British politician Philip Noel-Baker is the only person to have won an Olympic medal (silver in the 1500m) and a Nobel (Peace) Prize. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Grigori Perelman
Grigori Perelman is the only person in history to have solved one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems. After solving the Poincaré conjecture Perelman was offered both Field’s Medal and $1 million prize money, he declined them both. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Le Palais Ideal
Ferdinand Cheval was a French mailman who spent 33 years building a palace with stones he collected on his mail route. Le Palais idéal (“Ideal Palace”) is regarded as an extraordinary example of naïve art architecture. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Peru Potatoes
Peru is home to ~3800 different types of potatoes, having been domesticated there some ~10,000 years ago. They differ in size, shape, color, skin, pulp, texture, and taste. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.limaeasy.com/peruvian-food-guide/typical-potatoes
WTF Fun Fact – California Pipevine Swallowtail
Tim Wong, a 28-year-old aquatic biologist from northern California, has single-handedly repopulated the rare California Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly species in his backyard! – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.disclose.tv/biologist-singlehandedly-repopulated-a-rare-butterfly-species-in-his-backyard-371202
WTF Fun Fact – Confederate Six Flags
When the Six Flags Over Texas theme park opened in 1961, it had a section dedicated to the Confederacy where actors would hunt through the crowd for Union “spies” and “execute” them by firing squad. Boys and girls could also sign up to defend the South as soldiers and nurses. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Belgium Produces 80% Of Billiard Balls
Belgium is the world’s leading producer and exporter of billiard balls thanks to the Saluc company, which has been producing the balls made of phenolic resin since ~1960. – WTF Fun Facts
Source:
https://www.amazingbelgium.be/2017/06/nearly-80-percent-of-worlds-billiard.html
WTF Fun Fact – Glitter Is Harmful
Glitter is terrible for the environment. Most glitter products are made from plastic, which contributes to the problem of microplastics in our oceans. These microplastics can harm marine life by releasing chemicals that disrupt animal hormones. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.insider.com/why-glitter-is-bad-for-the-environment-2019-3
WTF Fun Fact – Dragon Bones
Villagers in central China have long been using dinosaur bones in medicine and soups, thinking they were from dragons. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6276948.stm