On November 30, 2017, the world’s longest rainbow lasted for nearly 9 hours over the city of Taipei in Taiwan. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Rainbow lasting 9 hours ‘breaks world record’ set in Yorkshire | Metro News
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WTF Fun Fact -San Marino’s Horrible Record
The national soccer team of San Marino has only ever won 1 game since it was established in 1986. It has tied in 6 games and lost nearly 200. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Marino_national_football_team
WTF Fun Fact – Poisonous Fur
In 2011, scientists discovered that African crested rats – fluffy, rabbit-sized furballs from East Africa – lace their fur with a deadly poison. The rats chew leaves and bark from the poison arrow tree and apply their now-toxic spit to their hair. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Africa’s poisonous rats are surprisingly social | Science News for Students
WTF Fun Fact – How Long Is An Aeon?
In Buddhism, one “Aeon” or kalpa is longer than the amount of time it takes to completely erode a huge rock 16 x 16 x 16 miles in size, by brushing it with a silk cloth once a century.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalpa_(aeon)
WTF Fun Fact – Top Wine Consumers
According to statistics from the Wine Institute, the Vatican City consumes more wine per person than anywhere else in the world: ~105 bottles per person per year. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – 4-year-old Finds Dinosaur Footprint
A four-year-old girl discovered an extremely well preserved 220 million-year-old dinosaur footprint at a beach in Wales. According to a local paleontologist, the creature probably stood about 29.5 inches tall, was about 8 feet long and walked on its two hind feet. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – No OJ But A Jackpot Instead
A New Jersey man bought a $5 bottle of orange juice from Shoprite, which his wife said was too expensive and sent him back to return it. He then decided to buy 2 Powerball lottery tickets with the refund from the OJ and ended up winning the jackpot worth $315.3 million. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Sacred Band of Thebes
The Sacred Band of Thebes was an elite troop of select Theban soldiers, consisting of 150 pairs of male lovers, in the 4th century BC. They were often used as shock troops, crippling the enemy by engaging and killing their best men and leaders in battle. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Hurkle-Durkle
“Hurkle-durkle” is an old Scottish word meaning to lie in bed after it is time to get up and get going. – WTF Fun Facts