In 2008, a robber escaped the scene of a crime by hiring on Craigslist a dozen identically dressed and unwitting civilians to be standing at the exact place and time of the arrival of the armored car he intended to rob. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF • Fun • Fact ( /dʌb(ə)lˌju/ /ti/ /ef/ • /fʌn/ • /fækt/ )
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WTF Fun Fact – Austrian Beer Pools
The 700-year-old Starkenberger brewery in Tarrenz, Austria, has seven swimming pools filled with beer. The brewery, which is housed in an ancient castle, converted the old vats in the fermentation room to pools. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: This Austrian Brewery Has Swimming Pools of Beer | Travel + Leisure (travelandleisure.com)
WTF Fun Fact – Creeping Devil Cactus
Stenocereus Eruca, commonly known as the Creeping Devil, is species of cactus that lies on the ground and grows at one end while the other end slowly dies “creeping”/growing up to two feet a year. It’s also capable of cloning itself to survive. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Stenocereus eruca – Wikipedia
WTF Fun Fact – Madonna Ham Statue
In 1994, Chicago artist Dwight Kalb made a statue of Madonna from 180 pounds of ham. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: 13 Apr 1994, Page 30 – Chicago Tribune at Newspapers.com
WTF Fun Fact – US Navy Forest Of Old White Oaks
The US Navy sustainably manages over 50,000 acres of forest in Indiana in order to have 150+ year old white oak trees to replace like for like on the 220-year-old wooden frigate USS Constitution. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Why the U.S. Navy Manages a Forest | The Sextant (archive.org)
WTF Fun Fact – Largest Catherine Wheel
In 2011, the largest Catherine wheel or pinwheel firework was built by Lily Fireworks Factory in Malta. It measured over 100 feet in diameter. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – ABSCAM FBI Operation
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the FBI formed a fake Arabian company and attempted to bribe members of congress as part of an operation known as ABSCAM. Nearly 25% of those tested accepted the bribe and were later convicted. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Abscam – Wikipedia
WTF Fun Fact – Male Orb Weave Spiders Detachable Genitals
Male orb weave spiders have detachable genitals which work even after being detached. When mating, he will abandon his “palps” inside his (cannibalistic) partner and flee, knowing she will try to eat him. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Spider’s detachable penis still works without him – CBS News
WTF Fun Fact – NYC’s 3700 Year-Old Obelisk
In 1881 an Egyptian obelisk named Cleopatra’s Needle was erected in NYC’s Central Park. The 3700+ year-old obelisk was originally created around 1425 BCE near modern-day Cairo. It took over a year to move the 220-ton structure. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Obelisk (Cleopatra’s Needle) | Central Park Conservancy (centralparknyc.org)