During World War II, a Great Dane named Juliana was awarded the Blue Cross Medal for extinguishing an incendiary bomb by peeing on it. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Eppsicles
The popsicle was invented in 1905 by 11-year old Frank Epperson after he inadvertently left a glass of soda water with a stirring stick outside overnight in freezing weather. He originally called them “Eppsicles” but later in life his kids called them “Pop’s ‘sicles” and the name stuck. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – West Point’s Goat
The person who graduates last in his class from the United States Military Academy at West Point is called “the goat.” They get ~$1,000 (a dollar from each of their class mates) and join an exclusive club which includes Civil War hero General George Custer. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: The Curious Tradition of the West Point Goat | The Takeaway | WNYC Studios
WTF Fun Fact – Pink Floyd The Flamingo
Utah’s Great Salt Lake used to be the home of a single flamingo nicknamed Pink Floyd, who escaped from an aviary in Salt Lake City in the late 1980’s and would be seen wintering in Utah socializing with seagulls. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Pink Floyd and the Great Salt Lake — High Country News – Know the West (hcn.org)
WTF Fun Fact – Encephelaitis Lethargica
From 1915 to 1926 there was a mysterious worldwide epidemic of Encephalitis Lethargica. The disease, which attacks the brain, leaves some victims in a statue-like condition, speechless and motionless. It left 500,000 dead or incapacitated from it before mysteriously disappearing. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Michael Jackson’s Severe Insomnia
Michael Jackson suffered from severe insomnia and did not get any real REM sleep for ~60 days prior to his death. Instead, his personal doctor put him under general anesthesia via Propofol infusions every night. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Expert: Michael Jackson went 60 days without real sleep – CNN
WTF Fun Fact – Pygmy Hog
The pygmy hog is the world’s tiniest wild pig at 10″ tall and is the keystone species of the Terai grasslands in North India. It was once thought extinct but now several hundred are roaming wild. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Sex On The Moon
In 2002, NASA intern Thad Roberts stole a safe full of moon rocks so he and his girlfriend could have “sex on the moon.” After their romantic night at a hotel, they tried to sell the $21 million worth of moon rocks. He was caught and sentenced to 8 years in prison. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Fish Kick
The fish kick, a very difficult technique in swimming where the swimmer turns sideways and mimics the motion of an eel, is arguably the fastest way to swim and was used in the 2000 Olympics by Misty Hyman to win the 200m butterfly.–WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://coachsci.sdsu.edu/swim/champion/hyman150.htm