Pop singer Ke$ha was born with a vestigial tail that was later removed and ‘stolen’ from her. - WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/celebritydiagnosis/40826
The Caribbean island of Saint Lucia is the only country which is named after a woman. It was named after Saint Lucy of Syracuse by french settlers. - WTF Fun Facts
The chemical vinblastine which helps fight a number of different cancers is made from the dried leaves of the Madagascar periwinkle. - WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321726.php
Altamura man is an extremely well preserved fossil of a man who fell down a well/sinkhole over 100,000 years ago. Researchers are still trying to figure out how to safely extract the remains from the calcite. - WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-evolution-human-origins/calcified-altamura-man-oldest-neanderthal-dna-sample-020285
The Mona Lisa at one point had eyebrows and eyelashes according to the analysis of a 240 megapixel scan done by a Parisian engineer who has studied the painting for more than 3,000 hours. - WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/3668700/Solved-Why-Mona-Lisa-doesnt-have-eyebrows.html
In the 15th and 16th centuries, the English sweating sickness epidemics killed thousands of people and then the disease disappeared. The contagious disease came on suddenly and could kill within hours. The cause and disease itself remains unknown. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweating_sickness
