In 2016, a study found that 48% of Thailand’s Buddhist monks were overweight. Some temples launched nutritional programs and a local hospital launched a special girdle that tightens around the waist as a gentle reminder. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-35812339
If ripening cherries are not dried after it rains, they will soak up the water, split, and can’t be picked and sold. In order to dry them, farmers hire helicopters to slowly maneuver 5 feet over the trees and blasts the water off the cherries! – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://blog.aopa.org/aopa/tag/cherry-drying/
If you spent one day on each of the islands in the Philippines, it would take you nearly 21 years to visit them all. The latest count of the islands is 7,641. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/how-many-islands-are-there-in-the-philippines.html
Researchers found that removing trays from college cafeterias reduced the amount of solid food waste by nearly 20%. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-removingtrays-dininghalls/removing-trays-from-dining-halls-cuts-food-waste-idUSBRE8A114T20121102
The oldest known musical composition to survive in its entirety is a song called the Epitaph of Seikilos. It was found on a grave in Turkey. Its lyrics “While you live, shine / Have no grief at all / Life exists only for a short while / And time demands its toll.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.history.com/news/what-is-the-oldest-known-piece-of-music
Despite Millennials often being seen as a ‘promiscuous’ generation, they have less sexual partners than previous generations and are having less sex than their parents did at the same age. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://time.com/4435058/millennials-virgins-sex/
Pepperidge Farms produces over 140 billion goldfish crackers each year and nearly 560 million Milano cookies.– WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.cspdailynews.com/snacks-candy/pepperidge-farm-rolling-out-35-new-products
People who work in silence are slower and less proficient than those who listen to music while working. Video game music itself is designed to keep you motivated and finishing tasks without stealing your focus. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://desktime.com/blog/why-you-should-listen-to-video-game-soundtracks-at-work
Noriyuki “Pat” Morita, who played Mr. Miyagi in the 1984 classic Karate Kid, was 2 years old when he contracted spinal tuberculosis and was confined to a bed in a sanitarium for 9 years. When experimental medicine finally cured him, he was sent to live in an internment camp in Arizona with his family. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://people.com/archive/after-a-lifetime-of-misfortune-karate-kids-noriyuki-pat-morita-battles-his-way-to-a-happy-ending-vol-25-no-26/