The Spanish national anthem, Marcha Real, has never officially had lyrics and has been played without any unofficial words since 1978. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://quizzclub.com/trivia/the-spanish-national-anthem-has-no-words/answer/496/
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WTF Fun Fact – Poronkusema
There’s an old Finnish measurement unit called a poronkusema, which translates to “reindeer’s piss”. It describes the distance a reindeer can travel without having to stop to pee which is roughly 7 – 7.5km. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Trap-Jaw Ant
The trap-jaw ant can bite with a force of over 300 times their own bodyweight. Their jaws snap shut at a record-setting speed of ~62 mph. By biting the ground, they can launch themselves in the air to avoid danger. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5272094.stm
WTF Fun Fact – Wild Horses No More
There aren’t any true wild horses in the US any more. The Western US has a population of free-roaming mustangs that are descendants of domesticated colonial Spanish horses and therefore are technically feral and not wild. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Brain-Controlled Robotic Suit
Researchers in France have developed a brain-controlled robotic suit that has allowed a paralyzed man to walk again. A tetraplegic man has spent two years moving a virtual avatar in a video game in order to train a decoding algorithm, which translates the signals into movements. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/04/health/paralyzed-man-robotic-suit-intl-scli/index.html
WTF Fun Fact – A Week with Willie Worm
The children’s book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle was originally titled A Week with Willie Worm. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – World’s Fastest Punch
A mantis shrimp can swing its claw so fast that it boils the water around it and creates a flash of light. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Straw Hat Riots
In 1922, there were a series of riots in New York that lasted 8 days known as the Straw Hat Riot. They started because men were wearing straw hats past the date deemed socially acceptable – 15 September. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – First Lady UFO Traveler
In 2008, Miyuki Hatoyama, who a year later became Japan’s first lady, described traveling to Venus to witness an alien world in her book entitled “Very Strange Things I’ve Encountered.” – WTF Fun Facts