The independent board game “Cranium” originally sold over 100,000 copies of its game in the first year – primarily through 1500 Starbucks stores. – WTF Fun Facts
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WTF Fun Fact – $500k Wage On Rock, Paper, Scissors
In January 2011, two Canadians bet over $500,000 on a best-of-three game of rock, paper, scissors. The loser took out a mortgage on his home to pay the debt, but the courts ruled that the wager contract was invalid as the amount was excessive and cancelled the mortgage. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/500-k-bet-on-rock-paper-scissors-1.5543533
WTF Fun Fact – DirectXbox
The X in the name Xbox comes from the DirectX software used for processing graphics. The Xbox was code named DirectXbox, but this was shortened to Xbox for its commercial name. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: DirectX – Wikipedia
WTF Fun Fact – Konami’s Fake Game Designers
In 1986, all game designers working for Konami were forbidden to attach their real name to any project. Instead, they had to create a fake name to be listed in the game’s credits. This was to help keep rival companies from stealing their talent. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: 5 Things You Never Knew About Castlevania – DKOldies: Retro Game Store
WTF Fun Fact – Pigs Playing Video Games
A recent study involved training pigs to play video games with their snouts. The study also demonstrated that the pigs were able to “think abstractly and do fairly advanced conceptual learning.” – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – ToPikachu Kansas
For one day in August 1998 and another in October 2018, Topeka, Kansas, renamed itself “ToPikachu” to mark the release of different Pokémon games. – WTF un Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Passion/Orange/Guava POG
The mid-90s fad known as “Pogs” was actually an acronym for Passion/Orange/Guava, which was the type of juice that kids used the caps of when it was first invented in Hawaii. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Venom For $220
The concept of Marvel’s Venom was created by a Marvel Comics reader named Randy Schueller. In 1982, Marvel purchased the idea from him for $220.00. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Venom Was Originally Created By a Marvel Fan For A Shocking Sum (screencrush.com)
WTF Fun Fact – The Devil Went Down To Georgia
Charlie Daniels, who no longer owns the rights to his song, objected to the use of “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” in Guitar Hero III, because it was possible for the player to lose to devil-like character, which “perverted” his song. – WTF Fun Facts