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!
The original word for bear has been lost because our ancient ancestors were so worried saying the name of the animal would cause it to come after them. Instead they used the term bruin, meaning the brown one, which then segued into bear. – WTF Fun Facts
Source:http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,2041313,00.html
Up until 2008, the chemical TBT was used in ship’s anti-fouling paint, which caused female snails to grow penises and ultimately explode because they couldn’t shed their eggs. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2014/01/15/female-sea-snails-no-longer-growing-penises-thanks-to-ban-on-toxic-chemical/#.XRiq_I97mUl
The city of Vancouver has banned doorknobs on all new home construction. They must instead use levers. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/why-vancouvers-ban-on-doorknobs-makes-sense-2013-11?r=US&IR=T
Twenty percent of all marriages globally are between first cousins. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-ban-cousin-marriages_b_2567162?guccounter=1
The famous Star Trek phrase “Beam me up, Scotty!” was never actually said in any of the Star Trek films or television shows. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/103742/has-the-phrase-beam-me-up-scotty-been-used-in-tas-or-any-movies
Adermatoglyphia, or immigration delay disease, is a genetic mutation that causes people to be born without fingerprints. Worldwide it affects only 4 known extended families. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/08/110809-fingerprints-skin-disease-health-science-weird/
In 2009, Saudi Arabia created a special “Anti-Witchcraft Unit” and a telephone hotline for the public to report magical misdeeds. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/08/saudi-arabias-war-on-witchcraft/278701/
Clinique and Crayola have teamed up to create a box of lipstick crayons that are color-matched to actual Crayola shades. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/2017/01/134591/clinique-crayola-chubby-sticks
Pop singer Ke$ha was born with a vestigial tail that was later removed and ‘stolen’ from her. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/celebritydiagnosis/40826
Altamura man is an extremely well preserved fossil of a man who fell down a well/sinkhole over 100,000 years ago. Researchers are still trying to figure out how to safely extract the remains from the calcite. – WTF Fun Facts
The record for longest cow dung garland of 1.25 miles long is held by a village in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
According to the 1989 book, The First Really Important Survey of American Habits, those with higher incomes prefer their toilet paper to unravel from the top and those with lower incomes prefer it unravel from the bottom.
– WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://archive.org/details/firstreallyimpor00pore/page/n3
It is illegal to use a public toilet and not flush it in Singapore. If caught, you can face up to a $150 fine.
– WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/things-that-are-illegal-in-singapore-2015-7?r=US&IR=T
For the last few months of his life, President James Garfield was fed through his rectum by his friend Dr. Doctor W. Bliss.
– WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://nypost.com/2016/09/22/the-inept-doctor-who-killed-president-garfield/
In 1384, the 10 year old Hungarian girl Jadwiga (Hedwig), was named the King of Poland.
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Source: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jadwiga
Cannibalism is illegal in Idaho, one of very few states that has an explicit law against it. However, it’s a legitimate defense to have committed cannibalism “under extreme life-threatening conditions as the only apparent means of survival.”
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Source: https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch50/sect18-5003/
If you tickle a rat day after day, it will start ‘laughing’ whenever it sees you.
– WTF Fun Facts
Pop and Rock stars suffer a mortality rate of 1.7x the average adult in the 25 years after the prime of their career.
– WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/seriouslyscience/2014/04/16/study-determines-average-survival-rate-pop-stars/