Freddy Krueger is an Amazonian parrot that found it’s way back to a Brazilian zoo after it was stolen by armed thieves after recently being shot and bitten by a snake. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/29/parrot-freddy-krueger-survives-kidnapping-shot-snake-bite-brazil-zoo
To avoid exciting men while riding, early bicycles had a cherry screen which hid women’s ankles from view. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/wellbeing/diet/8419028/Bicycles-The-chains-that-set-women-free.html
A recent study found that men on Tinder do not appear to be intimidated by highly educated women. They indicated interest in fictitious profiles with a Master’s degree more often than those with a Bachelor’s degree. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272775719301104
Pencils are typically yellow because the best graphite came from China in the 19th century. Creative pencil manufacturers began to color their pencils yellow (a royal color in Chinese culture) to indicate their high quality and associate them with China. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://blog.pencils.com/why-are-pencils-yellow/
There is a period during Earth’s evolution where activity stalled which scientists dubbed ‘the boring billion’. Beginning roughly 1.7 billion years ago, the Earth became a slimy, near-static world of algae and microbes. – WTF Fun Facts
Nazca Lines are located in Peru and were created by the ancient Nazca culture in South America. The 2,000 year-old Lines depict various plants, animals, and shapes and must be viewed from an above to be fully appreciated. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.history.com/topics/south-america/nazca-lines
A Volvo engineer invented and patented the three-point seatbelt in 1959. As a new safety measure, it was so significant that they opened up the patent to other automakers to help save lives instead of trying to profit from it. – WTF Fun Facts
Male model Stefan-Pierre Tomlin aka “Mr. Tinder” received a record-breaking 14,600 matches in two years. After five years of swiping and matching nearly 20 women a day on the app, he finally found a girlfriend offline via a blind date. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://nypost.com/2019/08/20/mr-tinder-finds-love-offline-after-14600-failed-matches/
Pope John Paul II nominated Saint Isidore of Seville, a Bishop and Scholar, as the patron saint of the internet because he tried to record everything that was known in his 20 book opus Etymologies/Origins. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/8334250/Profile-Saint-Isidore-the-Patron-Saint-of-the-Internet.html