Pee Cola is a popular soft drink that is made and sold in Ghana. Also, Ghana’s official language is english. WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.miaminewtimes.com/restaurants/top-10-sodas-from-around-the-world-6570427
Forest fires can be started by sunlight being focused through a water droplet onto a very dry leaf.
Source: https://www.livescience.com/6017-water-drops-magnify-sunlight-burn-leaves.html
In 2015, there was over 400 hours of content uploaded to Youtube every minute. In 2014, that number was 300 hours of content per minute.
Source: https://www.tubefilter.com/2015/07/26/youtube-400-hours-content-every-minute/
In 1937, the first “McDonald’s” was actually a hot dog called the Airdrome. It wasn’t until 1940 that they became Mcdonald Barbeque and added hamburgers and french fries to the menu.
During the Vietnam War, each soldier took roughly 40 amphetamine tablets a year in order to improve their endurance on long missions. Nearly 225 million tablets were prescribed to soldiers during the wartime period of 1966 and 1969 alone.
A new study found that Horseshoe Crabs are a member of the arachnid family tree and are genetically more closely related to spiders than to other crabs.
Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/02/horseshoe-crabs-related-to-spiders/
In 2017, 90% of the cocaine in the USA seized by the DEA was cut with the pet dewormer drug levamisole. One of the many awful side effects of the dewormer is skin rot.
Source: https://www.thefix.com/cocaine-cut-deworming-drug-may-cause-brain-damage
The mice infestation in the United Kingdom’s Houses of Parliament is so bad they keep track of the sightings. It’s gotten worse in recent years due to renovations and the sightings have tripled. They spent over $150,000 in pest control in 2016.
According to his first physical while President, Donald Trump and Homer Simpson weigh the exact same amount: 239 lbs.
Source: https://junkee.com/donald-trump-homer-simpson/143031