The car President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in was cleaned and upgraded to include a permanent bulletproof roof and then put into service as the presidential limo for Presidents Johnson, Nixon, Ford and Carter before being retired in 1977. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: What Happened to JFK’s Assassination Car? | Houston Press
The United States actually ran out of Pop-Tarts in 1964, after the first shipment sold out in just two weeks. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: 13 Things You Never Knew About Pop-Tarts | HuffPost UK Food & Drink (huffingtonpost.co.uk)
In 1161, the Bishop of Winchester was the largest brothel owner in the UK and his prostitutes were known as the “Winchester Geese.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Liberty of the Clink – Wikipedia
Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, a parasitic fungus, effectively turns ants into zombies. The fungus compels the ant to bite onto the underside of a low-hanging leaf where it dies, and the fungus then sends a fruiting body out through the ant’s head to disseminate spores. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Cordyceps zombie fungus takes over ants’ bodies (nationalgeographic.com)
Jelly Belly once tried to make a cheese-pizza flavored jelly bean. The taste was so bad that they shelved it and later used it as the basis for the vomit flavored Bertie Bott’s jelly bean instead. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: How Does Jelly Belly Create Its Weird Flavors? | Mental Floss
According to Alexander Graham Bell, the photophone, not the telephone, was his greatest invention. The photophone is a telecommunications device that allows transmission of speech on a beam of light. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photophone
In an effort to set the world record for the greatest distance vehicle drift in 8 hours, BMW used one M5 to refuel another M5 (5 times) by drifting alongside it. By doing so, they also set a second world record for the longest twin vehicle drift (water assisted). – WTF Fun Facts
Source: BMW sets two new records with help from amazing mid-drift refuelling system | Guinness World Records
SpongeBob was originally created as SpongeBoy, but Nickelodeon found that the name was already copyrighted by a mop. – WTF Fun Facts
In the movie Lord of War starring Nicholas Cage, they bought 3,000 real guns for the film because it was cheaper to buy real guns and sell them back later than buying prop guns. They also rented 50 tanks which were to be sold to Libya a few months later. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Why ‘Lord Of War’ Starring Nicolas Cage Bought 3,000 Real Guns Instead Of Props – CINEMABLEND