Bessie Coleman was an American Aviator and the first black woman to earn a pilot’s license. Because flying schools in the US denied her entry, she taught herself French and moved to France, and earned her license from Caudron Brother’s School of Aviation. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Bessie Coleman – Quotes, Death & Facts“You’ve never lived till you’ve flown.” – Biography
Back in the 1960s, NASA worried that their astronauts would struggle to maintain their dental hygiene in space. As a result, they developed a foamless, ingestible toothpaste called “NASAdent.”–WTF Fun Facts
Michelangelo was hired by Piero de’ Medici to make a snowman. It’s recorded by the art historian Giorgio Vasari that “one winter, when a great deal of snow fell in Florence, [Piero de’ Medici] had him make in his courtyard a statue of snow, which was very beautiful”. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Michelangelo’s snowman and other great lost works of art | Art | The Guardian
French soldier Jean Bernadotte became so popular in Sweden that they elected him king (Charles XIV John) in 1818, when their own royal family was about to die out. The Bernadotte family still rules in Sweden today.–WTF Fun Facts
Source:Charles XIV John – Wikipedia
In November 2010, the Air Force Research Laboratory created the “Condor Cluster” by connecting together 1,760 Sony Playstation 3 gaming consoles. It was the 33rd largest supercomputer at the time. – WTF Fun Facts
A 2014 study found that the top 1% of bands and solo artists earn 77% of all the revenue generated from recorded music. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: The Top 1% of Artists Earn 77% of Recorded Music Income, Study Finds… – Digital Music News
Alektorophobia is the fear of hen/chickens. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5248412/
In 1949, the US government created a raisin cartel called The National Raisin Reserve. It maintained prices by limiting the supply and often forced farmers to hand over their crops without paying them. The cartel existed until the Supreme Court broke it up in 2015. – WTF Fun Facts
Screenwriter Bob Gale confirmed Marty McFly’s nemesis in the trilogy, Biff Tannen, was modelled on Donald Trump. – WTF Fun Facts