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WTF Fun Fact – Yap & Rai

May 11, 2020 by WTF

The Micronesian island of Yap is known for its stone money, known as Rai or Fei. They use large doughnut-shaped, carved disks of calcite, some as large as 13 ft in diameter. The rai is still used today for social transactions, such as marriage, inheritance, & political deals. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rai_stones

WTF Fun Fact – Jolly Boy Sucker

May 11, 2020 by WTF

In 1920, candy-maker Harry Burt created the first “ice cream on a stick” in Youngstown, Ohio. His first candy invention was called the Jolly Boy Sucker. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/snapshot/good-humor-ice-cream-truck

WTF Fun Fact – Howard The Duck Cost

May 11, 2020 by WTF

The failure of the 1986 film “Howard the Duck” meant George Lucas had to sell some assets of Lucasfilm, including a computer-animated company Graphics Group to Steve Jobs. That company would go on to become Pixar. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.universityfox.com/stories/failed-movies-that-singlehandedly-put-their-studios-out-of-business/

WTF Fun Fact – Ranald MacDonald

May 10, 2020May 10, 2020 by WTF

Ranald MacDonald, a bank clerk turned sailor, was the first English teacher in Japan. He taught 14 samurai English while he was held as prisoner. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranald_MacDonald

WTF Fun Fact – Puppy Dog Eyes

May 10, 2020May 10, 2020 by WTF

Dogs evolved the specific (RAOL and LAOM) muscles that give them the ability to raise their inner eyebrows more than 33,000 years ago as they became domesticated. It’s an evolutionary trick used to manipulate human emotions. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/06/domestication-gave-dogs-two-new-eye-muscles/591868/

WTF Fun Fact – Lichtenberg Figures

May 10, 2020 by WTF

Being struck by lightning causes weird skin designs called ‘Lichtenberg figures’, named after the German physicist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, who originally discovered and studied them. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichtenberg_figure

WTF Fun Fact – Penalty Of The Sack

May 9, 2020 by WTF

In Ancient Rome, the punishment for killing one’s father (parricide) was poena cullei or “penalty of the sack.” This death penalty consisted of being sewn up in a sack along with a viper, a dog, and a cock, which was then thrown into water. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poena_cullei

WTF Fun Fact – US’s Longest Married Gay Couple

May 9, 2020 by WTF

In 1970, a gay man discovered a loophole in Minnesota law that said gay marriage wasn’t explicitly illegal, as long as officials allowed it. He then changed his name legally from ‘Jack’ to ‘Pat Lyn’, fooling officials and acquiring their marriage license. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/after-decades-long-legal-battle-gay-couple-s-1971-marriage-n980471

WTF Fun Fact – World’s Longest Treadmill

May 9, 2020 by WTF

The world’s longest treadmill is 7 feet wide by 30 feet long and started operating on August 26, 2011 at the Wolf Science Center in Ernstbrunn, Austria. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/dog-spies/why-the-world-s-longest-treadmill-was-created-for-wolves/

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