In 2004, the newly elected President of the Republic of Georgia fired all ~30,000 traffic cops to help get rid of corruption. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF • Fun • Fact ( /dʌb(ə)lˌju/ /ti/ /ef/ • /fʌn/ • /fækt/ )
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WTF Fun Fact – The Manitou Incline
The Manitou incline is a former cable car path in Colorado that has only the rail ties remaining. It is just under a mile long and climbs 2,000 vertical feet. World class athletes have been timed climbing it in under 20 minutes. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Blibber-Blubber
In 1906, Frank H. Fleer developed the first chewing gum “Blibber-Blubber”. It was never marketed because it was brittle and sticky and bubbles splattered when burst that required solvent to remove the splatters. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Blibber-Blubber – Wikipedia
WTF Fun Fact – Homes Overflowing With Stuff
The average U.S. household has 300,000 things in their home. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.latimes.com/health/la-xpm-2014-mar-21-la-he-keeping-stuff-20140322-story.html
WTF Fun Fact – Insane Catalina Ski Race
The Catalina Ski Race is an annual 62-mile -long open-ocean race from Long Beach to Catalina Island and back with some water skiers being pulled at speeds over 50 mph. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Catalina Ski Race
WTF Fun Fact – 1 Billion With 50 Employees
Craigslist generates over $1 billion in revenue yearly but only has 50 employees. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Craig Newmark Founded Craigslist To Give Back, Now He’s A Billionaire (forbes.com)
WTF Fun Fact – Hackers Typo Costs Them A Billion
Hackers were prevented from stealing nearly $1 billion after misspelling the word “foundation” as “fandation” on a payment transfer. They were still able to steal roughly $80 million before the typo alerted the banks. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Hacker’s typo of the word ‘foundation’ helped stop billion-dollar bank heist | Daily Mail Online
WTF Fun Fact – Deaf Hallucinations
A research study found when deaf people with schizophrenia “hear voices”, they hallucinate hands communicating using sign language. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Exploring how deaf people ‘hear’ voice-hallucinations | UCL News – UCL – University College London
WTF Fun Fact – Cows Getting Royal Treatment
Queen Elizabeth II’s 150+ dairy cows sleep on water beds and are milked at their own leisure by robots at her farm Windsor Great Park. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/queen-elizabeths-cows-sleep-on-waterbeds-2018-6?r=US&IR=T