The children’s book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle was originally titled A Week with Willie Worm. – WTF Fun Facts
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WTF Fun Fact – World’s Fastest Punch
A mantis shrimp can swing its claw so fast that it boils the water around it and creates a flash of light. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Straw Hat Riots
In 1922, there were a series of riots in New York that lasted 8 days known as the Straw Hat Riot. They started because men were wearing straw hats past the date deemed socially acceptable – 15 September. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – First Lady UFO Traveler
In 2008, Miyuki Hatoyama, who a year later became Japan’s first lady, described traveling to Venus to witness an alien world in her book entitled “Very Strange Things I’ve Encountered.” – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Greek Fire
Greek Fire was an incendiary weapon developed by the Byzantines in the 7th century and was impervious to water. It was used on ship to ship combat, as well as in handheld tubes, operating similar to a flamethrower. Its precise chemical composition was a closely held secret that has been lost to history. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Botox Injections Impairments
A study found that Botox injections to get rid of frown lines selectively impairs the ability to understand angry and sad sentences. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/were-only-human/does-botox-impair-human-understanding.html
WTF Fun Fact – Amazing Land Artworks
British artist Andy Goldsworthy arranges leaves, sticks, and stones, creating unbelievably magical land artworks. He creates transitory works of art that look almost as if they were formed naturally. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://otherworldproject.net/Man-Arranges-Leaves-Sticks-And-Stones-To-Create-Magical-Land-Artworks
WTF Fun Fact – Dangerous SUV’s
Sport Utility Vehicles or SUVs, with their higher front-end profile, are at least twice as likely as cars to kill pedestrians; higher SUV sales have led to huge increase in pedestrian fatalities in the US during the past decade. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2018/06/28/suvs-killing-americas-pedestrians/646139002/
WTF Fun Fact – Honeyguides
Honey hunters in Mozambique use special calls to recruit the services of birds known as honeyguides. The birds lead the humans to bees’ nests and in return, they get the leftover beeswax. – WTF Fun Facts