In 2008, Chile minted 1.5 million 50-peso coins with a spelling error. A year later, they finally noticed they had spelled “CHIIE” instead of “CHILE”. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/2739/Chile-2008-50-Peso/
WTF Fun Fact – Alexander Bogdanov’s Not So Eternal Youth
In 1924, Russian scientist Alexander Bogdanov started blood transfusion experiments, hoping to achieve eternal youth. After 11 blood transfusions, he claimed to have improved his eyesight and stopped balding. He died after a transfusion with a student suffering from malaria and TB. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact -Jack Ass Sues MTV
A man named Jack Ass sued MTV for $10 million, claiming the series Jackass was plagiarizing his name. Jack Ass, formerly known as Bob Craft, changed his name in 1997 to raise awareness for drunk driving, after his brother and friend were killed in an accident. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://kahanelaw.com/wacky-wednesday-jack-ass-vs-jackass/
WTF Fun Fact – The Wojcicki Family
The Wojcicki’s have three daughters: Susan is the CEO of Youtube, Anne is the Founder and CEO of 23andMe, and Janet has her PhD and is a Fulbright-winning anthropologist and professor. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – The Amazing Deion
Deion Sanders once hit an MLB homerun and scored an NFL touchdown in the same week, he is the only person to ever accomplish this. He is also the only athlete to ever compete in both the World Series and a Super Bowl. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – The Home Depot Studio Store
In 2014, Home Depot opened a private store within Pinewood Studios known as The Studio Store. It is about half the size of other Home Depot stores, with extra room for bulk materials, like lumber, for building sets. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – The Landlord’s Game
Monopoly was originally called “The Landlord’s Game” and was patented in 1904 by Elizabeth Maggie. Instead of the “Pass Go, Collect $200” square, she wrote “Labor upon mother Earth produces wages.”–WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Wealth Improves Life Expectancy
A 2020 study found being wealthy adds an average of 7-9 additional years of disability-free life expectancy over the poor in both the UK and US. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://academic.oup.com/biomedgerontology/article/75/5/906/5698372
WTF Fun Fact – World’s Largest Doughnut
The largest doughnut ever made was an American-style jelly doughnut weighing 3739 lbs. It was 16 ft. in diameter and 16in high in the center. It was made by two bakeries in Utica, New York on January 21, 1993. – WTF Fun Facts