In 1963, Volkswagen donated a beetle which became the first production car in the Antarctic. It was so well loved by its users that it earned the nickname “Red Terror.” After a year of service, it returned to Australia and won the1964 BP Rally. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Polar Bug: When the Volkswagen Beetle Conquered Antarctica • Petrolicious
Kintsugi is the Japanese art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold — built on the idea that in embracing flaws and imperfections, you can create an even stronger, more beautiful piece of art. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: How the Japanese art of Kintsugi can help you deal with stressful situations (nbcnews.com)
In 1994, West Virginia prison inmate Robert Shepard braided dental floss into a rope as thick as a telephone cord, used it to scale an 18 ft wall, and escaped. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Inmate Wins No Plaque Flossing Way Over Wall – Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)
Winnie ille Pu is a 1958 translation of Winnie the Pooh into Latin by Alexander Lenard. The book became the first foreign-language and only Latin book to make The New York Times Best Seller list. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Winnie ille Pu – Wikipedia
The J.W. Westcott II is a boat operating as a floating post office on the Detroit river. It has its own exclusive zip code (48222). It delivers mail to ships while they are still underway using ropes and buckets. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: J. W. Westcott II – Wikipedia
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
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)
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
The town of Rjukan, Norway installed 50 square meters of mirrors on a mountain so they can get some sun in the winter. The project cost $850,000 and uses computer-powered mirrors that shift every 10 seconds to track the sun during the day. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Norwegian town installs giant mirrors for winter sunlight | CNN Travel