Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote 23 sequels to Tarzan of the Apes. The ape-man discovers he is John Clayton, Lord of Greystoke, fights alongside Germans in WWI, finds a colony of Atlantis and the City of Gold, befriends a tribe of tiny humans, and other bizarre adventures. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Tarzan (book series) – Wikipedia
In 1816, the generally accepted first recorded ship to ever sink in the Great Lakes was a wooden ship employed in the fur trade named “Invincible”. – WTF Fun Facts
Despite how TV shows and movies depict New York, it only has a four or five stereotypical alleys and you can’t film at the majority of them. As a result almost every NY alley scene is shot at the same location: Cortlandt Alley. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: New York Through the Eyes of a Film Location Scout – Bloomberg
Swedish soccer team Ostersund FK started in the fourth division and quickly made it to the top division in part thanks to the creation of a ‘culture academy’ where players sing, dance and act in front of an audience in an attempt to boost their soccer performance ability. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Ostersunds FK: Rise of Swedish club under English manager Graham Potter – BBC Sport
A sperm whales head contains two large oil-filled compartments, known as the “spermaceti organ” and “junk,” that constitute up to 1/4th its body mass and extend 1/3rd the total length of the whale. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Architecture of the sperm whale forehead facilitates ramming combat (nih.gov)
Acacias, a tree whose leaves giraffes feed on, release an airborne chemical called ethylene when eaten. Ethylene alerts nearby acacia trees to produce tannin, a toxin that makes the leaves poisonous. Giraffes avoid this by first eating trees downwind from others. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.tanzania-experience.com/blog/acacias-clever-species-of-trees/
The White House Correspondent’s Dinner was for men only until 1962, when JFK refused to attend unless women did. – WTF Fun Facts
As part of a study, Facebook users, randomized to deactivate their accounts for 4 weeks in exchange for $102, freed up an average of 60 minutes a day, spent more time socializing offline, became less politically polarized, and reported improved subjective well-being relative to the control group. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Connected, but at what cost? | Science (sciencemag.org)
The evolution of eyebrows performed an important function in expressing friendliness for early humans. This helped our ancestors survive by enabling them to collaborate with other groups of humans. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: The evolutionary advantage of having eyebrows (theconversation.com)