Every year, Walt Disney World’s Lost and Found collects more than 6,000 cell phones, 3,500 digital cameras, and 18,000 hats. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://wdwnews.com/fact-sheets/2014/10/31/walt-disney-world-fun-facts/
A carpenter in lowa named Dale Schroeder decided to donate his life savings to help local poor students go to college. In the 14 years since his death, his $3 million donation has sent 33 students to college on a full scholarship. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://abc7news.com/education/carpenter-leaves-life-changing-gift-for-33-poor-hardworking-students/5403273/
Joseph Medicine Crow earned the title ‘War Chief’ by completing four tasks as a warrior during WWII: leading a successful war party on a raid, capturing an enemy’s weapon, touching an enemy without killing him, and stealing an enemy’s horse. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.military.com/army-birthday/badass-of-the-week-joe-medicine-crow.html
A man took his girlfriend on a tough, twisty 15-mile bicycling path that spelled out “marry me” when she checked her GPS map at the end of their ride. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://mandipao.com/news/man-proposal-cycling-marry-me-strava-103038068.html
There is an action park in Minnesota which allows you to drive military tanks and other army vehicles, smash junk cars, shoot machine guns and drive through trailer houses. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.foxnews.com/travel/minnesota-action-park-lets-you-drive-a-tank
A 13-year-old opened a hot dog stand in front of his home in Minnesota, causing a complaint to the health department. Instead of shutting him down, the inspectors helped him bring his stand up to code and paid the $87 fee for his permit out of their own pockets. He now sells nearly 150 hot dogs a day. – WTF Fun Facts
The record for the most kids born to a single mother is 69. Russian Valentina Vassilyeva labored 27 times and gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-prolific-mother-ever?fb_comment_id=84106
Pencils are typically yellow because the best graphite came from China in the 19th century. Creative pencil manufacturers began to color their pencils yellow (a royal color in Chinese culture) to indicate their high quality and associate them with China. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://blog.pencils.com/why-are-pencils-yellow/
A couple from Paraguay moved in together in 1933. After 80 years, 8 children and 50 grandchildren, the 103-year-old man married his 99-year-old bride. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://tnlounge.com/1717/103-year-old-groom-marries-his-99-year-old-bride-after-80-ye
The sun loses about 6 million tons of mass every second due to nuclear fusion and the solar wind. Despite constantly losing large sums of mass, it has only lost roughly 0.05% of its original mass over the last 4.5 billion years.
Source: https://slate.com/technology/2014/07/solar-wind-versus-fusion-how-does-the-sun-lose-mass.html
The ozone layer above Antarctica is showing signs of healing, thanks to the worldwide ban on chlorofluorocarbons. The hole in the ozone may fully heal by 2080. – WTF Fun Facts
A check in the US does not need to be written on a specific bank check paper. A check can be written on anything and be legally cashed as long as it includes all the required information. – WTF Fun Facts
The Game Of Thrones season 8 premiere was pirated nearly 55 million times in a single day. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.engadget.com/2019/04/17/game-of-thrones-season-8-premiere-piracy/
The ‘Tall Boy’, as the crazy, arm-flailing, inflatable tube characters were originally known as, was invented by carnival artist Peter Minshall for the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://news.avclub.com/the-olympic-origins-of-those-wacky-waving-inflatable-ar-1798243184
There is a d.i.y. Netflix Project to create a “Netflix and Chill” button. Dubbed The Switch, when you activate it, the lights dim, your phone is set to do-not-disturb, food is ordered for delivery, and Netflix is readied for streaming. – WTF Fun Facts
Uber’s first CEO, Ryan Graves, was an unpaid intern at Foursquare, who got hired after he answered a job listing on Twitter. He’s now worth billions. – WTF Fun Facts
A drug trafficker, nicknamed ‘Shorty’,was caught trying to escape a Rio de Janeiro jail by dressing up as his teenage daughter, who was scheduled to visit him that day. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.foxnews.com/world/brazilian-gang-leader-dressed-up-as-daughter
Two guys used their dead friend’s ashes as fishing bait and caught the words biggest carp. – WTF Fun Facts