In 1972, The Los Alamos National Laboratories patented a nuclear tunnel boring machine, claiming it could reach depths of 18+ miles. It uses molten lithium to melt through rock, leaving behind a tunnel with a glass-like finish. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TUNNELING BY MELTING – ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION USA (freepatentsonline.com)
Michel “Monsieur Mangetout” Lotito could eat glass, metal, rubber and more. The Frenchman once consumed an entire Cessna 150 airplane over a two year period. He ate an estimated nine tons of metal between 1959 and 1997. – WTF Fun Facts
Scientists believe the spruce and pine trees in the boreal forests of Siberia survive the -60 degrees Celsius temperatures by allowing their tree tissues to turn to glass as part of a process called ‘hardening’. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/earth/story/20141220-five-christmas-tree-secrets
If they do not break on impact, both a glass and a steel ball of similar proportion to a rubber ball will bounce higher than the rubber ball. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://sciencenotes.org/why-a-glass-ball-bounces-higher-than-a-rubber-ball/
This winery in Spain leaves a glass of wine for the mice – WTF fun fact
