Based in Las Vegas, Nevada, the United Church of Bacon has ~25,000 members. The Church’s mission statement is “Hail Bacon, full of grease, the Lard is with thee.” They perform wedding ceremonies, fundraiser for other charities, and follow their very own “8 Bacon Commandments.” – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Origin Of Walken’s Speaking Style
Majority of the people Christopher Walken interacted with as a child were non-native English speakers, including his father. Walken attributes his unique halting speaking style to watching people hesitate to think of the right English word. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.grunge.com/90509/untold-truth-christopher-walken/
WTF Fun Fact – The Savory Worcestershire Sauce Ingredient
The base of Worcestershire sauce is made by aging anchovies in vinegar-filled wooden tanks for 18 months. The fermentation releases inosinate, a nucleotide that gives it a savory taste. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: What’s Inside Worcestershire Sauce? Fermented Surf for Your Turf | WIRED
WTF Fun Fact – 3 Musketeers Had 3 Flavors
The 3 Musketeers candy bar got its name because each bar originally came as three pieces, each with a different flavor: vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Heroic Medic Waverly Woodson
Waverly Woodson was a medic who treated at least 200 injured men on D-Day while injured himself. Despite sustaining shrapnel injuries himself while landing, he set up an aid station and treated wounds for 30 hours, at one point even amputating a foot. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: A Black Medic Was Hailed as a D-Day Hero. Was He Deprived of a Medal of Honor? – HISTORY
WTF Fun Fact – The Polka Tulk Blues Band
Heavy metal band Black Sabbath’s original name was The Polka Tulk Blues Band – named after the brand name of a talcum powder Ozzy Osbourne’s mother used. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – World Record Crap Roll
In 2009, Patricia Demauro brought $100 to a craps table in Atlantic City. Four hours and 18 minutes later, she had rolled 154 times, a world record for craps rolls. The odds of accomplishing this is 1 in 1.56 trillion. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1901663,00.html
WTF Fun Fact – Unique Escape From Federal Prison
In 2006, prisoner Richard Lee McNair got himself a job in prison repairing mail bags. He created a “pod” that fit under the mail bags on a pallet and a forklift transported him out of the prison. A police officer ran into him the same day of his escape but didn’t realize he was the escapee and he successfully fled to Canada. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Oklahoma Murderer Once Escaped Prison For The Third Time By ‘Mailing Himself Out’ – UNILAD
WTF Fun Fact – Lake Pe(i)psi
There is a lake in Estonia named Lake Peipsi. In 2003 the soda company PepsiCo tried to pay them $25 million dollars to change the spelling to Lake Pepsi, but they turned them down. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Read all about 2003, before it happens – a TBT exclusive (baltictimes.com)