Voted one of the world’s best restaurants, Osteria Francescana, has a menu item called ‘the crunchy part of the lasagna’. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.osteriafrancescana.it/
WTF Fun Fact – Big Mac Vs. Supermac
In early 2019, after McDonald’s sued Irish fast food chain Supermac for trademark infringement, a judge ruled McDonald’s Big Mac trademark was not valid in the EU because they were unable to prove that they had used the Big Mac trademark their. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/tasty-result-for-supermacs-with-david-and-goliath-big-mac-win-37716672.html
WTF Fun Fact – Goldeneye 007 Rookies
The iconic game Goldeneye 007 for the Nintendo 64 gaming system was created by a group of only 9 people, 8 of which had never worked on a video game before. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://uproxx.com/gaming/goldeneye-n64-facts/
WTF Fun Fact – Sgriob
Sgriob is a Gaelic word meaning “an itching of the lip, superstitiously supposed to precede a feast, a drink of whiskey, or a kiss from a favorite.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://katexic.com/word/sgriob/
WTF Fun Fact – Black Sea Shipwrecks
Scientists studying the ocean floor in the Black Sea have found over 40 ships, some from as far back as the 9th century, that are so well preserved they can still see chisel and tool marks on the planks from the original builder. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/10/black-sea-shipwreck-discovery/
WTF Fun Fact – Drooping Ears Trait
Drooping ears is a trait for domesticated animals that very rarely occurs in the wild (elephants are an exception). Almost all species gain this trait when domesticated. A Russian experiment successfully domesticated foxes over 40 generations, and in that span their ears drooped. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/mans-new-best-friend-a-forgotten-russian-experiment-in-fox-domestication/
WTF Fun Fact – M&M’s Original Idea
M&M’s were first created commercially in 1941 by Forrest Mars, Sr. after witnessing soldiers eating chocolate pellets with a hard shell during the Spanish Civil War, which prevented the chocolate from melting in the warm weather. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.history.com/news/the-wartime-origins-of-the-mm
WTF Fun Fact – CEO Haggles Ransom
When the CEO of supermarket chain ALDI, Theo Albrecht, was kidnapped, he haggled down his ransom amount with his abductors and claimed the sum as a tax-deductible business expense in court after his release. He then became a recluse. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/theo-albrecht-one-of-the-two-brothers-behind-the-aldi-supermarket-empire-2052354.html
WTF Fun Fact – National Eagle Repository
The US federal government has an office in Denver called the National Eagle Repository that receives dead bald and golden eagles, which are then used by registered Native Americans tribes for religious and cultural ceremonies. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Eagle_Repository?wprov=sfla1