Russian Lyudmila Pavlichenko aka “Lady Death” was the most lethal female sniper in history, she went on to record 309 confirmed kills in WWll. – WTF Fun Facts
People
Fun facts about people in history and other weird celebrity facts!
WTF Fun Fact – Financier’s Joke Of A Will
Charles Vance Millar, a rich Canadian financier, made his will one last practical joke. In it, he left three men who hated each other a joint lifetime tenancy in a villa, some protestant ministers $700,000 in Catholic beer stock, and anti-horse racing advocates $25,000 in Jockey club stock. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Mongol Washing Habits
The Mongols never took baths or washed their clothes, fearing that it would contaminate the water and infuriate the dragons responsible for controlling the water cycles. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://listverse.com/2017/03/20/10-brutal-realities-of-life-in-the-horde-of-genghis-khan/
WTF Fun Fact – Philip Noel-Baker
British politician Philip Noel-Baker is the only person to have won an Olympic medal (silver in the 1500m) and a Nobel (Peace) Prize. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Grigori Perelman
Grigori Perelman is the only person in history to have solved one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems. After solving the Poincaré conjecture Perelman was offered both Field’s Medal and $1 million prize money, he declined them both. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Le Palais Ideal
Ferdinand Cheval was a French mailman who spent 33 years building a palace with stones he collected on his mail route. Le Palais idéal (“Ideal Palace”) is regarded as an extraordinary example of naïve art architecture. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – California Pipevine Swallowtail
Tim Wong, a 28-year-old aquatic biologist from northern California, has single-handedly repopulated the rare California Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly species in his backyard! – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.disclose.tv/biologist-singlehandedly-repopulated-a-rare-butterfly-species-in-his-backyard-371202
WTF Fun Fact – Robert Landsberg
Photographer Robert Landsberg was taking photographs during the Mount St. Helens eruption in 1980. Upon realizing he wouldn’t survive, he lied down on top of his equipment to preserve the photographs he had taken of the event. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://huckberry.com/journal/posts/robert-landsburg-s-brave-final-shots
WTF Fun Fact – One-Armed Tennis
One-armed tennis player Hans Redl played at Wimbledon from 1947 to 1956. He served by tossing the ball up with his racket.– WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mail/20121016/282638914821007
WTF Fun Fact – Ada Lovelace Flyology
Ada Lovelace, considered one of the first computer programmers, wrote a theory of “flyology” on powered flight that accurately documented wing-body ratios to achieve flight. She was 12 years old when she published it. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Mummy Elmer McCurdy
In 1975, the mummified body of bank robber Elmer McCurdy was found in an amusement park by a TV crew. It had been mistaken for a wax mannequin, and was only found out after a man moved it and its arm fell off, exposing human bone. Elmer died in 1911. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Longest Prisoner
The longest-serving prisoner in American history was Paul Geidel, who served 68 years and 245 days between 1911 and 1980 for second degree murder. He was first incarcerated at age 17 and finally released at age 86. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Geidel
WTF Fun Fact – Bonaparte’s Part
Napoléon Bonaparte’s penis was removed from his dead body during autopsy, displayed at a museum, and eventually sold for $2,700 in the 1970s. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/napoleon-s-penis-size-confirmed-channel-4-documentary-calls-the-artifact-very-small-9235101.html
WTF Fun Fact – Frankenstein’s Heart
Mary Shelley’s favorite keepsake was her dead husband and poet Percy Shelly’s heart. After the death of her husband, the Frankenstein author carried his heart with her in a silken shroud for almost 30 years until she died in 1851. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/65624/mary-shelleys-favorite-keepsake-her-dead-husbands-heart
WTF Fun Fact – Thurl Ravenscroft
Thurl Ravenscroft was both the singer of ‘You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch’ and also the voice of Frosted Flakes mascot Tony The Tiger. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurl_Ravenscroft
WTF Fun Fact – Arnold’s M-47 Tank
Arnold Schwarzenegger paid Austria $20,000 to ship him a 1951 M-47 Patton tank, the exact same tank he drove when he was a soldier. It is fully operable (minus the gun) and he uses it to support his fundraising efforts. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/07/26/arnold-schwarzenegger-gives-kids-rides-in-his-old-war-tank.html
WTF Fun Fact – William Higinbotham
Physicist William Higinbotham worked on both the first nuclear bomb and what some consider to be the first video game ever, ‘Tennis for Two.’ – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_for_Two
WTF Fun Fact – Christopher Langan
Christopher Langan, one of the smartest people in the world according to his IQ test results, spent 20 years as a bouncer on Long Island while he worked on his Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Langan