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
In 2003, Malaysian courts ruled that a man could divorce his wife via text message, as long as it was clear and unambiguous. The case included the following text message sent by Shamsudin Latif: “If you do not leave your parents’ house, you’ll be divorced”. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Malaysia permits text message divorce
In 2019, Pakistan’s aviation minister launched an inquiry after a plane crash and found that nearly 40% of Pakistan’s pilots had “fake licenses”. These pilots had someone else take the exam for them and some didn’t even have the necessary flying experience. – WTF Fun Facts
A few days after the Allied invasion of Normandy on D-Day, British Spitfire planes were used to carry kegs of beer to those on the front line. – WTF Fun Facts
In 1996, Göran Kropp rode his bicycle 6,000 miles from Stockholm to the base of Mount Everest with his mountain equipment. He then successfully climbed it solo and without bottled oxygen and cycled back home.–WTF Fun Facts
Source:Death of an adventurer | Mount Everest | The Guardian