A 2015 study from the University of Innsbruck found that people who drink their coffee black are more likely to be psychopaths. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/black-coffee-psychopath_n_561baf08e4b0dbb8000f150f
Grammy award winning Jamaican rapper Shaggy, famous for his hits “It Wasn’t Me” and “Boombastic”, served as a US Marine in Operation Desert Storm during the First Persian Gulf War. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaggy_(musician)
Incredibly, recycling just one ton of paper saves 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space, 17 mature trees, 682.5 gallons of oil and 7000 gallons of water. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.recyclingbin.com/Recycling-Facts
Edgar Allan Poe’s bestselling book as a living author was a schoolbook he was hired to abridge and reorganize titled The Conchologist’s First Book. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2015/12/14/edgar_allan_poe_s_textbook_on_seashells_was_his_only_bestseller.html
The Omeo is a wheelchair based on Segway technology which allows users to move hands-free at a max speed of 20km per hour. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://omeotechnology.com/theomeo/
In Roald Dahl’s Charlie and Chocolate Factory, the Oompa-Loompas where at one point known as Whipple-Scrumpets.– WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28980257
The center of the Milky Way tastes like raspberries and smells like Captain Morgan. Astronomers researching the giant dust cloud in the middle of the galaxy found the chemical ethyl formate, which gives raspberries their flavor and smells like rum. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2009/apr/21/space-raspberries-amino-acids-astrobiology
On NASA’s Gemini XII flight, the computer docking system failed and Buzz Aldrin (who did his doctoral thesis at MIT on line-of-sight orbital mechanics) successfully calculated the docking trajectory using a sextant and a slide rule. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/gemini-xii-crew-masters-the-challenges-of-spacewalks
A 2015 study in the UK found that 72% of 18 to 25-year-olds believe it’s easier to communicate their feelings with emojis rather than it is with words. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/32793732/uks-fastest-growing-language-is-emoji