There are only 3 human beings that have died outside Earth’s atmosphere. They are the three cosmonauts who died aboard the Soyuz 11 in 1971. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2018/07/23/only_three_humans_have_died_in_space_the_story_of_soyuz_11.html
There’s a maximum security prison in Uganda with its own soccer league. They have 10 formal teams, a governing body (the UPSA), and tournaments which feature prizes such as sugar, soap, and goats. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/28/the-prison-where-murderers-play-for-manchester-united
Some baby turtles talk to each other while they are still in their eggs so that they all hatch together. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21228-turtle-eggs-communicate-to-hatch-together/
In 2007, Navy SEAL Mike Day was shot 27 times by three al-Qaeda gunman and knocked unconscious by a grenade. When he awoke, he managed to kill two of them and escape to the extraction helicopter. He has now recovered and is participating in Ironman competitions. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/11503612/Meet-the-Navy-SEAL-who-was-shot-27-times-and-lived-to-tell-the-story.html
A 900 lb Mako shark was once autopsied and found to have two pugnose eels living inside its heart chambers. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.deepseanews.com/2013/10/ill-see-your-horrifying-crab-barnacle-and-raise-you-a-heart-eel/
The summit of Mt. Everest is made of marine limestone which means the highest point on earth was once at the bottom of the sea. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.montana.edu/everest/facts/summit-limestone.html
The seven sins according to Gandhi: “Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce without morality. Science without humanity. Religion without sacrifice. Politics without principle.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.openculture.com/2014/11/mahatma-gandhis-list-of-the-7-social-sins.html
Palm trees are not trees at all and belong to the grass family. Botanists define trees as woody plants with secondary growth. Palms lack both of these. They create their tough, “wood” epidermis through primary thickening and lignification. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/2014/01/palm-trees-not-trees-after-all/
Ioannis Ikonomou works as a translator for the European Commission, speaking 21 of the 24 EU official languages. He can speak a total of 47 languages including many dead languages like Old Church Slavic. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannis_Ikonomou