Scurryfunge is an old English word meaning to rush around cleaning when you see company is on their way over. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – BackRub
In 1996, the search engine Google was known as “BackRub” alluding to how the program analyzed the internet’s “back links” to understand how popular and important a website was. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/the-true-story-behind-googles-first-name-backrub-2015-10?r=US&IR=T
WTF Fun Fact – Divorce Settlement Trial By Combat
A man from Kansas has asked an Iowa court to grant his motion for trial by combat, so he can meet his ex-wife and her attorney “on the field of battle where (he) will rend their souls from their corporal bodies.” – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – World’s First Holographic Protest
In 2015, the world’s first holographic protest was held in Madrid outside of one of their parliament buildings. They were protesting a new law which organizers said criminalizes the right to protest. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/12/europe/spain-hologram-protest/
WTF Fun Fact – Scooby Doo’s Speech Impediment
Scooby Doo’s excessive use of the letter “R” is the result of a speech disorder known as rhotacization. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/we-finally-have-a-name-for-scooby-doos-speech-disorder
WTF Fun Fact – The Longest Post-Mortem Flight
The cremated remains of Clyde Tombaugh, the first person to get a glimpse of Pluto in 1930, was aboard the New Horizons spacecraft which passed by the dwarf planet in July 2015. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/cremated-ashes-pluto-space-probe-2018-10?r=US&IR=T
WTF Fun Fact – Hungry Hungry Hippos World Championship
Since 2015, there has been a Hungry Hungry Hippos World Championship held every year at Gen Con in Indiana. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Snoop Dogg’s Unusually Talented Employee
Snoop Dog employs his own full-time blunt roller paying him between $40,000-50,000 a year. His blunt roller has gotten to know Snoop so well that he can read his face and delivers a joint exactly when Snoop needs one. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.hypefresh.co/snoop-dogg-employs-a-professional-blunt-roller/
WTF Fun Fact – The Canine Mayor Of Rabbit Hash
The town of Rabbit Hash, Kentucky has elected a dog for a mayor since 1998. The first mayor was a dog named Goofy Borneman-Calhoun and the most recent is a French Bulldog named Wilbur Beast. – WTF Fun Facts