The longest-serving prisoner in American history was Paul Geidel, who served 68 years and 245 days between 1911 and 1980 for second degree murder. He was first incarcerated at age 17 and finally released at age 86. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Geidel
The term “plastic surgery” was coined in 1839, 70 years before plastic was even invented. It comes from the Greek word “plastikē” which means “the art of modelling” of malleable flesh. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery#Etymology
The Ethiopian calendar is ~7 years behind the Gregorian calendar due to them having a 13th month of either 5 or 6 days (in the case of a leap year). They celebrated the new millennium on Sept. 12, 2007. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://theculturetrip.com/africa/ethiopia/articles/why-is-the-ethiopian-calendar-7-years-behind/
The Crooked Forest is located in Poland and is home to hundreds of pine trees planted in the 1930’s which are mysteriously curved at a 90° angle. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crooked_Forest
After 13 years of trying to find the structure of a protein, scientists created an online competitive game called Foldit that asked gamers to try and solve it. The structure was then found in 3 weeks. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theguardian.com//technology/2014/jan/25/online-gamers-solving-sciences-biggest-problems
Napoléon Bonaparte’s penis was removed from his dead body during autopsy, displayed at a museum, and eventually sold for $2,700 in the 1970s. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/napoleon-s-penis-size-confirmed-channel-4-documentary-calls-the-artifact-very-small-9235101.html
In Welsh, the word for week is wythnos, which literally means “eight-nights”. Historically, the week started and ended with night. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-day_week
When DMA Design/Rockstar Games first released Grand Theft Auto, they actually paid reviewers to negatively review the game in order to keep it controversial and thus popular. They planted articles in right wing news papers to ensure moral outrage and drive the game to success. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://whatculture.com/gaming/gta-v-9-facts-that-will-blow-your-mind?page=4
The term “noon” is derived from the Latin nona hora or ninth hour. The medieval monastic day began at 6 a.m. making the ninth hour actually 3 p.m. The meaning of the word slowly shifted to midday/12:00 p.m. between the 12th and 14th centuries. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noon