In 2006, the National Park Service created the Witness Tree Protection Program to safeguard 24 historically and biologically significant trees in the greater Washington, D.C., area. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/head-tilting-history/witness-trees
Kummerspeck is German for weight gained from emotional over-eating. It literally translates to “grief bacon”. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://metro.co.uk/2015/11/23/13-german-words-that-english-needs-5492307/
In the Netherlands, sex is seen as a human right. As such, disabled citizens can get government funding for legal prostitutes up to 12 times a year. Reports show this has significantly reduced depression and suicide rates among the disabled.–WTF Fun Facts
Cymothoa exigua is a parasite that severs the blood vessels of a fish’s tongue and becomes a new functional tongue. It is the only known parasite to replace an entire organ. – WTF Fun Facts
Creator Cheryl Leach originally envisioned Barney of “Barney and Friends” as a teddy bear, but her son fell in love with a Tyrannosaurus rex at a dinosaur exhibit in Dallas. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/03/garden/why-young-children-scream.html
Some counties in Wisconsin use liquid cheese brine in addition to salt to prevent their roads from getting too icy in the winter. – WTF Fun Facts
In London in the 1930’s, some parents used to keep their babies in cages on their window sill in order to make sure they got enough air and sunshine in tall apartment buildings. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/news/a33058/hanging-baby-cages/
As part of the lobster’s mating ritual, the female lobster will squirt urine into the den of her desired mate for several days. Once beguiled by the scent, the male lobster will let her move in. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/07/basic-instincts-lobster-sex/
Douglas the camel was killed by a Union sharpshooter at the Siege of Vicksburg. His unit was so angered by this that they assigned six snipers to avenge his death and they successfully shot the culprit. – WTF Fun Facts