The chemical vinblastine which helps fight a number of different
cancers is made from the dried leaves of the Madagascar periwinkle. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321726.php
Altamura man is an extremely well preserved fossil of a man who fell down a well/sinkhole over 100,000 years ago. Researchers are still trying to figure out how to safely extract the remains from the calcite. – WTF Fun Facts
The Mona Lisa at one point had eyebrows and eyelashes according to the analysis of a 240 megapixel scan done by a Parisian engineer who has studied the painting for more than 3,000 hours. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/3668700/Solved-Why-Mona-Lisa-doesnt-have-eyebrows.html
In the 15th and 16th centuries, the English sweating sickness epidemics killed thousands of people and then the disease disappeared. The contagious disease came on suddenly and could kill within hours. The cause and disease itself remains unknown. – WTF Fun Facts
You always feel like you have room for dessert in your stomach because the sight and smell of the food plus the sugar triggers a reflex allowing the stomach organ to relax and accomodate the additional food.
Source: http://sciencenordic.com/why-you-always-have-room-dessert
In 2019, four Canadian gray wolves were air lifted into Michigan to help keep the local moose population in check as well as help revive the local wolf population.
– WTF Fun Facts
Charles Osborne holds the record for the ‘longest bout of hiccups’ – 68 years. He hiccuped up to 40 times a minute in the first couple decades but they slowed to 20 a minute as he got older. Doctors estimated he hiccuped nearly 600,000,000 times in his lifetime.
– WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://priceonomics.com/the-man-who-hiccuped-for-68-years/
Apple recently announced it will be selling a monitor stand for its new Pro Display XDR separately for a whopping $999.
– WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.cnet.com/news/wwdc-2019-craziest-reveal-was-a-1000-dollar-monitor-stand-for-the-5000-dollar-pro-display-xdr/
Researchers found mother burying beetles eat their offspring if they beg for food too much.
– WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://phys.org/news/2013-08-mother-beetles-young.html