One in four people have a hole in their heart called a Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO), which has been their since they were newborns. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/congenital-heart-defects/about-congenital-heart-defects/patent-foramen-ovale-pfo
The Election Commission of India sets up a polling station 25 miles inside the remote lion sanctuary of Gir Forest National Park so that a single person, the priest of a local temple, can vote. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/when-election-commission-set-up-a-polling-booth-for-gir-forests-only-resident/you-think-theres-no-point-in-voting/slideshow/69039044.cms
Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc.’s web address is abc.xyz. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: abc.xyz
Adermatoglyphia, or immigration delay disease, is a genetic mutation that causes people to be born without fingerprints. Worldwide it affects only 4 known extended families. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/08/110809-fingerprints-skin-disease-health-science-weird/
In 2009, a man was arrested in Ireland after Slovakian security placed explosives in his luggage for training purposes and forgot to remove them. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/01/06/slovakia.ireland.explosives/index.html
Caffeine extracted from coffee beans to make decaf coffee is sold as crude caffeine to refiners and the pure caffeine is ultimately sold to soft drink makers like Coca Cola and Pepsi. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/02/26/467844829/inside-the-anonymous-world-of-caffeine?t=1561060551334
Coco Chanel, the founder of fashion and perfume empire Chanel, was a nazi spy during WWII with the code name of ‘Westminster’ due to her connections with British high society. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.biography.com/news/coco-chanel-nazi-agent
Puffins are a local delicacy in Iceland. You can find them served smoked, grilled, or boiled. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/eat_and_drink/2016/12/21/12_local_delicacies_to_try_in_iceland/
The Turritopsis Dohrnii aka immortal jellyfish can live forever by transforming back into their juvenile polyp state after reproducing. They retract their tentacles, their bodies shrink, and they sink to the ocean floor and start the life cycle all over again. They only die by being eaten by a predator or contracting a disease. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://immortal-jellyfish.com/