In 2009, Saudi Arabia created a special “Anti-Witchcraft Unit” and a telephone hotline for the public to report magical misdeeds. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/08/saudi-arabias-war-on-witchcraft/278701/
Aretha Franklin always insisted on being paid upfront and in cash before performances. She’d keep the cash with her security team or occasionally in her purse which she brought on stage. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/04/04/aretha-franklins-american-soul
Latchkey incontinence is the increased feeling of “having to go” the closer you get to the restroom. It is a conditioned subconscious response similar to what Pavlov proved with his scientific experiment with his dog. – WTF Fun Facts
Source:https://money.cnn.com/2017/01/02/technology/france-office-email-workers-law/index.html
France passed a ‘right to disconnect’ law in 2017, allowing people to ignore emails that arrive outside business hours. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://money.cnn.com/2017/01/02/technology/france-office-email-workers-law/index.html
A 102 year old german woman is the oldest to receive a PhD. She was banned from attending her final oral exam in 1938 by the Nazi influenced university because she was Jewish. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/02/mississippi-officially-abolishes-slavery-ratifies-13th-amendment/
Mississippi only ratified the 13th amendment, which abolished slavery back in 1865, in 1995. However, they never officially notified the US Archivist and so it had to be corrected and was finally ratified in 2013. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/02/mississippi-officially-abolishes-slavery-ratifies-13th-amendment/
The average energy expended during the ladies Wimbledon tennis final match adds up to 1.56kWh, which is enough power to keep an iPhone charged for a year. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://cutt.ly/OoqCwy
Clinique and Crayola have teamed up to create a box of lipstick crayons that are color-matched to actual Crayola shades. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/2017/01/134591/clinique-crayola-chubby-sticks
A scientist at McMurdo Station in Antarctica used Tinder to find a match with a camper 45 miles away in the Dry Valleys. It’s the first suspected match on that continent. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.thecut.com/2014/02/tinder-makes-its-first-match-in-antarctica.html