Dutchman Dirk Willems was a religious prisoner who escaped in 1569, but when the guard pursuing him fell through the ice of a nearby river, Willems turned around to save the guard. He was then recaptured and burned at the stake. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – House Sold To Apple
When Apple was buying rural land for a new data center in Maiden, North Carolina, one older couple refused to sell their one-acre plot of land which they had originally purchased for $6,000 34 years ago. After rejecting every single offer, Apple asked them to name a price and they sold it for $1.7 million. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://gizmodo.com/old-couple-sells-apple-their-house-for-1-7million-for-5655845
WTF Fun Fact – Silent Disco’s Too Noisy
In 2016, the Swiss city of Lausanne banned ‘silent disco’ events because they were too noisy. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.thelocal.ch/20160203/lausanne-bans-silent-disco-events-for-being-too-noisy
WTF Fun Fact – Cassius Marcellus Clay
Cassius M. Clay was a politician and abolitionist. He was once shot during a debate, but survived and chased down his assassin, stabbing him & throwing him off an embankment. He later fought off 6 men armed with guns using only his bowie knife. He was Lincoln’s friend and briefly a candidate to be his VP. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassius_Marcellus_Clay_(politician)
WTF Fun Fact – Genuine 26 Carat Diamond Ring
A 55-year-old British woman bought a ring from a flea market 33 years ago thinking it was an artificial stone, but she recently discovered it’s a genuine 26-carat diamond ring worth ~$960,000. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.tert.am/en/news/2019/02/08/diamond/2916349
WTF Fun Fact – Bruges Beer Pipeline
In Bruges, Belgium there is a 2 mile long beer pipeline that flows from De Halve Maan brewery in the city’s historic center with a bottling plant in the suburbs. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://money.cnn.com/2016/09/19/news/beer-pipeline-bruges-belgium/index.html
WTF Fun Fact – Million Billion Phone Bill
In 2012, a woman in France accidentally received a phone bill of €11,721,000,000,000,000. This was 5000x the GDP of France at the time. After several calls to the phone company, she was finally given her real bill of €117.21. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/oct/11/french-phone-bill
WTF Fun Fact – ELF’s Forced Perspective
In Elf, none of the shots with Buddy at the North Pole involved CGI or special effects. It was all done with a technique called forced perspective. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://screenrant.com/elf-behind-scenes-making-of-hidden-trivia/
WTF Fun Fact – Tarahumara’s Important Tesguino
The Tarahumara use their corn beer Tesgüino in many of their ceremonies, including those to protect young children from illness and also when treating the sick. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1525/aa.1963.65.3.02a00080