In 1785, Benjamin Franklin was the richest person in the United States. Adjusted for inflation, he is also among the richest Americans ever. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://medium.com/mba-asap/15-quotes-by-ben-franklin-f5f613e6fd71
WTF Fun Fact – Charles Lightoller
Charles Lightoller survived his first shipwreck at age 15 and later survived the Titanic. During WWI he sank a German U-boat by ramming it. Using his private boat, he rescued over 100 men from the beaches of Dunkirk during WWII. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: The Second Officer who survived Titanic and saved 130 lives at Dunkirk | Sky HISTORY TV Channel
WTF Fun Fact – Jolly Good Fellow
Retired Google employee number 107, Chade-Meng Tan, had the official job title “Jolly Good Fellow.” – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Columbian Interchange
Before the “Columbian interchange,” there were no oranges in Florida, no bananas in Ecuador, no potatoes in Ireland, no coffee in Colombia, no pineapples in Hawaii, no tomatoes in Italy, and no cacao in Switzerland. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – 1300 Pounds of Ancient Roman Coins
In 2016, construction workers in Tomares, Spain found 19 amphoras (jugs) of Roman coins weighing nearly 1,300 pounds, which date back to the third or fourth century. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2016/04/29/europe/spain-roman-coins-found/index.html
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WTF Fun Fact – How Many Paper Folds To Reach The Moon?
If you could fold a piece of paper 42 times, it would be thick enough to reach the moon. A standard sheet of paper is ~0.1 mm so 42 folds would be 0.1*(2^(42)) = 439,804,651,110 mm or over 273,000 miles. – WTF Fun Facts
Source:Will A Piece Of Paper, Folded 42 Times, Reach The Moon? (codersrevolution.com)
WTF Fun Fact – African Giant Pouched Rats
In Mozambique, Africa, African giant pouched rats (Cricetomys gambianus) have been trained to smell Tuberculosis and land mines.–WTF Fun Facts
Source:Giant Rats Trained to Sniff Out Tuberculosis in Africa | National Geographic Society
WTF Fun Fact – Lifesaving Pig Lulu
In 1997, a pot-bellied pig named Lulu saved her owner who was having a heart attack. Hearing her owner in distress, Lulu forced her way out of the yard and played dead on the road. Lulu successfully stopped a car and guided them to her owner, who survived.–WTF Fun Facts
Source:Lulu – The Pig That ‘Played Dead’ To Save Her Dying Owner. – Vault50
WTF Fun Fact – Old (And Now Less) Faithful
“Old Faithful” first earned its name in 1870, when a group of explorers noted that it erupted roughly once every 60 minutes. After decades of earthquakes, it can now take up to 90 minutes between eruptions. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: 10 Things You May Not Know About Yellowstone National Park – HISTORY