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WTF Fun Fact – Honeybee Venom Kills Cancer Cells

A 2020 lab study found honeybee venom, which contains the compound melittin, destroyed 2 types of hard to treat breast … Read More & Source The post WTF Fun Fact – Honeybee Venom Kills Cancer Cells appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

25 Interesting Facts About Gasoline and Oil

Here are 25 Interesting Facts About Gasoline and Oil. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Gasoline and Oil 1. If all the corn and soybean production in the U.S was diverted to corn ethanol and soy biodiesel, it would meet only 12% of gasoline demand and 6% of diesel demand. – Source 2. The United States accounts…… Read More »

WTF Fun Fact – South Korean Cloned Drug Sniffing Dogs

In 2007, South Korea began employing cloned Labrador retrievers to sniff out drugs for the customs service. Training and using … Read More & Source The post WTF Fun Fact – South Korean Cloned Drug Sniffing Dogs appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

A professor who ran a long running…

A professor ran a long running study on a pitch drop missed every single drop. One in 1977 because he went home tired, another in 1988 because he went to get a cup of tea, and in 2000 due to a malfunctioned webcam. When the next drop finally fell in 2014, he had died 8… Read More »

Japanese scientists hypothesized that…

Japanese scientists hypothesized that zebras’ stripes deter insects. So they painted black and white stripes on cows and striped cows had about 50% fewer biting flies land on them than unpainted cows. The post Japanese scientists hypothesized that… appeared first on Crazy Facts. Source

WTF Fun Fact – Loneliness As Bad As Smoking

A Harvard research study found that having no friends is as deadly as smoking. Researchers discovered a link between loneliness … Read More & Source The post WTF Fun Fact – Loneliness As Bad As Smoking appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

30 Interesting Facts About Babies

Here are 30 Interesting Facts About Babies. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Babies 1. Babies who are born deaf and are exposed to sign language early, babble using sign language – Source 2. The first time a Navajo baby laughs, the family throws a party. The person who made the baby laugh provides the food. –…… Read More »

47 Interesting Facts About Brain

Here are 47 Interesting Facts About Brain. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Brain 1. In seasickness, the brain thinks that it is hallucinating from poison ingestion due to in-coordination between eyes and ear canals due to motion. As a defense mechanism, the brain tries to get the “poison” out of the body that makes us throw…… Read More »

WTF Fun Fact – Cows And Super Seaweed

A company called Future Feed has created an Australian ‘super seaweed’ food supplement which can reduce 99.9% of the methane … Read More & Source The post WTF Fun Fact – Cows And Super Seaweed appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

25 Interesting Math Facts

Here are 25 Interesting Math Facts. 1-5 Interesting Math Facts 01. Hairy Ball Theorem: The hairy ball theorem of algebraic topology states that there is no non-vanishing continuous tangent vector field on even-dimensional n-spheres. In simple terms, it’s impossible to comb all the hairs on a tennis ball in the same direction without creating a…… Read More »

25 Interesting Facts About Meteorites

Here are 25 Interesting Facts About Meteorites. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Meteorites 1. Fantasy author, Sir Terry Pratchett had his own sword forged out of iron ore than he dug out and several pieces of meteorites, when he was knighted. He also forged the sword himself. He hired an expert to tutor him through it,…… Read More »