By eating and excreting doves, a single cougar can plant nearly 100,000 seeds in a year providing a valuable service to their ecosystem. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://world.edu/big-cats-play-bigger-role-plant-preservation-knew/
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WTF Fun Fact – Dragonfly Wing Destroyers
Dragonfly wings kill bacteria on contact by ripping apart their cell membranes with sharp nanopillars as they move across the surface of the wing. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://newatlas.com/dragonfly-nanostructures-anitbacterial-properties/53331/
WTF Fun Fact – Vincent Van Gogh’s Death
After Vincent Van Gogh shot himself in the chest with a revolver, he was able to walk home and see two doctors, but neither was a surgeon and so they couldn’t remove the bullet. The doctors left him alone smoking his pipe in his room. He died 30 hours later. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh#Death
WTF Fun Fact – Mastercard HQ
Mastercard’s Global headquarters is located on Purchase Street in Purchase, New York. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.mastercard.us/en-us/vision/who-we-are/global-locations.html
WTF Fun Fact – John Anthony Walker
John Anthony Walker, a US Navy officer who reported secrets to the Soviet Union for ~18 years was finally exposed when his ex-wife reported him. When asked how he was able to share so much confidential information, he replied “KMart has better security than the Navy”. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Donation To Save HOLLYWOOD
In 2011, Hugh Hefner saved the iconic ‘HOLLYWOOD’ sign for a second time by donating the final $900,000 the Trust for Public Land needed to buy the land before being bought by real estate developers. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-apr-27-la-me-hollywood-sign-20100427-story.html
WTF Fun Fact – Parmesan Cheese Backed Bonds
Cheese-maker 4 Madonne Caseificio dell’Emilia raised 6 million euros (nearly $7 million) in mini-bonds guaranteed by wheels of Parmesan cheese. The bonds will pay a fixed yield of 5 percent each year until they mature in January 2022. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Gyoza The Pug
Gyoza the pug was hired by 343 Industries to help make the alien noises in their next game Halo: Infinite. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Baby Carrots
A Californian farmer named Mike Yurosek was unhappy that he was unable to sell his imperfect carrots. So he cut and shaved them into smaller, cuter versions called baby carrots. These baby carrots now account for over 50% of carrot sales in the US.–WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/babycarrot.html