Archaeologists found “chewing gum” in western Sweden believed to be 9,000 years old, made of resin sweetened with honey, and the tooth marks showed it had been chewed on by a stone-age teenager. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://apnews.com/749119838d8f7f04689315c9cf728e5d
The killers of Eden or Twofold Bay killers were a pod of orcas in SE Australia which helped local whalers kill baleen whales between 1840 and 1930. The arrangement became known as the “law of the tongue” because the whalers would leave the carcass for the orcas to eat the lips and tongues. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_whales_of_Eden,_New_South_Wales
In Japan, businesses like banks & convenience stores visibly keep baseball-sized orange orbs behind the counter. These “anticrime color balls” are filled with bright pigment that burst on impact & are for employees to throw at robbers to improve the chance of arrest. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/05/20/reference/anti-crime-color-balls/#.V7xAjq6toy4
Kale, collard greens, Chinese broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, and broccoli all come from the same plant: brassica oleracea. They are just different breeds or cultivars. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassica_oleracea
The carnivorous harp sponge (Chondrocladia lyra) traps its prey in its hooks and then secretes a digestive membrane which breaks it down cell by cell and absorbs it through its pores. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chondrocladia_lyra
In 1955, Federal agents arrested John Gilbert Graham for blowing up an airplane but learned that it was not in fact a federal crime to blow up an airplane. Colorado instead charged him for the murder of his mother, a passenger on the plane. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Gilbert_Graham
Researchers found during the 2017 North American eclipse that bees don’t buzz during an eclipse. The bees were active and noisy right up until the last moments before totality. As totality hit, the bees all went silent in unison. – WTF Fun Facts
The Guinness world record for the largest snowflake was a snowflake 15 inches in diameter and 8 inches thick recorded at Fort Keogh, Montana in 1887. – WTF Fun Facts
One bite from a Lone Star tick can cause alpha-gal syndrome, which makes you allergic to red meat. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/alpha-gal-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20428608