A 2017 study found that moving high school start times back to 8:30am would result in an $83 billion annual gain to the US economy a decade after implementation as a result of higher academic performance of students, reduced car crash rates, and other factors. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Devilish Cunning Leopard
The Devilish Cunning Panther was a man-eating male Indian leopard which killed over 150 people, all women and children, in the Central Provinces of British India in the early 20th century. He would kill every couple days and sometimes travel 20-30 miles before the next attack. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_of_the_Central_Provinces
WTF Fun Fact – The Finger Prank
In 2008, Nestle played an April Fool’s day prank on consumers by announcing that the name “Butterfinger” had been retired and that the new name “The Finger” was in effect immediately. They even distributed 200,000 Butterfinger bars with “The Finger” wrappers to 7-Eleven stores. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20080401006597/en/BUTTERFINGER-R-Name-Change-an-April-Fools-Day-Prank-to-Celebrate-Launch-of-New-Butterfinger-Comedy-Network-on-Yahoo%21
WTF Fun Fact – Stuart Little’s Expensive Prop
Art historian Gergely Barki rediscovered a long-lost painting being used as a prop while watching the movie Stuart Little with his daughter. The painting was later sold for just under $300k. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-30467820
WTF Fun Fact – Gigantopithecus
Up until 300,000 years ago, a giant ape named Gigantopithecus, which stood more than 10 feet tall and weighed 1,200 pounds, roamed around in Asia eating Bamboo and similar plants.–WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Okta
An “okta” is a unit equal to 1/8 of the sky. Cloud conditions are measured in oktas, so the difference between “partly sunny” and “mostly cloudy” is just 1 okta. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/56820/whats-difference-between-mostly-sunny-and-partly-cloudy
WTF Fun Fact – Real Dead Body Props
In the movies Poltergeist, The House on Haunted Hill, and Frankenstein, they used real dead bodies as props because fake ones didn’t exist and would be too costly to make. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – The Fraud Behind The Microsoft Sound
The iconic startup sound for Microsoft’s Windows 95 aka “The Microsoft Sound” was made by ambient music artist Brian Eno on a Macintosh. The artist has never used a Windows PC. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Shinkansen’s Perfect Record
In the 50-plus year history of the Japanese Shinkansen or bullet train system, carrying over 10 billion passengers, there has been not a single passenger fatality or injury due to train accidents. – WTF Fun Facts