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
WTF Fun Fact – Ranald MacDonald
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
WTF Fun Fact – Puppy Dog Eyes
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
WTF Fun Fact – Lichtenberg Figures
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
WTF Fun Fact – Penalty Of The Sack
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
WTF Fun Fact – US’s Longest Married Gay Couple
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
WTF Fun Fact – World’s Longest Treadmill
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
WTF Fun Fact – Oldest Chocolates
The world’s oldest uneaten chocolates are over 100 years old. A tin of chocolates from the coronation of King Edward VII from 1902 sits in the St Andrews Preservation Trust Museum. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.thedailymeal.com/cook/oldest-box-chocolates-world
WTF Fun Fact – Troublemaker
Nelson Mandela’s African birth name was Rolihlahla. In Xhosa, this literally translates to “pulling the branch of a tree” but more commonly translates to “troublemaker.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.biography.com/political-figure/nelson-mandela