During the Secret War (1959-75) or ‘Laotian Civil War’, the United States flew more than half a million missions over the tiny southeast Asian nation and dropped more bombs than they did on Germany and Japan combined during World War 2. – WTF Fun Facts
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WTF Fun Fact – Stomachless Horse
Seahorses don’t have stomachs, just intestines for the absorption of nutrients from food. As such, food passes through their digestive system rapidly and they must eat almost constantly. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Camel’s Empty Hump
Camels can drink 30 gallons of water in just 13 minutes. The water is stored in the camel’s bloodstream and not in its energy-rich fatty hump. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://wtamu.edu/~cbaird/sq/2013/09/18/how-much-water-can-a-camel-store-in-its-hump/
WTF Fun Fact – Tate’s Hell State Park
Tate’s Hell State Park is a 202,000 acre forest/swamp near Carrabelle,FL. Legend has it that it’s named after a man that got lost in the wilderness. When he emerged, he told a passerby “My name is Cebe Tate, and I just came from Hell” before collapsing. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – The Woozle Effect
The Woozle Effect occurs when repetition of false statements that lack any evidence misleads people into thinking or believing there is evidence, resulting in nonfacts becoming urban legends. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – The Strength Of A Dung Beetle
One dung beetle can drag things that weigh ~1,141 times its own weight. That would be like an average human pulling six double-decker buses! – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Half & Half Bar
Patrick’s Pub and Grill is a bar that’s on the border of Georgia and Tennessee and split between the two states. The Georgia half is in a “dry county”, meaning that any alcohol purchased at the bar on the Tennessee side cannot be brought to the Georgia side where the restrooms are. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.gainesville.com/article/LK/20080603/News/604163811/GS
WTF Fun Fact – Liberia Caterpillar Emergency
In 2009, Liberia had to declare a state of emergency in 3 counties because of an African armyworm caterpillar invasion. Tens of millions of the larvae appeared and began eating through their green crops and contaminating the water supplies with their feces. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/28/liberia.caterpillars.emergency/index.html
WTF Fun Fact – Muscle Little Mouse
The word muscle comes from the Latin musculus meaning little mouse. So called because the shape and movement of some muscles (notably biceps) were thought to resemble mice under cloth. – WTF Fun Facts