Corn can be found in many non-food items such as drywall, fireworks, glue, paint, dyes, laundry detergent, soap, antibiotics, and cosmetics, and in the production of plastics. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.farms.com/ag-industry-news/10-things-made-with-corn/
A Norman Rockwell painting worth over $5 million was discovered inside the walls of cartoonist Don Trachte’s house in 2006. It’d been hidden there for 35 years. The cartoonist likely forged several paintings he owned to prevent losing them in a divorce settlement and hid the originals. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2006/apr/11/1
Italian designers Raoul Bretzel and Anna Citelli created the Capsula Mundi (“world’s capsule” in Latin), an egg-shaped, organic casket that’s suitable for ashes. Its biodegradable plastic shell breaks down and the remains provide nutrients to a tree planted above it. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/03/world/eco-solutions-capsula-mundi/index.html
In 1967, Godiva Chocolatier was sold by its founders the Draps Family to Campbell Soup Company. In December 2007, Campbell’s sold it on as it did not fit with their strategic focus of “simple meals”. – WTF Fun Facts
In the 1990’s, a mystery soda vending machine appeared in Capitol Hill, Seattle. The machine dispensed rare or discontinued drinks cans. It was unknown who filled it. In June 2018, the machine disappeared leaving a note saying it went for a walk. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Hill%27s_mystery_soda_machine
Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton wrote and performed the song “Hound Dog,” about a woman throwing a gigolo out of her house and her life, which was later adapted by Elvis Presley. – WTF Fun Facts
Your brain consists of a minimum of 60% fat, making it the fattiest organ in your body.–WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/594894-fattiest-organ
Many of the US Army helicopters are named after Native Americans (Apache, Black Hawk, Chinook, etc.) because of former regulation AR 70-28, which mandated they be named using “Indian terms and names of American Indian tribes and chiefs.” – WTF Fun Facts
Three cows that were swept off an island in North Carolina during Hurricane Dorian were found alive on a different island. Park officials say they believe the three-stranded cows swam up to five miles. – WTF Fun Facts