A trencher is a type of tableware commonly used in medieval cuisine. It was originally a flat round piece of (usually stale) bread used as a plate, upon which the food could be placed to eat. You could then eat it with sauce or give it to the poor. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Trencher (tableware) – Wikipedia
There exists a variant of polo with elephants. Elephant polo is played in Nepal, India, and Thailand. They play on a slightly smaller field with each elephant having two riders. A standard polo ball is used along with a ~10 ft. cane pole with a mallet head on the end. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Elephant polo – Wikipedia
Domino’s created a “Paving for Pizza” campaign which offers cities $5,000 grants to help them repair potholes. In exchange, cities fill the potholes & then stencil the Domino’s logo on top. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: The Inside Story of How Domino’s Got Its Advertising on Potholes (vice.com)
Lobsters have urine-release nozzles right under their eyes. They urinate in each other’s faces as a way of communicating, either when fighting or mating. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/facts-about-lobsters_n_7568976
In 2019, New Orleans’ The Roosevelt Hotel offered a $15,000 stay to whoever returned the “most outrageous” stolen item from them. Over 70 items were returned including the winning item, a historic coffee pot. – WTF Fun Facts
A 2000 study by Guinness found that over 163,000 pints of Guinness are wasted in facial hair each year. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: BBC News | NORTHERN IRELAND | Bearded drinkers lose out
In the 1980’s, James Clark earned the nickname “The Telephone Bandit” after teaching himself how to pick the “unpickable” lock boxes of pay phones. He stole an estimated $500,000 in quarters from phones in 30 states and was featured on America’s Most Wanted twice. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: FBI Arrests Suspect in ‘Telephone Bandit’ Case – Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)
On November 6, 1869, what many consider to be the first collegiate football game was played between Rutgers College and College of New Jersey (now Princeton). Rutgers wore scarlet-colored turbans and handkerchiefs to distinguish themselves from the NJ players. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1869_New_Jersey_vs._Rutgers_football_game
Paris’s Musée du Louvre was originally a fortress, built in 1190, to protect Parisians against Viking attacks. It had a moat protecting it from attacks as well as defense towers in all corners. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: The Louvre: Five Facts You Probably Didn’t Know (amarantechampselysees.com)