A recent study found 1/3rd of the fish sold in restaurants and grocery stores in the US is mislabeled and misrepresented. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://oceana.org/sites/default/files/National_Seafood_Fraud_Testing_Results_Highlights_FINAL.pdf
WTF Fun Fact – Donut, Doughnut, Canada
Canada consumes the most doughnuts and has the most doughnut shops per capita of any country in the world. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/the-doughnut-unofficial-national-sugary-snack
WTF Fun Fact – Soviet Space Pistol
Up until 2007, the Soviets had a three-barrel (2 shotgun and one rifled) space pistol in their Soyuz capsule in case they were stranded in the Siberian wilderness upon re-entry. The TP-82 also had a detachable butt-stock that was a machete. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TP-82_Cosmonaut_survival_pistol
WTF Fun Fact – Messy Kitchen More Eating
A recent study found that a messy kitchen causes people to eat more. The chaotic environment causes people to feel out of control and to subsequently eat more. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/messy-kitchens-could-make-you-eat-more-180958146/
WTF Fun Fact – Largest Search Engines
YouTube is the second largest “search engine”, right after Google. It’s bigger than Bing, Yahoo!, and Ask combined. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.tubics.com/blog/youtube-2nd-biggest-search-engine/
WTF Fun Fact – Illegible Mail
The USPS has ~1,700 employees in Utah whose sole job is to read illegible addresses which the machine can’t read. They process 5 million pieces of mail daily with some employees averaging 1,600 addresses an hour. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Turkey Dinner
Britain’s oldest turkey is ironically named ‘Dinner’. He is over 16 years old and lives as a pet on Stonebridge Farm in Nottingham. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – CIA Cat Spies
The CIA spent $20 million in an attempt to use cats to spy on the Kremlin and Soviet embassies. The mission was called Acoustic Kitty and involved implanting a microphone in a cat’s ears and a radio transmitter near its skull. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Fake Ronald
An actor named Joe Maggard lied to the media about portraying Ronald McDonald for 12 years. A 2014 documentary titled Ronald perpetuates his lie as he tells about his life after supposedly being Ronald McDonald. – WTF Fun Facts