There’s a genus of fly called Pieza which has cleverly named species like Pieza pie, Pieza rhea, Pieza kake,and finally the Pieza deresistans. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – How Old Is Jack
Researchers believe the tale of Jack And The Beanstalk is over 5,000 years old and was originally known as The Boy Who Stole Ogre’s Treasure. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tale-as-old-as-time-some-fairy-tales-may-be-6000-years-old/
WTF Fun Fact – First E-Commerce Transaction
The first online e-commerce transaction ever was Stanford students buying marijuana from MIT students. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://curiosity.com/topics/the-first-online-transaction-was-a-drug-deal-curiosity/
WTF Fun Fact – Koro Epidemic
There is a well documented Koro (or genital retraction syndrome) epidemic that occurred in Singapore in late 1967.Men believed they were going to die from their penis shrinking after eating bad pork. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://theindependent.sg/the-day-the-shrinking-penis-epidemic-struck-singapore/
WTF Fun Fact – XXX Meaning
The ‘XXX’ which is often used to indicate “poison” originated from moonshiners. The X’s indicated their alcohol had been run through the still 3 times and was now pure and strong. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://vinepair.com/articles/what-moonshine-xxx-label-mean/
WTF Fun Fact – Consummated Or Not?
A recent UK survey found that more than half of couples do not consummate the marriage on their wedding night, primarily because the groom is too drunk. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Echolalia
Echolalia is the urge to imitate what someone has said and in the exact same voice. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Ant Infrastructure Projects
New research shows ants manage large infrastructure projects without wasting any energy on coordination or communication between ants. Each ant works alone and solves problems by themselves. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-01-ants-megaprojects.html
WTF Fun Fact – Homemade Nuclear Reactor
A twelve-year-old from Memphis named Jackson Oswalt built a fusion nuclear reactor in his playroom and became the youngest person to do so, replacing the previous record which was 14 years of age. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://truththeory.com/2019/03/06/meet-a-12-year-old-who-built-a-nuclear-reactor-in-his-playroom/