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