Researchers found African cotton leafworm moths remember the kind of plant where they mated for the very first time and will return to that plant species to mate again. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-moths-remember-where-they-mated-first-time-180954502/
An ancient shark fossil that looks a lot like an eel was found in Morocco. The fossil belongs to the ancient shark genus Phoebodus which lived 360 million years ago. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/10/amazing-fossil-shark-skeleton-first-of-its-kind-phoebodus-morocco/
Facebook created two AI chatbots named Alice and Bob but shut them down when they stopped communicating in English because it wasn’t as efficient as the language they developed themselves. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/06/what-an-ais-non-human-language-actually-looks-like/530934/
Oceanographers and engineers in California have created ‘snotbots’, which are drones that collect spray from whales’ blowholes. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://shop.whale.org/pages/snotbot
The oceans are filled with giant tubular organisms that grow to the size of sperm whales. They are known as Pyrosomes or unicorns of the sea and can be nearly 60 ft in length. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/08/12-reasons-pyrosomes-are-my-new-favorite-terrifying-sea-creatures/278316/
In 2015, a teenager named Bud Weisser was arrested for trespassing in a secure area at the Budweiser Brewery located in St. Louis. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://fox2now.com/2015/12/04/bud-weisser-arrested-for-trespassing-at-budweiser-brewery/
In 2019, the world’s first human-monkey hybrid was created in China. Scientists injected human stem cells into the monkey embryo to create the animal-human hybrid. The experiment was stopped before the birth. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/human-monkey-hybrid-china-organ-transplant-stem-cells-embryo-a9037506.html
Dan Aykroyd has both Tourette’s and Asperger’s and was born with webbed toes and two different colored eyes. He also has an obsession with police and ghosts, which is how the idea of Ghostbusters came to be. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.montgomeryacademyonline.org/blog/dan-aykroyd-battling-with-aspergers-and-tourettes1651/
In 2016, the United Kingdom spent over $96000 to create a national sperm bank and ended up with 7 donors before shutting down 2 years later. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-37786576