Michelangelo hid in a secret room under the Medici Chapel in Florence for 3 months during a period of political turmoil, occupying his time by sketching on the walls. His whereabouts were a secret for ~500 years until the museum director stumbled upon the room in 1976. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/06/03/615181742/this-room-is-thought-to-have-been-michelangelos-secret-hideaway-and-drawing-boar?t=1643625131637
Most infections from swimming pools and hot tubs are caused by cryptosporidium, a diarrheal disease caused by microscopic parasites which are released (anally) into the water and then consumed (orally) by fellow swimmers. Hotel pools are the primary place of infection. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4354ed/how-gross-is-the-hot-tub-in-my-hotel-or-spa
In 2012, a 90-year-old Baltimore woman named Venus Green locked a police officer in her basement when he tried searching her home without a warrant. Afterwards she brought a civil rights lawsuit and won a $95,000 settlement. – WTF Fun Facts
During the chrysalis phase of the butterfly metamorphosis, a caterpillar digests itself by releasing enzymes that break down its tissues. Specialized groups of cells survive this process and use the protein-rich soup to build the body parts of the butterfly. – WTF Fun Facts
Source:How Does a Caterpillar Turn into a Butterfly? – Scientific American
General Mills worked for over 3 years and spent $34 million in advertising on Fingos – a cereal that was meant to be eaten with fingers as a snack and without milk. The product was a failure and discontinued a year later. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Fingos – Wikipedia
When engineers showed the first iPod prototype to Steve Jobs, he examined it carefully then dropped it in an aquarium and used the air bubbles to prove there was empty space and it could be made even smaller. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Steve Jobs Threw iPod Prototype Into an Aquarium to Prove a Point (businessinsider.com)
The song “Monster Mash” by Bobby Pickett was banned on UK airwaves by the BBC soon after it came out in 1962 because it was considered “too morbid.” It remained banned for a further 11 years.–WTF Fun Facts
Source:Halloween’s “Monster Mash” was once banned by the BBC — Quartz (qz.com)
In 2013, a truck in Norway carrying 27 tons of Brunost (a caramelized goat cheese) caught fire in a tunnel. Due to the high fat and sugar content, the fire raged for ~5 days and caused significant damage to the tunnel, which required several months to repair it. – WTF Fun Facts
The honorary members of the Harlem Globetrotters include two popes (Pope John Paul II & Pope Francis), Nelson Mandela, Whoopi Goldberg, Bob Hope, Henry Kissinger, and a few others. – WTF Fun Facts