A dimorphous expression is when you express something different than what you are feeling e.g. when you cry when you’re happy or laugh when you’re nervous. It’s the body trying to regulate the emotion.
– WTF Fun Fact
The balloon lining of every Zeppelin, a German-designed rigid airship used in WWI, was made from the guts of 250,000 cows.
Source: http://www.ptt-museum.dk/en/online_magazine/previous_articles/broadcasting/?id=74
When the Grammy-nominated band Arctic Monkeys was formed, none of its members could play a musical instrument. – WTF Fun Fact
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Helders#Role_as_drummer
Car brand Peugeot started putting their name’s correct pronunciation on their dealers’ buildings in some countries to help the local citizens.
Maria Von Trapp, who wrote the book which inspired both the Broadway musical and the 1965 movie The Sound Of Music, had a cameo role in the movie but was not invited to the movie’s premiere as the producer said “ there were no seats left.”
During renovation works in 1982, engineers discovered the Statue Of Liberty’s head was two feet off center. They also found the right arm was improperly attached.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/17/science/engineers-fix-original-defects-in-the-statue.html
23-year-old Yanjaa, who was born in Mongolia and raised in Sweden, memorized all 328 pages of the 2018 IKEA catalog in a week.
Source: http://ikeahumancatalogue.com/
The 11th and current Earl of Sandwich founded a chain of sandwich shops called ‘Earl of Sandwich’. His ancestor, the 4th Earl, is credited with inventing the sandwich.
A study in 2009 found that people who pirated music were ten times more likely to purchase music than those who didn’t.
– WTF Fun Fact
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/apr/21/study-finds-pirates-buy-more-music