Most people with chocolate allergies aren’t actually allergic to cocoa or any official ingredients but rather the cockroach parts contained in it, which the FDA deems safe up to a certain limit. Removing insect parts entirely would require pesticide use which is unhealthier. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Chocolate allergies linked to cockroach parts (nbcnews.com)
In circus lingo, a strolling vendor who sells concessions like popcorn and toys to the audience is called a “butcher.” The origin story is that the first person to do this was the animal meat butcher on the Old John Robinson Show. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Circus and Carnival Lingo and Slang (circusesandsideshows.com)
In Bosnia, Serbia and Montenegro the voting age is 18, but 16- to 18-year-olds can vote if they are employed. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: cje4965.pdf
In Switzerland, rabies was virtually eliminated after scientists placed chicken heads laced with the live attenuated vaccine in the Alps, which the foxes (the main carriers of the virus) ate thus immunizing themselves. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Rabies – Wikipedia
In 2003, a man in Oregon managed to successfully grow a “tomacco” plant – a hybrid of a tobacco and tomato plant. The plant, straight out of a 1999 “The Simpson’s” episode, managed to bear fruit for a year and a half. –WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.wired.com/2003/11/simpsons-plant-seeds-of-invention/
In 1958, Vice President Richard Nixon unknowingly carried Louis Armstrong’s suitcase containing 3 pounds of marijuana through US customs at Idlewild Airport in New York.
Source: Nixon Unknowingly ‘Muled’ for Pot Smuggling Louis Armstrong? (niagarafallsreporter.com)
In 2016, British actor Michael Caine, born Maurice Micklewhite, legally changed his name to his stage name after he got sick of the continuous hassle at the airport because security knew him only as Michael Caine. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: My name is Michael Caine … actor changes name due to Isis | Michael Caine | The Guardian
Chris Hadfield, the first Canadian astronaut to walk in space, was also the first to release an album (Space Sessions: Songs From A Tin Can) which was recorded primarily in orbit. – WTF Fun Facts
“Crab Mentality” is a line of thinking best described as “if I can’t have it, neither can you.” It is named that because when a bunch of crabs are trapped in a bucket and one is trying to escape, the others will pull it down. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Crab mentality – Wikipedia