Under the US act of March 2, 1907, all women acquired their husband’s nationality upon marriage, meaning U.S.-born citizen women could lose their citizenship by marriage to any non-citizen. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1998/summer/women-and-naturalization-1.html
In 1966, Best Buy was founded as an audio specialty store called Sound of Music. It operated under that name until 1983 when it was re-branded to Best Buy and began focusing on consumer electronics. – WTF Fun Facts
The Church of Scientology (“Dianetics”) sponsored a car in the 1988 Indy 500. It was the first time a religious faith sponsored an IndyCar entry. Unfortunately, it crashed on the second turn of the first lap. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.autoweek.com/racing/indycar/a1844546/39-church-scientology-sponsors-indy-500-entry-1988/
Sodium Citrate, a “melting salt”, is the secret ingredient to make any cheese into a smooth, creamy nacho cheese sauce. Coincidentally, Sodium Citrate’s chemical formula spells out Na3C6H5O7 (NaCHO).–WTF Fun Facts
Source:https://www.cooksillustrated.com/science/830-articles/story/cooks-science-explains-sodium-citrate
Sesselpupser is German for those who sit around all day doing nothing or those who work from the comfort of an office chair doing menial work. It literally translates to “chair farter”. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://blogs.transparent.com/german/3-lazy-german-words/
WWII submarine Captain John P. Cromwell went down with his crippled submarine Sculpin after surfacing and letting crewmembers abandon ship. Cpt Cromwell had knowledge of top secret Allied war plans that the Japanese may have extracted from him if captured. – WTF Fun Facts
In January 897, Pope Formosus’s corpse was put on trial and found guilty in what became known as the Cadaver Synod. He had three fingers removed, was reburied, dug up once again, and then weighed down and tossed into the River Tiber. – WTF Fun Facts
In 2017, Kyrie Irving made the comment that he isn’t entirely sure whether the Earth is flat or round. A year later he told the NY Times in another interview that he still wasn’t entirely sure the shape of the Earth. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nba.com/article/2018/10/01/kyrie-irving-regrets-flat-earth-comments
In 2015 a teen was prosecuted as an adult for having naked images – of himself – on his cell phone. The court claimed he was simultaneously the adult perpetrator who is considered a predator and the minor victim who needed protecting by the law. He struck a plea deal to avoid jail. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/20/teen-prosecuted-naked-images-himself-phone-selfies