Researchers found that dog ownership is associated with longer life, especially among heart attack and stroke survivors. Compared to non-owners, dog owners experienced a 24% reduced risk of all-cause mortality and a 65% reduced risk of mortality after a heart attack. – WTF Fun Facts
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WTF Fun Fact – Foreign Marriage Vows
A Swiss couple in the Maldives paid £820 to have their wedding vows renewed in the native Dhivehi language. The subtitles of the YouTube video revealed that the minister had actually been insulting them, calling them ‘infidels’ and their children ‘bastard swine’. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Email Pollution
The sending of one email produces ~0.000001 tons of CO2 equivalent, which adds up quickly! Take the UK for example, if every email user in the country were to send one less email per day, that would reduce carbon emissions by 16,433 tons, or the equivalent of ~81,000 flights from London to Madrid. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.statista.com/chart/20189/the-carbon-footprint-of-thank-you-emails
WTF Fun Fact – Paypal Referral Boost
When PayPal first started they gave $20 to everyone that made an account and $20 for every person they referred. This cost them $60-70 million, but they had 100,000 customers by the end of their first month in business. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.referralcandy.com/blog/paypal-referrals/
WTF Fun Fact – Dead Snail In A Beer
Modern negligence law is a result of the 1932 court case Donoghue v Stevenson in Scotland, where Mrs. Donoghue sued Mr. Stevenson after drinking a bottle of ginger beer with a dead snail in it and becoming ill. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Bats Communicate Directly
Bats are one of a few species besides humans that communicate directly to one another instead of just broadcasting to all. A lot of the time their communications are arguments about food, sleeping position, or another bat being too close. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Eyes On The Behind
Farmers in Botswana have started painting eyes on their cows’ butts to trick Lions into thinking they have been seen. This prevents them from ultimately attacking the cows as Lions rely on the element of surprise. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Fake Baby Elephants
When going to battle, Rajput clans would armor their specially bred horses with fake elephant trunks, making them appear to be baby elephants which the enemy’s adult elephants instinctively would not attack. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://travel.cnn.com/explorations/play/horses-bred-fight-elephants-630647/
WTF Fun Fact – Weird Al Beer Money
‘Weird Al’ Yankovic once turned down a $5 million offer to be a beer brand’s commercial spokesperson because he thought it was ethically the right decision since many of his fans were young and impressionable. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2010/11/weird-al-yankovic-regrets-turning-down.html?m=1