Tim Wong, a 28-year-old aquatic biologist from northern California, has single-handedly repopulated the rare California Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly species in his backyard! – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.disclose.tv/biologist-singlehandedly-repopulated-a-rare-butterfly-species-in-his-backyard-371202
When the Six Flags Over Texas theme park opened in 1961, it had a section dedicated to the Confederacy where actors would hunt through the crowd for Union “spies” and “execute” them by firing squad. Boys and girls could also sign up to defend the South as soldiers and nurses. – WTF Fun Facts
Belgium is the world’s leading producer and exporter of billiard balls thanks to the Saluc company, which has been producing the balls made of phenolic resin since ~1960. – WTF Fun Facts
Source:
https://www.amazingbelgium.be/2017/06/nearly-80-percent-of-worlds-billiard.html
Glitter is terrible for the environment. Most glitter products are made from plastic, which contributes to the problem of microplastics in our oceans. These microplastics can harm marine life by releasing chemicals that disrupt animal hormones. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.insider.com/why-glitter-is-bad-for-the-environment-2019-3
Villagers in central China have long been using dinosaur bones in medicine and soups, thinking they were from dragons. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6276948.stm
Cuddling with a partner can significantly relieve pain and improve the healing of wounds due to the increased release in oxytocin. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://advancedtissue.com/2015/02/can-cuddling-benefit-healing-wounds/
Slugs have roughly 27,000 teeth. They routinely wear out and then lose them, but replace them by moving their back rows of teeth forward. – WTF Fun Facts
The International Potato Center has successfully grown potatoes in a simulated Mars environment. They grew the plants at the same air pressure and atmosphere as on Mars, and used saline desert soils analogous to Martian soils as the growing medium. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://cipotato.org/blog/indicators-show-potatoes-can-grow-mars/
The scientific name for the dark kangaroo mouse is Microdipodops megacephalus, meaning “two small feet with a big head”. – WTF Fun Facts