The lighthouse, Þrídrangaviti, is located in the Westman Islands around six miles from shore. Built in 1939, it’s one of the most isolated lighthouses in the world and is perched on top of a rock pillar with a helipad. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Fast Food Birthday Cake
Australian chef Milton Lai created a fast food birthday cake filled with six cheeseburgers, fries, nuggets, three large pizzas and a KFC Family Feast. It contained over 54,000 calories. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Sydney man has created an entire cake made from fast food | Daily Mail Online
WTF Fun Fact – MONOPOLY World Championship Grand Prize
At the 2009 and 2015 MONOPOLY World Championship, the grand prize was $20,580 USD, which is also the amount of money included in the latest version of MONOPOLY. –WTF Fun Facts
Source: 2015 World Championship | MONOPOLY Championship History Wiki | Fandom
WTF Fun Fact – CNN Doomsday Video
CNN has prepared a Doomsday video to be played by the last surviving employee. In 2009, former intern posted the footage online which shows a low-res video of a US army band playing a mournful rendition of “Nearer My God to Thee.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/media/video/2015/jan/06/cnn-end-of-the-world-doomsday-video
WTF Fun Fact – Cranium & Starbucks
The independent board game “Cranium” originally sold over 100,000 copies of its game in the first year – primarily through 1500 Starbucks stores. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Vranyo
“Vranyo” is Russian for telling a bold-faced lie which you do not expect anyone to believe. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: “Vranyo”: a previously untranslatable Russian word … – Glossophilia
WTF Fun Fact – African Lungfish
The African lungfish can survive up to 5 years without food or water through a process known as estivation. It has existed for ~400 million years. Their gills have evolved to obtain oxygen from the air as well as water. During estivation they get nutrients by digest its muscle tissue. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Which Animals Can Live Without Water For Years? – WorldAtlas
WTF Fun Fact – Ma’amite
For the 60th anniversary (diamond jubilee) of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II, Marmite released a special limited edition with the label “Ma’amite” as well as the Union Jack. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Marmite Celebrates Queen’s Diamond Jubilee With Ma’amite (adweek.com)
WTF Fun Fact – Lost Apple Project
In 2020, the Lost Apple Project, which rediscovers apples previously thought to be extinct, found 10 “lost” varieties of apples. In winter, they get a graft from the “lost” apple tree and store it in a conservatory to restore the species. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: 10 kinds of apples that were thought to be extinct have been rediscovered – CNN