There’s a skate park an hour south of Seattle in Wilkeson, Washington which is shaped like bacon and eggs in a frying pan. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Skate Bacon and Eggs
Places
WTF Fun Fact – Icelanders Adopt Costco
A 2018 poll found that over 70% of Icelanders had a Costco membership after a single Costco opened in the country just the year before. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Costco Nation: 71% of Icelanders are members of members only warehouse supermarket | Icelandmag
WTF Fun Fact – Italians Love Gelato
In Italy, there are more than 19,000 ice cream parlors, employing over 69,000 people, which are mostly small family businesses. Italy also manufactures ~600 million liters of ice cream, or nearly 20% of Europe’s total production. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Italian gelato is European market leader | RetailDetail
WTF Fun Fact – Nationalized Hitchhiking
In Cuba, where the government has nationalized hitchhiking, picking up hitchhikers is mandatory for government vehicles if passenger space is available. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Why Hitchhiking Is Huge in Cuba: ‘The Transportation System Is Screwed’ (vice.com)
WTF Fun Fact – Beneath The Lincoln Memorial
There’s a 43,000 sq. ft. basement/undercroft below the Lincoln Memorial that was forgotten about until 1974. The space is filled with concrete columns and has its own plant life and ecosystem plus graffiti from the original workers. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lincoln-memorial-undercroft
WTF Fun Fact – Missing Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators
The USSR built a chain of remote lighthouses along the arctic coast, each one powered by it’s own miniature nuclear generator. Over 1000 of these RTG’s (Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator) were put in place but several remain unaccounted for. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: The nuclear lighthouses built by the Soviets in the Arctic – BBC Reel
WTF Fun Fact – Pencils Without Erasers
Most pencils sold in America have an eraser on one end, but those sold in Europe usually do not. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: 20 Things You Didn’t Know About Pencils | Discover Magazine
WTF Fun Fact – Barking and Snorting Train
Researchers in Japan have fitted a train with a speaker that barks like a dog and snorts like a deer in order to prevent collisions with deer on the railway. A blast of 3-seconds of a deer snorting attracts the deers’ attention followed by 20 seconds of a dog barking scares them away. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Japanese train barks like a dog to prevent accidents – BBC News
WTF Fun Fact – Harrods Pet Kingdom
Until 2014, Harrods luxury department store in Knightsbridge was the home of the legendary Pet Kingdom, which historically sold all sorts of exotic animals such as lions, alligators, leopards, elephants, and more. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/extraordinary-history-harrods-pet-store-19948359
WTF Fun Fact – Smuggling Alcohol Via Underwater Pipeline
In 2013, border and customs officials in Kyrgyzstan discovered a makeshift underwater pipeline on the bed of the river Chu, which was used to smuggle alcohol into the country from neighboring Kazakhstan. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Kyrgyz-Kazakh ‘alcohol smuggling pipeline’ discovered – BBC News
WTF Fun Fact – Egg White Mortar & Egg Yolk Dessert
Filipino churches built during Spain’s colonial period used millions of egg whites in the mortar to make it more durable. This is also why Filipino desserts often use lots of egg yolks – many were developed to use up all the extra yolks from construction projects. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – New Zealand and Zealandia
New Zealand is not part of any of the world’s seven recognized continents, but is instead situated upon the submerged continent of Zealandia.–WTF Fun Facts
Source:Zealandia – Wikipedia
WTF Fun Fact – Burger King Spa
In May 2016, Burger King opened a spa which included a 15-seat sauna in one of its restaurants in Helsinki, Finland. You can order food into the spa as well. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Belgian Chocolate Stamps
In 2013, Belgium created 5 limited edition stamps that smelled and tasted like chocolate. More than 500,000 stamps were printed on special paper imbued with the aroma of cocoa and covered in a varnish to look and smell like chocolate. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: How Belgium’s chocolate postage stamps were made – BBC News
WTF Fun Fact – Fatigue Zone Trivia
There are roads in Australia that are so long and straight (~90 miles) that the Australian government counteracts the risk of fatigue by playing little trivia games on the side of the road. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Highway trivia keeps drivers alert (brisbanetimes.com.au)
WTF Fun Fact – Lake Pe(i)psi
There is a lake in Estonia named Lake Peipsi. In 2003 the soda company PepsiCo tried to pay them $25 million dollars to change the spelling to Lake Pepsi, but they turned them down. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Read all about 2003, before it happens – a TBT exclusive (baltictimes.com)
WTF Fun Fact – Nevada State Prison Casino
From 1932 to 1967, there was a casino called the “Bullpen” in a stone building on the grounds of the Nevada State prison in Carson City. Inmates could play blackjack, craps, poker, and even bet on sports. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: The Casino – Nevada State Prison
WTF Fun Fact – Villar de Corneja New Years
The residents of the Spanish village Villar de Corneja near Avila, where the average age is 75, ring the New Year in at noon in a collective decision to get to bed at a decent hour. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Spain: Village Villar de Corneja celebrates New Year at 12 noon (newsbeezer.com)