A Vietnamese man was hospitalized after drinking too much methanol. Doctors transfused 15 cans of beer into his body to revive him. The liver breaks down ethanol before methanol which gave doctors more time to do dialysis to remove the alcohol from his system. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Doctors Saved Man’s Life by Pumping 15 Cans of Beer Into His Body (newsweek.com)
Netflix saved its average user from 9.1 days of commercials in 2019. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: ANALYSIS: Netflix Saved Its Average User From 9.1 Days of Commercials in 2019 – Reviews.com
White chocolate was originally created as a coating for a children’s medicinal product called Nestrovit. Nestlé worked with pharmaceutical group Roche on their formula which was primarily vitamin-enriched condensed milk. – WTF Fun Facts
The tallest mountain from base to summit is not Mt. Everest but instead Mauna Kea on the island of Hawaii. Everest stands 29,035 feet above sea level but Mauna Kea is ~33,500 feet tall with over half of its height underwater. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/earths-tallest-mountain-is-hawaii-2015-6
The largest Masonic Temple in the world, the Detroit Masonic Temple, was saved from foreclosure in 2013 by Jack White of the White Stripes. He paid off $142,000 owed in back taxes since they gave his mother a job when she was in need. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Masonic_Temple
Sexy primes are prime numbers that differ from each other by 6 e.g. 5 and 11. The term “sexy prime” is a pun stemming from the Latin word for six: sex. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Sexy prime – Wikipedia
17-year-old Canadian Anya Pogharian invented a portable dialysis machine which cost $500 to build as part of her high school science fair project. A dialysis machine typically costs about $30,000. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Anya Pogharian, Montreal teen inventor, takes portable dialysis machine to the world | CBC News
Throughout central Europe, there are carved “hunger stones” which mark river levels during droughts. These stones warn future generations of famine if the water level gets low enough to see the carving. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Hunger stone – Wikipedia
The Guinness world record for the tallest stack of M&M’s is 4 and was first achieved by Italian Silvio Sabba on 21 December 2016 and later by Brendan Kelbie in 2020. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/94349-tallest-stack-of-mms