Starting around the 18th century, mummies could be bought from street vendors for use as the main event for parties and gatherings. The elites would hold “mummy unwrapping parties,” which were exactly as the name implied. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Metal Eating Man
Michel “Monsieur Mangetout” Lotito could eat glass, metal, rubber and more. The Frenchman once consumed an entire Cessna 150 airplane over a two year period. He ate an estimated nine tons of metal between 1959 and 1997. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Bank of England’s Gold
The Bank of England’s vaults can hold up to 400,000 bars of gold, making it the second largest in the world. However, they only own two gold bars and store the rest for the treasury. – WTF Fun Facts
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WTF Fun Fact – Vaquita Porpoise
The Vaquita porpoise is the world’s most endangered marine mammal and also the smallest porpoise. There are only ~10 left in the world. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Bacon Flavored Condom
Seattle-based company J&D’s Foods sells condoms that taste like bacon. They had previously sold bacon flavored lubricant as an April fool’s day promotion. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/company-releases-new-bacon-flavored-condoms
WTF Fun Fact – 29th Time Lucky
Steve Whiteley, a British 61-year-old heating engineer, turned a £2 bet into nearly £1.5 million after picking all 6 horse race winners to win the jackpot. The winning horse in the final race hadn’t won in their previous 28 races. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/mar/08/steve-whiteley-tote-jackpot-millionaire
WTF Fun Fact – Eye Painting
Leandro Granato is a 27 year old Argentinian artist with an unusual painting method. He is able to snort nearly a quart of watercolor paint up his nose and squirt it out his eye to make paintings similar to one of his inspirations: Jackson Pollock. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Parliament Loves Sugar
Between 2010 to 2015, parliament’s British lawmakers consumed 625,464 cans and bottles of Coke, along with 659,470 chocolate bars and other candy. KitKats were the MPs favorite, accounting for one in six snacks. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.economist.com/britain/2016/02/11/do-as-i-say-not-as-i-chew
WTF Fun Fact – Gigantic Semla Bun
Swedish bakery Bake My Day earned a Guinness World Record by baking a semla bun weighing in at 661 lbs. The semla bun contains 286 lbs of cream and 66 lbs of almond cream. – WTF Fun Facts