Researchers have found the Fritillaria delavayi plant, which has been used for 2,000 years in Chinese traditional medicine, has evolved camouflage in heavily harvested areas. The plant camouflage seems to have evolved in response to people, as the regions that experience greater harvesting pressure are more camouflaged than other areas. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: A medicinal plant has evolved camouflage in heavily picked areas | Science News
Silly string was accidentally invented when Leonard A. Fish, an inventor, and Robert P. Cox, a chemist, were testing different nozzles for their “foamable resinous composition,” which was intended as a spray on instant cast for broken or sprained limbs. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Silly String – Wikipedia
In February 2020, a satellite image captured the stunning white peaks of volcanoes Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii, which have experienced their second-most extensive snow coverage since records began. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Snow blankets Hawaii volcanoes in stunning satellite images | Live Science
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
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
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
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)
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
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