There is over 4 million cubic yards of concrete in the Hoover Dam and power plant, which is enough to build a highway from the East coast to the West coast of the US. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/faqs/damfaqs.html
Ancient people in China practiced human head-shaping about 12,000 years ago. They bound growing children’s skulls in order to create a more elongated and oval shape. The reasoning and purpose of this practice is still unknown. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.livescience.com/65901-china-oldest-skull-shaping.html
A 1700 year old baobab tree in Modjadjiskloof, South Africa had a 15-person full bar inside its 155 foot wide trunk called the Big Baobab Tree Bar. The bar closed and the tree eventually fell over in 2017. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://vinepair.com/articles/step-inside-the-south-african-bar-in-a-tree/
Hundreds of tiny islands, known as crannogs, around Scotland are actually man made and were constructed out of boulders, clay and timbers by Neolithic people about 5,600 years ago. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.livescience.com/65728-neolithic-human-made-islands.html
The non-stick coating called Teflon, or polytetrafluoroethylene, was accidentally invented by Roy Plunkett while trying to create a new refrigerant. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.popsci.com/geckos-cant-stick-to-teflon/
Human composting, an alternative to traditional burying and cremation, will become legal in Washington state starting May 1, 2020. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.livescience.com/65333-human-composting.html
The first fireworks were created as a result of the ancient Chinese’s quest for immortality. In early-ninth-century China, alchemy was practiced in order to produce a substance that would prolong life. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.livescience.com/65870-fireworks-immortality-search.html
The self-explanatory ‘new car smell’ is a result of the 200+ chemical compounds ( some of them toxic) found in cars being unstable and prone to off-gassing, or releasing chemical vapors, which leads to the odor we all know and love. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20160315-is-new-car-smell-bad-for-your-health
Wheelchair athletes with spinal injuries would intentionally injure the lower part of their body to increase their blood pressure which would enhance their performance. This practice is called ‘Boosting’ and has been banned by the International Paralympic Committee since 1994. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boosting_(doping)