Tootsie Roll Industries is a publicly traded company on the NYSE with a ~$2 billion market cap. It’s been run by the now 89-year-old Ellen Gordon for the last 50+ years. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Largest Birds Nest
On average, bald eagle nests are 2-4 ft deep and 4-5 ft wide. However, one pair of eagles near St. Petersburg, Florida, earned the Guinness World Record for largest bird’s nest at 20 ft deep and 9.5 ft wide. The nest weighed over two tons. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Cartels Friendly Soccer Match Turns Deadly
In 2019, a “friendly” prison soccer game in Northern Mexico between two rival drug cartels ended with 16 deaths and 5 injured after weapons were drawn as result of a dirty tackle. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Sixteen inmates killed in Mexican prison fight, scarring troubled system | Reuters
WTF Fun Fact – Paralysis During REM Sleep
Your brain prevents your muscles from moving during normal REM sleep, resulting in temporary paralysis of your body and preventing you from physically acting out your dreams. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: REM sleep behavior disorder – Symptoms and causes – Mayo Clinic
WTF Fun Fact – U.S. Supreme Court’s Only Criminal Case
In 1906, the U.S. Supreme Court tried the only criminal court case in its history. United States v. Shipp was a contempt of court case against a Tennessee sheriff who ignored court rulings for the rights of a black man. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Dia Del Mar
On March 23rd, the landlocked country of Bolivia celebrates “Día Del Mar” or “National Day of the Sea” to remind them of the “historical injustice” that occurred when they lost 250-miles of the Pacific coast to Chile as a result of the War of the Pacific. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: ‘Día Del Mar’ celebrates the coastline Bolivia lost 140 years ago (pri.org)
WTF Fun Fact – Chowchilla Kidnapping Fail
In 1976, three men kidnapped 26 kids and their bus driver and forced them into a trailer they buried underground. They were never able to give their $5 million ransom request to the police as the phone lines were busy, so they took a nap instead. When they woke up, the victims had already escaped and been rescued. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – The Egyptian King Who Stole
King Farouk, Egypt’s last king, stole a pocket watch from Winston Churchill and also stole a ceremonial sword from the coffin of the Shah of Persia.–WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – The Hogben Pregnancy Test
In the 1940s, one of the first female pregnancy tests (the “Hogben test”) involved injecting a woman’s urine into a female frog’s skin. If the woman was pregnant, then within 5-12 hours, the female frog would lay eggs. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: How a Frog Became the First Mainstream Pregnancy Test – The Atlantic