At night, Parrotfish protect themselves from tiny blood-sucking crustaceans called gnathiid isopods by creating a mucus cocoon which they sleep in. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2010.0916
Weird
This is our weird but true facts category. These may be a little odd and a little strange, but they are all most definitely true facts! If you are looking for weird fun facts then start scrolling!
WTF Fun Fact – French Royalty Public Birth
French royalty used to give birth in front of many other noble people, valets, and guards to ensure that the newborn child was not substituted for another. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://thisisversaillesmadame.blogspot.com/2013/12/giving-birth-in-public.html
WTF Fun Fact – Teen Predator Of Himself
In 2015 a teen was prosecuted as an adult for having naked images – of himself – on his cell phone. The court claimed he was simultaneously the adult perpetrator who is considered a predator and the minor victim who needed protecting by the law. He struck a plea deal to avoid jail. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/20/teen-prosecuted-naked-images-himself-phone-selfies
WTF Fun Fact – New York Jets Travelling Toilet Paper
In 2015, when the New York Jets played at Wembley Stadium in London, they shipped over 350 rolls of toilet paper for their hotel and the stadium because an intern who had previously been to London thought their TP was too thin. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-34430305
WTF Fun Fact – Nun Urine For Fertility
In the 1960’s and 70’s, Italian pharmaceutical company Serono was using nun urine to make their fertility drug Pergonal. It took 10 nuns about 10 days to produce enough urine for one treatment. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – The Unknown Person
There’s been a prisoner in Canada since 2013 known as “the Unknown Person” because he refuses to identify himself. His fingerprints are tied to four different identities from two countries plus one with unknown citizenship.–WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Formication
The random feeling of having insects crawling on you is called formication. Static electricity can attract particulates to the skin and can also cause body hair to move, giving a sensation of insects crawling over the skin. –WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Tana Toraja’s Dead Baby Trees
On the Indonesian island of Tana Toraja, if a baby dies before he starts teething, the family cuts a hole in a tree and places the dead child inside. The tree grows around the baby and absorbs it. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Ta’rof
Ta’rof is Iranian cultural politeness in which the host offers something to the guest and the guest declines it repeatedly until eventually giving in, regardless of whether they want it or not. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.commisceo-global.com/blog/ta-rof-understanding-iranian-culture
WTF Fun Fact – Cymothoa Exigua
Cymothoa exigua is a parasite that severs the blood vessels of a fish’s tongue and becomes a new functional tongue. It is the only known parasite to replace an entire organ. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Cheese Brine On Roads
Some counties in Wisconsin use liquid cheese brine in addition to salt to prevent their roads from getting too icy in the winter. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Baby Window Cage
In London in the 1930’s, some parents used to keep their babies in cages on their window sill in order to make sure they got enough air and sunshine in tall apartment buildings. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/news/a33058/hanging-baby-cages/
WTF Fun Fact – Ghost Tapes For War
During the Vietnam War, as part of operation “Wandering Soul”, the US Navy and Army made terrifying recordings of voices that were supposedly Viet Cong ghosts, then played those tapes from helicopters in the jungle at night.–WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – 50 ft. Michael Jackson Robot
As part of plans for a 2005 Las Vegas residency, Michael Jackson’s team was designing a 50 ft. MJ robot that would roam the Nevada desert. It would be visible to tourists landing at Las Vegas’ airport and serve as a giant advertisement for Jackson’s show. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/1618999/exclusive-plans-for-michael-jackson-robot-in-las-vegas-revealed/
WTF Fun Fact – Paralyzing Fart
The larvae of the beaded lacewing (Lomamyia latipennis) fart on the much larger termites to paralyze them before eating them. They can paralyze up to 6 termites with a single fart which paralyzes them for ~3 hours. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.wired.com/2015/06/silent-deadly-fatal-farts-immobilize-prey/
WTF Fun Fact – Ballet Shoe Budget
The New York City Ballet has an annual shoe budget of $780,000. Their dancers go through 500 to 800 pairs of pointe shoes performing “The Nutcracker” over 6 weeks and use even more pairs in just 2 weeks performing while “Swan Lake.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.dancespirit.com/the-secrets-of-new-york-city-ballets-pointe-shoe-room-2543661527.html
WTF Fun Fact – Skycots
In the 1950’s, babies traveled on airplanes in “skycots.” They were attached to the overhead luggage bin, with children placed inside for the duration of the flight. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Pen Cap Deaths
A recent study found that ~100 Americans die every year from choking on pen caps. Manufacturers of pen’s now have vents on the top to help prevent the cap from completely blocking the airway. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.sciencealert.com/why-there-are-holes-in-tops-of-pen-caps-lids-bic