Fun facts about people in history and other weird celebrity facts!
Woody Allen has only ever used an early 1950’s manual Olympia SM-3 typewriter that he purchased when he was 16. Every script, screenplay, or comedy sketch was written on this one typewriter. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.openculture.com/2013/01/woody_allens_typewriter_scissor_and_stapler.html
A large part of the Māori culture is missing from recorded history because wet plate photography used by European settlers did not capture their unique Tā moko tattoos. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://petapixel.com/2018/07/09/wet-plate-photography-makes-tattoos-disappear/
Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin renounced his U.S. citizenship to avoid paying US$700 million in taxes. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303360504577410571011995562
In the hours before he was assassinated, Martin Luther King Jr. started a pillow fight in the hotel room with other civil rights leaders. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://abcnews.go.com/US/86-andrew-young-recalls-horror-witnessing-moment-martin/story?id=54094604
Ray Lewis grew up using a deck of cards to do push-ups and sit-ups. If he drew a 7, he would do 7. An Ace was 25 and a Joker 30. He would go through the whole deck. During his NFL career, he would do it 3 times for each exercise. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.livestrong.com/article/361617-ray-lewis-workout-program/
Nikola Tesla was able to perform integral calculus in his head, which often lead his teachers to believe he was cheating. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla#Early_years
Robert Kearns invented intermittent windshield wipers and tried to sell his idea to the auto industry but was turned away. They soon began showing up on new cars, so he sued, and won. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1993/01/11/the-flash-of-genius
Thomas Jefferson bred and raised a special type of geese in order to supply himself with quill pens. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: random fact, random facts, random funny fact, wtf fun fact, https://www.history.org/foundation/journal/Winter07/lettersSide.cfm
Beyonce was asked to perform at an Uber conference in Las Vegas in 2015. In lieu of a $6 million cash payment, she asked for equity in Uber. Uber IPO’d recently for $8.1 billion. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/beyonc-going-bank-uber-going-210002083.html
Bill Gates created his school’s class scheduling program and he ensured he was placed in English class with mostly female students. – WTF Fun Facts
When Salvador Dali was asked if he did drugs, he said “I don’t do drugs… I am drugs.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/salvador_dali_154013
In 1981, a California doctor saved the life of a 3.2lb preemie baby boy. 30 years later,that doctor was involved in a car accident with a semi-truck and was saved by that baby, who became a paramedic. – WTF Fun Facts
The South Korean boy band BTS was responsible for adding $3.6 billion to the local economy and accounted for one in every 13 tourist visits to the country in 2018. – WTF Fun Facts
Benjamin Franklin created a pulley system so he could lock and unlock his bedroom door from his bed. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://granburytheatrecompany.org/top-10-of-ben-franklins-lesser-known-feats-of-awesomeness/
A Scottish sailor named Alexander Selkirk was stranded on a deserted island in 1704, but survived for over 4 years, in part because feral cats protected him from the ravenous rats that attacked during the night. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://stravaganzastravaganza.blogspot.com/2018/08/robinson-crusoe-true-survivor.html?view=classic
Ethan Zuckerman, inventor of the pop-up ad, has apologized to the world for creating one of the Internet’s most hated forms of advertising. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jaymcgregor/2014/08/15/the-man-who-invented-pop-up-ads-says-im-sorry/#3fe6dfbb4ebe
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