There’s an old Finnish measurement unit called a poronkusema, which translates to “reindeer’s piss”. It describes the distance a reindeer can travel without having to stop to pee which is roughly 7 – 7.5km. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Trap-Jaw Ant
The trap-jaw ant can bite with a force of over 300 times their own bodyweight. Their jaws snap shut at a record-setting speed of ~62 mph. By biting the ground, they can launch themselves in the air to avoid danger. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5272094.stm
WTF Fun Fact – Wild Horses No More
There aren’t any true wild horses in the US any more. The Western US has a population of free-roaming mustangs that are descendants of domesticated colonial Spanish horses and therefore are technically feral and not wild. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Brain-Controlled Robotic Suit
Researchers in France have developed a brain-controlled robotic suit that has allowed a paralyzed man to walk again. A tetraplegic man has spent two years moving a virtual avatar in a video game in order to train a decoding algorithm, which translates the signals into movements. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/04/health/paralyzed-man-robotic-suit-intl-scli/index.html
WTF Fun Fact – A Week with Willie Worm
The children’s book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle was originally titled A Week with Willie Worm. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – World’s Fastest Punch
A mantis shrimp can swing its claw so fast that it boils the water around it and creates a flash of light. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Straw Hat Riots
In 1922, there were a series of riots in New York that lasted 8 days known as the Straw Hat Riot. They started because men were wearing straw hats past the date deemed socially acceptable – 15 September. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – First Lady UFO Traveler
In 2008, Miyuki Hatoyama, who a year later became Japan’s first lady, described traveling to Venus to witness an alien world in her book entitled “Very Strange Things I’ve Encountered.” – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Greek Fire
Greek Fire was an incendiary weapon developed by the Byzantines in the 7th century and was impervious to water. It was used on ship to ship combat, as well as in handheld tubes, operating similar to a flamethrower. Its precise chemical composition was a closely held secret that has been lost to history. – WTF Fun Facts