35 WTF Fun Facts For Your Brain to Absorb

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    Text - WTF fun fact # 7926 North Korea is sitting on 6-10 trillion dollars worth of minerals it can't access due to lack of technology and equipment.
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    Child - WTF fun fact #1125 Babies have accents. example, a French babies cry will end with a rising note, while German babies have a dropping note at the end of theirs. they pick up on this in the womb.
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    Blue - WTF fun fact #1881 Star Trek's DeForest Kelley wanted to be a doctor in real life, but he couldn't afford medical school. Later on, some of his proudest moments as an actor were the number of people who told him his portrayal of Dr. McCoy Inspired them to become doctors. "You can win awards and that sort of thing, but to influence the youth of the country... Is an award that is not handed out by the industry. wtffunfact.com
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    Text - WTF fun fact #1817 A highly religious physician by the name of Rene' Leannec invented the stethoscope because he was uncomfortable putting his ear to the chest of women. wtffunfact.com
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    Hair - WTF fun fact #112 Michael Jackson would requested his wine be served in Diet Coke cans during flights, because he didn't want his kids to see him drinking alcohol.
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    Marine mammal - WTF fun fact # 7888 A newly discovered shark, called the "Ninja lanternshark," has a jet-black body and a het that can glow. wtffunfact.com
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    Crowd - WTF fun fact #1104 MI5 estimates there are as many Russian agents in London now as there were at the height of the Cold War.
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    Carving - WTF fun fact # 1880 Aztec mothers who died in childbirth were regarded as highly as warriours who died in battle. OPLPRO wtffunfact.com 89 8888 JOO00000U
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    Fish - WTF fun fact # 1900 In 1998 a 23 year old man in Ohio choked to death on a live goldfish he tried to swallow on a dare. In response to if anyone would be charged for the man's death, a police officer stated "If I dare you to jump off a bridge and you do it and you're 23 years of age, you're stupid." wtffunfact.com
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    Text - WTF fun fact # 7884 Most serial killers have been born in November than any other month. wtffunfact.com
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    Face - WTF fun fact # 1881 Your face turns red when you're angry because your heart is beating faster to send more blood to your muscles, preparing you for a fight. wtffunfact.com
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    Fun - WTF fun fact #7810 Princess Diana, on live TV, shook the hand of an AIDS patient without wearing gloves, challenging the belief that AIDS could be passed via contact. The act was seen as a huge moment for those suffering with the disease. wtffunfact.com
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    Text - WTF fun fact # 784 350 years ago, Robert Boyle wrote down a 'to-do list' of fantastical things he hoped science would one day acomplish. We're over half way there. Ahe erstingaton oflife Tho Roeary of Stoube, at oayt fem" efihi marky of it of aew Fecth Hair calourd of wgonth The Art of feahracng lenp under Water,aud raseraif. - fanbhmg Harly Fare The (ure of 10 exen of at anlaurs The fure of Dife o foy atdians r et Got ranglanlaen The Atamiig GegantickSmanains The Emur a Ha'g of isthwtffu
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    Text - WTF fun fact # 780 In the 15th century, King James IV conducted an experiment by sending a me woman and two infants to an empty island to learn what the 'natural human language' would be. wtffunfact.com
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    Spider - WTF fun fact # 103 Spiders eat between 400 and 800 million tons of insects and other pests every year.
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    Drink - WTF fun fact # 1898 In 1977, a Chinese woman with no medical degree anonymously found malaria cure. 38 years later, she was awarded the Nobel prize for medicine. wtffunfact.com
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    Human - WTF fun fact #1108 Italy's highest court has ruled that stealing small amounts of food to stave off hunger is not a crime.
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    Hair - WTF fun fact # 1811 Taylor Swift was born into wealth. Her father is "a descendant of three generations of bank presidents" and worked for Merrill Lynch. At the age of 14 her family moved to Nashville where her father purchased a stake in Big Machine, the label to which Swift first signed. wtffunfact.com
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    Water transportation - WTF fun fact # 713 Hurricane Katrina caused an 85 percent reduction in the amount of babies named Katrina
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    Text - WTF fun fact #7100 Microsoft is banning the most commonly used passwords across all of its devices, including "123456," "password," "monkey," and "abcdefg." PASSWORD
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    Dog - WTF fun fact #1107 According to new research, your dog can and will use deception to get a tasty treat from you.
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    Text - WTF fun fact #T|| A man called Gregory Nemitz claimed ownership of an asteroid months before NASA landed a probe in it. He then proceeded to issue NASA a US $20 parking ticket for landing there 27 m 128 18 m 31 m
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    Mountainous landforms - WTF fun fact # 785 in Sweden you have a constitutional right to allemansrätten, which is the right to peacefully hike, camp, bike and enjoy nature anywhere in the country unimpeded, with the only restriction being very close to someone's house or if you mess up a garden. wtffunfact.com
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    Nature - WTF fun fact # 7891 A wobble of Earth's axis causes the Sahara to cycle between desert and grassland every 23,000 years. wtffunfact.com NSA
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    Insect - WTF fun fact # 7885 93% of people who ever existed on this planet are now dead ,and about 50% of them were kiled by malaria.
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    Winter - WTF fun fact #1102 A fan once approached Bob Ross and said 'Bob, I could never paint, because I'm color blind. All I can see is gray tones'-so he did an entire episode of the Joy of Painting where he painted only in grays.
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    Cash - WTF fun fact #1105 In 2009, A man was unable to cash a check at a Bank of America branch in Tampa, Florida, because he could not provide a thumbprint. The man has two prosthetic arms. The bank later issued an apology 100
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    Text - WTF fun fact # 1811 inventor and architect Buckminster Fuller tried to document his life as completely as possible. Every 15 minutes from 1915 to his death in 1983 he recorded his life in his diary named 'Dymaxion Chronofile'. Ultimately, it contains 14,000 papers and is a staggering 82 metres high. wtffunfact.com
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    Team - WTF fun fact # 7881 One of the New York Mafia families' rules is that the members aren't allowed to grow facial hair.
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    Tree - WTF fun fact # 1883 When the Queen visited the GoT Cast, she refused to sit on the Iron Throne because "She is not allowed to sit on other thrones, fictional or otherwise" wtffunfact.com
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    Food - WTF fun fact # 188 In the film Osmosis Jones, Bill Murray's character mentions attending a chicken wing festival in Buffalo, NY. It didn't really exist at the time, but people were so inspired by it that they started an annual National Buffalo Wing Festival, which has now served over 4.6 million wings to nearly a million people since 2002. Cu A BRES WNG KING
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    Canidae - WTF fun fact # 7882 When a dog sees its owner, their brain releases oxytocin - The same chemical found in Humans who are in love or bonding with friends. wtffunfact.com
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    Businessperson - WTF fun fact # 1910 David Letterman created a scholarship for the average "C student," recognizing that it's not all about marks, some are extraordinary and amazing in other ways.
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    Land vehicle - WTF fun fact #110 A British scientist rode a bike fitted with an ultrasonic distance sensor to see how closely cars would pass him. He found that cars gave him about 6 inches more space when he was wearing a wig so that drivers passing from behind would think he was a woman. REK
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    Military - WTF fun fact #1901 During the Vietnam War, the US decided to draft 350,000 people who had failed military entrance tests. "McNamera's Morons" died at 3x the rate of other Gls.

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