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
Ford Motor Company started using bioplastics back in the 1930’s. Ford’s 1941 biological car was made of soybean, wheat, hemp, flax and ramie fibers in a soy-based phenolic resin. It weighed 1,000 pounds less than a steel car. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://exclusive.multibriefs.com/content/back-to-the-future-with-ford-bioplastics/manufacturing
In a recent study, researchers from California State University showed that the self control needed to suppress the urge to urinate can make you more convincing at telling lies. This effect is known as inhibitory spillover effect. – WTF Fun Facts
In 2019, Netflix leased the Paris Theatre, a single-screen theatre in Manhattan, to show their original movies. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2019/11/25/netflix-to-reopen-famed-paris-theatre-in-manhattan/
In 1989, NASA studied house plants as a means of providing clean and pure air for their space station. They found Peace Lilies and Florist’s Chrysanthemums to be the best all-around at filtering the air. – WTF Fun Facts
Tweety bird was originally named Orson and was a wild baby bird who was naked/pink instead of a domestic yellow canary. – WTF Fun Facts
The “white elephant” gift exchange gets its name from the legend of the King of Siam gifting rare albino elephants to those who displeased him in hopes that the upkeep costs would financially ruin them. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_elephant_gift_exchange
During WW2, German fighter ace Franz Stigler noticed a US B-17 bomber was too damaged to fight back, and escorted it back to Britain instead of shooting it down, risking execution in the process. Many years after the war, both pilots reunited and became friends. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/09/living/higher-call-military-chivalry
In 1979, The Concorde 001 chased a solar eclipse by flying at 56,000 ft. over the Sahara Desert at a speed of Mach 2. The jet stayed in the umbra of the moon for a record 74 minutes. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8q8qwk/the-concorde-and-the-longest-solar-eclipse