When Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba, he banned the board game Monopoly and ordered every set to be destroyed. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-10-04-9203300699-story.html
WTF Fun Fact – Avoid Subaru WRX’s
Subaru WRX owners are the most likely in the US to have a prior speeding citation. Additionally, WRX drivers have 2.29 times the number of DUIs and 1.82 times as many at-fault accidents as the national average. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://eu.freep.com/story/money/cars/mark-phelan/2019/08/17/vehicles-cars-most-tickets/2016498001/
WTF Fun Fact – Less Nuclear Weapons
The number of nuclear weapons in the world is down from ~70,000 in 1986 to ~14,000 in 2020.–WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – No Polygamy No Alimony
Polygamist Brigham Young got out of paying alimony to one of his ex-wives by arguing that since polygamy was illegal – they were never actually married. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Smellfungus
A smellfungus is someone who is always finding faults or critiques everything. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smellfungus
WTF Fun Fact – Paul Brown’s Squeeze Bottle Valve
Paul Brown invented the upside-down squeeze bottle valve in 1991 after 111 failed prototypes. He then sold his product to everyone from shampoo companies to Heinz to NASA. Four years later he sold his company for $13 million. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://thepatentprofessor.com/this-plucky-inventor-turned-our-world-upside-down/
WTF Fun Fact – Hemolymph Not Blood
Arachnids, crustaceans, and insects do not contain blood but hemolymph instead. In the case of insects, hemolymph does not play an important role in oxygen transport. Some common uses are: creating a hydraulic system, autohemorrhaging, and gluing themselves to other animals. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-is-bug-blood-differen/
WTF Fun Fact – Jedediah Smith
In the early 1800’s, explorer Jedediah Smith survived a Grizzly bear attack in the Black Hills. The animal tore off his scalp and ripped one of his ears off. He had a friend sew his scalp and severed ear back on. After 10 days, he was leading his expedition again. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Woman Spent 43 Years Disguised As A Man
Sisa Gaber Abu Douh is an Egyptian woman who ,after the death of her husband, disguised herself as a man for 43 years in order to make a living shining shoes for her daughter and grandchildren. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://egyptindependent.com/upper-egypt-woman-raises-daughter-disguised-working-man-43-years/