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/
WTF Fun Fact – Holding Hands Helps
A study found that when an empathetic partner holds the hand of a woman in pain, their heart and respiratory rates sync and her pain eases. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: When lovers touch, their breathing, heartbeat syncs, pain wanes, study shows — ScienceDaily
WTF Fun Fact – Villas Las Estrellas
Anyone who moves to the Villas Las Estrellas, a settlement in Antarctica, must first have their appendix preemptively removed, because the nearest hospital is over 625 miles away. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: BBC – Future – The icy village where you must remove your appendix
WTF Fun Fact – The Apostrophe Protection Society
Journalist John Richards founded The Apostrophe Protection Society in 2001 to enforce the proper use of the apostrophe in written English. It was brought to a “full stop” in 2019 as Richards stated that “the ignorance and laziness present in modern times have won!” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe
WTF Fun Fact – Free Local Honey With Your Car Service
Since 2016, some Australian Subaru dealerships have been giving out free local honey after servicing cars. Bee One Third – Neighborhood Honey formed a mutualistic relationship where BOT places boxes of beehives in strategic places, like empty dealership rooftops, and provides them honey. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Type-in Programs
In the early days of home computers (late 1970’s to early 80’s), computer magazines featured code listings that readers would spend hours typing into their computer in order to play a game or have a certain program. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Type-in program – Wikipedia