Lil’ Wayne was originally known as “Shrimp Daddy,” which was inspired by former Cash Money artist “Pimp Daddy.”–WTF Fun Facts
Source:https://classichiphopmagazine.com/answers/2020/5/9/why-was-lil-wayne-called-shrimp-daddy-before
People
Fun facts about people in history and other weird celebrity facts!
WTF Fun Fact – Where To Build A Hospital
During the Islamic Golden Age, the medieval scholar Rhazes was tasked with choosing the location of a new hospital in Baghdad. He hung meat at points around the city and chose the location where it rotted the slowest. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Islamic Golden Age – Wikipedia
WTF Fun Fact – Bolanji Badejo
The actor who played the Xenomorph in “Alien” was a 6’10” man from Nigeria named Bolanji Badejo. He was discovered by a member of Ridley Scott’s casting team in a London pub in Soho. It was his only film credit. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/07/africa/bolaji-badejo-alien/index.html
WTF Fun Fact – Peter Tordenskjold
In 1714, Norwegian captain Peter Wessel and an English captain had a 14-hour long ship fight. Afterwards, both ships were badly damaged and the Norwegian captain was running out of ammo. He sent an envoy to the English ship, asking if he could borrow some of their ammo. They said no and then the captains drank to each other’s health, before the ships dispersed. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Le Carré’s Spy Terms
Author John Le Carré is credited with coining a number of terms for his fictional intelligence agency (terms like mole, honey trap, and asset babysitter), which have become common terms used in real intelligence agencies. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.oregonlive.com/books/2015/11/how_john_le_carre_reinvented_t.html
WTF Fun Fact – Count Wampyr Not Dracula
“Count Dracula” was originally going to be named “Count Wampyr” but Bram Stoker went with Dracula after discovering the name while reading some Romanian history. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Shri Lanka
In 1992, the President of Sri Lanka, Ranasinghe Premadasa, changed the first syllable of the country’s name in English from Sri to Shri believing it would improve the country’s fortunes. The following year he was assassinated and the spelling was reverted. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Teddy’s Bear
The “Teddy Bear” is named in honor of President Theodore Roosevelt. President Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear on a hunt in 1902 and candy shop and stuffed animal maker Morris Michtom created “Teddy’s Bear” after the story got out. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nps.gov/thrb/learn/historyculture/storyofteddybear.htm
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 – Streisand Effect
The Streisand effect is a social phenomenon that occurs when an attempt to hide, remove, or censor information has the unintended consequence of further publicizing that information, often via the Internet. It is named as such because entertainer Barbra Streisand attempted to suppress a photograph of her home in 2003, but only made it worse. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Johnny Cash vs. Ostrich
Johnny Cash got into a fight with an ostrich in his exotic animal refuge near his Tennessee home. The incident left Cash with five broken ribs and a large stomach wound. He ended up taking prescription pain killers that caused a 2-year relapse into his alcohol and amphetamine addiction.–WTF Fun Facts
Source:https://www.midnightpulp.com/todays-history-lesson-an-ostrich-once-tried-to-murder-johnny-cash/
WTF Fun Fact – The Longest Post-Mortem Flight
The cremated remains of Clyde Tombaugh, the first person to get a glimpse of Pluto in 1930, was aboard the New Horizons spacecraft which passed by the dwarf planet in July 2015. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/cremated-ashes-pluto-space-probe-2018-10?r=US&IR=T
WTF Fun Fact – Snoop Dogg’s Unusually Talented Employee
Snoop Dog employs his own full-time blunt roller paying him between $40,000-50,000 a year. His blunt roller has gotten to know Snoop so well that he can read his face and delivers a joint exactly when Snoop needs one. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.hypefresh.co/snoop-dogg-employs-a-professional-blunt-roller/
WTF Fun Fact – That’s All Folks
Mel Blanc, the voice actor behind cartoon characters Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Woody Woodpecker, Tweety Bird, Yosemite Sam, and many more, has his famous tagline “That’s all folks” on his gravestone. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Blanc
WTF Fun Fact – Surviving One In A Billion Odds
At the end of 2019, Leonardo DiCaprio and his friends aboard a luxury yacht helped search for and found another vessel’s overboard crew member who had been treading water for 11 hours near another Caribbean island. – WTF Fun Facts