In 1932, Winston Churchill agreed to have tea with Adolf Hitler at the Regina hotel in Munich. However, he was stood up and then stood up again for the re-scheduled meeting the next day. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/10/film-churchill-hitler-tea-winston-nazi
In 2013, a Kestrel was captured with a tracking tag in Turkey and X-rayed on suspicion of being an Israeli spy, but was later released after officials concluded it was not a spy for Mossad. – WTF Fun Facts
The phonautograph was invented by a Frenchman in the 1850’s and was the first device to record sound. Researchers played back these early recordings as sound for the first time in 2008. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89380697
A beekeeper in Australia taught his black Labrador to sniff out an infectious disease called American foulbrood that wipes out bee colonies. He then invented a dog beekeeper suit for the dog nicknamed Bazz the Beekeeper. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2013-07-03/beekeeper-dog/4795960
Stephen Wiltshire is an autistic artist with the amazing ability to draw any landscape from memory after seeing it just once. He drew a 19 ft long picture of New York City from memory after just a 20-minute helicopter ride over the city. – WTF Fun Facts
The Devil’s Pool is a rock pool located right on the edge of Victoria Falls in Zambia on the Zambezi river. When you enter the pool, you get pushed to the edge by the force of the river which itself carries over the falls. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.zambiatourism.com/destinations/waterfalls/victoria-falls/victoria-falls-devils-pool/
There is a 25 ft replica Statue of Liberty in the Susquehanna River outside of Harrisburg, PA. It was erected as a prank in 1986, and was originally made of Venetian blinds and plywood. After it blew away in 1992, it was replaced with a metal version in 1997. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mini-statue-of-liberty-harrisburg
During WWII, there were pigeon experts who claimed to be able to identify a pigeon with a German accent. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/spy-pigeons-167097967/
Hummingbirds often build their nests near hawk nests because their predators are scared of the hawks. Survival rates are higher for hummingbird eggs laid in a cone-shaped area near and below hawk nests. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/hawks-act-unwitting-muscle-hummingbirds-180956506/