Horror writer Stephen King sleeps with his lights on. King admitted to sleeping with the lights on back in 1982 when he was just really getting started in his career. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.openculture.com/2014/06/stephen-king-first-tv-interview.html
There’s a fiction-based religion called Snapeism which has Snapewives or Snapeists who channel Snape, are in romantic relationships with him, and use him as a guide for their daily lives. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/5/1/219/htm
There are only 3 human beings that have died outside Earth’s atmosphere. They are the three cosmonauts who died aboard the Soyuz 11 in 1971. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2018/07/23/only_three_humans_have_died_in_space_the_story_of_soyuz_11.html
There’s a maximum security prison in Uganda with its own soccer league. They have 10 formal teams, a governing body (the UPSA), and tournaments which feature prizes such as sugar, soap, and goats. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/28/the-prison-where-murderers-play-for-manchester-united
Some baby turtles talk to each other while they are still in their eggs so that they all hatch together. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21228-turtle-eggs-communicate-to-hatch-together/
In 2007, Navy SEAL Mike Day was shot 27 times by three al-Qaeda gunman and knocked unconscious by a grenade. When he awoke, he managed to kill two of them and escape to the extraction helicopter. He has now recovered and is participating in Ironman competitions. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/11503612/Meet-the-Navy-SEAL-who-was-shot-27-times-and-lived-to-tell-the-story.html
A 900 lb Mako shark was once autopsied and found to have two pugnose eels living inside its heart chambers. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.deepseanews.com/2013/10/ill-see-your-horrifying-crab-barnacle-and-raise-you-a-heart-eel/
The summit of Mt. Everest is made of marine limestone which means the highest point on earth was once at the bottom of the sea. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.montana.edu/everest/facts/summit-limestone.html
The seven sins according to Gandhi: “Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce without morality. Science without humanity. Religion without sacrifice. Politics without principle.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.openculture.com/2014/11/mahatma-gandhis-list-of-the-7-social-sins.html