If they do not break on impact, both a glass and a steel ball of similar proportion to a rubber ball will bounce higher than the rubber ball. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://sciencenotes.org/why-a-glass-ball-bounces-higher-than-a-rubber-ball/
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 – Bejeweled Guinea Pigs
Archaeologists found a gruesome and shocking discovery in Peru, 100 dead guinea pigs that were sacrificed by the Incan people during the 16th century, adorned with earrings, necklaces, and some wrapped in small rugs. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.newsweek.com/inca-guinea-pigs-ritual-sacrifice-jewelry-1392942
WTF Fun Fact – Romantic Kissing
In a recent study, researchers found that less than half of 168 modern cultures engaged in romantic kissing. They found societies with distinct social classes are more likely to be kissers than those with fewer or no social classes. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.sapiens.org/culture/is-romantic-kissing-a-human-universal/
WTF Fun Fact – World’s Longest Lace Veil
Maria Paraskeva of Cyprus fulfilled her childhood dream by wearing a lace veil that stretched 22,843 feet and 2.11 inches, or roughly 63.5 football fields which is a new Guinness world record. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Blue, Green, Grue
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
WTF Fun Fact – Human-Monkey Hybrid
In 2019, the world’s first human-monkey hybrid was created in China. Scientists injected human stem cells into the monkey embryo to create the animal-human hybrid. The experiment was stopped before the birth. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/human-monkey-hybrid-china-organ-transplant-stem-cells-embryo-a9037506.html
WTF Fun Fact – Flatworm Selfing
Flatworms have male and female sets of genitalia, and if they can’t find a flatworm to mate with, they will inseminate themselves by stabbing their head with their needle-like copulatory organ, a practice known as selfing. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.cnet.com/news/this-flatworms-freaky-sex-life-will-freak-you-out/
WTF Fun Facts – Shingon Monks Sokushinbutsu
There were Shingon Monks who successfully mummified themselves alive via a practice called Sokushinbutsu, meaning “a Buddha in this very body”. Only 24 such mummifications have been discovered to date. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokushinbutsu
WTF Fun Fact – Victoria Secret Mosquito Repellent
A 2015 research study on the efficiency of mosquito repellents found that Victoria’s Secret’s Bombshell perfume actually repelled mosquito’s better than nearly all the other non-DEET products. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/mosquitoes-repelled-by-victorias-secret-perfume-2015-11