Anatoli Brouchkov, a Russian geocryologist, injected himself with a 3.5 million year old strain of bacteria known as Bacillus F, which he found in a permafrost sample, just to see what would happen. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/yp3gg7/meet-the-scientist-who-injected-himself-with-35-million-year-old-bacteria
Science
WTF Fun Fact – Space Between Atoms
If you took out all of the empty space from between and within the atoms making up each human being, the entire human race would fit into the volume of a sugar cube. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.scienceabc.com/pure-sciences/can-the-entire-human-race-fit-inside-a-sugar-cube.html
WTF Fun Fact – Most Feel-Good Song
According to cognitive neuroscientist Dr. Jacob Jolij’s research, Queen’s 1970s hit Don’t Stop Me Now was the top feel-good song of all time. Abba’s Dancing Queen came in second place. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Hormonal Mechanism
Boys born in winter are more likely to be left-handed than those born during the rest of the year in what scientists say is indirect evidence of hormonal mechanism.– WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140703102940.htm
WTF Fun Fact – Curiosity’s Happy Birthday
In 2013, NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover hummed Happy Birthday to itself by vibrating its sample-analysis unit to the musical tune, but did so only on its first “birthday”. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/08/why-the-curiosity-rover-stopped-singing-happy-birthday-to-itself/536487/
WTF Fun Fact – The Munchies
The concept of “the munchies”, a side-effect from the use of Cannabis and it’s active ingredient THC’s impact on the CB1 receptor which results in an increase in appetite, has been understood since ~300 BC. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Glitter Is Harmful
Glitter is terrible for the environment. Most glitter products are made from plastic, which contributes to the problem of microplastics in our oceans. These microplastics can harm marine life by releasing chemicals that disrupt animal hormones. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.insider.com/why-glitter-is-bad-for-the-environment-2019-3
WTF Fun Fact – Martian Potatoes
The International Potato Center has successfully grown potatoes in a simulated Mars environment. They grew the plants at the same air pressure and atmosphere as on Mars, and used saline desert soils analogous to Martian soils as the growing medium. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://cipotato.org/blog/indicators-show-potatoes-can-grow-mars/
WTF Fun Fact – Moon And Rain
Researchers from the University of Washington found that when the moon is directly overhead, it’s gravitational pull on the clouds results in less rain. – WTF Fun Facts