Pencils are typically yellow because the best graphite came from China in the 19th century. Creative pencil manufacturers began to color their pencils yellow (a royal color in Chinese culture) to indicate their high quality and associate them with China. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://blog.pencils.com/why-are-pencils-yellow/
There is a period during Earth’s evolution where activity stalled which scientists dubbed ‘the boring billion’. Beginning roughly 1.7 billion years ago, the Earth became a slimy, near-static world of algae and microbes. – WTF Fun Facts
Nazca Lines are located in Peru and were created by the ancient Nazca culture in South America. The 2,000 year-old Lines depict various plants, animals, and shapes and must be viewed from an above to be fully appreciated. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.history.com/topics/south-america/nazca-lines
A Volvo engineer invented and patented the three-point seatbelt in 1959. As a new safety measure, it was so significant that they opened up the patent to other automakers to help save lives instead of trying to profit from it. – WTF Fun Facts
Male model Stefan-Pierre Tomlin aka “Mr. Tinder” received a record-breaking 14,600 matches in two years. After five years of swiping and matching nearly 20 women a day on the app, he finally found a girlfriend offline via a blind date. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://nypost.com/2019/08/20/mr-tinder-finds-love-offline-after-14600-failed-matches/
Pope John Paul II nominated Saint Isidore of Seville, a Bishop and Scholar, as the patron saint of the internet because he tried to record everything that was known in his 20 book opus Etymologies/Origins. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/8334250/Profile-Saint-Isidore-the-Patron-Saint-of-the-Internet.html
A couple from Paraguay moved in together in 1933. After 80 years, 8 children and 50 grandchildren, the 103-year-old man married his 99-year-old bride. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://tnlounge.com/1717/103-year-old-groom-marries-his-99-year-old-bride-after-80-ye
The sun loses about 6 million tons of mass every second due to nuclear fusion and the solar wind. Despite constantly losing large sums of mass, it has only lost roughly 0.05% of its original mass over the last 4.5 billion years.
Source: https://slate.com/technology/2014/07/solar-wind-versus-fusion-how-does-the-sun-lose-mass.html
Voice actress Dionne Quan, who voiced Trixie Trang in Fairly Odd Parents and Kimi in Rugrats, is legally blind and all her acting scripts are written in braille.