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In several Chinese cities, companies operate a "jam-busting" service. Drivers in traffic jams who need to get somewhere urgently call and 2 people show up on a motorbike. One stays with your car, and...

Seventeenth-century English aristocrats planted grass on the most visible parts of their properties so people would know they were wealthy enough to "waste" the land by not using it for crops. This i...

In 1957, the US military developed a ‘shouting bomb’. The nine-foot long bomb could address large crowds for nearly 3 minutes as it dropped to the ground with a parachute. – WTF Fun Facts Source: ...

The technical name for a Pringle chip's shape is a truncated hyperbolic parabaloid. Their shape gives them the correct aerodynamics for flight (so they don't fly off the production line) and the stru...

The Chinese Army has been training 10,000 pigeons to provide support to the military's communications in the event that war renders its modern technology unusable. The pigeons can fly up to 75 mph an...

The tongue of a giraffe is a dark black or purple color due to the extra melanin in it, which protects the tongue from getting sunburn. This is a necessity since their tongues are so long (up to 2 fe...

Aston Martin partnered with submarine maker Triton to develop a limited edition submarine known as Project Neptune. The submarine seats 3 people and has a top speed of 5 knots and is expected to cost...

By narrowing your eyes and slowly blinking, you can communicate with cats that you are friendly and improve your chances that they approach and are receptive to you. – WTF Fun Facts Source: Study ...

Coffee beans grow on a bush. They are actually the seed of a small red fruit called coffee cherries and are technically not a bean at all. – WTF Fun Facts Source: Is Coffee a Fruit or a Vegetable?...

The Vatican is painting it's famous buildings, like the Belvedere Palace which was built in 1484, with milk from the Pope's cows which are kept at his summer residence of Castel Gandolfo. The milk is...