According to the CIA’s 2013 data, the United States has 13,513 airports (recognizable from the air), which is more than the next 10 countries combined. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2053rank.html
There are only six full-time skywriters, those who use aircraft to expel special smoke during flight in patterns that create readable words from the ground, left in the world. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.vice.com/en_in/article/qjd347/there-are-only-six-full-time-skywriters-left-in-the-world
Rolling Stone magazine originally gave Nirvana’s Nevermind a 3-star rating in 1991. They now give it 5 stars and rank it as the 17th greatest album of all time. – WTF Fun Facts
Hawaii allows people to throw their beloved’s ashes into their volcanoes, as long as you pay a $25 permit and do it discretely. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nps.gov/havo/learn/management/scattering-of-ashes.htm
Ada Lovelace, considered one of the first computer programmers, wrote a theory of “flyology” on powered flight that accurately documented wing-body ratios to achieve flight. She was 12 years old when she published it. – WTF Fun Facts
Cincinnati, Ohio has a subway system over 2 miles in length that was built in the early 1900’s but never used and has been left abandoned ever since. – WTF Fun Facts
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
Stanford researchers developed a new battery that harnesses “blue energy” from mixing salt and fresh water. Every cubic meter of freshwater that mixes with seawater produces ~.65 kilowatt-hours of energy, enough to power the average house for about 30 minutes. – WTF Fun Facts
Male giant jewel beetles (Julodimorpha bakewelli) often prefer to mate with beer bottles instead of female jewel beetles due to the beer bottle’s large size and attractive coloring. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_mismatch#Giant_Jewel_Beetle_and_Beer_Bottles