In the 17th century, a Humpty Dumpty was a drink made of brandy boiled with ale. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpty_Dumpty
Food
These food facts are sure to satiate your weird and fun food fact appetite!
WTF Fun Fact – Male And Female Hops
A hop plant is either male or female. Both male and female hop plants produce cones (strobuli), but the male cones are no good for brewing beer. It is only the female cones that contain the acids and essential oils to produce the aroma and bitterness desired for beer. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.thespruceeats.com/grow-hops-for-homebrewing-353150
WTF Fun Fact – World’s Smallest Fruit
Wolffia globosa, commonly known as the Asian watermeal, is the smallest fruit in the world. It is also the world’s smallest flowering plant. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Trader Joe’s Hidden Secret
Trader Joe’s hides a stuffed animal in the majority of their stores and if your child finds it they get a special prize. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.thekitchn.com/trader-joes-reddit-tip-hidden-stuffed-animal-257478
WTF Fun Fact – Tootsie Rolls Saved Marines
During the Korean War, Tootsie Rolls instead of ammunition were accidentally sent to US Marines in a battle at Chosin reservoir. The nourishment from the candy is credited with helping save the marines and they also used it to fix bullet hole riddled equipment. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://usmc-mccs.org/articles/how-tootsie-rolls-accidentally-saved-marines-during-war/
WTF Fun Fact – Top Ranked Sweet Potato
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) ranked the sweet potato the highest in nutrition out of all vegetables. With a score of 184, the sweet potato’s score is more than double the next highest vegetable. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.foodreference.com/html/sweet-pot-nutrition.html
WTF Fun Fact – Cauliflower Creak
Cauliflowers can grow so fast that you can actually hear them growing. The “cauliflower creak” is a distinctive squeaking noise caused by the vegetable growing at a sudden rate, forcing its florets to push against one another. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/53j4p8/listen-out-for-squeaking-cauliflower-this-weekend
WTF Fun Fact – Bruges Beer Pipeline
In Bruges, Belgium there is a 2 mile long beer pipeline that flows from De Halve Maan brewery in the city’s historic center with a bottling plant in the suburbs. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://money.cnn.com/2016/09/19/news/beer-pipeline-bruges-belgium/index.html
WTF Fun Fact – Tarahumara’s Important Tesguino
The Tarahumara use their corn beer Tesgüino in many of their ceremonies, including those to protect young children from illness and also when treating the sick. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1525/aa.1963.65.3.02a00080
WTF Fun Fact – Mars Men Candy
Sour Patch Kids were originally called Mars Men when created in the 1970’s, but the name was changed in 1985, likely to capitalize on the popularity of Cabbage Patch Kids. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Parmesan Cheese Backed Bonds
Cheese-maker 4 Madonne Caseificio dell’Emilia raised 6 million euros (nearly $7 million) in mini-bonds guaranteed by wheels of Parmesan cheese. The bonds will pay a fixed yield of 5 percent each year until they mature in January 2022. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Baby Carrots
A Californian farmer named Mike Yurosek was unhappy that he was unable to sell his imperfect carrots. So he cut and shaved them into smaller, cuter versions called baby carrots. These baby carrots now account for over 50% of carrot sales in the US.–WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/babycarrot.html
WTF Fun Fact – OJ And Toothpaste
There’s a foaming ingredient in toothpaste that blocks your ability to taste sweetness, which if you drink orange juice shortly after you only taste the acidity and bitterness of the fruit.–WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Toast Artwork
Adam Perry, drummer for the Bloodhound gang, makes elaborate artwork out of his daughter’s breakfast every day. He felt sorry for her having to eat two slices of white toast every single morning due to severe allergies. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Vegetable Orchestra
An Austrian musical group called Das Erste Wiener Gemüseorchester (The First Vienna Vegetable Orchestra) uses instruments made entirely from vegetables. After the show, they use the leftover vegetables to make soup for the audience. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vegetable_Orchestra
WTF Fun Fact – Ice Cream States
Ice cream exists simultaneously in all three states: a solid (the ice crystals), a liquid (the milk and sugar solution), and a gas (the air bubbles). – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Rice Cake Monster
On Sesame Street, cookie monster actually ate painted rice cakes instead of cookies because the oil from the cookie would damage the puppets. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://soyummy.com/cookie-monster-never-ate-chocolate-chip-cookies/
WTF Fun Fact – Bacon Flavored Condom
Seattle-based company J&D’s Foods sells condoms that taste like bacon. They had previously sold bacon flavored lubricant as an April fool’s day promotion. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/company-releases-new-bacon-flavored-condoms