Yearly Archives: 2022

WTF Fun Fact 13125 – NFL Referees Get Superbowl Rings

Superbowl referees also get rings. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 13125 – NFL Referees Get Superbowl Rings appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

Before trees took over the earth…

Before trees took over the earth the land was covered with Prototaxites, a fungus that became extinct more than 350 million years ago and is believed to have reached almost 9m high and 1.37m in diameter. Source

WTF Fun Fact 13124 – Signalman Jack

In the 1880s, a railway employed a baboon for a very important job. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 13124 – Signalman Jack appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

WTF Fun Fact 13123 – Aquamation

Water cremation is a growing trend in the funeral industry. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 13123 – Aquamation appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

The Secret Cold War Project Behind the Roswell UFO Incident

On July 6, 1947, foreman William Brazel was patrolling the Foster cattle ranch, 50 kilometres outside the town of Roswell, New Mexico, when he noticed some strange debris strewn across the ground. The debris was composed of a strange, silvery metallic substance, parts of which were covered in strings of mysterious symbols resembling Egyptian hieroglyphs.… Read More »

The Curious Case of the Solar Powered Sea-Slug

Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. First conceived by Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1735, this system for classifying life on earth, known as Linnaean Taxonomy, has been in use for nearly 300 years and is taught in every high school biology class. In recent years, however, a better understanding of genetics and evolution… Read More »

The Largely Forgotten Entirely Mad Adventure of Half Safe The Amphibious Car That Could

If you suddenly decided to travel around the world, what sort of vehicle would you choose? Likely a sailboat, or – of you’re feeling particularly ambitious – an aeroplane. Well if so, then you’re a far more reasonable person than Ben Carlin. When this former Australian mining engineer began planning his own round-the-world trip in… Read More »

The Young War Gamers Who Changed the Course of WWII

The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest single campaign of the Second World War. Lasting from the very first day of the war in Europe to the very last, the battle pit German U-boats against Allied merchant shipping in a struggle for control of the Atlantic sea lanes, essential to keeping the British Isles… Read More »