While filming Titanic in Nova Scotia, someone spiked the crew’s chowder with PCP. Over 60 people were hospitalized, including director James Cameron. Cameron was even stabbed in the face with a pen by another crew member. – WTF Fun Facts
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WTF Fun Fact – Three Kidneys After A Transplant
During kidney transplant surgery, the existing kidneys generally aren’t taken out unless there is a medical reason to remove them. The donated kidney is placed into your lower abdomen, where it’s easiest to connect it to your important blood vessels and bladder. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: 20 Common Kidney Transplant Questions and Answers | National Kidney Foundation
WTF Fun Fact – Breast Implant Deflects Bullet
In 2018, a 30-year-old woman in Canada was shot in her left breast. Her silicone breast implant deflected the bullet away from her vital organs and left her with only some broken ribs and damaged implants. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Woman’s breast implant deflects bullet, saving her life – CNN
WTF Fun Fact – Gum-Leaf Skeletonizer Caterpillar Hat
The gum-leaf skeletonizer caterpillar wears its old molted heads on top of its head, which it uses to bat away predators. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Weird caterpillar uses its old heads to make an elaborate hat | New Scientist
WTF Fun Fact – What Happened To JFK’s Presidential Limo?
The car President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in was cleaned and upgraded to include a permanent bulletproof roof and then put into service as the presidential limo for Presidents Johnson, Nixon, Ford and Carter before being retired in 1977. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: What Happened to JFK’s Assassination Car? | Houston Press
WTF Fun Fact – Pop-Tarts All Sold Out
The United States actually ran out of Pop-Tarts in 1964, after the first shipment sold out in just two weeks. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: 13 Things You Never Knew About Pop-Tarts | HuffPost UK Food & Drink (huffingtonpost.co.uk)
WTF Fun Fact – Winchester Geese
In 1161, the Bishop of Winchester was the largest brothel owner in the UK and his prostitutes were known as the “Winchester Geese.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Liberty of the Clink – Wikipedia
WTF Fun Fact – Ophiocordyceps unilateralis
Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, a parasitic fungus, effectively turns ants into zombies. The fungus compels the ant to bite onto the underside of a low-hanging leaf where it dies, and the fungus then sends a fruiting body out through the ant’s head to disseminate spores. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Cordyceps zombie fungus takes over ants’ bodies (nationalgeographic.com)
WTF Fun Fact – Pizza Or Vomit Flavor?
Jelly Belly once tried to make a cheese-pizza flavored jelly bean. The taste was so bad that they shelved it and later used it as the basis for the vomit flavored Bertie Bott’s jelly bean instead. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: How Does Jelly Belly Create Its Weird Flavors? | Mental Floss