wtf facts

There. That's a thing you know now. 

Here is a collection of creepy, interesting, random, useful, or perhaps all of the above, facts. There is no theme to these facts other than after you read them, you'll realize that you never knew you needed to know them until you did. And if you're a trivia buff, you'll have 17 more bullets in your figurative gun. Pow pow, fact power! *shudders at lameness of previous statement* Ignore me. Read the facts. 

Prepare to have the horizons of your knowledge expanded before your very eyes. These fascinating facts are little nuggets of truth, wisdom, and sometimes weirdness. Not only will you learn some things that may never come in handy outside the trivia room, you will also gain some very valuable new shower thought material. WINNING. 

These'll stop you in your tracks. If you're after some seriously mind-bending facts that will not just make you think, but make you ponder existence itself, feel the inevitability of time, and question the nature of the universe, then you're in the right place. Not only will these facts make for some interesting shower thoughts, they will also up your trivia skills. Two birds, one stone. Prepare your brain for what you're about to read. 

Humans are pretty weird, and our history reflects that. Here are some random facts about human history that will boost your trivia skills significantly. And who doesn't love some new facts to store in the back of your brain, only to be retrieved at the most useless of times? But c'mon, we all know that winning trivia night isn't something to be sneezed at. So learn these facts and use them well, my minions. 

The world is a freaky place. Some events sound so extraordinary that they sound like a crackpot fever-dream that no one could possibly have thought to do in real life. You don't need to be Dale Gribble to believe these. These are 100% true facts (however fantastical they sound). On the other side, here are some completely unproven obscure conspiracies that people personally believe in.

Times change quickly these days. Hell, 2009 was a whole different world from 2019. But imagine going back 110 years ago, to 1909. Things were way different back then. I would almost say incomparable, but fact number 4 sounds just like people today, so I guess we can't have changed that much. Anyway, if you rekcon you know some things about what went down in the 1900s, have a squiz at these weird facts. They are random as f*ck and make me glad that I'm not living back then. Plus, you'll be king/queen of the next trivia night you attend. 

There are two kinds of people in the world: people who have a detailed knowledge about one topic, and people who know a lot of random facts about random things. This list is for the latter group of people. Prepare to get your WTF fact database updated with some fresh, weird, random facts. You're welcome. 

Wow. We knew that turtles were cute, but we didn't realize how cool they are as a species. Do you know how long they can live for? And where they breathe from? And what their tears are useful for? If you don't know the answers to these questions, get reading my little ones. These interesting turtle facts await you. 

Hippos are pretty cool animals. Here are 11 insane facts that prove this. Use these facts as often as you want (they are especially good for awkward silences and party tricks). Enjoy. 

Foxes are incredible creatures, and very often poorly portrayed in the media and in the arts. So how about some info nuggets about them you might not know. You might have heard that certain animals use the Earth's magnetic field in their survival day to day. But foxes are the only animal with this ability that uses it specifically in its hunting. Foxes are able to judge the distance of a jump from them to their pray with unerring accuracy. For them, the magnetic field is seen as almost a shadow around their eyes, and they wait for that shadow and the sound the pray is making to line up, before making their move. If you want to see an amazing scene of a fox vs. a bald eagle, this video won't disappoint you. Predator v. Predator is something you should never miss. 

Here are some impressive fun facts to memorize and use as a way of breaking that awkward silence at the dinner table. And what better animal to talk about than the king of them all? Yes, we are talking about lions. Who doesn't like lions? They are majestic, powerful, cute and they have nice manes. And we all secretly want a pet lion to protect us, or a friend like Aslan. 

Here's some majestic AF lions that don't include any fun facts, just cool pics of the mighty big cats, and here's some lion memes that also contain no fun facts like the ones on this list.

Damn nature! You scary! Here are 17 really chilling and scary animal facts, not for the easily-spooked! You have been warned... proceed with caution.

You can never know too many random facts about animals. At least, that's what we think here. So here's a bunch of random unrelated facts about animals that might (or might not) come in useful one day. Let your brain soak up that knowledge. 

You probably know that cheetahs are the fastest animals on earth. And if you didn't, well there's a fact for ya. But we've got 10 more pretty crazy facts about cheetahs that not many average joes know about. If you want improve your database of random useless facts (we actually think they're very useful, especially for trivia), keep on reading and soak up that knowledge. 

We love learning new facts here, no matter how random the subject matter is. And today's random fact subject will be pandas! Pandas are mostly known for originating from China, eating bamboo and being cute. But there is so much more to know about them, and some of these facts are pretty insane. Now we love pandas even more.