There are silverfish in the desert that don’t need to drink as they can absorb moisture from the air through their anus. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://australianmuseum.net.au/blog/amri-news/dna-barcoding-sheds-light-on-cryptic-silverfish-species/
James Christopher Harrison is an Australian blood donor whose rare plasma composition has helped in the treatment of Rhesus disease. In May 2018, he made his final donation (1173rd) at the age of 81 after having saved 2.4m babies during his lifetime as a donor. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australian-man-with-golden-arm-makes-final-blood-donation-at-81-after-saving-24m
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York holds the world’s oldest piano. The piano dates back to 1720 and was one of Bartolomeo Cristofori’s (inventor of the piano) earliest creations. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.pianistmagazine.com/blogs/the-worlds-oldest-piano-1/
There are four glass platforms suspended 1,353 feet in the air, located on the Willis Tower’s 103rd floor Skydeck. The observation perches have walls, floors, and ceilings made entirely of glass. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://theskydeck.com/
In 2013, NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover hummed Happy Birthday to itself by vibrating its sample-analysis unit to the musical tune, but did so only on its first “birthday”. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/08/why-the-curiosity-rover-stopped-singing-happy-birthday-to-itself/536487/
Up until 2000, Walmart took out life insurance policies on their employees and kept the payouts when they died, a practice known as “dead peasant insurance.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://news.wfsu.org/post/walmart-sued-collecting-life-insurance-employees
Some animals and insects, like squirrels and bumblebees, use a “mating plug” to prevent other males from inseminating females they have already mated with. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170419-the-largest-and-smallest-sex-cells-on-the-planet
Uganda is home to more than half of the world’s total population of mountain gorillas. Approximately 400 mountain gorillas live in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.gorillatrips.net/uganda-gorilla-families/
Despite it being common practice for casinos to ban card counters, a 1979 New Jersey Supreme Court decision banned all Atlantic City casinos from doing so, making them the only state in America where they can’t throw out skilled blackjack players. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_counting#Legal_status