A recent study found both humans and domestic dogs receive a dramatic increase of oxytocin, the bonding hormone, from the other when staring into each other’s eyes. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/04/how-dogs-stole-our-hearts
In some cultures and languages, the colors described in English as blue and green are colexified, or expressed using a single cover term. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%E2%80%93green_distinction_in_language
It takes over 500 years to produce just under an inch of topsoil, which is the most productive layer of soil. This soil is often derived from rock which has to be broken into smaller pieces through either physical or chemical weathering. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://soilsmatter.wordpress.com/2013/08/29/soil-formation/
An economist named Stefan Mandel and his investors won the lottery 14 times (the largest jackpot was $27 million) by calculating when the jackpot was worth more than the cost of buying every possible number combination for that lottery. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/03/27/he-won-lottery-times-using-math-his-biggest-jackpot-still-came-down-luck/
Michelangelo was the third sculptor to work on the famous statue of David. The piece of Carrara marble itself is of mediocre quality, stood out in the elements for ~25 years, and was known as the Duccio stone before Michelangelo sculpted it into a masterpiece. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.britannica.com/story/ten-days-that-vanished-the-switch-to-the-gregorian-calendar
Nearly 50% of all Brazilian models are from Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state, while only 6% of the Brazil’s total population lives there. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/nov/03/brazil.alexbellos
Since 2000, each member of the cast of Friends has been making $20 million per year thanks to syndication royalties. The studio WB is making nearly $1 billion each year. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://moneyinc.com/heres-much-friends-cast-still-makes-syndication/
The cockchafer, also known as a Maybug or doodlebug, is a European beetle which has three species: common, forest, and (the rarest) large cockchafer. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockchafer
In the early 1900’s, Marshall Field’s department store used professional scapegoat’s or “fired men” who would take the blame and be fired to appease disgruntled customers. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://slate.com/culture/2015/10/steve-jobs-movie-was-the-customer-is-always-right-really-coined-by-a-customer.html