Sweethearts conversation hearts debuted in 1901 and were made every year up until 2019 when the brand was sold. Before that, the New England Confectionery Company produced ~8 billion Sweethearts per year, all within the six weeks before Valentine’s Day. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Valentine’s Day 2019: No Sweethearts candy conversation hearts – Vox
Investigators found that during the 7.5 months preceding Elvis’s death on August 16, 1977, he was prescribed at least 8,805 pills, tablets, vials, and injectables. Going back to January 1975, the count was 19,012. The drugs included uppers, downers, and powerful painkillers. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Elvis Presley’s Death — What Really Killed the King? | HuffPost
At the 2011 World Scrabble Championships in Poland, a competitor demanded the official strip search his opponent after a ‘G’ tile went missing. The officials decided against it due to a lack of evidence of cheating. –WTF Fun Facts
Source: Strip-Search That Man, ‘Scrabble’ Player Demands : The Two-Way : NPR
Researchers have mimicked the voice of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy by recreating much of its vocal tract using medical scanners, 3D printing and an electronic larynx. They produced a single sound – somewhere between the vowels in “bed” and “bad.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Ancient voice: Scientists recreate sound of Egyptian mummy (nbcnews.com)
Magnolia plants are so ancient that they’re pollinated by beetles because they existed prior to bees appearing. –WTF Fun Facts
Source: Magnolia – Wikipedia
Rhiley Morrison, 12, swallowed 54 magnetic balls to see if he could get metal to stick to his stomach and what they looked like when he went to the toilet. He survived after six hours of life-saving surgery and two weeks in the hospital. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Boy, 12, has six hours of life-saving surgery after swallowing 54 magnets | Metro News
There’s only one McDonald’s in the world with turquoise arches. In 1993, local government officials in Sedona, Arizona, thought the yellow would clash with the natural red rock surrounding the city. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Why This Arizona McDonald’s Uses Turquoise Instead of Golden Arches | Reader’s Digest (rd.com)
For one day in August 1998 and another in October 2018, Topeka, Kansas, renamed itself “ToPikachu” to mark the release of different Pokémon games. – WTF un Facts
Glenna Duram was convicted of murdering her husband and then attempting suicide. Their pet parrot, Bud, who was the only “witness” began repeating what’s thought to have been their last conversation, ending with the words: “Don’t f****** shoot!” – WTF Fun Facts