In 2014, Home Depot opened a private store within Pinewood Studios known as The Studio Store. It is about half the size of other Home Depot stores, with extra room for bulk materials, like lumber, for building sets. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – The Landlord’s Game
Monopoly was originally called “The Landlord’s Game” and was patented in 1904 by Elizabeth Maggie. Instead of the “Pass Go, Collect $200” square, she wrote “Labor upon mother Earth produces wages.”–WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Wealth Improves Life Expectancy
A 2020 study found being wealthy adds an average of 7-9 additional years of disability-free life expectancy over the poor in both the UK and US. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://academic.oup.com/biomedgerontology/article/75/5/906/5698372
WTF Fun Fact – World’s Largest Doughnut
The largest doughnut ever made was an American-style jelly doughnut weighing 3739 lbs. It was 16 ft. in diameter and 16in high in the center. It was made by two bakeries in Utica, New York on January 21, 1993. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Streisand Effect
The Streisand effect is a social phenomenon that occurs when an attempt to hide, remove, or censor information has the unintended consequence of further publicizing that information, often via the Internet. It is named as such because entertainer Barbra Streisand attempted to suppress a photograph of her home in 2003, but only made it worse. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – The Good In Gummy Bears
The gelatin in Haribo gummy bears contains nine out of the ten amino acids which are essential to our bodies. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Mud Keeps The Taj Mahal White
Workers keep the Taj Mahal’s white marble glowing and white by applying a mud-pack (lime-rich clay and water) based on an ancient traditional recipe every few years. It is left on for 24 hours then washed away with distilled water. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-36366733
WTF Fun Fact – Naughty Bullwinkle Puppet
In the 1960’s, a live-action bumper starring a Bullwinkle puppet was removed from NBC. Parents complained when their kids broke off their television set’s knobs after the suggestion from Bullwinkle to ensure they would tune in next week. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle
WTF Fun Fact – Johnny Cash vs. Ostrich
Johnny Cash got into a fight with an ostrich in his exotic animal refuge near his Tennessee home. The incident left Cash with five broken ribs and a large stomach wound. He ended up taking prescription pain killers that caused a 2-year relapse into his alcohol and amphetamine addiction.–WTF Fun Facts
Source:https://www.midnightpulp.com/todays-history-lesson-an-ostrich-once-tried-to-murder-johnny-cash/