An 18-year-old girl from India lost both her arms in a bus crash. A year later, she received arm transplants from a man with big, dark and hairy arms. Amazingly, after a few years her new arms became more slender and changed color to match her skin tone. – WTF Fun Facts
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WTF Fun Fact – Milk Hydrates Better Than Plain Water
A new study found milk, which is made up of 85% water, to be even more hydrating than plain water due to its nutrient-rich composition. The fat, protein, and small amounts of sugar help slow the emptying of fluid from the stomach, keeping the body hydrated longer. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nevadamilk.com/milk-found-to-be-more-hydrating-than-water/
WTF Fun Fact – Boho Soil Folk Remedy
A local folk remedy in Boho, Ireland was to place soil from the local church under your pillow while you slept to cure infections. In 2018, a microbiologist found the soil contains a previously unknown strain of streptomyces which can be used to create antibiotics. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Ancient Fermanagh cure gets modern makeover – BBC News
WTF Fun Fact – Green Landscape Helps Students
A 2016 study found that high school students perform better on tests if they are in a classroom with a window that overlooks a green landscape. Their capacity to pay attention increased 13 percent compared to a windowless room or similar. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Double Rainbow Details
In the case of a double rainbow, the secondary rainbow is nearly twice as wide as the primary bow. Another key feature of double rainbows is that the color sequence in the second rainbow is reversed (VIBGYOR vs ROYGBIV). – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Portable Dialysis Machine
17-year-old Canadian Anya Pogharian invented a portable dialysis machine which cost $500 to build as part of her high school science fair project. A dialysis machine typically costs about $30,000. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Anya Pogharian, Montreal teen inventor, takes portable dialysis machine to the world | CBC News
WTF Fun Fact – Survive A Falling Elevator
The best thing to do to survive a falling elevator is to lie flat on your back so that the the force of impact is spread across your body. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Pretend To Be Batman
A recent study by psychologists found that when four- to six-year-olds pretended to be Batman while they were doing a boring but important task, it helped them to resist distraction and stay more focused. –WTF Fun Facts
Source: Pretending to be Batman helps kids stay on task – Research Digest (bps.org.uk)
WTF Fun Fact – Interruption Science
Researchers in the new field of study called interruption science have found that it takes an average of 25 minutes to recover your focus after being interrupted by a phone call. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/interruption-science-pico-iyer_n_7236180
WTF Fun Fact – Rural Environment Best For Allergies
A 2012 study found that people who grow up in more rural environments are less likely to develop allergies. They theorized that environments rich with species harbor more friendly microbes, which colonize our bodies and protect against inflammatory disorders. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: The Great Outdoors Is Good for Allergies | Science | AAAS (sciencemag.org)
WTF Fun Fact – Staring For An Altered State Of Consciousness
In 2015, Italian psychologist Giovanni Caputo created a study to induce a drug-free altered state of consciousness by sitting and stare into someone else’s eyes for 10 minutes straight. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Antarctica Shrinks Your Brain
Researchers found that living in Antarctica for months on end caused brain shrinkage, especially in the hippocampus. They speculated that living in relative isolation and a “monotonous” environment may be the root cause. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Lonely Antarctic Expeditions Shrink People’s Brains | Live Science
WTF Fun Fact – The World Mosquito Project
The World Mosquito Project cultivates and releases mosquitoes infected with a bacterium called Wolbachia which is passed down to future generations. The bacterium appears to block mosquitos from transmitting arboviruses (dengue, chikungunya & yellow fever) & Zika. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Infecting Mosquitoes With A Bacteria Could Help In The Battle Against Dengue : Goats and Soda : NPR
WTF Fun Fact – Beagles Can Smell Cancer
In a 2019 study, three beagles were trained to smell cancer from blood samples. They used their highly evolved sense of smell to pick out blood samples from people with lung cancer with nearly 97% percent accuracy. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Study shows dogs can accurately sniff out cancer in blood | EurekAlert! Science News
WTF Fun Fact – Extinction Is More Likely
The average person is more than five times as likely to die in an human-level extinction event as in a car crash. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: You’re More Likely to Die in a Human Extinction Event Than a Car Crash – The Atlantic
WTF Fun Fact – Plant Evolves Camouflage
Researchers have found the Fritillaria delavayi plant, which has been used for 2,000 years in Chinese traditional medicine, has evolved camouflage in heavily harvested areas. The plant camouflage seems to have evolved in response to people, as the regions that experience greater harvesting pressure are more camouflaged than other areas. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: A medicinal plant has evolved camouflage in heavily picked areas | Science News
WTF Fun Fact – Spray On Cast Or Silly String
Silly string was accidentally invented when Leonard A. Fish, an inventor, and Robert P. Cox, a chemist, were testing different nozzles for their “foamable resinous composition,” which was intended as a spray on instant cast for broken or sprained limbs. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Silly String – Wikipedia
WTF Fun Fact – Reproduced A Mummy’s Voice
Researchers have mimicked the voice of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy by recreating much of its vocal tract using medical scanners, 3D printing and an electronic larynx. They produced a single sound – somewhere between the vowels in “bed” and “bad.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Ancient voice: Scientists recreate sound of Egyptian mummy (nbcnews.com)