Thecacera pacifica is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk. It is sometimes nicknamed Pikachu nudibranch due to its resemblance to the Pokémon character. – WTF Fun Facts
Gaming
WTF Fun Fact – The Landlord’s Game
Monopoly was originally called “The Landlord’s Game” and was patented in 1904 by Elizabeth Maggie. Instead of the “Pass Go, Collect $200” square, she wrote “Labor upon mother Earth produces wages.” – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Hungry Hungry Hippos World Championship
Since 2015, there has been a Hungry Hungry Hippos World Championship held every year at Gen Con in Indiana. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Celebrity Gaming Apps
Glu Mobile, trying to re-create the success of gaming app “Kim Kardashian: Hollywood” has created apps for Kendall and Kylie Jenner, Katy Perry, Britney Spears, Gordan Ramsay, Jason Statham, and Nicki Minaj. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Monopoly Banned
When Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba, he banned the board game Monopoly and ordered every set to be destroyed. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-10-04-9203300699-story.html
WTF Fun Fact – The Nintendo Sony Game Player
The Sony PlayStation, originally known as the Game Player, was never meant to be a Nintendo competitor. It was designed in partnership with Nintendo to exclusively play Nintendo games on compact discs. Nintendo backed out of the deal at the last minute and Sony went ahead and launched the console they had built. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Pokemon Franchise
Pokémon, despite being relatively new, is the highest grossing media franchise of all time with an estimated $95 billion in revenue, beating out other franchises such as Star Wars, Marvel and Mickey Mouse. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_media_franchises
WTF Fun Fact – Jimi Hendrix Unbeatable At Risk
According to fellow musician Graham Nash, Jimi Hendrix was unbeatable at the game of Risk which he liked to play while on LSD. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://blog.siriusxm.com/graham-nash-over-the-years/
WTF Fun Fact – Do You Trust Your Wife?
ABC hosted a gameshow in the 1950’s called Do You Trust Your Wife? Married couples were asked a series of questions but only the husbands were told the category of the upcoming question and would then have to decide whether to answer the question themselves or “trust” their wives to answer. – WTF Fun Facts