Galeanthropy is a mental condition of thinking that one has become a cat, which is usually manifested in the adoption of feline mannerisms and habits. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/galeanthropy
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 – Nictating Membrane
Ducks can keep their eyes open underwater due to a transparent third, sideways eyelid called a nictating membrane or haw. All birds have it and even humans have a vestigial remnant called the plica semilunaris. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nictitating_membrane
WTF Fun Fact – The Boy Bands Have Won
The band Chumbawamba holds the world record for the longest album title at 156 words and 857 characters long for 2008 album “The Boy Bands Have Won…” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/74213-longest-title-of-a-music-album/
WTF Fun Fact – Kukeri Costumes
Around New Year and before Lent, those in Bulgarian kukeri costumes walk and dance through villages to scare away evil spirits with their costumes and the sound of their bells. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kukeri
WTF Fun Fact – Over And Out
The popular idiom “over and out” from TV and movies makes no sense in actual radio communications because “over” means you want a reply and “out” means you do not expect a reply. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/over_and_out
WTF Fun Fact – Cucumber Sacrifice
The Nilotic peoples Nuer, Dinka, and Atuot of South Sudan occasionally sacrifice a cucumber instead of an ox. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://brill.com/previewpdf/journals/jra/22/1/article-p47_4.xml
WTF Fun Fact – The Isolator
In the 1920’s, Hugo Gernsback invented The Isolator which was a helmet aimed to improve concentration by blocking out noise and narrowing the users field of view. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.thevintagenews.com/2015/12/22/the-isolator-an-invention-from-1925-designed-to-improve-work-productivity/
WTF Fun Fact – Sweet Sperm Whale Ambergris
A popular additive to many perfumes, Ambergris, comes from the intestines of sperm whales. When it’s fresh, not surprisingly, it smells like crap, but then later begins to smell sweet and ‘earthy’. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/whale-poop-perfume-ambergris-why-its-expensive-2019-1
WTF Fun Fact – Vellum Bibles
There are 12 copies of the Gutenberg Bible which were printed on vellum. Each of these copy’s required ~170 calf hides. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bl.uk/treasures/gutenberg/vellum.html