The 18th century word leint means to “urinate in an alcoholic beverage to increase its strength”. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/leint
Fun Food Fact: Americans Meal Prep Time
Americans spend an average of 37 minutes a day doing meal preparation and cleanup. This is roughly half the amount of time that was spent in the 1960’s. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(14)00400-0/fulltext
Fun Fact – Ancient Egyptians Book Thieves
The ancient Egyptians, while under the rule of Ptolemy II, would confiscate any books that arrived on ships and make a copy. They would then keep the original in the library of Alexandria and return the copied version to the owner. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Alexandria
Fun Exercise Fact – Take Stairs One By One
Research shows that you burn more calories taking a set of stairs a single step at a time instead of two at a time. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0051213
Animal Fact – Creative shark thieves
Thieves stole a small horn shark from the San Antonio Aquarium using a baby stroller to smuggle the shark out. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/thieves-snatch-shark-san-antonio-aquarium-wheel-it-out-baby-n895956
The Egyptians created blue
Around 2200 B.C., the Egyptians created the first synthetically created color blue. This Egyptian Blue color glows under fluorescent lights allowing historians to identify the color even when its not visible. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://mymodernmet.com/shades-of-blue-color-history/
Fun Golf Fact – Avoid The Greens And Hit Your Opponent
The rules of golf at St. Andrews in 1812 state that if your ball strikes your adversary or their caddy then they lose the hole. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.ruleshistory.com/rules1812.html#9
Fun Fact – Wyoming is sooo flat
There are only two sets of escalators in the entire state of Wyoming. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.npr.org/2013/07/18/203361119/where-are-all-of-wyomings-escalators
Snoop Dogg distracted at his own concert
In 2015, Snoop Dogg showed up 2 hours late for a concert in Haarlem, Netherlands and then proceeded to stream football on his laptop during the performance. He shared it all on his instagram. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/158084/snoop-fans-woedend-komt-hij-twee-uur-te-laat-kijkt-hij-ondertussen-football