Piranha soup is a popular dish and considered an aphrodisiac in Brazil. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/14-fun-facts-about-piranhas-180951948/
Food Fact – Piranha
WTF Fact – Woman Found Inside Python
A missing Indonesian woman was found clothed and entirely intact when local villagers dissected a 23 foot long reticulated python. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/indonesia-python-swallowed-body-missing-woman-wa-tiba-1262110-2018-06-16
Fun Fact – British Monarchs Birthdays
The British monarch celebrates two birthdays, one on their actual birthday and then officially in the summer when the weather is nice enough for a parade. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/36489213
WTF Fact – Kidney’s Trashed
The US has roughly 100,000 patients waiting for a kidney transplant and yet over 2,000 kidneys are discarded each year, 1/5th of them because a recipient couldn’t be found. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/health/transplant-experts-blame-allocation-system-for-discarding-kidneys.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
WTF Fact – Pac Man Skull
French artist, Gentil Garçon, worked with a paleontologist, François Escuilié, to create a skull of the pellet-gobbling video game icon, Pac Man. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/02/14/real-life-pac-man-skull_n_1275989.html
Fun Fact – Scooby-Doo Drawing
The original artist of Scooby-Doo, Iwao Takamoto, drew the Great Dane with features that are the exact opposite of what is considered desirable by breeders, including a hump back, bowed legs, and a small chin. – WTF Fun Facts
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Fun Food Fact – Bitter Brussels Sprouts
A 2011 study found that there is a genetic mutation in half the world’s population which causes brussels sprouts to taste very bitter to them. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/why-do-some-people-hate-brussels-sprouts/
WTF Fact – Pogo Stick To Work
There’s a Swedish startup company called Cangaroo who want you to rent app-enabled pogo sticks to get around your city. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://sf.curbed.com/2019/6/3/18650710/cangoroo-pogo-stick-rental-company-sf-app-scooters
Fun Word Fact – Missing The Word For Bear
The original word for bear has been lost because our ancient ancestors were so worried saying the name of the animal would cause it to come after them. Instead they used the term bruin, meaning the brown one, which then segued into bear. – WTF Fun Facts
Source:http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,2041313,00.html