Since 2015, prisoners in the Indiana State Prison have been able to adopt a cat from the local animal shelter as part of a program called Feline and Offenders Rehabilitation With Affection Reformation and Dedication (FORWARD). – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://animalchannel.co/prison-indiana-takes-in-shelter-cats/
The four-eyed fish (Anableps) have eyes raised on top of their head which are divided into two sets of pupils and corneas to see both above and below the waterline. They also mate only on one side, right-“handed” males mate only with left-“handed” females and vice versa. – WTF Fun Facts
China has built the world’s largest single-dish radio observatory (FAST) at a cost of $171 million. The telescope, also known as the ‘Eye of Heaven’, took 5 years to build in a remote area in southwest China. Its 500m-wide dish is made up of ~4,400 individual, adjustable aluminum panels. – WTF Fun Facts
On Nov. 1, 2020, a metro train near the city of Rotterdam crashed through the barrier at the end of the tracks and luckily landed on a whale’s tail art installation. – WTF Fun Facts
Glu Mobile, trying to re-create the success of gaming app “Kim Kardashian: Hollywood” has created apps for Kendall and Kylie Jenner, Katy Perry, Britney Spears, Gordan Ramsay, Jason Statham, and Nicki Minaj. – WTF Fun Facts
Until 1948, the soft drink 7 Up (originally called Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda) contained a dose of lithium citrate, which is a mood-stabilizing drug used in psychiatric treatment of bipolar disorder and manic states. – WTF Fun Facts
Corn can be found in many non-food items such as drywall, fireworks, glue, paint, dyes, laundry detergent, soap, antibiotics, and cosmetics, and in the production of plastics. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.farms.com/ag-industry-news/10-things-made-with-corn/
A Norman Rockwell painting worth over $5 million was discovered inside the walls of cartoonist Don Trachte’s house in 2006. It’d been hidden there for 35 years. The cartoonist likely forged several paintings he owned to prevent losing them in a divorce settlement and hid the originals. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2006/apr/11/1
Italian designers Raoul Bretzel and Anna Citelli created the Capsula Mundi (“world’s capsule” in Latin), an egg-shaped, organic casket that’s suitable for ashes. Its biodegradable plastic shell breaks down and the remains provide nutrients to a tree planted above it. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/03/world/eco-solutions-capsula-mundi/index.html