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/
WTF Fun Fact – Slug Teeth
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
WTF Fun Fact – Martian Potatoes
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/
WTF Fun Fact – Dark Kangaroo Mouse
The scientific name for the dark kangaroo mouse is Microdipodops megacephalus, meaning “two small feet with a big head”. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Why Is Breakfast Important?
The idea that breakfast is the most important meal of the day came from General Foods trying to sell more grape nuts cereal during its 1944 marketing campaign. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://priceonomics.com/how-breakfast-became-a-thing/
WTF Fun Fact – Robert Landsberg
Photographer Robert Landsberg was taking photographs during the Mount St. Helens eruption in 1980. Upon realizing he wouldn’t survive, he lied down on top of his equipment to preserve the photographs he had taken of the event. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://huckberry.com/journal/posts/robert-landsburg-s-brave-final-shots
WTF Fun Fact – One-Armed Tennis
One-armed tennis player Hans Redl played at Wimbledon from 1947 to 1956. He served by tossing the ball up with his racket.– WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mail/20121016/282638914821007
WTF Fun Fact – US Airport Numbers
According to the CIA’s 2013 data, the United States has 13,513 airports (recognizable from the air), which is more than the next 10 countries combined. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2053rank.html
WTF Fun Fact – Disable Disability Priority Line
In 2013, Disney abandoned its policy of letting disabled people skip lines in its theme parks, after rampant abuse of the rule by people hiring disabled “tour guides” to skip waiting lines for rides. These guides sometimes charged up to hundreds of dollars per hour. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/disneyland-disabled-no-longer-skip-lines/1931430/