Paleolithic humans stored the bone marrow in legs of deer for delayed consumption (up to 9 weeks later) as early as 400,000 years ago. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/09/science/marrow-israel-cave.html
Dogs can tell time by smell. They can smell different times of the day and how long their owner has been gone by how much their smell has dissipated since they left. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/dogs-tell-time-with-their-noses-expert-says/
Studies show that about 85% of people only breathe out of one of their nostrils at a time. There is a nasal cycle which rotates between the two every ~4 hours. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.ua-magazine.com/good-to-know-most-people-only-breathe-out-of-one-nostril-at-a-time/#.XdwqOdXgpPY
A cat named Grace helped save her owners from carbon monoxide poisoning by repeatedly banging on their old 120-year-old home’s bedroom door to wake them. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/hero-cat-named-grace-saved-couple-carbon-monoxide/story?id=46169752
Hoia Baciu is known as one of the world’s most haunted forests and is dubbed the ‘Bermuda Triangle of Romania’ as many people have gone missing in the woods. Visitors often report feeling like they are being watched or suffer sudden anxiety. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoia_Forest
A jelly bean takes anywhere from 7 to 21 days to make. It starts with liquid sugar and flavors being heated and mixed with starch and glucose. More sugar is added to give it a hard shell plus hot syrup and wax are applied to give it a shiny finish – all over the course of many days of processing. – WTF Fun Facts
The Antikythera Mechanism is the oldest known “computer” in the world. It was used to predict astronomical positions and eclipses for calendrical and astrological purposes and was developed in the second or first century BC. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism
The Ainu people of Japan carved libation sticks, which were originally thought to be mustache lifters to keep the man’s hair out of the way while drinking sake, but their actual purpose is to help send prayers to the gods during religious ceremonies. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/238703
Orthosomnia is a new disorder where people are so obsessed with the quality of their sleep that they lose sleep because of it. – WTF Fun Facts