The most radioactive places at Chernobyl are no longer the #4 reactor area but the hospital room where they left all the first responders clothes and the equipment they used to clean up all the debris from the explosion. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.chernobylgallery.com/chernobyl-disaster/radiation-levels/
The Australian Rainbow Lorikeet routinely gets drunk on the fermented crimson flower nectar from the Weeping Boer-bean tree and make loud noises during spring and summer. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/australia/typical-aussie-bird-likes-the-piss.aspx
Parietal cells in your stomach produce hydrochloric acid which helps to break down food. This acid is so concentrated that one drop would eat straight through a piece of wood. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.sharecare.com/health/digestive-health/how-stomach-keep-digesting-itself
Pop star Madonna at one point worked at Dunkin’ Donuts but was fired for squirting the customers with jam. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.shape.com/celebrities/celebrity-photos/15-celebs-surprising-jobs-they-were-famous
Dalmations are the official firehouse dog because in the 18th century they would run alongside horse-drawn “fire engines” and prevent other dogs or animals from spooking the horses. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.livescience.com/33293-dalmatians-official-firehouse-dogs.html
Father’s Day is historically the busiest day for collect-calls, while Mother’s day is the busiest day for regular phone calls. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2005-06-13/fathers-unspectacular-day+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk
In 2009, Saudi Arabia created a special “Anti-Witchcraft Unit” and a telephone hotline for the public to report magical misdeeds. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/08/saudi-arabias-war-on-witchcraft/278701/
Aretha Franklin always insisted on being paid upfront and in cash before performances. She’d keep the cash with her security team or occasionally in her purse which she brought on stage. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/04/04/aretha-franklins-american-soul
Latchkey incontinence is the increased feeling of “having to go” the closer you get to the restroom. It is a conditioned subconscious response similar to what Pavlov proved with his scientific experiment with his dog. – WTF Fun Facts
Source:https://money.cnn.com/2017/01/02/technology/france-office-email-workers-law/index.html