The city of Vancouver has banned doorknobs on all new home construction. They must instead use levers. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/why-vancouvers-ban-on-doorknobs-makes-sense-2013-11?r=US&IR=T
In 2020, OceanGate will begin tours of the Titanic via their private submarine Titan at a cost of $125,000 per person. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/worlds-first-deep-diving-submarine-plans-tourists-see-titanic-180972179/
Retired Spanish cyclist Miguel Induráin had a resting heart rate of 28 beats per minute during his career. The normal range for people is 60 – 72 BPM. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Indur%C3%A1in
Twenty percent of all marriages globally are between first cousins. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-ban-cousin-marriages_b_2567162?guccounter=1
King Tut is the only mummy from ancient Egypt known to have been mummified with an erection. His member subsequently broke off soon after the mummy was discovered. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.livescience.com/42290-king-tut-mummified-penis-explained.html
The skating brand Supreme‘s logo is ironically based on propaganda artist Barbara Kruger’s anti-consumerism works. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.complex.com/style/2013/05/supreme-court-the-12-greatest-moments-of-supremes-legal-battle-with-leah-mcsweeney/132
The drug Viagra (or sildenafil) was originally intended to be a heart medication designed to treat angina by increasing blood flow to the heart, but it failed at that. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,139084,00.html
There was an actual tree in La Jolla which inspired Dr. Seuss’s Trufulla trees in his book The Lorax. The ~100 year old Monterey Cypress unexpectedly fell over in June 2019. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.lajolla.com/article/dr-seuss-la-jolla/
Americans eat 20 billion hot dogs annually, which is about 70 hot dogs per person. They are served in 95% of American homes. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://hot-dog.org/