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
The Sahara desert is made of only 15% sand and sand dunes. Majority of the Sahara and other deserts is rock, rocky plateaus, and gravel covered plains. The sand is just a result of the wind eroding the rock. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.livescience.com/23140-sahara-desert.html
Instant ramen was invented by Momofuku Ando in 1958 and was voted Japan’s greatest invention of the 20th century by the Japanese. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1067506.stm
Urban Outfitters used to sell a board game called Ghettopoly with bonus cards that read: “You got yo whole neighborhood addicted to crack. Collect $50 from each playa.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2004/jan/21/games.shopping