In 1967 a Munich resident, Helmut G. Winter, built a catapult to launch potato dumplings at the low-flying, noisy planes flying over his house. For one reason or another, the West German Luftwaffe pilots eventually changed their flight path. – WTF Fun Facts
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WTF Fun Fact – Pythagoras’ Weird Commune Rules
Pythagoras, of Pythagorean Theorem fame, ran a commune that was forbidden to wear wool, forced to put their right sandal on before their left, and believed that beans could contain the souls of the dead – so even crushing a bean was considered murder. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Pythagoras’ Belief That Beans Are Human May Have Killed Him | IFLScience
WTF Fun Fact – Goat Milk Spider Silk
Scientists managed to successfully mix goats with spider genes and now they can produce an extra protein in their milk, which is extracted and spun into spider silk thread. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: The goats with spider genes and silk in their milk – BBC News
WTF Fun Fact – 12000 Facts
The odds of an average golfer making a hole-in-one is: 12,000 to 1.
A hummingbirds wings can beat up to 200 beats per second or 12,000 beats per minute.
There are over 12,000 species of ants.
Bolivia’s La Paz is the highest administrative capital in the world at ~12,000 ft above sea level.
Between 12,000 and 15,000 bicycles are fished from the bottom of Amsterdam’s canals each and every year.
WTF Fun Fact – Waterloo Teeth
After the battle of Waterloo in 1815, scavengers removed the teeth from tens of thousands of dead soldiers for use in dentures. The so-called “Waterloo teeth” were in demand because they came from relatively healthy young men. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Battle of Waterloo – Wikipedia
WTF Fun Fact – Guggenheim Museum Design Details
It took Frank Lloyd Wright 15 years, 700 sketches, and six sets of working drawings to create the Guggenheim Museum in New York. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Enclothed cognition
A study found people scored higher in a mental agility test while wearing a lab coat that they believed was a doctor’s coat. The effect was not there when they believed the same white coat was a painter’s coat. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Miracle Mineral Supplement
The Genesis II Church of Health and Healing sold Miracle Mineral Supplement as a cure for HIV, malaria, hepatitis viruses, autism, acne, cancer, and more. The name was coined by former Scientologist Jim Humble in his 2006 self-published book and its main ingredient is chlorine dioxide, an industrial bleach. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Most Unexpected Person To Respond To The Decision
LeBron James decision to leave Cleveland to join the Miami Heat was so shocking, that even Osama Bin Laden’s translator, who was being held at Guantanamo Bay prison, wrote to his lawyers saying “LeBron James is very bad man. He should apologize to the city of Cleveland.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/osama-bin-ladens-translator-wanted-lebron-james-to-apologize-to-cleveland/