out harmful chemicals. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.ebbra.com/
WTF Fun Fact – Casualty/Mercy Dog
During WW1, many dogs were trained as ‘casualty’ or ‘mercy’ dogs. They would seek out the injured and carry them medical supplies, or wait with the mortally wounded. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Meerkat Eating Contest
Since most meerkats “mobs” have only a single dominant pair reproducing, they have eating (or growing) contests to establish who is the next dominant female in the hierarchy. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/meerkats-settle-rivalries-eating-contests
WTF Fun Fact – Jars For The Dead
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
WTF Fun Fact – Dog Poop Lost & Found
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
WTF Fun Fact – The Munchies
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
WTF Fun Fact – Temple Of Beer Bottles
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
WTF Fun Fact – Rooster’s Earplugs
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