A 17-year-old promoter in Cologne booked jazz pianist Keith Jarrett but a mistake left an out-of-tune piano with dead keys on stage. The promoter pleaded and the show went on and was even recorded. “The Köln Concert” became the best-selling solo album in jazz history and the best-selling piano recording ever. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: BBC Radio 4 – For One Night Only, Series 6, Keith Jarrett: The Cologne Concert
The world record for the deepest scuba dive was performed by Ahmed Gabr, a special forces officer of the Egyptian army. Ahmed reached a depth of 1090 ft. in approximately 12 minutes; however, it took almost 15 hours for him to surface safely. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Ahmed Gabr breaks record for deepest SCUBA dive at more than 1,000 feet | Guinness World Records
Canadian radio stations are required by law to play Canadian artists on the airwaves at least 35% of the time. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Canadian content requirements for Canadian music on radio stations | CRTC
Not only are unripe (green) bananas edible but eating them early can help keep your blood sugar in check, maintain your gut health, and help curb excessive eating. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: The Benefits of Eating Green Bananas – Woman’s World (womansworld.com)
The aeromotive was one of the world’s first attempts at a high speed train in 1921. It combined a plane with a train and looked incredibly strange. Its maiden voyage ended up killing several important politicians and it was then mostly abandoned. – WTF Fun Facts
The Vatican has its own telescope staffed by priests, and has previously been given awards for the pursuit of scientific research. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Vatican Observatory – Wikipedia
In order to one-up the Soviets in the space race, the US Air Force considered detonating a nuke on the moon. Called Project A119, it was concluded there would be no typical mushroom cloud, but the flash would be visible from Earth. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.supercluster.com/editorial/we-choose-to-nuke-the-moon
The Big Wind, a T-34 tank with two MiG 21 jet engines mounted to its roof, was invented in the cold-war era to mass decontaminate chemical or nuclear debris but is now used to put out oil fires. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: How Jet Engines on Tanks Put out Oil Fires – YouTube
The hot sauce Valentina was named after the bold 17-year-old Valentina Ramirez Avitia who posed as a man to join the Mexican Revolution. She made it all the way to lieutenant and was expelled when they accidentally discovered her braids. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: The Untold Truth Of Valentina Hot Sauce (mashed.com)