The filmmakers of “Goldfinger” believed author Ian Fleming’s death-by-gold scenario (skin suffocation) was a genuine risk and took precautions. A physician was present during filming and the gold makeup was removed as quickly as possible after filming. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/gold-blooded-murder-180949433/
One of the most expensive yachts in the world is a gold-plated super-yacht named “History Supreme” worth ~$4.5 billion USD. It’s made up of ~100,000 kilograms of solid gold and platinum plus it contains a wall feature made from the bone of a T-Rex dinosaur. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://stuarthughes.com/shop/luxury-yachts/history-supreme/
In 2015, when the New York Jets played at Wembley Stadium in London, they shipped over 350 rolls of toilet paper for their hotel and the stadium because an intern who had previously been to London thought their TP was too thin. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-34430305
Bill Lussier caught a swordfish in FL so big that it dragged the boat for 20 miles and fought for eight hours before being pulled in. It turned out to be the biggest swordfish ever caught (757.8 lbs.) in Florida waters. – WTF Fun Facts
The velociraptor noises in the original Jurassic Park movie were made using animal sounds including tortoises mating, horses breathing, and annoyed geese. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.cnet.com/news/tortoise-sex-snuck-into-jurassic-park/
Rockbitch was a British female rock band in the late 1980’s and 90’s, which was famous for throwing a ‘Golden Condom’ into the audience. Whoever caught it, male or female, was taken backstage to have sex with the band members. – WTF Fun Facts
In the 1960’s and 70’s, Italian pharmaceutical company Serono was using nun urine to make their fertility drug Pergonal. It took 10 nuns about 10 days to produce enough urine for one treatment. – WTF Fun Facts
There’s been a prisoner in Canada since 2013 known as “the Unknown Person” because he refuses to identify himself. His fingerprints are tied to four different identities from two countries plus one with unknown citizenship.–WTF Fun Facts
Preserved Fish, son of Preserved Fish, was one of the original 28 brokers of the New York Stock & Exchange Board in 1817, the nucleus of what became the New York Stock Exchange. – WTF Fun Facts