In the 1800s, popcorn was often eaten as a cereal with milk and sugar. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Pico da Neblina (Fog Peak)
Due to its remoteness in the Amazon and virtually constant dense cloud cover, Brazil’s tallest mountain at 2,994m above sea level – Neblina Peak – remained undiscovered until the 1950s. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Neblina Peak : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering : SummitPost
WTF Fun Fact -The US’s Only Floating Post Office
The J.W. Westcott II is a boat operating as a floating post office on the Detroit river. It has its own exclusive zip code (48222). It delivers mail to ships while they are still underway using ropes and buckets.–WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – The Diderot Effect
The Diderot Effect is obtaining a new possession which often creates a spiral of consumption leading you to buy more new things. As a result, you end up purchasing things that your previous self never needed to feel happy or fulfilled.–WTF Fun Facts
Source:Diderot effect – Wikipedia
WTF Fun Fact – China’s First Ever Olympic Medal
China didn’t win a medal in the Olympics until 1984. Their first ever medal was a gold medal and it was also the first to be awarded at the 1984 Olympics. Xu Haifeng won the 50 m pistol event. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Robbery From Movie Plot
In 2008, a robber escaped the scene of a crime by hiring on Craigslist a dozen identically dressed and unwitting civilians to be standing at the exact place and time of the arrival of the armored car he intended to rob.–WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Austrian Beer Pools
The 700-year-old Starkenberger brewery in Tarrenz, Austria, has seven swimming pools filled with beer. The brewery, which is housed in an ancient castle, converted the old vats in the fermentation room to pools. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: This Austrian Brewery Has Swimming Pools of Beer | Travel + Leisure (travelandleisure.com)
WTF Fun Fact – Creeping Devil Cactus
Stenocereus Eruca, commonly known as the Creeping Devil, is species of cactus that lies on the ground and grows at one end while the other end slowly dies “creeping”/growing up to two feet a year. It’s also capable of cloning itself to survive. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Stenocereus eruca – Wikipedia
WTF Fun Fact – Madonna Ham Statue
In 1994, Chicago artist Dwight Kalb made a statue of Madonna from 180 pounds of ham. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: 13 Apr 1994, Page 30 – Chicago Tribune at Newspapers.com