To shoot the movie Babe required 48 actual pigs (and one animatronic pig) because pigs grow so quickly. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/66969/15-fun-facts-about-babe
To shoot the movie Babe required 48 actual pigs (and one animatronic pig) because pigs grow so quickly. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/66969/15-fun-facts-about-babe
In 2008, actor Robert Pattinson got rid of a stalker who had been camping outside his apartment by taking her out on a dinner date. “I just complained about everything in my life and she never came back.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.today.com/popculture/twilight-star-says-he-bores-people-2-minutes-wbna29123100
In the 17th century, Lazarus Colloredo was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. He was later pardoned because Lazarus, who had a parasitic conjoined twin, argued that his death would kill his twin who was innocent. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_and_Joannes_Baptista_Colloredo
The restaurant Wattana Panich in Bangkok has been cooking and serving “neua tuna” soup for 45 years using the leftover broth from the day before, a form of “perpetual stew”. – WTF Fun Facts
In 2002, scientists found a fossil believed to be the world’s oldest flower. Now dubbed “the mother of all flowers,” the Archaefructus sinensis is thought to have bloomed more than 125 million years ago in China. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/4768447/The-mother-of-all-flowers.html
In 1964, the FBI spent several months investigating the song “Louie, Louie” by a rock group named the Kingsmen because people thought the lyrics were obscene. – WTF Fun Facts
Portland’s famous Voodoo Doughnut served a Pepto Bismol coated doughnut sprinkled with Tums and a NyQuil doughnut laced with the cough medicine until they got in trouble with the FDA. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.fastcompany.com/1673135/the-secret-joojoo-behind-voodoo-doughnuts
A linguistic study found that winter workers in Antarctica started to develop a new accent. This is a result of them being isolated together and in regular contact with only each other for several months. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/linguists-hear-an-accent-begin/
Seagulls do a rain “dance” to bring earthworms to the surface so they can easily eat them. By stomping their feet on grassy areas, they create vibrations which are similar to that created by rain, which tricks the earthworms. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://animalbehaviouraberdeen.blogspot.com/2011/03/seagull-rain-dance.html