For over 10 years, James McCormick sold the ADE 651, a fake ‘bomb detector’, all over the world (but primarily to Iraq). He purchased novelty golf ball detectors for less than $20 and resold them for $5000 each. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Fake bomb detector seller James McCormick jailed – BBC News
The first ever Roman fire brigade was created by Marcus Licinius Crassus. During fires, they would arrive and Crassus would offer to buy the burning building from the owner at a very low price. They would put out the fire if the owner agreed, but if they refused then they would simply let it burn. – WTF Fun Facts
Arctic foxes have beautiful white coats that act as very effective winter camouflage. However, they do not hibernate and their fur changes colors to brown or grey for the summer. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Arctic Fox | National Geographic
Randy Woodfield, the I-5 Serial Killer responsible for over 40 murders along Interstate 5 from 1980-81, was drafted into the NFL by the Green Bay Packers but was cut from the team after a series of indecent exposure arrests. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Randall Woodfield – Wikipedia
Vulture bees (or carrion bees) feed on rotting meat instead of pollen in order to make honey. They eat and store the flesh in a special stomach compartment and then return to the hive. There the meat is regurgitated and processed by a worker bee. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: SCIENCE WATCH; Carrion Bees – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Native Americans have been living in the multi-story adobe buildings of Taos Pueblo for over 1,000 years, making it the longest continuously inhabited place in the USA. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://taos.org/places/taos-pueblo/
Three friends set the world record for completing the longest ever journey by taxi. They drove 43,319.5 miles in their 20-year-old black cab named “Hannah.” They drove across four continents and 50 countries generating a fare of £79,006.80. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Black cab trio set longest taxi journey world record – BBC News
In the 1700s, pills made out of the element antimony were taken orally as a laxative to relieve constipation. Once they passed through, they were retrieved from the excrement to be used again. Some families passed down the same pill from one generation to the next. – WTF Fun Facts
The bare-hearted glass frog (Hyalinobatrachium colymbiphyllum) has the most transparent underside of all glass frogs, which allows for almost full visibility of their internal organs. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyalinobatrachium_colymbiphyllum