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WTF Fun Fact – Jolly Good Fellow

December 30, 2020 by WTF
WTF Fun Fact - Jolly Good Fellow

Retired Google employee number 107, Chade-Meng Tan, had the official job title “Jolly Good Fellow.” – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chade-Meng_Tan

WTF Fun Fact – Columbian Interchange

December 30, 2020 by WTF
WTF Fun Fact - Columbian Interchange

Before the “Columbian interchange,” there were no oranges in Florida, no bananas in Ecuador, no potatoes in Ireland, no coffee in Colombia, no pineapples in Hawaii, no tomatoes in Italy, and no cacao in Switzerland. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbian_exchange

WTF Fun Fact – How Many Paper Folds To Reach The Moon?

December 30, 2020December 29, 2020 by WTF
WTF Fun Fact - How Many Paper Folds To Reach The Moon

If you could fold a piece of paper 42 times, it would be thick enough to reach the moon. A standard sheet of paper is ~0.1 mm so 42 folds would be 0.1*(2^(42)) = 439,804,651,110 mm or over 273,000 miles. – WTF Fun Facts

Source:Will A Piece Of Paper, Folded 42 Times, Reach The Moon? (codersrevolution.com)

WTF Fun Fact – African Giant Pouched Rats

December 29, 2020 by WTF
WTF Fun Fact - African Giant Pouched Rats

In Mozambique, Africa, African giant pouched rats (Cricetomys gambianus) have been trained to smell Tuberculosis and land mines.–WTF Fun Facts

Source:Giant Rats Trained to Sniff Out Tuberculosis in Africa | National Geographic Society

WTF Fun Fact – Lifesaving Pig Lulu

December 29, 2020 by WTF
WTF Fun Fact - Lifesaving Pig Lulu

In 1997, a pot-bellied pig named Lulu saved her owner who was having a heart attack. Hearing her owner in distress, Lulu forced her way out of the yard and played dead on the road. Lulu successfully stopped a car and guided them to her owner, who survived.–WTF Fun Facts

Source:Lulu – The Pig That ‘Played Dead’ To Save Her Dying Owner. – Vault50

WTF Fun Fact – Old (And Now Less) Faithful

December 28, 2020 by WTF
WTF Fun Fact - Old (And Now Less) Faithful

“Old Faithful” first earned its name in 1870, when a group of explorers noted that it erupted roughly once every 60 minutes. After decades of earthquakes, it can now take up to 90 minutes between eruptions. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: 10 Things You May Not Know About Yellowstone National Park – HISTORY

WTF Fun Fact – States Never Above 100

December 28, 2020 by WTF
WTF Fun Fact - States Never Above 100

There are only two U.S. states where the temperature has not gone above 100 °F: Alaska and Hawaii. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: U.S. state and territory temperature extremes – Wikipedia

WTF Fun Fact – The Most Dangerous Hole In Golf

December 27, 2020 by WTF
WTF Fun Fact - The Most Dangerous Hole In Golf

Camp Bonifas, near the Korean Demilitarized Zone, has a par-three, one hole “golf course” on it which is surrounded by landmines on three sides. It is known as “The Most Dangerous Hole in Golf.”  – WTF Fun Facts

Source: Camp Bonifas – Wikipedia

WTF Fun Fact – East is Odd, West is Even Odder

December 27, 2020 by WTF
WTF Fun Fact - East is Odd, West is Even Odder

Air traffic controllers direct commercial flights to fly at “even” or “odd” altitude levels. The general rule in most parts of the world is aircraft going East will fly at odd levels, i.e. 35,000 ft., while aircraft heading West will fly even levels, i.e. 34,000 ft. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: Up in the Air: Who Determines a Plane’s Altitude? (thepointsguy.com)

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