The Australian Great Barrier Reef is under attack by venomous sea stars known as crown-of-thorns starfish. Scientists created a robot called RangerBot to shoot them with bile. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/rangerbot-programmed-to-kill/
A recent study found that men on Tinder do not appear to be intimidated by highly educated women. They indicated interest in fictitious profiles with a Master’s degree more often than those with a Bachelor’s degree. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272775719301104
A Volvo engineer invented and patented the three-point seatbelt in 1959. As a new safety measure, it was so significant that they opened up the patent to other automakers to help save lives instead of trying to profit from it. – WTF Fun Facts
Male model Stefan-Pierre Tomlin aka “Mr. Tinder” received a record-breaking 14,600 matches in two years. After five years of swiping and matching nearly 20 women a day on the app, he finally found a girlfriend offline via a blind date. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://nypost.com/2019/08/20/mr-tinder-finds-love-offline-after-14600-failed-matches/
A 25 year old Kenyan man invented smart gloves that can convert sign language movements into speech. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.wearable-technologies.com/2019/06/kenyan-invents-smart-gloves-that-turn-sign-language-gestures-into-audio-speech/
A US study found that the more money you make, the less time you spend on the internet. Wealth also predicts the type of websites visited. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.thecut.com/2016/07/more-money-less-internet.html
GE is to blame for your elders warning you not to sit too close to the TV. In 1967, they manufactured a color TV which emitted excessive radiation due to a “factory error”. GE fixed the problem going forward by putting a leaded glass shield around the tubes. – WTF Fun Facts
Brazilian electronics company Gradiente is legally allowed to sell their ‘iPhone’ because they trademarked it back in 2000. The phone uses an Android operating system. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theverge.com/2013/9/25/4770180/apple-wins-iphone-trademark-case-in-brazil
If a self-driving car gets in an accident that is clearly its fault, then the owner doesn’t pay damages – the manufacturers do. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/03/can-you-sue-a-robocar/556007/
There is a d.i.y. Netflix Project to create a “Netflix and Chill” button. Dubbed The Switch, when you activate it, the lights dim, your phone is set to do-not-disturb, food is ordered for delivery, and Netflix is readied for streaming. – WTF Fun Facts
There is a Wait Calculation for interstellar travel. It attempts to determine the minimum number of years it should take us to travel somewhere, such that a future mission doesn’t pass the previous one due to advances in propulsion technology. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260275150_Interstellar_Travel_-_The_Wait_Calculation_and_the_Incentive_Trap_of_Progress
There’s a Swedish startup company called Cangaroo who want you to rent app-enabled pogo sticks to get around your city. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://sf.curbed.com/2019/6/3/18650710/cangoroo-pogo-stick-rental-company-sf-app-scooters
Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc.’s web address is abc.xyz. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: abc.xyz
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