Full Fathom Five is one of Jackson Pollock’s earliest “drip” paintings. A close look at it reveals an assortment of objects embedded in the surface, including cigarette butts, nails, thumbtacks, buttons, coins, and a key. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Pizza Hut’s $10 Dinner Box Proposal Package
In 2012, Pizza Hut marketed an engagement package that included limo service, fireworks show, a ruby engagement ring, flowers, videographer, photographer, and a $10 dinner box for $10,010. The offer was limited to 10 people but a spokesperson said they received >500 serious inquiries within hours. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Pizza Hut’s $10,000 Engagement Party Package Includes a Ring, Fireworks, and Pizza – Eater
WTF Fun Fact – Brewdog’s Punk Of The Month
In 2016, an employee at brewing company Brewdog printed “Mother F*cker Day” on the bottom of 200,000 cans of their Punk IPA in order to be more “punk.” After recalling all of the beers, the company made him employee of the month. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Brewdog worker prints ‘Mother F***er’ on cans – The Drinks Business
WTF Fun Fact – Missile Silo LSD Lab
In the 1990’s, two guys used a decommissioned Atlas Missile Silo in Kansas as an LSD lab. It’s estimated they were making about a kilogram (worth ~$40 million on the street) of LSD every five weeks. The silo also contained massive amounts of MDMA and synthetic mescaline. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: This 1990s LSD Lab Built Inside An Underground Missile Silo Gave Us The World’s Acid | History Daily
WTF Fun Fact – Starfish Eyes
Starfish or sea stars have crude eyes on the tip of their arms. Each of their arms has an eye that looks like a red spot. These eyes cannot see full details but can sense dark and light and crude images so that they can find their way back to coral reefs. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Surprise! Scientists Find How Starfish See With Their Eyes (nationalgeographic.com)
WTF Fun Fact – Smartphones Hurting Chewing Gum Sales
According to market research firm Euromonitor International, global gum sales have declined 15% since 2007 – the year the iPhone came out. They believe people have less free time and are distracted on their phones in checkout lines where most gum purchases are made. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: No time to kill: How smartphone is pushing chewing gum out of fashion (indiatimes.com)
WTF Fun Fact – Hemingway Survived 2 Plane Crashes In 2 Days
While on an African safari in 1954, Ernest Hemingway survived two plane crashes in two days. He was presumed dead by newspapers until he was spotted coming out of the jungle carrying bananas, a bottle of gin, and commenting on his luck. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Ernest Hemingway: 5 Times the Writer Cheated Death | Time
WTF Fun Fact – Saddam Will Always Love You
In 2002, Saddam Hussein’s campaign theme song for re-election was Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You.” – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Spy Solves His Own Murder
Alexander Litvinenko was a former Russian spy turned MI6 agent that solved his own murder case. In 2006, he was poisoned in a London hotel. While dying from radioactive poisoning, he worked with Scotland Yard detectives to trace the lethal substance to a former comrade in the Russian secret service. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Alexander Litvinenko: the man who solved his own murder | Alexander Litvinenko | The Guardian