According to Indeed.com, jobs available for ‘Ninjas’ are up 2,505% since 2006. Jobs for “rock stars” or “rocksters” are up 810% and those for “Jedis” are up 67% in the same time period. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/05/jobs-available-ninjas-2505-2006/327924/
In a group of clownfish, there is only one female who is at the top of a strict hierarchy. Only two clownfish in a group reproduce through external fertilization. They are also hermaphrodites, so when the female dies, the largest and most dominant male becomes a female. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphiprioninae
The Luftwaffe planted rescue buoys (Rettungsboje) in the English channel for downed pilots to survive in. They contained food, alcohol, clothing and games. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_buoy_(Luftwaffe)
Dashrath Manjhi, known as ‘Mountain Man’, carved a path 360 ft long, 30 ft wide and 25 ft deep through a hill using only a hammer and chisel in India. It took him 22 years but it shortened the journey from 34 miles down to 9. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashrath_Manjhi
Researchers taught rats how to gamble and they learned how to play it safe and maximize their ‘winnings’. However, when they introduced flashing lights and sound they changed their behavior and went for the high-risk, high-reward option. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/flashing-lights-and-sounds-turn-rats-into-gamblers
Google offers employees free condoms in their campus health center that come in blue, red, green, and yellow and have their trademark ‘I’m Feeling Lucky!’ printed on them. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/google-im-feeling-lucky-condoms-2016-2
WRBH in New Orleans is a radio station for the blind. Each day volunteers read the local newspaper on the air, along with best-sellers, grocery ads, stories for kids, mysteries, the Wall Street Journal, young adult novels and more. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/movies_tv/article_c53e3538-0215-5887-a9a9-bb524b416393.html
Greenland extends farther East of, West of, South of, and North of Iceland. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: The Globe
People with very sensitive noses are capable of smelling when it’s about to rain due to atmospheric chemicals reacting and creating ozone, which has a pungent, sweet smell. The thunderstorm’s downdrafts carry it from higher altitudes to nose level. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/storm-scents-smell-rain/