Canadian teen Mike Rowe was sued for trademark infringement by Microsoft for his part-time web development business’s domain MikeRoweSoft.com. They eventually settled for an Xbox and games, a trip to Redmond, training, and an MDN subscription. – WTF Fun Facts
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‘Weird Al’ Yankovic once turned down a $5 million offer to be a beer brand’s commercial spokesperson because he thought it was ethically the right decision since many of his fans were young and impressionable. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2010/11/weird-al-yankovic-regrets-turning-down.html?m=1
By eating and excreting doves, a single cougar can plant nearly 100,000 seeds in a year providing a valuable service to their ecosystem. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://world.edu/big-cats-play-bigger-role-plant-preservation-knew/
Dragonfly wings kill bacteria on contact by ripping apart their cell membranes with sharp nanopillars as they move across the surface of the wing. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://newatlas.com/dragonfly-nanostructures-anitbacterial-properties/53331/
After Vincent Van Gogh shot himself in the chest with a revolver, he was able to walk home and see two doctors, but neither was a surgeon and so they couldn’t remove the bullet. The doctors left him alone smoking his pipe in his room. He died 30 hours later. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh#Death
Mastercard’s Global headquarters is located on Purchase Street in Purchase, New York. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.mastercard.us/en-us/vision/who-we-are/global-locations.html
John Anthony Walker, a US Navy officer who reported secrets to the Soviet Union for ~18 years was finally exposed when his ex-wife reported him. When asked how he was able to share so much confidential information, he replied “KMart has better security than the Navy”. – WTF Fun Facts
In 2011, Hugh Hefner saved the iconic ‘HOLLYWOOD’ sign for a second time by donating the final $900,000 the Trust for Public Land needed to buy the land before being bought by real estate developers. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-apr-27-la-me-hollywood-sign-20100427-story.html
Cheese-maker 4 Madonne Caseificio dell’Emilia raised 6 million euros (nearly $7 million) in mini-bonds guaranteed by wheels of Parmesan cheese. The bonds will pay a fixed yield of 5 percent each year until they mature in January 2022. – WTF Fun Facts