Beginning in 1987, the “World’s Longest Yard Sale” is ~690 miles and runs through 6 different states. It runs along the scenic U.S. Route 127 from Michigan to Alabama for 4 days in August. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.127yardsale.com/
Beginning in 1987, the “World’s Longest Yard Sale” is ~690 miles and runs through 6 different states. It runs along the scenic U.S. Route 127 from Michigan to Alabama for 4 days in August. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.127yardsale.com/
Lee Hadwin was previously a nurse by profession during the day, but while he dreamt he was an artist. Hadwin “sleepdraws” gorgeous works of art, of which he has no recollection afterwards. He has been drawing in his sleep since he was 4-years-old. – WTF Fun Facts
From 1746 until the precedent was overturned in 1996, English law considered bagpipes not as a musical instrument but a weapon of war instead. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: David declares his bagpipes a weapon of war | HeraldScotland
Ray Bradbury wrote the first draft of Fahrenheit 451 on coin-operated typewriters in the basement of a library at a cost of $.10 for every 30 minutes. The first draft cost him a total of $9.80. – WTF Fun Facts
In 1994, West Virginia prison inmate Robert Shepard braided dental floss into a rope as thick as a telephone cord, used it to scale an 18 ft wall, and escaped. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Inmate Wins No Plaque Flossing Way Over Wall – Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)
Bilingual reduced emotional resonance is a phenomenon were many bilinguals report “feeling less” in their second language, which could make it easier to use highly emotional vocabulary including swearing. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Bad language: why being bilingual makes swearing easier | Language | The Guardian
Kraft is rebranding their famous Mac & Cheese as a breakfast food after finding parents served it more often as a breakfast food during the Covid-19 pandemic. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Kraft mac and cheese is now a breakfast food, apparently – CNN
America’s oldest, unbroken treaty relationship is with Morocco, which was the first nation to recognize the US. The treaty was signed by Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Sultan Muhammad III. It has lasted 232 years and is called the “Treaty of Friendship”. – WTF Fun Facts
The ice cream bean (Inga edulis) is a fruit that has a taste very similar to its namesake vanilla ice cream. The tree which the bean grows on is native to the Americas and can grow to nearly 100 ft tall and produce bean pods up to 6 ft long. – WTF Fun Facts