At the US Open and other US-based tournaments, the men and women play with different tennis balls. The men play with the slower heavy-duty felt while the women play with the faster regular-duty felt. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-u-s-open-do-women-play-with-faster-tennis-balls-11565957964
Tlachihualtepetl, a giant pyramid hidden inside a mountain in modern-day Mexico, is the world’s largest monument. It has a base 450 meters wide and 66 meters tall and is four times the size of the Great Pyramid at Giza. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: The giant pyramid hidden inside a mountain – BBC Future
Slow TV, or very long coverage of mundane, ordinary events, is very popular in Norway. The national broadcaster NRK has regularly shown programs such as a 379 hr boat voyage, 60 hrs of choirs singing, and 12 hrs of knitting. Shorter shows include a lecture on Norway’s past 200 years in 200 minutes. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Slow television – Wikipedia
The average American child eats 1,500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches before they graduate high school. The average adult consumes a PB&J three times a month. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Peanut Butter & Jelly—By the Numbers | National Peanut Board
A poor 19th century Chinese man failed the civil service exam, fell ill, reread a Christian pamphlet he had earlier ignored, and dreamed that he was Jesus’ brother. He led a cult/rebellion that conquered much of southern China, crowning himself as “Heavenly King.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Hong Xiuquan – Wikipedia
Those having received at least 1 shot of the Covid-19 vaccine were eligible for a free marijuana joint in New York City and Washington D.C. thanks to “Joints for Jabs.” The organization behind the 4/20 event hoped to help counter vaccine hesitancy. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: ‘Joints for jabs’: free marijuana for vaccinated New Yorkers – France 24
In Scottsdale, Arizona at Alcor’s facility rests at least 168 “patients” and 90 pets, all frozen in tanks of liquid nitrogen with the hope of being revived one day. It costs $200k for a whole body or just $80k for a head only. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: This Company Will Freeze Your Dead Body for $200,000 (nbcnews.com)
The longest US presidential inauguration speech was made by William Henry Harrison at 8,445 words. The speech was so long, and the weather so awful, that Harrison caught pneumonia and died on April 4th, making him the shortest reigning US president ever. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison
An 18-year-old girl from India lost both her arms in a bus crash. A year later, she received arm transplants from a man with big, dark and hairy arms. Amazingly, after a few years her new arms became more slender and changed color to match her skin tone. – WTF Fun Facts