Women are better at discerning shades of colors, while men are better at tracking fast-moving objects and identifying detail from a distance. These are evolutionary details linked to our hunter-gatherer past. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/09/120907-men-women-see-differently-science-health-vision-sex/
Artist Max Siedentopf is creating an installation called “Toto Forever” at an undisclosed location somewhere in the Namib Desert, Africa. The solar powered installation will consist of six speakers and an MP3 player with Toto’s Africa on repeat. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://maxsiedentopf.com/toto-forever
It’s an urban legend that driving a vehicle barefoot is illegal in the US. None of the states have a law that requires you to be wearing footwear while driving. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/is-it-illegal-to-drive-barefoot/
A recent study of biomedical papers published through May 2015 found 213 references “unequivocally citing” Bob Dylan. The singer/songwriter’s most popular songs referenced were “The Times They Are a-Changin’,” which had 135 citations, and “Blowin’ in the Wind,” which had 36 citations. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/why-so-many-dylan-lyrics-medical-studies-answer-my-friend-n480466
Old-time ‘high-wheeler’ bicycles were also known as ‘penny farthings’, because people thought they looked like the largest (penny) and smallest (farthing) English coins of the day rolling along one after the other. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://curiosity.com/topics/why-did-old-timey-bikes-have-one-giant-wheel-curiosity/
Draco was an Athenian lawyer who gave the city of Athens its first written laws. The word Draconian originated from his name as his laws were so brutal. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://historycollection.co/16-dramatic-and-bizarre-ways-people-died-in-ancient-greece-and-the-hellenistic-world/5/
Estádio Milton Corrêa, or Zerão, is a multi-purpose stadium in Northern Brazil situated near the equator or zero degrees latitude and thus has one end in the Northern hemisphere and the other in the Southern. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zer%C3%A3o
Rice is one of the most water-intensive crops to grow, needing about 2,500 liters per kilogram, but this is mainly to prevent weeds. SRI is a trending technique that could cut down the water used by over 50%. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/01/30/689685891/nepalese-rice-farmers-boost-yields-by-sowing-fewer-plants-and-cutting-water?t=1580162138374
In Saudi Arabia, a dozen camels were disqualified from a camel beauty contest for getting Botox injections to make them more attractive. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.thenational.ae/world/gcc/saudi-camel-beauty-festival-12-entrants-disqualified-for-botox-use-1.698068