Michigan State University and Stanford University scientists have created a “Trojan Horse” nanoparticle that eats away portions of plaques that cause heart attacks. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Nanoparticle eats away plaque that causes heart attacks (futuretimeline.net)
The concept of Popeye’s strength coming from spinach was based on incorrect nutritional info. In 1870, German chemist Erich von Wolf was researching the nutritional benefits of spinach and put the decimal point in the vegetable’s iron content in his notes: 35mg instead of 3.5mg. – WTF Fun Facts
In our solar system, the gas giant Jupiter and its gravitational pull often “eats” up any asteroid or comet that ventures near, earning it the nickname “vacuum cleaner of the solar system.” – WTF Fun Facts
Researchers found fatal car accidents in the US spike by 6% during the workweek following the “spring forward” to daylight saving time. The study also found that the farther west a person lives in their time zone, the higher their risk of a deadly crash that week. – WTF Fun Facts
Research has found that females have nearly 50% more neurons in their olfactory bulbs in their brains which could provide women with a better sense of smell. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Women’s finer sense of smell may be due to more brain cells (medicalnewstoday.com)
Researchers have found there are 19 different types of smiles, but only six occur when we’re having a good time. The rest happen when we’re in pain, embarrassed, uncomfortable, horrified, or even miserable. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: There are 19 types of smile but only six are for happiness – BBC Future
In 2018, Canadian researchers discovered a method to convert blood types A, B and AB to universal donor O-negative. They identified a human gut bacteria which makes an enzyme that reacts with the non-O type red blood cells, essentially transforming them into O-negative. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: UBC researchers have found a way to convert any blood type to the universal O | CBC Radio
In 1995, a 3-year-old boy named David Schiffler discovered a dinosaur egg shell while playing in the dirt at a rest stop in New Mexico. His father didn’t believe him at first, but it turned out to be a genuine 150-million-year-old dinosaur egg shell. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: 3-YEAR-OLD’S DIGGING UNEARTHS DINOSAUR EGG – Deseret News
In 2008, The Department of Developmental Biology at the Osaka Bioscience institute in Japan, discovered a new retinal protein and named it “Pikachurin.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/sciencecommunication/2014/09/22/pikachurin-i-choose-you/